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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 17, 1949
Page
5
The notice from The Rivers Gazette at Rivers Manitoba lists subscription rates of 20 a year in Canada and 3 a year elsewhere, payable in advance. It mentions office hours and the Gazette Office at 211 Main Street, Rivers, Manitoba, with initials GF Barker.
Thomas H Seens, longtime Daly reeve and farmer, elected as representative to the legislature for Daly municipality. He pledges to seek guidance from municipal bodies and chamber of commerce, stressing cooperation with constituents and the electorate to serve effectively. The region notes his community service and curling interest. Also, the Orangeville Banner warns that most firearm fatalities occur in year end, advising hunters to stay safe.
A Vernon News item warns residents about itinerant salespeople roaming River streets and households. It notes many locals are easily duped, cites a peddler license practice, and urges using police or local agencies for orders while stressing jury duty as civic obligation.
In Rivers, only about 10 percent of electors voted last Thursday versus 65 percent in October for mayor and councillors. Daly municipal ward shatters records with full participation, as 110 votes cast by 108 eligible electors, four spoiled. Non-residents noted on electors list.
Crowds gathered in River Street halls to celebrate year end amid snow and blaring bands. A look back notes changes in living, travel, and entertainment. few of the original settlers remain, while history unfolds hour by hour, to be chronicled in The Story of the Rural Municipality of Daly.
The Rainy River Record profiles Otis Wending, recent winner of a decade long safe driving prize, who urges defensive driving as key. He says treat other drivers as dangerous maniacs, a simple method to stay safe on open roads.
Reeve Bas Devetoprod of Western Ontario pursues cattle raising as a fulltime hobby. Grant McRess, from Guelph agricultural college, notes his skill in selecting strong stock. May grazing supplements grain to fatten Western steers. the family runs a large herd on high pasture, with Abe and Joan aiding in handling hundreds of cattle.
Vancouver alderman George Miller urged the city council to fund policemen’s night sticks for next year’s Halloween patrols. He said give some of these rowdies a cut across the back side.
Over more than five hours a local radio station hosted an auction of Gyro Club items. Telephonic bids poured in as articles were sold. Proceeds were donated to various charities.
A hen in Stanford Ontario laid an egg showing an almost perfect heart imprint on the shell. A local house wife bought the egg and plans to mount the shell as a keepsake in her home.
A nervous husband recalls catching a stranger kissing his wife and reacts by breaking the intruder's umbrella and declaring, I hope it rains tonight. The bartender questions the scene as the man explains his impulsive punishment and mood.
An aluminum alloy funnel by William Denny & Bros. of Dumbarton is on display at the Olympia engineering and marine exhibit in London for the first time in Britain. Built for the streamlined cross channel steamer TSS Brighton, the 22 foot high, 26 foot long funnel weighs 288 tons and marks the growing use of aluminum alloys in marine construction.
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