This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 15, 1941
Page
5
The Red Cross monthly gathering in Bradwardine met at Hunter's Hall on May 6 to approve renting the hall for another year and to designate the first week in June for salvage collection. Also noted were local social visits and community updates from residents and visitors across nearby towns.
Leslie Harvey of Rennie Manitoba spent a week at home. Mr and Mrs G K Millard and family and Mr and Mrs Woodhead and family drove to Waskada to attend a Wallace family reunion. Fred Shaw departed for Winnipeg Monday to answer a call from headquarters to serve in the Artillery.
The Oakleigh Red Cross unit held a Wednesday meeting at Mrs Virtue’s home on May 7. Quilt blocks are largely complete. A 3 tier fruit cake will be drawn at the Oakleigh Calf and Colt Show on June 4. Next meeting set for June 11 at Mrs Davies’s home. A Boys and Girls Calf Club gathered May 10 with softball, and show plans finalized for June 4.
Announcement by Os borne Scott of Canadian National Railways outlines special rail fare reductions for the Victoria Day week-end. Fares available across all stations in Canada from May 23 at 2:00 pm to May 25, with return by May 26, with adjustments if service gaps occur. Trips cover all classes including coaches tourist and standard sleeping cars, anticipating heavy travel as the first long week-end of summer approaches.
A dog loves unconditionally and serves without regard for status. The poem by Adam R. Reiter from Our Dumb Animals extols a dog as a devoted, divine figure to its human master. Even in toil and hardship, the creature remains loyal, mourning its absent God when the master lies buried.
Council held at the Municipal wien with Reeve Seens presiding. Minutes read and adopted. Correspondence from Mrs. Oakley on Charlie Goring and complaint from Mr. Maitland about cows at large in Bradwardine. Tenders for Wheatland lots from Louise Termunde and G S Perrett. Gravel and road tenders for Forrest Harding and Rivers Harding roads. Resolutions carried on pension to Johns Kennedy, guardianship of A S Goring children, sale of Lot 20, Block 4 Wheatland to Perrett, river road tenders, gravel hauling by Dowland Lamb Wood. Pension for the blind and grants to Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba and Salvation Army. Bylaws for Wheatland lots to Termunde and Perrett passed. Finance recommends paying accounts. Council adjourned to June 3.
A very pretty wedding was solemnized at St Pauls United Church Brandon on Saturday evening. Olive Vera Nesbitt only daughter of Mr and Mrs George Nesbitt and Mr Harry Nger Parker second son of Mr Walter Parker and the late Mrs Parker of Rivers were united in marriage by Rev G W Goth. The couple will make their home at Rivers.
Lawson couple welcomed a daughter born Friday May 2 to Mr and Mrs Duncan Lawson at Wheatland. A small family ceremony attended by relatives marked the occasion.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.