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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 27, 1920
Page
5
Holiday visits fill the region with travel to Virden and Saskatoon while residents report on sports events, school activities, and local errands. The Rivers Gazette notes plays, church services, voters lists, and upcoming sports days with prize details and community notices.
The Rivers Agricultural Society will host a plowing match in June on James Higginson's farm with tractor drawn plowing as a special feature. Refreshments will be supplied by the ladies of the I O I E and a baseball game is planned for the evening. Poster notices forthcoming with the exact date.
The Red Cross ladies plan a Lock Shower next Wednesday at the Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Banfield, a well known mil liner, departs for Calgary after four years here to start a new business. Knox Sunday School will hold its annual picnic at the river bank on Saturday week.
Bradwardine residents Mr and Mrs Dobson and Mrs Neal traveled to Oak River last week. Mrs Chapman and Miss M White visited Wheatland over the weekend. Miss MM Hurst visited Brandon over the holiday. Mrs Shuttleworth visited Brandon last week. S Mulls of Wheatland passed through on Saturday. Miss Isabel Chapman visiting Roden. Mr and Mrs McLaren Mr and Mrs Rose and John Thomson made a flying trip to Brandon last Thursday. Mr and Mrs W Graham Mrs Morrison and children motored to Brandon last Saturday.
Wheatland church held service Sunday at 11 with Sunday School at 10. A private dance hosted by Mr and Mrs Bicknell drew a good crowd on Monday night. Mrs Chapman and Miss Mildred White visited, and some locals attended Virden sports on the 24th.
The text notes one family in rented homes moving four times in eight months, highlighting housing instability and the need to adapt furniture quickly. It suggests broader concern over living conditions and urban mobility. A second segment applauds a new Provincial Police Force for enforcing law, noting constables remind the public that order must be kept and violations punished.
Brandon College alumni hold a noon luncheon in the college dining room followed by the association’s annual meeting. JG Fisher of the class of 1915 proposed a toast to Class 20 which F Howard of the class of 1920 answered. Fred Howard was elected 3rd Vice President.
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