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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 25, 1948
Page
4
A Bendena voter marks For in daylight saving on a ballot after writing in the proposition. A dog on a Norman Rockwell cover becomes the subject of a reward offer, and a London Ontario couple triggers a burglar alarm during a public moment. A prison warden uses a convict cook for steady service as concerns of future cooks rise.
Mayor E. F. Grant and Mrs Grant visit St Augustine Florida touted as oldest city in the United States. The Rivers pair plan to explore the city noting roses in bloom with palms and pines around historic structures dating back many centuries.
Una White works as a radiotelephone stewardess aboard the 20th Century and metro State express trains. She cares for 400 to 600 passengers, handles up to 45 calls per trip, and provides first aid as needed. She has tended to sprains, toothaches, epileptic fits, and heart attacks, and has managed meals for babies in the chill box.
Mr and Mrs Alex McEwing were surprised by many friends at their farm on Tuesday evening. A jolly time followed lunch and a gift of blankets presented by Fred Smith. George Stephenson spoke for the gathering praising the McEwings farming success in the district. The former, who sold his farm, leaves this week for the West Coast. his family will join him next spring after World War I service.
The town council delayed the December 6 vote on a rink bylaw raising 21000 to be repaid over 11 years at a lower rate after the municipal and public utility board disapproved of the previous five percent rate and 20 year plan. A new bylaw was read Nov 15 and sent to Winnipeg for approval with notices to appear in the local paper and Manitoba Gazette. The vote date remains pending awaiting board reply.
The Children’s Aid Society launched its annual appeal targeting rural western Manitoba citizens. The agency seeks at least 7000 dollars to continue services. Last year it aided about 200 families with marital and housing issues, placed 34 children in adoption homes, aided 75 unmarried mothers, and assisted 75 other requests including family allowance and veterans affairs investigations.
Rivers post office filled with Christmas parcels sent overseas as deadlines tightened. G M Henderson postmaster notes earlier mailing season and earlier local delivery dates. He urges secure addressing and careful packing to avoid waste from parcel handling.
Nov 26 details Mrs James Taylor Donald McFadden Joan West wood Nov 27 Donna Higginson Nov 28 Margaret Wareham Harry Seaborn Dec 2 Mrs Douglas Morrow Ottawa Ont William Tivy.
The Canadian Library Association discussed a campaign at its Winnipeg council meeting to collect technical books and periodicals for European libraries devastated by war. The effort aims to ship volumes across Canada to support reconstruction and access to scholarly material.
John la Porte Given Jr, 41, heir to the Hainz pickle fortune, was arrested in New York on allegations that he attacked an elderly man with a cane containing a 28 inch sword.
Dr L Rubin and Nurse M Westyoul carried out a public health program in Rivers and rural municipalities. Children were examined and inoculations given where needed. In Oakleigh, Robinville and Harrow pupils were checked and inoculated against diphtheria and whooping cough. Further rural schools will be visited later.
Dr. L Rubin health officer ordered the junior room at Hradwardine school closed after finding several chickenpox cases among pupils. He reported there were upwards of half a dozen cases in the room and took precautionary measures to prevent spread.
Dr E L Ross medical director of the Sanatorium board of Manitoba urges sale of Christmas seals to fight tuberculosis. He says finding and treating all cases could end the disease within the rising generation and that the campaign offers real relief to human suffering. Rivers and G M Henderson praise the effort as hundreds of dollars in seals are sold annually.
A Manitoba and British Columbia minded notice explains readers in Sidney and distant towns such as Saskatoon Shoal Lake Sherridan Sudbury and Saint Paul Minnesota rely on The Gazette. It promotes subscriptions as a simple gift solution to keep kin informed of local district news and events.
Premier Douglas L. Campbell pledges the coalition government will keep debt reduction the focus while pursuing more equitable freight-rate distribution, hydro power growth, and rural electrification. A cabinet shuffle is expected soon as the 26 Liberal-Progressives, 14 Progressive Conservatives, and two Social Creditors weather a party split threat. If the CCF wins, Manitoba’s next government would wait until 1950, says MLA L. St. George Stubbs.
A Women’s Institute convention in Toronto heard Mrs. N White of Brooklin Ont urge fewer trigonometry lessons and more fatherhood training. The brief item notes other various updates from wartime Canada including defence statements, funding for medical training, a manslaughter verdict, and labor unity remarks.
Police recovered jewelry valued at hundreds of dollars during a rooming house search after recent Port Arthur home break ins. Charles Dubois, 22, is charged with retaining stolen jewelry and remanded to November 10. Three other men face charges of retaining stolen articles.
Four persons suffer burns after a blaze at Jack Boyce's farm home in the Hornbill district ten miles northeast of Red Deer. Hospital officials confirm all victims are badly burned but release no condition details.
The Rivers school electrification plan and sketches were presented by L. O. Loucks at a board meeting. He was instructed to prepare blueprints for next meeting. The secretary-treasurer was told to advertise tenders for six school van routes for 1940. Mrs K G Grummett requested inclusion as a substitute teacher. Accounts totaling 1807.78 were ordered paid.
Rivers deer hunters trek fields this week seeking venison with several reporting good returns. Deer numbers remain high around town, with small herds seen for months, as residents note satisfying hunts and a fine buck brought in on the first day of the shoot. Nearby notes tell of other regional items and Saskatchewan honey production rising to 6,250,345 pounds, up 18,202 from 1947.
A retrospective from Rivers highlights past local events including mayoral contenders Jonasen and Dr Griffith, a flu epidemic toll, new CNR store construction, successful big game hunting, a wedding, a missionary lecture, reelection of Mayor Grant, a council slate, a plane bailout at Two Creeks, and a crash incident.
Robert Howitt Bond, a farmer who had lived in the Daly district for about ten years, died on Friday November 19. He resided with B. E Chapman and R. R. Brandon at the time. The funeral took place Monday from Brandon to Roseville Cemetery, with Rev. G. R. F. Ebsary conducting the service.
Dr A H S and S Gillson of the University of Manitoba will be guest speaker at the 18th annual convention of the Manitoba associated boards of trade. The event takes place at the Royal Alexandra hotel in Winnipeg on Monday and Tuesday December 6 and 7. Dr Gillson speaks on The University In the Community. D G McKenzie of Winnipeg presides.
In a wartime era recap the Daly Rural Municipality story traces community challenges and resilience. The Rapid City Reporter faced disruption but issued an explanatory sheet. Nearby towns such as Rivers and Bradwardine hosted stage productions and pool entertainments featuring local talent like Tom Clark and Charles Lamb.
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