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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 04, 1934
Page
5
The annual Rally of the United Sunday School drew a large crowd with a pageant by Mrs. L. Bell and promotion exercises. Certificates and Robert Raikes Diplomas for Perfect Attendance were awarded to students across six years and to alumni, with the church decor positively noted.
A poem mocks muddled problem solving with phrases about washing linen in mud and putting the cart before the horse. It imagines a topsy turvy approach, reversed roles, and the need to fix shoes for crying children while questioning joy’s flow.
The Brandon Experimental Farm notes a revival in fertilizing fields due to commercial fertilizers. Manure is piled on rock, rots for months, and spread at eight to twelve tons per acre mainly in fall. Ploughing soon after spreading is advised unless soil drifting risks require surface spreading with moisture to move nutrients to the root zone. Wealth of manure use is recommended when farm labor allows.
Large crowds attended Daly Church anniversary events with Rev. S A Martin of Elgin delivering morning and evening sermons. Special music by Daly Choir led by O W Brown featured Miss Ruth Buggey and others. a Monday supper, concert, and illustrated lecture followed.
The Canadian National Railways system posted gross revenues of 3,684,809 for the week ending September 21, 1934, up from 3,246,547 a year earlier, an increase of 438,262.
In a bid to collect overdue dues, readers are urged to visit the Gavette office for a cordial welcome. The notice emphasizes digging in to recover arrears on the subscription list.
The Rivers Town Council met with Mayor Dunsmore presiding. They adopted the previous minutes and set a rental of 8.00 dollars per month for R G Higginson effective October 1, 1934, payable in advance. The council authorized the secretary treasurer to issue a warrant allowing levy of business taxes in arrears by distress or sale against H R Moxley for 10.25 dollars. The meeting adjourned.
The Gazette extends best wishes to Lloyd Moxley on October 6 Ruth Wareham on the 6th Helen Seens Bradwardine on the 7th Mr Alex McDonald on the 8th and Edgar Madden on the 10th for a happy birthday.
A public Thanksgiving Service will be held Monday morning at 11 o'clock in the United Church under the Malcolm Mission Band. St James Junior W A and Malcolm M B will participate with speakers Rev E L Williams and Rev W Harland. A Thank Offering will aid Mission Band funds.
Local readers urge action after reports of three to four cars stopping on city streets to unload kittens and abandon them. Citizens condemn the cruelty and call for humane disposal rather than abandonment. The Rapid City Reporter voices alarm over the issue.
The United Church announces services for Sunday October 7 led by Rev. R. G. MacKay from Forrest with choir music. Daly Sunday School Rally at 2 30 p.m. includes a pageant and special music. Rivers will hold an evening service at 7 30 with the topic The Parable of the Talents asking what talent is lodged with you.
In Pope County district farmers are moving barley into the United States where prices are favorable, especially for barley production. The cross border trade boosts local agriculture and market opportunities.
On Friday September 28 to Mr and Mrs Russell Couch a daughter Shirley Anne Patricia was born at Rivers.
For sale pure bred Wyandottes leghorns and Rhode Island Reds in good laying condition. Very reasonable prices. Contact J. J. Gregory Rivers.
Oakey, 534 miles north, east of Rivers, will deliver potatoes to town at 55 cents per bushel.
Penl Bazuk offers a five year old cow due to freshen in January in exchange for a two year old steer. The note seeks a direct swap and specifies animal ages.
Notice by Rural Municipality of Daly to sell lands for overdue taxes. Warrant dated September 11 1994 directs auction on November 2 1934 at Rivers Town Hall for parcels with rail way and highway rights reserved. Secretary Treasurer John A Dysne signs notice in Rivers Manitoba.
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