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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 15, 1942
Page
9
A Victory Loan concert kicks off the Third Victory Loan campaign at the Community Hall in Rivers. The event on Tuesday, October 20, begins at 8 p m with moving pictures, concert numbers, and prominent speakers. Admission is free and citizens are urged to attend.
The Selection Committee of the Dominion Provincial War Emergency Training Program will meet at Brandon City Hall on October 20 at 2 p.m. to interview men and boys 16 and 17 for welding or machine shop training lasting 6 to 12 weeks. Applicants not subject to compulsory military service eligible. those farm labor covered by March order-in-council are excluded. Subistence allowance provided.
A Friday afternoon tea at Mrs. Thos. Nolan’s home celebrated Mrs. Douglas Morrow’s recent marriage. Guests enjoyed a jovial afternoon with aBuffet lunch hosted by Mrs. Nolan and assisted by Mrs. Gordon Jeffrey.
R. C. Vaughan, chairman and president of the National Rail, urges Canadian National Railways staff to subscribe generously to the third Victory Loan. He notes Canada is in the fourth year of war and frames the drive as a duty to defend freedom, with payroll deduction options and staff acting as bond salesmen to recruit fellow employees.
Birth notice from Brandon Hospital on Tuesday September 22 1942 reports Cliff and Mrs Bellamy welcoming a son named Clifford Dale. The child is the couple's first and the family language reflects the era. Principal names include Cliff Bellamy and Clifford Dale.
The notice lists services at St Matthew's Ancrum with Holy Communion at 10 15 a m Morning Prayer at 11 00 a m Evening Prayer at 3 p m and Holy Communion at 4 p m indicating a parish schedule for the day Roseville area readers may attend
Frt.-Lieut. Brian Power scored a hole-in-one on the No. 3 hole at Rivers Golf Club, 138 yards, on September 28. He was accompanied by Mrs. Powers and Squadron Leader and Mrs. Pounder. The feat marks a milestone since the club’s formation.
In Frame's Community Hall on Wednesday October 21 the Old Time Dance with Lorne McCallum and his Midnite Moon Moths is announced but the event is stated to be no Old Time Dance with admission not stated.
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