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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 01, 1952
Page
3
In North Battleford the Optimist reports Sidney Walton a CN carman sheltered a half frozen meadow lark found beside a repair track. He warmed it fed it under his coat and built an ice cage. The bird sang with the Walton family canaries all winter before joining mates on the river.
Seventy four delegates attended sessions of the district meetings of the Canadian Legion BESL district No. 12 held in Rivers. New telephone rules require connections by number. Manitoba workers arrived for airport construction. Mr and Mrs BP Ky Maxted from Winnipeg plan to settle here. Christina Walker aged 102 died in Brandon hospital after residing in Carnegie district since 1884. District clinics planned for encephalitis inoculation among males 21 and over.
A retrospective note recalls a coronation planning by Rivers marking town events over years. A. D. Aitken was honored by the council on leaving for Yorkton. The town purchased a thousand caraganas for cemetery planting as a special train halted nearby.
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