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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 10, 1951
Page
2
A moveable house on stilts in Rivers drew curiosity from local children who found ways to access the empty structure despite locking and boarding. The owner has intensified efforts to install the house on its new foundation promptly.
Rev Thomas Saunders of Chalmers United Church in Winnipeg argues youth are overindulged in sports and society news, warned that adults overemphasize them and that such attention risks sensationalizing youth. He urged adults to curb publicity and better prepare youth for life ahead.
Croswell Bowen, a former Collier’s writer, backed from his Irvington-on-Hudson home and struck his 18 month old son, Peter, who’s believed to be with two older sisters. Police report Bowen thought the child was upstairs. London lifts a two year ban on political processions allowing May Day parades.
The national defence ministry stated that Chinese forces killed more than 1,800 residents including men and women, reporting a large scale civilian toll in the incident.
Alexander players presented Bradwardine Safety First on April 30 at the community hall and the show was well received. Lunch was served to cast members after the performance. W.A. to the Canadian Legion held an apron sale and tea in the legion clubroom. Mrs. E. Dowland won a rug in a draw. Keith Maitland finished university and visited home before summer work. Miss Inez Bridgeman of Winnipeg spent the weekend with her parents.
The 1666 census counted 3 215 inhabitants in Canada excluding aborigines. By the 17th and 18th centuries white populations grew to about 17 000 and then 362 000 at the start of the 19th century. The 1871 Dominion census recorded 3 689 257 total.
The record shows marriages rising to 33 or 5.7 percent above the 31 579 798 figure from 1349 and divorces totaling about 285 000, down three percent from the 397 000 estimated in 1049.
About 150 Royal Canadian Army Cadets will attend a summer camp at Banff Alberta. Specially selected from 50,000 cadets in 500 corps across Canada, they will pitch camp July 22. Eastern command supplies 16 cadets, Quebec 45, Central 60, Prairie 13, and Western 16.
An F89 jet plane lost power and crashed in a San Angelo Texas residential section. It clipped power lines and a windmill pole, started fires, and plowed through vehicles, killing a civilian. The pilot was unharmed.
The Tarbolton women’s association gathered at Mrs. C. Lamb’s home with 16 members and four visitors. Mrs. W. Cochrane presented Mrs. Lloyd Wood with a wool blanket. Church services for the summer months resume, held every other Sunday, conducted by Rev. J. Ross of Kenton at present.
Miss Margaret Messer told a group that career girls living in small apartments can be smart in decorating. She urged unity through refinishing furniture and shortening pieces, and promoting color harmony to make one room look larger or link adjoining rooms. The trial and error method was praised with cardboard paint tests for wall effects.
Damage was set at 50000 as a fire spread rapidly through a Vibra Lites hardware store and three adjacent homes. Firemen contained the flames after starting in a lumber yard, with sparks carried by a light wind. NBC said Milton Berle signed a three year contract with seven figure terms, while conductor Arturo Toscanni arrived in Milan to visit his seriously ill 74 year old wife Carla.
George Cornwallis-West aged 76, author and playwright, died in London. He was first married to Lady Randolph Spencer Churchill, then to Mrs. Patrick Campbell in 1921, who died in 1940, and later to Mrs. Georgette Hirsch.
The Canada Year Book 1951 notes reindeer herding as a government sponsored industry in the north to provide livelihoods for Eskimos while conserving game resources. The first herd of about 2400 deer arrived from Alaska in 1935 near the Mackenzie River mouth, with White and Laplander staff training Eskimos to herd. By 1948 a native managed herd and by 1950 a second were established, and the 1950 roundups totaled 7500 reindeer, two thirds in the main herd.
Maurice Brass has completed a 47 year career as district marine agent with the Department of Transport. During his tenure there has been no commercial shipping casualty in 48 years due to navigational aids in the district. He founded the first marine agency on the Great Lakes at Parry Sound, overseeing docks and offices and the waterfront development. The headquarters white building now oversees navigation aids from Sarnia to Fort William and across Huron and Superior, extending to Winnipeg and Nipigon.
Fuehring, a Protestant, said the Virgin Mary appeared to him in a vision and cured a heart condition that had troubled him for twenty years, according to his account.
Berlin radio reports Russia demanded German authorities reveal construction plans for all bridges and rail projects in the Thari y Germen province near the American zone. The call urged silence to prevent Eastern Europe using the issue for propaganda.
The Saskatoon Star Phoenix argues strikes are harmful to farmers, noting that the heaviest losses fall on farmers themselves. It recalls participants in the 1946 venture and warns farm leaders against using a strike threat as a bogeyman.
Montgomery Alabama Advertiser notes women juggle duties as they rush to meet office deadlines. Critics say many undertake civic tasks and other obligations that shift focus from traditional homemaking. The piece argues blame should not fall on women but on broader social expectations.
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