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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 22, 1942
Page
5
An Entertainment by the Concert Party of No. 1 C.N.S. will be given in Rivers United Ceeehsels oe Series of the Ladies Aid on Friday. Admission is 35c for adults and 25c for children under 14. Come and enjoy a pleasant evening.
The Rebekah annual District Meeting was held at Rivers on Wednesday of last week afternoon and evening. Mrs. Piggott of Winnipeg attended as Assembly President. Elected officers for the coming year include President Mrs. G. Brooks Hamiota Vice President Mrs. R. Higginson Rivers Secretary Mrs. Kirk Hamiota Treasurer Mrs. G. Haslen Rapid City Chaplain Mrs. A. Sample F. Luker Rapid L.V.P. Mrs. Nicholls Hamiota R.S.V.P. Mrs. R. B. Riddick Rivers MSP Miss Harvey Rapid Conductor Mrs. J. A. Grummet Rivers Warden Mrs. Bert Taylor.
The editor commends an attractively printed souvenir on Carberry town and district history. It highlights the large Royal Air Force Training School No 38 SFTS and features numerous pictures of area enlistees. Congratulations are extended to W H Vopni, publisher, for a valuable enduring production.
Ten years ago this week in Ieti R. Higginson was chosen president of Rivers Hockey Club. Rev H Mutchmer served as anniversary preacher at Rivers United Church and a memorial window for Wallace and Malcolm Martin was unveiled. The Boys and Girls Fair was a success as work began on an office for the town secretary treasurer adjoining the Gazette office. Nellie McClung planned readings in town, Rivers planned town incorporation that fall, and the Rivers Curling Club organized for the coming season.
Minutes from the Rural Municipality of Daly council held at the Municipal Office on Saturday October 16 with Reeve presiding. Resolutions include investigations of manure on a Wheatland lane, sales offers for municipal property, purchases of Lots and Sections with tax and fee conditions, rental charges for village lots, orders for Gopher Cop from Fairview, shared medical expenses, bylaw readings, and adjournment to November 3 or call of the Reeve.
Prepared by the Department of Health and Public Welfare of Manitoba. The bulletin stresses that cancer often arises in irritated tissue and outlines prevention through dental care, skin cleanliness, observation of moles and warts, breast examination for nursing mothers, and prompt physician follow up for any lumps, bleeding, or digestive issues. Regular annual medical exams are advised.
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