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Newspaper

Rivers Gazette

Location

Rivers, Manitoba, Canada

Date

May 13, 1948

Page

2

Daly Weddings and Local Sales Highlight Town Story

The Daly community pages note cheerful coverage of weddings in Brandon and at the Rutherford home where Hilda Jane Harris wed John Thomas Harris, alongside a bankruptcy sale at Wheatland and a closing H. Bicknell store offering outrageously low prices on clothing medicines and groceries. A local lad earned a dollar for his name in the paper amid festive news and local harvest chatter.

Mr. Thompson Egypt Wheatland H. Bicknell Alexander Rutherford Bradwardine Hilda Jane John Thomas Harris Daly Church Sarah Hyndman

River town notices of 1922 weddings deaths and gifts

Robert Brown recalls December 1922 heartaches in Rivers with passing of Mrs. Priscilla Porteous and a young death in the P. F. Thompson home. Funeral rites by Rev. S. A. Martin mark several weddings as stork visits Carnegie and Rivers homes. The C.G. I. T. hands Mrs. B. J. D. Ellis community plate spoons. Miss Lora Wiegand reads the address. Miss Elizabeth Howard presents them. (To be continued)

Priscilla Porteous Daly District Rivers P. F. Thompson S. A. Martin Ernest Wareham Carnegie Charles Blandford Stork C.G. I.T B. J. D. Ellis Lora Wiegand Elizabeth Howard

Tarbolton Church Services Resume After Winter

Tarbolton church services resumed last Sunday after discontinuation for winter months. Mr and Mrs Harry Baily and family of Hamiota visited Emerson Wolfe's home. William Lowe is a patient at Brandon General hospital. Mr and Mrs George Seens entertained friends and relatives Friday. Mr and Mrs W Veitch and Mr and Mrs J Blatchford of Bradwardine were guests of Mr and Mrs G Mawer earlier in the week.

Harry Baily Hamiota Emerson Wolfe William Lowe Brandon General Hospital George Seens W. Veitch J. Blatchford Bradwardine G. Mawer

Weekend visits and upcoming events in Bradwardine district

Bradwardine residents hosted relatives over the weekend including Miss Elaine Graham and Miss Sadie Adams while Keith Maitland and R Watkins visited family. The Bradwardine branch Canadian Legion holds its annual memorial service on June 27 and the annual bazaar is set for June 8. Visitors came from Calgary, Halifax, Newdale and Whitewood as locals joined hockey fundraiser events and church activities.

Bradwardine Branch Canadian Legion

Nevill Family Hosts Weekend Visit and Local Farmer Retires

Carnegie Mr and Mrs W H Nevill and sons of Birtie visited over the week end at the home of Mr and Mrs T Nevill. William Medd, longtime farmer near Roseville church, has retired and recently sold his farming equipment at auction.

W. H. Nevill William Medd Roseville Church

Daly notices Electors' Roll open for inspection

The Electors' Roll of the Rural Municipality of Daly is deposited with the Clerk and will remain open for inspection until June 1, 1948. Complaints against the roll must be lodged ten days before the Council sits as Court of Revision. The Council will meet June 8, 1948, at 2:00 PM in the Council Chamber to revise the roll and hear complaints. Dated Rivers May 3, 1948.

Daly Rivers A.D W. T. Dyer

Parents Seek Early School Start for Six Year Olds

Parents of children who will be six before December 31, 1948 seek to begin schooling at the start of the term. They advocate school enrollment as soon as eligible and urge consideration by the local education authorities.

Birth certificate submission for fall term 1948 deadline

The notice asks applicants for the fall term 1948 to submit a birth certificate of the child to the undersigned no later than June 1, 1948, to allow the board to make necessary arrangements. R. G. Sinclair.

Local Tennis Meeting To Discuss Club Future

A meeting of all interested in tennis will be held Friday at 8:00 PM at Mrs. C. Forman's home. Rivers has been active in town tennis for years and organizers urge keeping the activity alive.

Rivers

Beaten Paths of Bees and Beats in Early America

A compact notes the variety of bees in America and mentions Beethoven’s late middle life productivity despite deafness, with a fragmentary line about states and the year 1896. It hints at bees swarming and bees eating honey before swarming.

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Nickle Young Ethel Stevenson J. Vernon Neville Brandon Mary Lillian Smyth Norman E. Sargent Jerretis Gilchrist Gyproc North American Lumber & Supply Company Limited Robert Brown The Rivers Gazette Tarbolton Elaine Graham Douglas Mrs. W. W. Graham Sadie Adams Rassareod Mrs. D. Adams Keith Mailand Oak Lake G. L. Maitland R. Watkins Halifax, N.S H. Watkins D. Campbell Peterson Brothers of Newdale C. Harvey Lorne Common Calgary Alta Wesly Common W.A. of Ancrum Church S. Post D. Crawford Winnipeg Act-Th. Fund Ladies Aid of the United Church Manitoba Bires Tcakada Goose Canadensis the Drewrys Limited White Belmore Thoredays A. R. Readey Rawleigh Dealer Rivers and District Imperial LI Rarance B. Stratford P. Charkas M. Kowalchak CNR B. R. Coleman Ll.b Barrister Second Avenue Wareham's Shop Reesor Rosser Ave Eaton's Jack Hain Rivers, Man Mred & White Geese Town Ware Slue Express Donegal Quinton’s Dyers and Cleaners J. W. Hanlon Sweptcor Sprite the National Fargo Itional Grain Baskatoon R. G. Sinclair D. A. Stewart T.E. Wright Rivers Insurance Agency Albertswar Eham Reesor’s Jewelry Store Reesor’s the Rivers Cafe Gordon Smyth Main Street Rivers Flyer Rosenmean’s Furniture Stordy & Alder Buckingham & Stordy Canadian Bank of Commerce Man George E. Jellief International Harvester General Blacksmith and Welding Third Avenue Charles A. ‘Campbell Optometrist Brandon, Manitobe America Beethoven Cassan Monumental Co Bt. Brandowm H. R. Dunn Imperial Ivers D. Mitchell Main Street Harry L. Trump Clement Block
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