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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 23, 1947
Page
6
Thirty five years after initial plans, Rivers is set to become an incorporated town. Local leaders expect formal enactment this year, signaling formal governance and municipal services. Residents anticipate improved zoning, utilities, and code enforcement. The change follows decades of growth and community effort.
Thirty years ago Roswell Moxley bought the poolroom once run by A Lamond. Work began on an office for the town secretary treasurer. Twenty years ago Frank Taylor sustained a broken arm in an accident.
A memorial window honoring Wallace and Malcolm Martin was dedicated during a United Church service, recalling their contributions and the church community's remembrance.
Burglars blew open a safe at P Livingtone store in Bradwardine and stole about 1500 dollars. An elevator and a CPR food shed were also broken into. The following night the home of J Scott in Wheatland was burglarized with an estimated 600 dollars taken.
Two individuals identified as Marion Pearl Bell and N. Thompson are noted in a Brandon event or occurrence. The fragment provides minimal context about names and location with no clear date or action. Further text is needed to clarify the event type and outcomes.
The fireman on the yard engine involved in the 1913 piling at the old GTP coal dock is identified as B. J. D. Ellis, now a hostler at Rivers shops. His name was not listed in The Gazette’s original accident record.
October celebrations mark birthdays for Bruce G. Butler Jr. in Rapid City and Paula Barker, with Oct. 27 noting Tom Bradt and Mervin Dyer in Agassiz and Edmonton area. Additional birthdays include William Harman and Joan Greasley in Winnipeg and Edmonton, plus William Stevenson in Brooks and Mrs. Anderson in Winnipeg.
Istanbul reports a shift as Turkey moves from a wartime refuge for Jews to a haven for political refugees fleeing communist Balkans and strife-torn Greece, marking a small but steady trickle seeking asylum.
A three alarm fire on the Saint John waterfront destroyed business premises on Wednesday. Damage was estimated at $100,000 before 150 Gremen volunteers and salvage corps workers contained the blaze several hours later.
Dr W C Graham principal of United College Winnipeg a noted author and educator will speak at Rivers United Church on Sunday evening next. He is among Canada's leading educators and will address topics from his books and educational experience.
Dr. Graham, born in Ontario, educated in Toronto Harvard and Chicago, served overseas in World War I. He was registrar of Montreal Theological College, a professor at the University of Chicago, and taught at the American School in Jerusalem, Palestine, where he helped uncover King Solomon's seaport.
New York plumber George Meany and Boston driver Daniel J Tobin secured control of the AFL policy making executive council as the convention closed. They overwhelmed John L Lewis and William Hutcheson, ending Hutcheson’s long rule of the federation since 1915.
An Alaska quake recorded at 9 17 47 p m on a seismograph was described as very severe. It originated about 50 miles southeast of Fairbanks and caused damage to homes but no injuries. Tremors persisted for nearly four hours. Ottawa reported the event via CP dispatch from Dominion Observatory.
Superintendent Ralph A. Ayers says two inmates escaped from the Burwash industrial farm four days after a prisoners’ strike was ended by police using tear gas bombs. The escape raises new threats of unrest at the facility.
Ottawa reports that Canada will observe Remembrance Day on November 1 while Britain marks the day on Sunday November 9. A state department official notes the two nations schedule the commemoration differently for World War I and II dead.
Provincial police and fishermen pressed a search for three loggers who drowned when their power boat capsized in Ucluelet Bay, 115 miles northwest of Victoria. A fourth man, returning from a dancing trip to an island logging camp, also drowned.
A tidbit on training a small household pet dot through patient, kind guidance. The dog thrives and the trainers feel fulfilled. A young couple in a new Fourth avenue home plant evergreens on former barren ground near the firs of the west. Tomorrow is election day in Rivers. Nine weeks remain until Christmas.
Geraldton Ontario born Rev. Russell Tudor Hall 26 is moderator-elect of the Presbyterian synod of Manitoba and northwestern Ontario, the youngest minister to head any Canadian synod. He educated at Western Ontario and Knox College, Toronto, and is the son of London residents. The retiring moderator is Rev. D. T. Evans of Winnipeg.
The author criticizes government departments for hiring press agents and public relations officers, claiming they are a curse in the United States and are spreading to Britain. He urges vigilance to prevent a similar rise in Britain.
Winston Churchill, leader of the opposition, told the Conservative party conference there may be another general election in Great Britain at any time this year or next though law would not require one until 1950. The forecast rests on the view that the Labour government will resign amid internal dissensions over urgent economic issues.
