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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 22, 1952
Page
2
Parents of children who will be six before December first 1452 and wish to start school at fall term are asked to submit an application with the child’s birth certificate to the undersigned not later than May 31 for the Loan to arrange enrollment. RG SINCLAIR, Sec Treas. 15,22,23
An auction sale of household furniture including an oak dining suite and beds will be held at 560 Fifth Avenue on Wednesday May 24 at 2 00 pm. The notice lists items from many sellers and includes contact details for the Rivers area.
Business opportunities describe a general store with post office located 57 miles north of Winnipeg in a mixed farming district. Large stock valued around 14000 dollars, fixtures and building included, plus a fully modern house on the same lot. Immediate possession. For details write J M Wood Fraserwood Manitoba. 15 22
For sale CCM Sterling bicycle five years old price $25. Apply Clair English Bradwardine phone 3133 Rivers. Also for sale 1343 motor cycle completely overhauled good rubber offers Don Treloar Gen Del Rivers.
Walter Dinsdale discusses Canada’s meat trade policy amid foot and mouth disease distress. He notes Western pressure over support prices and plans to export surplus beef to the United Kingdom, with New Zealand selling meat to the United States to balance payments. The scheme aims to reopen the UK market and offset losses from placing eggs in the American basket, with Manitoba possibly penalized.
A member reports on general cattle auction plans in Saskatchewan to absorb surplus herds and on the National Film Board under Commissioner William Irwin. He praises NFB advances in synthetic sound techniques and reflects on democracy’s vitality through community film distribution. He also covers housing funding shortages, veterans’ benefits, and mentions speaking at Virden high school graduation on May 23.
Mr and Mrs A S Wedderburn returned from a motor trip to Dryden Ontario accompanied by Mrs Hutchinson and children. Mr and Mrs George Johns visited the home of her parents in Melita. Bruce Alexander son of Mr and Mrs John Wedderburn was baptized at Tarbolton church. Mrs James Wedderburn is visiting friends in Brandon this week. Mr and Mrs Edward Wolfe and Mr and Mrs George Joans visited Hamiota this week.
Six young farmers from Britain will tour Canada and the United States representing the national federation of young farmers clubs. They depart June 5 and will stay with Ontario's junior farmers club. Delegates hail from North Wales Northumberland Durham North Midlands and Hampshire.
Hundreds of fans packed the arena for a boxing and wrestling night led by a tag team bout that ended in a draw between Bill Nolan and Fred Strawson. Five boxing matches opened the program with quick knockouts and a chaotic finish as Burnett and Mortimer assaulted referee Moose Rose after the final fall.
Rivers 12 and under played Cardale in their first crowd game Thursday evening. The score mattered little as the players gained confidence. new Cardale pitchers helped Rivers boys hit and score. Supervisors Chester Forman and Reid Spearin praise the talent and encourage continued effort.
James Sinclair, parliamentary assistant to finance minister Ab bott, claimed bachelor farmers could cut taxes by marrying their housekeepers. Sinclair, who is married with five daughters, links marital status to tax benefits. A Vancouver service station visitor was offered a cigarette, chatted, then the attendant left to move a car and returned to find the man and $25 gone.
A Vancouver court dissolves a marriage, naming a sawmill operator husband. The report notes a Port Alberni hunter with four mountain lions in his yard and comments on male desires and wife duties, reflecting quirky, faded local chatter.
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