Looking Backward at the Filee of Tae Riveas foateree
Thirty five years ago Squaw winter was on tap. Fred amazed the blacksmith shop at the roundhouse.
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Fred
Roundhouse
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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 16, 1947
Page
4
Mayor Resigns. Mitchell Elected by Acclamation
Mayor Jonason resigns leaving J E Mitchell as the sole nominee who is declared elected by acclamation for the remainder of the year. The Bijou theatre to open soon by P F Thomson and the Shore House set to begin Saturday with a grand ball. Ed Willey pioneer of Bradwardine District dies at 74.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonason
J E. Mitchell
Shore House
Ed Willey
Bradwardine
Married pairs listed in regional notices
The notice records marriages of May Paddock with Albert G. McBrien at Hartney and Helen Frank with Ernest C. Smith at Carnegie, plus Hazel Beatrice Radcliffe and Stanley E. Oakey married in Rivers. It also notes the RCAF concert party performed at Pettapiece’s annual supper and concert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Paddock
Rivers
Albert G. McBrien
Hartney
Helen Frank
Ernest C. Smith
Carnegie
Hazel Beatrice Radcliffe
Stanley E. Oakey
RCAF
Pettapiece
Boys Work Meetings At United Church Thursday Evening
The Rev F W Lee urged men to join in the United church basement at 8 30 this Thursday to form a committee directing Boys Work activities. The meetings are held each Thursday night to develop the program and engage interested men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Church
F. W. Lee
Daly Social Evening Honors Sargent Family
A Daly social evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. O W Brown honored Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sargent who are leaving the district after many years of service. Neighbors and friends from Daly Wheatland and Rivers attended. John Archibald read an address and Mrs G S Perrett presented a twilight gift. Refreshments concluded the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Sargent
O. W. Brown
Daly, Wheatland
Rivers
John Archibald
Sargent
Daly Sunday School
Mayor E. E. Grant Heads South on Health Trip
Mayor E. E. Grant departed Wednesday on a health trip to the southern States, accompanied by Mrs. Grant. He will be away for health related engagements and returns to city duties afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Grant
Rita Hayworth sues Orson Welles for divorce in long-promised action
Rita Hayworth filed a divorce suit against Orson Welles amid a second Hollywood action. Veteran producer David Wark Griffith, 72, was sued for divorce by his wife Evelyn Marjorie Baldwin, 36. Both cases allege cruelty in standard divorce filings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rita Hayworth
Orson Welles
David Wark Griffith
Evelyn Marjorie Baldwin
Mina Hayworth
Griffith
Assessment Should Be Raised and Mil Rate Lowered
Charles Thring, 74, urged the town council as a court of revision that the Rivers assessment be raised and the mil rate kept low. He said he would stay in his post if desired, but preferred a younger man. He sought the town’s future plans and noted the missionary work involved to reach all residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Thring
Damage to Alfred Wareham slaughterhouse under RCMP probe
RCMP investigate wilful damage claim at the Alfred Wareham slaughterhouse where an intruder with firearms struck the unused building. Earlier, shattered windows were boarded and doors padlocked. latest findings show locks shot from doors and a costly ceiling lift smashed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RCMP
Alfred Wareham Slaughterhouse
Organization Meet Amateur Radio Club Organization Meet
A meeting to form an amateur radio club will be held at the Joint Air School on Monday October 20. Interested persons should report to the main gate by 8:00 p.m. and will be guided to the meeting. Transport from Alexandra hotel at 7:45 p.m. may be arranged. Bring paper and pencil for morse code practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joint Air School
Appeals Lodged in River Court of Revision Last Tuesday
Five appeals were lodged with the Rivers court of revision last Tuesday. Only one appeal was granted, according to court records. The proceedings focused on local grievances and requests for redress, with the single approved appeal marking a rare decision in the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Revision
Rivers
Baptism Service And Dominion Parliaments Slide Show
A baptismal service is planned at the United Church next Sunday evening followed by a 50 slide presentation showcasing the work of the Boys' Parliament across the Dominion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Church
Dominion
Winnipeg Return for McFadden and Peto After Holiday Visit
Donald McFadden and his friend Donald Peto have returned to Winnipeg after a holiday visit with McFadden’s parents Mr and Mrs C J McFadden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald McFadden
Donald Peto
Winnipeg
Mrs. C. J. McFadden
Reparations to Western Germany Hit 1 Billion Total
Gen Lucius D. Clay outlined a plan at a press conference for dismantlings in the Anglo American zones worth about one billion dollars. He said the move would complete reparations to be taken from western Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucius D. Clay
United States
Germany
Grant Rant Returned by Acclamation in Rivers Council
In Rivers the mayoral race ends with E E Grant returned by acclamation along with Reeve T H Seens and councillors J J McDonald R W Dobson and E C Smith. Nominations for school board and rural seats also settled. three Rivers councillors to vote on Friday Oct 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Grant
Rivers Council
T. H. Seens
Daly Council
J. J. McDonald
R. W. Dobson
E. C. Smith
Rivers
J. A. Mckenzie
R. G. Sinclair
C. J. McFadden
CPR Plans Second Spur Track to Air School
Canadian Pacific railway will build a second spur track into the Rivers Service School. Approval came at Daly Council on October 8. The spur will run a short distance west of the current line and serve to transport school supplies, located near sections 17 12 21 and 20 12 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.P.R
Rivers Service
