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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 07, 1948
Page
4
A masked man entered a Vancouver store, smashed sight xz against walls, muttered about a room, then left after a four word remark as the owner alerted police. In Port Elizabeth a hunter, warming himself by a fire, shot a jackal at point blank range attracting a wary animal.
Harry Aylwin, aged 16, becomes owner and publisher of the Plumas Standard after editing for a year in E Mellersh’s absence. He acquired the paper when Mellersh chose to remain on the west coast, making him Canada’s youngest rural publisher.
A man arrested in Manchester for climbing a church spire said he did it to celebrate his son's birthday. The drunkenness charge was dismissed.
Fodder losses rise as camels in South Australia are ordered destroyed. A fruit growers syndicate plans to convert camel carcasses into fertilizer. Other notes include a claim of an aged cat in Omaha and a ghost train in Hellifield, plus baby minding plans in York shire.
In Summerland British Columbia hospital housekeeping staff staging a walkout left nurses to handle beds and meals. No reason was given for the workers quitting.
Notice informs readers that Monday Oct 11 is a public holiday and all businesses will close. It also sets copy deadlines for Oct 14 issues with noontime cutoff Oct 9 and notes social items accepted until noon Tuesday.
Rivers town council declared it will not enter into long-term leases for town-owned properties. The decision followed a request from a downtown renter paying 20 dollars monthly who sought a reduced rent of 15 dollars on a long-term lease. The council stated such agreements and altering tenant care are not town policy.
Mrs. Hi 3. Bicknell of 724 Ninth Street Brandon died last Monday. She and husband Harry S. Bicknell were Wheatland merchants and noted hosts. Born to Charles Sloward’s family, pioneers of 1874, she lived in English Settlement before Wheatland. Married August 12, 1896 they had eight children and 27 grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at St Matthew's Pro Cathedral Brandon with six sons as pallbearers.
Owners of Rivers Concrete Works received 150 dollars from the town council on Monday for property at the corner of Second and Columbia. The building will be removed by May 1, 1949, and the lot will be used in connection with the new rink.
A list of birthday notices shows individuals with October dates across North American locations. Names include Earle L. Britton in Edmonton and Jack Smyth in October, alongside Gerald Grummett in Winnipeg and Gordon Treloar in Calgary. Other entries mention Gladys Thomas, Vernon Brown, Victor G Lowe, R.7 B. Lee, Betty Morris, Mrs J Sword, Louise Britton, and several cities such as Toronto and Vancouver. Each entry marks a birthday during the observed period.
The Montreal Star cites a Cape Town offer from South Africa’s Nationalist Prime Minister to aid Britain in the Berlin airlift. The St Thomas Times Journal notes such assurances contrast with fears for the Commonwealth’s future, while affirming the empire as a long-standing cooperative venture.
Municipal clerk W T Dyer announced plans to hold a vote on the continuation or discontinuance of the municipal doctor scheme during the October 22 elections. Residents of Rivers and Daly would face a salary increase to $6,000 annually, with Rivers paying 30 percent ($1,800) and Daly 70 percent ($4,200). Elections in both municipalities will occur on Oct 22 unless councils are returned by acclamation.
L. J. Rust, a prominent Brandon businessman and active chamber of commerce member, died after a shooting accident at Hamiota last Friday. He was part of a duck hunt party and was well known in Rivers for his participation in local trade events.
Town council approved a three month leave of absence for Mayor E. E. Grant. He and Mrs. Grant plan to spend November December and January in the United States and will depart for the south next week.
Toronto dispatch reports American restaurant authority George L. Wenzel argues Canadians refuse to pay four dollars for a steak dinner. He states higher quality beef would cost more, noting U S first grade beef equals Canadian show beef selling as high as twenty dollars per pound.
Toronto youths Gordon Cameron 24 Allen Decker 19 and William Clover 17 were jailed 10 years each for the September 13 kidnapping of Dr David Perlman and six years for the related $53 armed robbery of taxi driver Nathan Bornstein. Decker and Clover received additional terms for automobile theft.
