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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 27, 1941
Page
8
The Rivers Drama Club presents three One-Act Plays in the Community Hall on Friday at 8 p.m. Strong casts perform Thief Clara and Scene: Living Room. A dance follows with admission 35 cents for concert, 25 cents for dance, 12 and under 25 cents.
Over one hundred women are sought immediately for the Canadian Women's Auxiliary Air Force with clerks, operators, messwomen, fabric workers, and more. Applicants aged 21 to 41 must be fit, five feet or taller, Grade VII education, proof of birth and education, and unmarried or with no dependent children. Apply at the Recruiting Centre Lindsay Building Winnipeg.
Local election passed with little excitement as electors in Rivers voted on Saturday to choose three members for 1942 43. Only 126 votes were cast. New councillors are J Bellamy and W G Thomas, replacing long serving Sinclair. Remaining council includes Mayor E E Grant and councillors A Wareham W G Rea and H Wareham.
On Tuesday evening December 2 at 7 30 p m a recital will be given by the Junior School Orchestra and Choir under Mrs Frayne. The program includes orchestral numbers piano solos guitar numbers and vocal pieces by Dorothy Kolotylo Dorothy Taylor Billy Radcliffe Dorothy Borrowman Mary Eldon Gwyneth Frayne Manon and Giardalli with a silver collection to defray expenses.
Rivers School began its winter timetable with a morning session at 9.30 and an afternoon session ending at 3.45 on Monday.
A J H Barker laments in verse on whether peace will restore joy or leave the soul numb to life. The poem pleads for Jerusalem’s song to refresh and renew faith that frees humanity after war.
A wedding held at the home of Flight Lieut and Mrs Frayne on Monday November 24 united Betty Elaine Montgomery of Edmonton Alberta with Sgt Brian Cavendish of Manly Sydney New South Wales Australia. The ceremony was led by Padre Flight Lieut Frayne at No 1 A N S Rivers with Sisters Kerr Lyons as bridesmaids and Sgt L J Skippen as best man. A toast followed then the couple left for Bran don for their honeymoon at the Alexandra Hotel with a small group of friends and allied staff in attendance.
In Frame's Community Hall on Saturday November 29 Lorne MecCallum and his Midnight Moon Moths perform with 25 cent admission. On Tuesday December 2 Roy Brown and his 10 Piece Band headline with 50 cent admission.
A 1931 Gazettes note recalls the week when skating rink flooding began on Monday. Jas Slevin resigns as town constable. Dr Stuart Fraser addressed Rivers Daly School Trustees meeting. Robert Forke spoke in Wagar Hall as NPP candidate. St James Church unveils a new soak pulpit and marble font. Fred Howard wins Wheatland elocution contest. Mr and Mrs Alex Forbes Sr celebrate their golden wedding anniversary with the bridegroom dancing Ghillie Callum.
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