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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 06, 1947
Page
3
A plea urges parents to take responsibility for guiding children, warning that lack of guidance fuels juvenile trouble. Citing two teens hanged after a deadly dare, the piece underscores the need for parental understanding and companionship to curb bad choices and street wandering.
Mr. and Mrs. J Butler of Kenton announce the engagement of their only daughter Catherine Elizabeth to Willem Cordon Taylor of Campbell River British Columbia youngest son of Mr and Mrs J Taylor. The wedding will take place at Port Alberni in mid November.
A cribbage tournament will be held in the Parish Hall on Friday November seventh at 8 00 pm. Lunch served. Admission one dollar.
The article recalls Remembrance Day as a pause from labor to honor Canadians and allied troops who died in World Wars. It urges a peaceful settlement of global affairs and remembrance through wearing a poppy, while also noting veterans afflicted by war. It cites St. Thomas Times-Journal commentary on Soviet non cooperation and postwar tensions.
The article links a potential US move toward war to counter a rising threat as Russia may possess atomic bombs. It notes British Columbia’s rapid growth, contrasts Quebec’s slower rise, and forecasts a massive postwar European emigration to Canada, with Ontario and the prairie provinces likely to absorb many newcomers. It also reports Britain restricting tobacco imports and cutting food imports amid fears of economic collapse and the fragility of democracy.
For sale: Abe turkey toms from banded stock. Apply Robert Kedzie, Box 235, Rivera, pti.
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