Final 1945 census figures show Pretoria with 145,220 white residents, displaced Durban to third place. Johannesburg and Capetown remain the leading white population centers in the Union.
Sydney reports the Australian wheat board boosted the free on board price by 18 pence per bushel to 1s 6d. The nation's harvest is pegged at a record 215 million bushels, with much slated for export.
The Duke of Windsor met his brother the king at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday. He is staying briefly with his friend the Earl of Dudley after a Riviera visit, while his American-born Duchess remains in France.
Tomorrow Friday election day in Rivers will see voters choose three councillors. Polling runs 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Community hall with five names on the ballot: H. R. Dunn, B. J. D. Ellis, Jamis Frame, hk. B. Lee, and R.G. Sinclair. Returning officer W V Dyer expects a heavier than usual turnout.
Seven freight cars derailed at the west end of the railway yards on Monday morning. The impact twisted rails and ground ties, halting outgoing traffic until an eastbound locomotive arrived to move the stalled cars onto an open line.
The Canadian Wheat Board says it will accept class A wheat on a damp or dry basis per producer choice but drying at the producer’s cost if chosen. It will not cover out of line haul charges for damp wheat shipped to interior terminal elevators for drying. Class B wheat remains on damp delivery.
A Toronto youth faces charges for stealing flowers from a neighborhood residence. The case highlights a recurring nuisance, with calls to deter habitual theft by unruly youths who sell flowers to residents. The act is described as stealing and harmful to natural beauty and outdoor enjoyment.
The piece notes an ongoing economic spiral where wages chase prices and vice versa. It warns that higher prices may retreat sharply once the inevitable reaction occurs, emphasizing the danger of this cycle and its aimlessness.
A military court of inquiry will investigate an accident south of Calgary at the Sarrtee ranges where two boys riding a horse were wounded when the animal kicked and the two abandoned bakelite grenades exploded.
Police launched a fall inquiry into suspected incendiary fires that destroyed two West Kootenay lumber plants in Taghum and Pend d Oreille. The Taghum mill suffered about $80,000 in damage plus $20,000 in lumber. the Lazareff mill, valued at $5,000, was also destroyed. Officials blamed possible arson as the cause in both incidents.
The Rev. H. B. Duckworth, last Presbyterian minister in Rivers before church union, is retiring. He served during the first Great War and the flu epidemic and was known as the marrying minister for his community. His career is described as very helpful and successful by Winnipeg dailies.
The Rapid City Legion plans a new community hall in Rapid City to host all town activities. The building will be named the Rapid City and district memorial hall according to The Reporter.
One crew member drowned when the tug Edward C Whalen struck a river bank and sank near Fort William. Seven others escaped to a scow. fireman Joseph Parsons of Port Arthur was trapped and drowned. Captain A E Fader led the crew during dredging operations.
A new British electro pneumatic gauge capable of measuring one hundredth of a thousandth of an inch has been installed in the Leyland Motors factory. It is described as 300 times finer than human hair and will enhance precision in manufacturing processes.
Volunteers cleared a site on First avenue west of Main street, Rivers, last Thursday. The next evening 11 workers used Taylor & Son trucks to remove trash and prepare the surface for concrete footings. Cement pouring for footings started Monday as foundation work was set to begin this week per rink committee member F D Taylor.
Word of the sudden death of George Jack in Ontario has reached town. He had lived for a period in Rivers with his daughter Mrs. Robert Reshaur, who now resides in Sioux Lookout Ont.
The first group of about 70 young women from European displaced person camps will arrive in Alberta within the next week to take positions in Alberta hospitals and provincial institutions. Approximately 95 miles of the Nipawin Flin Flon highway, out of 149, will be completed before the winter freeze up, according to Saskatchewan Highways Minister Doug Las.
British officials reported a bomb explosion and subsequent shooting near Kfar Sirkin on the Palestine coastal plain between Tel Aviv and Haifa. Two men were killed and four others injured in the incident.
Heavy rains sweeping central and northern Alberta have created a very serious crop situation, according to R. M. Putnam, assistant deputy minister of agriculture.
In November 1913 John Irwin the Rivers barber arrived at F Machan's billiard parlor and observed local election activity. Candidates H A King and reeve W Chisholm vied against rivals as December socials and weddings filled Daly. Walter Dynes the hoteller acted as Santa at Christmas with gifts of beer for hard-hit families as Clara Rutherford wed.
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