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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 17, 1949
Page
4
The text notes Puerto Rico as the smallest eastern island in the Greater Antilles. It mentions the legendary round table of King Arthur allegedly seating 160 knights. It states pigeons were used as messengers dating back to 3000 BC.
Members of the WLA met at Mr. E Chapman’s home with four in attendance. Bryce Mitchell is in Winnipeg for a new job. Mrs D Stephenson and son Nevill visited Sidney relatives. A Junior Red Cross dance was held at Robinville school. The Bromleys left for Marathon Ontario to visit relatives. Mrs Harry McAuley is visiting Winnipeg. Mr and Mrs Glen McDonald were guests at Robinville school for a dance and received a flatware set. Mrs Marriott and Mrs Hamnett made presentations. Edward Chapman hosted a Roseville W A tea for Mrs James McDonald and Mrs R Greasley. a coffee table and a suitcase were given. Mrs J Baxter of Brandon visits Leonard Frank.
Defence and Rents Take Ottawa Spotlight reports Liberal leaders defend rent increases to 25 percent above 1941 levels while tenants resist. Owen Lobley fixes maximum boosts at 18 percent for unheated flats, 22 percent for heated units, and 20 percent for roomers. In effect Dec 15 start, most tenants pay Feb 1. Other brief items note Belfast ordered to aid stranded passengers near Pratag Island, a Brantford constable shoots a skunk, and a hospital canteen robbery linked to the Canadian National Institute for the Blind.
Ross Sydney Poole, 28, of Winnipeg, given six months in jail after pleading guilty to indecently assaulting an 18-year-old in Winnipeg. A Barrie Examiner note condemns cruelty to animals, warning against abandoning a kitten in a lonely wilderness.
Bradwardine and Brandon residents hosted guests from Brandon and Calgary visiting local families. A community meeting in the hall reported the year’s work with L Lindsay reading reports and officers elected. Entertainment and lunch committees were formed with local volunteers named.
Malcolm Graham flew to 47 000 feet and drew praise from Air Vice Marshal A. T. Cowley in Ottawa, who said the achievement was unmatched in Canada. The attempt will not be official because no barograph was carried to certify the altitude.
John C. Poffenroth a Calgary law yer was committed for trial on illegal possession of narcotics. Bail was set at $3,500 after his arrest on October 11 following an alleged attempt to pass a heroin capsule to Lloyd Sterling a prisoner held on a narcotics charge. Sterling later received two and a half years in penitentiary.
Soldiers at the Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers school in Kingston Ontario now receive TV from Syracuse Buffalo and Rochester. Officers foresee adding television to electronics and radar instruction, using Kingston’s location to enhance reception and tie in with ongoing courses.
The facility currently restricts television sets at the school to recreational use while awaiting suitable demonstrations to accompany the instruction.
Hon J T McDiarmid announces F Stanley Gamey promoted to resident engineer at the Minea branch of Manitoba department of mines and natural resources, effective October 1.
A candidate thanks supporters and workers for cooperation during the election. He also acknowledges the opposition's high caliber campaign and appeals for continued cooperation to serve Lansdowne, the province, and Canada.
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