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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 11, 1939
Page
8
A letter urges a Memorial Service in Rivers this year to honor the dead, noting last year’s miss and praising the site and monument. The writer hopes arrangements begin soon and suggests a raised platform for the band after reports of disruptive children at the current space.
The Canadian Demonstrations Limited unit tours Manitoba and Saskatchewan to aid women with up to date home information. Miss Gertrude Dotton leads the unit with Mrs. E W Horwood and Miss Olive Bond. Stops include Rivers May 15, Oak Lake May 17, and Eikhborn May 19.
Vancouver visitors Mr and Mrs J J Thomson arrive for summer in the district. The Baseball Club began spring practice and joined the Mid Western League. Ladies Ald met at Mrs W Iverach with a quilting bee for the Fresh Air Camp. Mrs Barr and son George came from Yorkton to visit Mrs A Hunter and left for Saskatoon. Tennis plans are under way and the Board of Trade met to discuss a fire pump purchase.
Local Rivers events include a Sports Day on June 14 with Mayor Donismore visiting with his daughters. Weekend visits feature Mrs Pat Colley of Winnipeg, Donald Morrow from Kenton, and many local residents traveling to Brandon and Portage. The Alexandra Hotel hosts events and a Royal Train visit is anticipated next month.
Birth announced for Mr and Mrs Fred Livesey of Finn Flon Manitoba a daughter born on Sunday April 30 1939 in a brief society notice confirming the new arrival and parental names.
Minutes of the Daly Rural Council meeting held at Rivers on May 2 1939 note approval of prior minutes. Correspondence covers a rivers to Harding road, road grading concerns from Canada Ingot Iron Co and E A Batrager, and a tender from Geo Goring for North Half of Sec yateur. Brandon Fair Board and Bradwardine Board of Trade raised a presentation to the Council.
The council discussed stock watering dams or dugouts with a $2500 service charge for applications and a $10 per mile travel fee beyond two miles from reservoir. Resolutions include subscriptions, land transfer terms, grading work by Ingot Iron Co, a $75 grant to the Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba, and $2500 toward Bradwardine fire equipment. A Winnipeg delegation will press for road linking Harding highways and accounts were approved before adjournment.
Mrs. E M Forman offers a five room cottage for rent on Third Avenue. Immediate occupancy available with reasonable terms and utilities negotiable.
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