Rivers air school to double size absorb No 2 unit
Air Commodore A B Shearer announced No 1 Rivers air school will expand to double its current size and absorb No 2 at Pennfield Ridge NB. The enlarged school will be the largest in No 2 training command with about 2200 officers and airmen and will be renamed No 1 Central Navigation School. Tenders for two hangars and eight barracks total about 160000 dollars, with four more hangars needed before completion. A Women’s Division detachment will be stationed at Rivers after construction.
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No. 1 Air Navigation School
Rivers
No. 2 Air Navigation School
Pennfield Ridge
N.B
A. B. Shearer
No. 2 Training Command
R. C.A.F
Rivers School
No. 1 Central Navigation School
British Commonwealth Air Training
R.C.A.F. Women’s Division
Air Force
Red Cross Notes Tag Day Opens Manitoba Campaign
Rivers held a tag day as the Red Cross campaign opened, yielding 84.75. Manitoba Red Cross efforts surpass quotas in cash and in kind with 16 364 blankets and 1 000 000 items shipped since the war began. Ambulances cost 1 750 each and the Russian Relief Fund raised 64 645 for medical supplies. Manitobans are urged to contribute 600 000 more as the campaign continues.
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Rivers
Big Red Cross
C.G.I.T
Manitoba
Red Cross
Russia
British and Foreign Bible Society Meeting in St James Church
Rivers is to be favored with a visit of the General Secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society for Canada and Newfoundland. Rev J B M Armour MA, a noted lecturer, will address a meeting at St James Church on Monday May 25 at 8 o clock. Dr E J B Salter will also be present. Everyone welcome.
Birthday Greetings From The Gazette
The Gazette extends best wishes for birthdays to Mrs. H. D. Jenner on May 14, Councillor W. G. Thomas on the 14th, Mrs. Alex Sutherland on the 15th, Diane Beverley Combe on the 15th, Mrs. T. C. Airey on the 17th, Mrs. Jas. Frame on the 18th, Earle Dyer on the 19th, Mrs. C. W. Sargent on the 19th, Mrs. Robert Madden on the 20th, and Mrs. W. R. Donogh on the 20th.
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H. D. Jenner
W. G. Thomas
Alex. Sutherland
Diane Beverley Combe
T. C. Airey
Jas. Frame
Earle Dyer
C. W. Sargent
Robert Madden
W. R. Donogh
Rooms to Let for Air Men and Families Announced
Anyone with rooms to let or room and board for air men and families is asked to notify Mrs J J Dick at The Hostess House Rivers Air Port by calling phone 40.
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J. J. Dick
Rivers Air Port
Dancing at Frame's Community Hall May Dance Night
Frame's Community Hall hosts two dances in May. On Friday May 15 Lorne Mc Callum and his Midnite Moon Moths perform with 35 cent admission. Tuesday May 19 Roy Brown leads a 10 piece band for a Grand Anniversary Dance at 50 cent admission. Watch for posters.
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Lorne McCallum
Roy Brown
Turkey
McKenzie
Ronson
Lederle
G. M
Beever Family Welcomes a Beverley June Daughter
At Wheatland on Monday May 4 1942 Mr and Mrs S H Beever welcomed a daughter Beverley June. The birth adds joy to the Beever household in the Wheatland community.
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Beever
Wheatland
H. Beever
Beverley June
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Harvey Woods
J. A. Grummet Tene
Rivers d Confectionery
G. R. Biglow
Forman's Hardware
R.C.A.F
Red
Manitoba Red Cross
British and Foreign Bible Society Meeting
the Gazette
Frame’s
Prunes
J. W. Hanlon
Army of Mercy
Canadian Red Cross Society
Auditor General of Canada
ONAL
WAR Service
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