Montreal Gazette argues a forgotten voter seeks security through personal effort not state promises. The piece critiques broad programs that promise cradle to grave care while overlooking individuals who want more of their money kept by themselves amid government spending and taxation.
In this district driver J. Treloar is praised for treating seven students including Randall Robins Isaak Ashton Krahn on payday. The piece notes the routine in a light local tone, highlighting farm life and the regular stop for the kids to enjoy a treat.
Air Officer Commanding Air Marshal E. M. Guthrie led a first of its kind all services annual inspection at the Joint Air School station. Accompanied by senior staff officers, the party observed a parade of the Air Force Army and Navy and attended a dinner in the officers mess before departing to Edmonton. The event marks the station’s first full three service inspection since 1947.
Bradwardine residents eagerly grab Friday newspapers at the post office as copies circulate widely, sometimes reaching distant lands. The town predates Rivers, with forebears who helped settle the area, and locals take pride in its scenic hills and pleasant surroundings.
A Montreal man was arrested in Port Credit Ontario wearing only a leather belt and a hand kerchief holding a wrapped $5 bill. He faced vagary and indecent exposure charges. Police Chief Joe Nelson said the man claimed he had been drinking in Toronto and suggested the money might be prize money from a beauty contest.
London Free Press argues no doctrine can replace labor, and Britain’s Socialist government must foster a will to work. Without it, both government and people face disappointment and disaster.
Real estate activity rises as town council accepts five of six lot applications. Accepted are K Crossy for 353 Third avenue prefab home, T E Kinsley for 315 Second avenue, 5 Korpan for 359 Third avenue, Mrs J Gagowski of 718 Third avenue, and Gordon Taylor at 346 Third avenue. One proposal for two lots on Third avenue west to place a trailer was approved with conditions, requiring a house construction by June 1 1919 or the sale is void.
Raymond, three year old son of Cpl. G and Mrs Springer of 780 Fourth Avenue, a polio patient in a Winnipeg children's hospital, is reported by his parents to be showing improvement after a city visit. He was admitted five weeks ago and doctors say progress is as well as could be expected.
Toronto Globe and Mail argues that teaching children and adults to view neighbors as fellow Canadians, not as a queer or alien element, will reduce intolerance. It says distrust or abuse based on skin color, facial features, or church has no place in a mature society.
The lodge was instituted with twenty new members and officers elected and installed in nine hours of work, marking a rapid expansion of the organization in the city.
The town council purchased one thousand feet of fire hose to bolster local emergency readiness and stockpiles, improving response capability for fires and related incidents.
H M Harvey purchased the T R Grieve residence located on Fourth avenue in a deal reported as completed. The transaction transfers ownership of the property and reflects a local real estate exchange activity.
James Scott brings ninety eight tomatoes from a single vine to The Gazette office, showcasing a bountiful harvest and the gardener's patience.
Five years ago a midair collision involving two No. 1 CNS planes killed nine aviators who crashed on George Howard's Wheatland farm. Investigations traced the tragedy to navigational error and crowded airspace, prompting renewed air safety measures in the region.
Air Force headquarters in Ottawa lists a semi annual promotion of 17 Manitoba airmen with three from Three Rivers. Named are Wol E Charters of 364 Third Avenue Sgt L Halliwell and Sgt L O Jones of 628 Fourth Avenue. Ranks reflect their new titles.
Sponsored by the extension service and Manitoba agriculture district seed fair will be held in Riverson on Tuesday October 12. Junior seed clubs from Wheatland Oak River Bradwardine Hamiota Isabella and Miniota will participate in displays exhibits films and talks as part of the program. L H Jones of the department of agriculture arranged the show with headquarters at Hamiota and the Four Star Theatre venue.
The 1929 start brings tales of loss and new ministers in Daly region. James S. Post dies at 23. Rev W L T Patteson departs Riv ers United Church, soon replaced by young Rev John E Bell whose preaching draws crowds after a billiards challenge. The Mayne district records Thomas N Stephen’s death and Ann Mary Blabey’s 77 year life while Bradwardine marks its own obituary entry in The Gazette.
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