Board of Trade concert and draw at Community Hall
Rivers Board of Trade presents a free Friday program in the Community Hall November 3 featuring a 50 minute film The Battle of New Britain with real footage of American forces. Squadron Leader G W Northcott DSO DFC of Minnedosa will speak. draw offers a $50 Victory Loan Bond and five $5 War Savings Certificates. tickets sold for 25c and admission is free.
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Rivers Board of Trade
Battle of
New Britain
Island
G. W. Northcott
D.S.O
D.F.C
Bat
Minnedosa
Northcott
Key War Loan figures touted to Canadian National Railways staff
War Loan Committee liaison J R Reid told CNR employees facts aimed at boosting the Seventh Victory Loan. He cited that Canada’s national income has doubled since the war began, an extra ten million dollars per month is now in the pockets of wage earners due to the abolition of compulsory savings, and bank deposits in Canada have risen by one billion dollars.
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Winnipeg
J. R. Reid
War Loan Committee
Canadian National Railways
Canada
Obituary of Andrew Common of Bradwardine
Andrew Common dies at 92 in Bradwardine after a long life in Ontario and western Canada. Born 1852 in Edinboro Scotland he settled in Galt and later Bradwardine where he farmed. Survived by two daughters Margaret and Hannah two sons William and Cpl Wea Common in RCAF with nine grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral at United Church Bradwardine with Rev Hambley officiating. interment Greenwood Cemetery. Pallbearers named Morrison Wood Dobson Arnot Dowland Houston. Community extends condolences.
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Mr. Common
Edinboro
Scotland
Canada
Galt
Ont
Martha Common
Common
Bradwardine
Presbyterian Church
Margaret
Hannah
William
Cpl. Wea. Common
R.C.A.F
Armed Services
United Church
Rev. G. Hambley
Greenwood Cemetery
Blood Donor Clinic at Rivers on Oct 25 Under Flt Lt Gibson
Wednesday morning blood donor session at Rivers Blood Donor Clinic directed by Flt Lt Gibson drew many volunteers including Erlendson Suara Greenhalgh Bergum Way Devell John Babb Murray Moore Walker Brinton Wain McBurnie Dick Johnson Jacques Rogers Johnson MacConnell Baxter Bolton Bonenfant Brownlie Hubbard Sherlock Land Yeardye Rivers Middleton Hanmer Gullen Ashton Cardale Gibbons Reid Rockall Moline Lepla Bridgeman Yorke Stanton Wedderburn Wedderburn Lenore Hutchison Miller and others.
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The
Rivers Blood Donor Clinic
Flt
Gibson
C.N.S
Erlendson
Suara Greenhalgh
Walter Bergum
Alwyn Way
G. J. Devell
John Babb
Murray May
D. W. Moore
John Walker
Thomas Brinton
H. D. Wain
Ernest McBurnie
W. H. Dick
A. E. Johnson
George S. Jacques
Ruth Rogers
Frances Johnson
Thelma MacConnell
Law J. M. E. Baxter
James Bolton
Elizabeth J. Bonenfant
Joseph Brownlie
Eric Hubbard
Geo. A. Sherlock
Ivan A. Land
Sgt
James Yeardye
Mary
Shower Honors Mrs Harry Beltz Bride in Parish Hall
A Community Shower was held Monday evening in the Parish Hall for Mrs. Harry Beltz, a recent bride, with about thirty eight attendees. June McDonald drew a Taylor's Transfer wagon of gifts as Alice Tufts played Here Comes the Bride. Mrs Beltz thanked the guests and refreshments were served by Mrs. Jas Taylor and Mrs. John Stevenson with other ladies helping.
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Harry Beltz
June McDonald
Taylor
Alice Tufts
Victory Bonds Nest Egg for the Future
Investors are urged to buy Victory Bonds now as a form of long term savings. Officials emphasize secure growth, urging citizens to participate and secure financial stability for upcoming years.
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Eeeee
Fort Garry
Campbell's
Maxwell House
J. A. Grugimett
Rogers’ Bakery and Confectionery
Jesse Rogers
Victory
McClary
Pabco
Motor King
Board of Trade
Mr. Reid
Andrew Common
James Morrison
John Wood
R. W. Dobson
Hugo Arnot
E. H. Dowland
J. Houston
Bradwardine— Post
Jean Ferguson
Malcolm Rose
Elizabeth McKenzie
Merle
Rivers— Middleton
Myrtle Hanmer
Mabel Gullen
Verna Ashton
Frank Ashton
May
Hamiota— Jamieson
Carman Whitfield
Ben MacMillan
Sear King
Mar Caldwell
Myrtle Johnston
Earle
Cardale— Gibbons
Mary J. Reid
Frederick Rockall
Albert
Moline
Sandy Lake
Lundy
Alice
Alexander— Wedderburn
John H. Wedderburn
Mrs. E
Lenore— Hutchison
George Miller
Clarence
Kenton— Bray
John Wilson
Wm. Bray
Geo. E. Bray
Ivan
Carnegie
Frank, Marion Scott
Laura
Lavinia— Thompson
Arnot Reid
Stanley Taylor
Percy Reid
Margaret Thompson
Agnes Shemluck
Helen
Oak River
Shaw, Edmund
Ensign
W. Hanlon
Four Star Theatre
Roy Rogers
King of the Cowboys
Virginia Grey
Harry Shannon
Ona Munson
Dick Purcell
Bob Nolan
Sons of the Pioneers
Victor
Clifton
Cutex
Paris
Yardley’s
Muriel Astor
Colgate’s
Pinaud
G. M. Setter
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