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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 12, 1949
Page
3
Rivers residents commemorated long-serving officials and couples celebrating anniversaries while communities staged school events, bonspiels, productions, and skating jamborees. Secretaries and treasurers changed hands as war service stirred local spirit, with Red Cross drives and rallies backing the national war effort.
A Souris Plain dealer reprint shows the Rivers position in the redistribution of provincial seats. Lansdowne includes Bran don and Oak Lake with Daly Woodworth Elton and parts of Sifton Whitehead Cornwallis. Local push grows for a Rivers representative tied to the air school and regional economy.
News and Views reports the Rivers Keen-Teeners, a newly named teen organization. Members discuss chosen topics, improve speaking skills, and participate in mixed dancing classes with refreshments. The group, over 25 members now, hosts weekly meetings at the parish hall and plans monthly theatre events with Rex theatre support.
A local motorist was fined the minimum $10 and costs for failing to stop at a stop sign at a railway crossing. The citation was issued by W. T. Dyer on Monday.
Edna Wareham of Brand on reports the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Raymond Chapman on May 5 1949 at Mrs Madden s nursing home.
A Hungarian partridge intrudes on Ashton farm turkeys east of Rivers. After attempts to drive it away failed, the birds voted to release the captive by three to one. The gobbler guarding his hens charged a window in a mistaken attack and was confined restlessly in the lock-up during recovery.
Daly council granted 125 to the Salvation Army at Rivers on May 3 and 10 to the International Peace Gardens. Police found the nude battered body of a young brunette in a Pittsburgh hotel room with a man using the name Mr and Mrs Hunter and began a search for the man.
Two parcels of used clothing were packed at the Ancrum W A meeting held at Mrs S Post home for overseas send to Rev S Osborne and Mrs E Cole 92 mother of a Canadian clergyman A bazaar was also arranged.
A compiled notice lists birthdays and names across regions including Winnipeg and Agassiz British Columbia. Dates span May 13 to May 19 featuring individuals such as Mrs H E Beamish Haney W G Thomas Marjorie Gill and Miss Jean Post.
L B Mackay named assistant general manager of the Manitoba Power Commission while G A Wrighton becomes secretary. W D Fallis, the general manager, made the appointments after J W Tomlinson resigned to become general manager of the Saskatchewan Power Corporation. T L Woodhall appointed chief engineer.
A swimming pool dedicated to servicemen of World War II will be unveiled in Biggar Saskatchewan this Sunday. Local officials and veterans groups organize the memorial ceremony at the town pool site, honoring fallen and surviving service members.
The province minister of public works and reeves from Daly and Whitehead discussed restoring the Alexander bridge in Rivers at a joint rural councils meeting. Daly’s Reeve Seens and Whitehead’s Reeve McKay will meet the minister in Winnipeg to pursue financial assistance.
OCBC stage packed for Friday charity variety show in Rivers. Performers Alex Matheson Harley Shaw Bill Blenis Hap Poyntz led a diverse program with CJATC band and acts by Shirley King Vera Boyces Joe Riva and more. Net proceeds totaled 143.53 after 174.37 gross and 30.84 expenses with 100 given to A W Whyte.
The New Enterprise reports a new florist shop began operations in Russell last week, signaling a fresh local business addition. The venture is described as a contemporary retail floral outlet aiming to serve residents and nearby communities.
Plans for remodelling McKenzies United into a modernistic shopping place are being made by J A McKenzie. The project will extend on Second avenue with a 44 foot frontage and a 15 foot depth along Main street. The brick building was erected in 1908 by R S Mege, now of Edmonton. The store began as a family business and once operated with gas lamps. electricity arrived about 30 years ago, and fluorescent lighting was added recently. Staff has grown from three or four decades ago to 12 today.
A retrospective look at Rivens Gazette files recalls a push to consolidate school districts including Robinville Mount Vernon Harrow and Powerville. Earlier notes show a 23 000 expenditure estimate from twenty five years ago and fifteen years ago a queen contest sponsored by Rivers baseball club. Ten years past Mr and Mrs J C Cousins moved to Brandon.
In Brandon police court a man charged with willful damage was fined 20 dollars and ordered to pay 16 dollars in damages, partly to the local treasury. The incident began May 6 at Alexandra hotel amid a jail escape attempt and later reconciliation with police in Brandon.
Clearance of ornamental shrubbery at the Rivers branch Canadian Legion memorial grounds sparked a weekend rush by local and district residents. Much of the shrubbery has been replanted around town and the grounds will be sown to grass as part of townwide landscaping.
Minnedosa council gave first reading last week to a bicycle by law. No fee for the wheels has yet been set.
The Minnedosa Tribune and the Rapid City Reporter marked exactly one year since the big flood began with prints and photographs. Glenn McConkey of Manitoba University visited for a week with his parents Mr and Mrs Arthur Johnson before taking a new position in Ottawa.
Toronto biologist G A Elsey of the Ontario lands and forests department warns that an unknown disease endangers beaver populations in northern Ontario. He spoke during an interview in Winnipeg, outlining the urgency and potential ecological impact.
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