Canadian Pacific Railway
Daly Council
Birthday Greetings for Multiple Local Residents on October Dates
A reader listing celebrates birthdays for Burnett Konsmo Mrs. Percy Neville Keith J. Emslie Mrs. Thomas Smith Alfred Wareham Mrs. Walter Thomas Mrs. R. W. Greasley Robert Hopewell LeGoff Alta Maurene Selter George Lorne Robert Lyall Post Wheatland Oct 23: Mrs J N Airey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Neville
Keith J. Emslie
Thomas Smith
Beth Ojsen
Alfred Wareham
Robert Hopewell
LeGoff
Alta
Maurene Selter
George Lorne
Robert Lyall Post
Wheatland
Trade With Non British Lands Bevin Plan Seen As Weak in Canada
Canada’s trade volume high with many countries. In 1946 exports to British countries totaled 904.7 million dollars while exports to foreign countries reached 1.4075 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kitchener
Canada
Bevin
Fascist Groups Grow in England and America
The New York Times notes several fascist organizations in England including a Klan branch and the League of Ex-Servicemen as the largest. It says they form a minor portion of the public, yet the League mirrors Hitler's early violence with armed followers, initially only with brass knuckles. After Sir Oswald Mosley’s release, his followers began emerging from hiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
England
Ku Klux Klan
League of
Hitler
Oswald Mosley
Ambitious diplomat framed as honest envoy abroad
A quotation portrays an ambassador as an honest man sent to lie abroad for the commonwealth, highlighting sharp irony about diplomacy and truth in international service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Commonwealth
Rivers to gain 100 more homes by next assessment
At the court of revision last Tuesday Mayor E. E. Grant predicted Rivers would contain another hundred homes by the next assessment. The statement outlined planned housing growth as part of municipal planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Next
Rivers
E. E. Grant
Hungry workers dine in cafe for theatre boss
Twenty seven hungry workmen on a Monday marched into a local cafe to dine for the boss. Employed on the new theatre project, they were offered a free Thanksgiving Day dinner if they worked that day. A good time was had by all.
Trickster’s nickel gimmick fools locals in scam tale
A man carries a metal device to hide coins four nickels fit around it. He fools observers by swapping in four dimes as inflation. He claims a loan, then lifts the gimmick to reveal vanished coins and a nickel collection. The man quotes Barnum as locals lament shortages and oddities. Local weather notes and farmyard curiosities follow. Meat scarcity returns as a local slaughterhouse reopens amid rationing.
Army to Assemble Training Gliders for Five Western Units
Fifty gliders for basic airborne instruction will be distributed to five western units at Chilliwack Calgary Shilo and Rivers. Gliders are to be assembled by the army component of Joint Air School here with later advanced training for troops at Rivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chilliwack
B.C
Calgary
Alta
Shilo
Rivers
Army
Joint Air School
Town council approves multiple tender bids for lots
Several tenders for town lots were approved by the town council last week. Two applicants asked to delay construction until spring while another sought permission to move a house onto a lot. Consent was granted to all applications.
Daly Council Hears 89 Appeals in Revision Session
The Daly council, acting as a court of revision, met last Wednesday to hear 89 appeals lodged with the municipal clerk. Of these, 75 sought change of ownership, two were allowed with small reductions, three were refused, and the remainder were for other adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daly Council
Britain notes Arab threat over Palestine partition
Britain says a note from Lebanon warns that if Palestine is partitioned the Arab peoples would fight. A foreign office spokesman noted three notes on the Palestine problem have been received from Arab league members, the others coming from Syria and Iraq.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foreign Office
The
Arab League
Two Local Lads Return from Trip
Two very young men set out last week to make their own way in the world. Rivers got a lift for a few miles and hiking added more miles. They were still hiking and riding when radio announcers advised listeners that two boys were missing. Hunger brought them to a Winnipeg home. They returned home at the weekend.
Difficult Landing at Baffin Island Mercy Flight Baffin Island
Major George Flint of the Joint Air School in Rivers reports radio contact was established within three minutes after paratroopers landed at Baffin Island. He led a mercy flight to aid Anglican missionary Rev. John A. Turner wounded in an accidental shooting, noting the challenge of finding a suitable landing site for the four Rivers school paratroopers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baffin Island
George Flint
Joint Air School
Rivers
Winnipeg
John A. Turner
Flint
Rivers School
Daly council orders dam project on Little Saskatchewan River
At the regular monthly meeting last week council members approved an application to the P.F.R.A. for a dam on the Little Saskatchewan River. The proposed dam is to be built at section three in township 11, range 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little
Saskatchewan
P.F.R.A
Daly Council
Township 11
Range 20
Fire Bug and Jail Break Spark Town Talk in 1913
In September 1913 the rural municipality faced multiple fires blamed on a fire bug, a jail escape by a drunken boilermaker, and magistrate Dunsmore’s drunkenness case. The town debated a by law to take over the rink, while the first telephone list printed 66 subscribers. New businesses opened and locals mocked the paper with light jests as autumn began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunsmore
Brandon
Rink
The
Rivers Rink Company
the Gazette
A. E. McGee
Miss Roachey
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bijou
P. F. Thomson
Daly
Amateur Radio Club
F. Winters
Alexandra Hotel
Town of
Robert B. Lee
James Frame
B.J.D. Ellis
H.R
Bert) Dunn
W. T. Dyer
J. T. Bowman
Frank Ashton
Burnett Konsmo
Walter Thomas
R. W. Greasley
J. N. Airey
Barnum
R. M. of
Britain
Lebanon
Palestine
Syria
Iraq
Dnly
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