Anniversary Concert at Rivers United Church
The Anniversary Concert at Rivers United Church Friday evening featured a splen did program with Rev. F. W. Lee as chairman. Selections by the String Ensemble, vocal solos by Mrs. Don Collyer and Cpl. Dave Karry, violin by Alvin Setter, and impersonations by Rev. R. Smalley. Mr Smalley presented A Cure for the Blues with wit and advice. Refreshments were served in the annex by Ladies Aid members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rivers United Church
F. W. Lee
String Ensemble
Mrs. Don, Collyer
Cpl
Dave Karry
Alvin Setter
Ladies Aid
Matrimonial in Oak Lake Nabs Bradwardine Bride and Groom
Irene Beth Gray daughter of airs Althea Gray marries John Laing son of Mr and Mrs Laing on October 18. Rev G H Hambley officiates with Miss Catherine Butler singing The Lords Prayer and I’ll Walk Beside You. After a buffet luncheon at the reception the couple depart for a honeymoon to Saskatoon Calgary and Banff before settling in Bradwardine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Beth
Airs
Althea
G. H. Hambley
J. A. Bond
Catherine Butler
Ars. Laing
Saskatoon
Calgary
Banff
Bradwardine
Lothair District Social Notes Reflect Weekend Visits
C Vickery spent the weekend in Winnipeg visiting his wife who is a patient there. Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Wilbert Bray on the birth of a son. Annie Wiens of Ninette visited her parents H and Mrs H Wiens Sunday. Battersby family and Miss Rollan of Oak Lake visited the Erwin home. McLaughlin family and Bridgeman family plus a daughter and son visited Bridgeman home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. C. Vickery
Winnipeg
Mrs
Wilbert Bray
Annie Wiens
Ninette
Mrs. H. Wiens
R. McLaughlin
W. Bridgeman and Son
F. Bridgeman
Cochrane Visit and Ladies Aid Quilt for Red Cross
Mr and Mrs Wm Cochrane visited brother in law and sister in law Mr and Mrs R Robison home from the east on leave. October Ladies Aid met at Mrs T Seens with a quilt completed for the Red Cross and good attendance. Bert Stamp and Brian visited Sanford Cochrane Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Cochrane
R. Robison
Ladies Aid
Bert Stamp
Brian
Sanford Cochrane
Ten Years Ago From the Gazette 1934 Fraternal Visit noted
Mesdames Angel Grummett Higginson Tivy Lee H Rea Misses S Miners F Rea and E Sharman, members of Friendship Rebekan Lodge Rivers, paid a fraternal visit to Brandon. Albert Baily elected president of the Bradwardine Local Manitoba Pool Elevators. Margaret Martin won the silver medal at the Elocution Contest with Chas Card Eric Newman Gilbert Thomas Mary Stratford among other winners. Wm Cannon of Mayne found a crocus in full bloom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesdames Angel
Grummett
Higginson
Tivy
Lee
H. Rea
F. Rea
E. Sharman
Rebekan Lodge
Rivers
Brandon
Albert Baily
Bradwardine
Manitoba Pool Elevators
Margaret Martin
Chas. Card
Eric Newman
Gilbert Thomas
Mary Stratford
Wm. Cannon
Mayne
Send-off for local enlistees at Methodist Church ceremony
Thirty years ago a group of men who had enlisted were honored with a church send-off at the Methodist Church. The list includes Ivor Withers C. S. Vincent R. Boyd Bert Kann Leslie Machan and Lyman Brooks. A large railway tank neared completion as well. Five of seven Town Council members resigned from their posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Ivor Withers
C. S. Vincent
R. Boyd
Bert Kann
Leslie Machan
Lyman Brooks
Lost Wrist Watch in River Chain Reward Offered
A lady reports a wrist watch with link chain lost somewhere along the river. A reward is offered for its return to the Gazette Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rivers
Will Finder
Gazette Office
Mrs Bromley Hosts Tea for Dorothy Edwards Bride
On Tuesday afternoon Mrs Jas Bromley entertained in honor of Miss Dorothy Edwards whose wedding occurred Saturday. Tea featured white blossoms and pink tapers. Gifts were presented to the bride by Misses W Bromley and Jean Watts as Mrs Vic Hockley performed piano numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. Todd
Briercliffe
Jas. Bromley
Dorothy Edwards
A. E. Edwards
E. Chapman
Vancouver
Mesdames
G. L. Johnstone
Wm. Bromley
E. E. Chapman
W. Bromley
Hilda Frank
Jo Coulthard
Jean Watts
Vic. Hockley
Honey coupons and fur trade trends in Canada during war era
Ottawa reports clarify honey coupon rules for rural households with doctor and feed dealer payments in honey instead of cash. Fur grading chief notes Canada’s fur farming as a $40,000,000 industry, with 1943 fur production reaching a record $27,694,000 and mink and silver fox pelts dominating value. Persian lamb loom as winter coat potential while Britain’s prewar silver fox market shifts to the US. production fell from 385,000 pelts in 1939 to 140,000 last year, yet quality rose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Ottawa
Africa
Persia
Britain
Us.a
Canadian Junior Farm Club and War Time Notices
Despite youth drain from farms to war, junior farm club activity remains steady. The 19844 national champion event in Toronto runs November 19 to 24 with contests in dairy beef swine poultry seed grain and Potato projects and tours ending in Ottawa. Canadian Army crews ship books to prisoners of war in Germany where readers meet Shakespeare and Dickens. Christmas tree marketing faces rail and truck shortages amid labor and transport limits. The Wrens mark their second birthday expanding to 5000 members across 30 roles from Halifax to London and beyond, aiding seamen and supporting naval operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wack
Toronto
Ottawa
Germany
Dickens
Sabatii
Galsworthy
Buchan
Dumas
Wrens
Royal Canadian Naval Service
Halifax
Victoria
Washington
London
Newfoundland
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rev. R. Smalley
the Gazette
Laing-Gray
Verna Todd
Charles Lamb
C. V. Harris
J. H. Graham
A. Bond
Irene Harris
Gwen Butchart
Beth Butchart
Johanna Hill Roses
Lothair
Tarbolton
Carnegie
By Jim Greenblat
Departments of Labor, Transport, Munitions
W.P.T.B
WMG CO. Ltd
Royal Bank Mdy
Mar Sr
Seer Cary Holt
Ml - Canada
Equipme
Tions of
Canadian Natio Canadian Society For the Deaf and
Hard of Hearing
Pse of
Veterans’ Welfare
Lan A. Mackenzie
Minister of Issued Veterans’ Affairs
Nevers
WOMA
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