15 May 1924
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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 15, 1924
Page
1
The Oddfellows held a semi official opening in their new hall on Thursday evening with nearly one hundred attendees. Games and a date contest entertained guests followed by whist and a ladies and gents booby prizes. A lunch by the Rebekahs and dancing ended a lively fraternal event with musical selections by Mrs Wareham and Constance Offen and recitations by Mrs N Tivy.
The Rivers Town Council met on May 7 with Mayor Sinclair presiding. It approved Finance Committee reports and payments totaling $344.05 and $534.99, reappointed Mr Gabe as Weed Inspector, and ordered a public notice to warn against driving rigs on sidewalks and cycling there with potential prosecution.
Notice announces Anniversary Service for Pacific Lodge No 71 I O O F and Friendship Rebekah Lodge No 27 at St James Church on Sunday May 18 at 730 pm Rev S L Nash will address. Brethren meet at hall 7 pm depart 720 for church. Rebekah members meet at church. All invited. R N Dunsmore Rec Sec.
Town of Rivers warns the public to refrain from driving on or across sidewalks and to dismount bicycles on sidewalks under penalty of prosecution. Signed by C. H. Gabe, Secretary-Treasurer.
A humorous reflection traces seven life stages from youth to old age, outlining a cynical progression from seeking the earth to finally possessing a small strip. The verse-like summary critiques acquisitiveness and moderation across ages.
A rousing exhortation urges residents to abandon complacency and boost the town and its businesses. The poem likens growth to growing from acorns and warns against naysayers while praising cheerful boosters who win community praise and renown.
Mr and Mrs T McMannis thank many kind neighbors and friends who remembered them during the wife’s sickness at Winnipeg Ciener al Hospital.
Mothers Day observances at Union Church with crowded morning and evening services. Recitations by Stella Kryvenki and Carl Kitsch, a Mothers Choir anthem, and Principal Ferrier’s address highlighted the morning program. Grandmothers were presented with carnations by six white-clad girls. The evening featured more recitations, a trio, a solo, and a Mothers Choir chorus, with the church again at capacity.
The Canadian Pacific Pavilion at the Great Empire Exhibition in Wembley features an ornate building with a 400-foot frieze of the CP route to Japan, moving models of ships and trains, illuminated vitascope scenes of Liverpool to Yokohama, and a 150-acre irrigation farm model. The interior includes exhibits of Banff Springs, Vancouver, Yokohama, and Japan scenes with nightly lighting and a cinema hall lecture program.
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