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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 31, 1951
Page
2
The Electors' Roll of the Municipality of Daly is deposited in the Clerk's office and open for inspection until May 1, 1951. Complaints must be lodged ten days before the Council's Court of Revision meeting on June 2, 1951, at 2:00 PM in the Council Chamber in Rivers. Dated Rivers May 1, 1951.
The Town of Rivers deposits the electors roll for inspection until May 31 1951. The Council sits as a Court of Revision at the Council Chamber on Friday June 1 1951 at 8 pm to hear complaints related to the roll. May 1951.
The Ancrum Will hold a bazaar, home cooking sale, parcel post sale, and supper in Bradwardine hall on June 12 with supper from 5 PM to 9 PM. Bring friends for a community event and note a found purse in the hall. owners must prove ownership and pay ad costs to claim it. Also lost is a red yearling bull near Rivers, owner to prove ownership and cover expenses.
In Ponoka Alberta rural children rode to school by Shetland ponies for years. Cliff Wold notes a decline in pony use since the school bus system began, though ponies still find work at fairs and for wealthier urban families. The sight of buses replaces the ponies’ longtime role.
For the first time in many years Sunday school classes are held here with four teachers appointed Mesdames Edward Wolfe George Johns and C Lamb and William Sibbald. Josiah Kennedy of Brandon has been a guest of Mr and Mrs E H Wolfe.
The British Columbia oyster industry backs a recovery after war years as oyster grounds are replanted. A record shipment of 5 360 cases of Japanese oyster seed has been planted from Comox to Pender Harbor, funded by Dr C Elsey of Vancouver, president of the Pacific Coast oyster growers association.
The first Canadian to hold such a post oversaw 50,000 cases forming full deck loads for five freighters totaling 700,000,000 baby oysters. They were transported by scow from Victoria to Comox on Vancouver Island and from Boundary Bay to the Sechelt peninsula on the mainland.
More than 115000 men and women are employed by the Canadian National railways, reflecting the vast scale of the national railway system and its labor force.
Nicholas Ber, the Montreal first trans Atlantic stowaway of the season, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 28 days in prison. He will be deported to France following his sentence.
The Elmwood Herald recalls an era when the poor working man was kept ignorant and asserts that education and knowledge are now the only guarantee of a brighter and better future for all.
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