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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 16, 1918
Page
8
Prize winners in an MCA essay contest are named: Gladys Shanks, Kathleen Sargent, Earl Taylor, and Audrey Berkey. The article prints two winning essays and promises two more in a future issue. It also extols the YMCA's wartime work for soldiers at home and abroad. The piece details YMCA campaigns, branches, and aid provided to fighting men.
A group from various walks of life traveled to France in January 1915 and set up stores behind the trenches to entertain and support the soldiers. This effort arose from a half year of struggle and the YMCA led the project for the amusement of the troops.
A compact historical note covers a collection of Manitoba and Canadian farm and family publications with a mix of period price cues and listing style references. The fragment references several titles and prices, indicating a multi-source page or catalog entry for periodicals and farming literature.
The document lists School Trustees and officers by ward. Chairman R N DunsmoreSecretary T W Offen Ward 1 T W Offen J E Mitchell Ward 2 R N Dunsmore F W Buggs Ward 3 T R Grieve J E H Coach Ward 4 F Paddock R W Sargent Ward 5 1 J Varcoe /. T Bowman.
Town Council appoints Mayor and councilors across wards. E Thompson serves as mayor with Ward 1 councillors C Smyth and J McNeil, Ward 2 councillor H Wareham and L Wiegand, and Ward 4 councillor W Pitts and E J Forman, with G W Oliver as secretary-treasurer.
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