Board of Trade Holds Interesting City Meeting
The Rivers Board of Trade held its regular monthly session in the Municipal Chamber on Tuesday. A report on the annual banquet was presented and accepted. A salvage campaign was renewed with plans to consult the Western Manitoba Associated Boards of Trade. Suggestions for skating rink operation were sought from the Town Council. A lighting proposal for the Christmas season prompted a special committee of J. Gilchrist, J. Frame, Dr. Thomas to act, with up to $25 for expenses.
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The
Rivers Board of Trade
Western
Manitoba Associated Boards of Trade
Board of Trade
J. Gilchrist
J. Frame
Dr. Thomas
Jas. Frame
C. Forman
Albert Wareham
J. H. Maxwell
Golden Wedding Acknowledgments And Local Visits
Local notes report Earl Common of the R C A F visiting with his parents and other relatives. Several friends and relatives, including J Morgan, J Hunter and family, and J McKenzie, visit or host relatives. Golden wedding congratulations extend to T Nesbitt and spouse. Innis family and new CPR agent plan permanent move. Grover and Ella Cole visit Rivers relatives. Church service scheduled Sunday at 1 pm led by Rev Donogh.
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Mrs. T. Nesbitt
Lothair Ladies Hold Tea and Charity Bazaar
Miss Alma Sedgwick and Mrs. John Seater hosted gatherings in Oak River and Kemnay relatives visited by Mrs. Ken Haggerty. The first Gal loping Tea raised a red cross collection with plans for next week. Mrs Geo Seater and Mrs Wm Snowdon visited relatives while the Lothair Ladies Aid staged a successful concert and school bazaar.
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Alma Sedgwick
Oak River
John Seater
The
Lothair Ladies Aid
Birthday greetings from The Gazette list
The Gazette extends best wishes for a happy birthday to Mrs A J Madden on November 20 Clifford Gunness on the 21st G P Gleeson of Oak River on the 21 Jos N Airey on the 22nd Doreen Grace Madden of Ellscott Alberta on the 24 John Eric Greasley on the 25th Donald McFadden on the 26 Mrs Jas Taylor on the 26th
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A. J. Madden
Clifford Gunness
G. P. Gleeson
Oak River
Jos. N. Airey
Doreen Grace Madden
Ellscott
Alta
John Eric Greasley
Donald McFadden
Jas. Taylor
World Wheat Conference Aims to Allocate Export Quotas
A conference seeks to divide world wheat trade during and after the war and assign export quotas. The speaker argues Canadian high quality wheat should receive a higher quota. He urges farmers to use registered seed on select acres to improve future crop quality.
Arctic hero A A Lewis hailed for 1928 survival feat remembered in wartime role
A long profile recalls Squadron Leader A A Lewis, once famed for a 1928 274 mile ice and snow trek with Norman C. Terry and Eskimo Bobby, surviving blizzards and food shortages. Now a Group Captain in the Royal Canadian Air Force, he serves in Port Burwell’s air defenses, piloting a bomber and guiding convoy escorts as veterans overlook his past. The Halifax paper reprinted the tale for readers.
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A A. Lewis
Royal Canadian Air Force
Lewis
Concert in the United Church advertised next Wednesday
Don't miss hearing Group Captain A. Lewis next Wednesday evening at the Concert in the United Church as advertised elsewhere in this issue.
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A. Lewis
United Church
The Little Woman and the Bacon Garnishment
A poetic plea portrays the wife as the crowning support and nurse in misfortune, essential to a man’s plans and home life. The verse urges husbands to honor his wife by providing for her needs, even amid work and worry, so the home remains a safe harbor. The speaker, Hy Barree, personifies domestic labor as guardianship and comfort.
Erosion halves soil organic matter and nitrogen in Manitoba study
A southern Manitoba district shows severe erosion stripping topsoil. Dr. J L Doughty analyzed eroded versus undisturbed soils finding 45 percent less organic matter and 39 percent less nitrogen in eroded samples. Crop nitrogen and yields also drop. a color photo by Dr. R D Bird illustrates ruined summer fallow.
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Manitoba
J. L. Doughty
Soil Research Laboratory
Swift Current
Arewa
R. D. Bird
Doughty
For Sale Young Mammoth Bronze Turkeys Breeders
Mrs. John Moore of Wheatland offers Mammoth Bronze turkeys for breeding, sourced from government-banded birds, priced at five dollars each.
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John Moore
Wheatland
Angus Shops Celebrate 100th Tank at Montreal Mill
Canadian Pacific Railway Angus shops in Montreal marked a milestone as the 190th army tank rolled off the assembly line. A gala ceremony featured Tank No. 100 paraded with mag and placards while workers’ brass band played. Veterans of Angus-built tanks serve with British forces and more tanks are planned.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
Montreal
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Bradwardine
Earl Common
R.C.A.F
Mrs
Wm. Common
Mrs. J. Morgan
McConnell
J. Hunter
Kenton
Wesley Common
J. McKenzie
Harding
D. Joynt
B. Innis
Fairlight, Sask
C.P.R
Mrs. Innis
Grover Cole
Miss Ella Cole
Rivers
Gilbert Plains
Mr. Donogh
Brandon
Lothair
Mrs. T. Airey
Ken. Haggerty
Kemnay
John Ramsey and
Lyle
the Gazette
H. G. L. Strange
Arctic
Norman C. Terry
Vancouver
Port Burwell
Hudson Strait
Atlantic
Verry
Bobby
Gobelon
White
Ofavour Municipality
Heron
Ivy K. Campbell
Miantteba
Prom
Saskatchewan
W.E. Stewart
North American
Bert Ford
Mgr
Christian Science Monitor
International Daily
Monitor
Christian Scence Publishing Society
Norway Street
Boston
Massachusetts
Coly
Angus Shops
Camagian Paturic Angus
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