07 Oct 1920
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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 07, 1920
Page
1
A stewards meeting was held at Union Church on Monday evening. Arrangements for the Sunday School rally on the 17th are progressing. Attend at 2 30 p.m. for an informal, helpful program. The pastor preached on What is man that Thou art mindful of him. The choir rendered the anthem.
The Rivers branch of the Great War Veterans Association holds a dance on Wednesday October 13 at Wagar Hall. Music by Brandon G W V A Orchestra. Admission 150 for couple and 50c for an extra lady. Details from any association member.
The Salvation Army runs many children’s homes across Canada providing care and eventual adoption into good families. The organization notes these homes honor the memory of soldiers fallen in Flanders Fields, offering maternal support for the young.
A letter to the Sentinel defends Mr. Ivens known in Pilot Mound for labor ties and reformist leanings. It notes his sympathy for workers, pacifist bent, and mixed wartime reception from church and community. It contrasts church support with opposition from labor factions and cites opposition to conscription and ministry exit.
Better weather complemented the annual Rivers Boys and Girls Fair held Friday at Rivers school. Students displayed varied school work, cooking, vegetables, and live stock with many prizes awarded. Judges stayed busy as exhibits crowded a room and visitors toured the new school building.
A daughter was born Wednesday October 6 to Mr and Mrs Alf Wareham at Rivers.
Daly Church hosts anniversary services Sunday October 10 at 11 a.m. and 7 30 p.m with Rev Hyslop Dixon of Union Church Alexander as speaker and special choir music. A Monday evening fowl supper from 5 to 8 precedes an entertainment with Rivers Union Church choir assisting and Rev Dixon giving an address. Admission 1 for adults 50c for children. Everyone invited.
A Canadian National Railways West section conference between the Canadian Northern and Grand Trunk Pacific seeks to resolve seniority disputes on blended routes. The piece notes careful, tolerant leadership is needed as the traffic year begins and the National lines evolve.
James White told the Vancouver Rotary Club that U S and Canada papers use about 2 150 000 tons of newsprint annually, denuding 1000 square miles of mature forest land each year and illustrating the large impact of print manufacture on North American forests.
For the first time in its history Rivers has continuous telephone service with the new arrangement starting Friday October 1. A large number of new subscribers have been added and more are to have phones installed. The Gazette plans to list new subscribers in a future issue for readers.
A list shows multiple film titles set for early screening at the Bijou including Pitfalls of a Big City, The Skywayman, Cupid Forecloses, Dangerous Hours, dark star, Hawthorne the Adventurer, Miss Innocence, The Purple Cypher and Bride 13. Also noted are The Sporting Duchess and Andy And the New Fox with several others in the lineup.
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