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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 03, 1951
Page
1
Plans for the women’s institute district convention in Rivers on May 16 anticipate more than 200 delegates. Sessions occur in the Rex theatre afternoon and at the community hall evening. Meals will be served to visitors and speakers include Mrs. John H. Rose of Ochre River.
Birth notices report multiple newborns at Forman's nursing home in April 1951. Hyde son born to K L Hyde Rivers on April 16. Melhoff daughter to F A and Mrs Melhoff Wheatland on April 2. Short daughter to Lawrence H Short Pettapiece on April 30. Smith son to James and Mrs Smith April 22. Turton son to Capt. and Mrs C W Turton April 11.
A Worcester handyman dumped an $1,850 glass of water into a gutter after Dorothy Valois said she placed three rings worth the same total in it for cleaning. London MPs seek 46 boys aged 14 to 17 from a career soldiers' son company after a planned march. Toronto resident Marie Lopees, 24, acquitted of manslaughter in a kitchen knife case against her husband, who allegedly abused her. Norman Havercroft of Bar rie fined $100 for speeding over 100 mph in an English racing car after a chase. East German state media says youths are being pressed into coal mines, while a six-month mining duty is ordered for young communists. Egypt partly rejects a British evacuation plan for troops from the Suez zone amid ongoing discussions.
Local notes list visits by Found and Out Members of MHivers Kiwanis to Souris on May 14. Winnipeg visitors Mrs H D Williams and family are in town. John Stevenson returned from a two week holiday in Winnipeg. Isabelle Hasluk of the Royal Bank resumes duties after a three week States vacation. Rev W G Chapman and R Berg attended an air cadet conference at Stevenson Field by plane. W Johnson joined the Rivers Royal Bank branch replacing H G Olson transferred to Minnedosa. Women’s institutes in Birtle district met at Hamitoa with EE Westwood L Rubin and E E Grant in attendance. Mrs Robert McKenzie attends Winnipeg sessions as Rivers delegate. 10th anniversary dance at Rivers Community Hall next Thursday May 10 features a 10 piece band. H G Olson begins new duties at Minnedosa as assistant accountant after staff farewell gift. Catholic ladies attracted many to card game night with cribbage and bridge at the community hall. Cribbage prizes awarded to Mrs P Bird and Mrs J Hain. Bridge prizes to G Walbauer and A Lucier with consolation to Sgt A W Kendal and Mrs Lucien.
The Swedish freighter Vasaholm sailed from St John’s Mid with 700 tons for Hamburg as part of a winter record for newsprint cargoes from the port. Total shipments this year surpassed last year by 3 000 tons, reaching about 48 000 tons.
Miss Margaret Ford bride-elect of Saturday was guest of honor at a parish hall miscellaneous shower last Thursday evening. Shirley Frame and Gail Maxted presented gifts, with Frame crowning the honoree queen and Maxted pinning a corsage. Mrs Alan Ross gave a bride's book as Mrs C Bellamy led the program. Lunch and tea followed by Mrs Bert Ford and Mrs R B Riddick.
Reports detail a barroom brawl in Moose Jaw with Jack Kearns sentenced to two months and a $100 fine after Alexander Bellamy alleged teeth caused grievous bodily harm. separate cases include a 16 year old in Indiana shooting his four year old half-sister and Illinois court approval for blood transfusions for Cheryl Labrenz over parental Jehovah's Witness objections. guardian Col. Harry Hill appointed.
The New Jersey Bell Telephone company plans to serve whale pot roast whale bur ger and possibly whale strogonoff in its cafeteria. The piece references Herman Melville and suggests the whale dishes might reflect high meat prices, noting the Placid nature of the whale and contrasting seafaring appetites with modern cafeteria offerings.
Victoria Daily Times notes a huge aluminum industry on the Pacific coast will enrich British Columbia and alter the nation's economy. It argues central Canada has long owned most heavy industry due to St. Lawrence access and tariff protection, and says the West now moves toward equilibrium in a top‑heavy national economy.
The Women’s Institute expresses gratitude to all who helped make the recent pioneer supper a great success. Special thanks are given to Alex Whyte Orl Brown and Fred Taylor along with many others who contributed in any way to the undertaking.
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