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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 31, 1923
Page
4
The notices list church services including Rivers St James Church Sunday School at 11.00 am and Evening Prayer with Holy Communion at 7.30 pm, Wheatland Christ Church Sunday School at 10.00 am Morning Prayer at 14 am, Rosewire Church Sunday School at 2. Union Service at 3.
Empire Day was celebrated with a patriotic musical play The Making of Canada’s Flag by the St James J W A Trail Rangers and Wolf Cubs. Olive Blandford led Britannia, and Elsie Barker and Sadie Archambault portrayed Canadian pride with stories of Loyalists Laura Secord and Canada’s bond to Britain. The program featured Union Jack emblem moments, voter songs, and Elgar style final choruses.
Violet Hardie and Peter Draper were wed May 24 at the bride's parents home in Myra. The ceremony featured Mendelssohn's Wedding March and a Bridal Chorus, with Rev A R Hall officiating. The couple will reside on a Myra farm, receiving warm well wishes from the community.
A dispersing sale conducted by M Tyndall, including Clydesdale horses, cattle, household goods, and machinery. The auction takes place on Wednesday June 27 at the farm in section 22 11 22, six miles northwest of Bradwardine and 25 miles northwest of Brandon.
Montreal marks a historic port milestone praising its rise from a riverside stop to a leading inland ocean port. Captain Edmund Aikman of the Bolingbroke receives the traditional silk baton replacing the cane, after the ship left London on April 1 and arrived in May, ahead of rivals.
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