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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 24, 1946
Page
4
A condensed historical notes page lists events from 1936 to 1911. Entries include deaths in Deer Lodge hospital, a town councillor resignation, a Bradwardine hockey club formation, an accident death at Justice, Rivers club donations to WWI memorial, property purchase on Fourth Avenue, a political visit to Rivers, a farewell to Rev H P Barrett, a Returned Soldiers association launch, and road gravel dumping on Second Avenue.
Pro steeplejack Charles Palmar, after 45 years atop tall structures, says his line is safer than ground work. He painted top flagpole at McKenzie Seed building and a 512 foot chimney at Trail AC, noting he has worked on poles and towers across Winnipeg, US cities, and Canada. Married with two sons, he started in Winnipeg in 1901 and kept steady work with no mishaps. In Brandon, 18 year old Mervin Nelson helped and plans to stay in the business. With scarce meat, Barnuda seeks shipments from US Canada and Argentina.
Funeral services for Sophia Cook Beattie wife of Alexander M S Beattie were held Friday at Rivers United church with burial at Rivers cemetery. Born March 9 1881 in Kincardineshire Scotland she married in 1903 and moved to Canada in 1905 living in the district since. Survived by husband two daughters Sophia Smith and Ella Falk three brothers William Cook James and Fred Cook and four grandchildren. Reverend F W Lee officiated with Brockies of Brandon handling arrangements.
Robert Riddick Jr. returned home briefly after discharge from U S service who saw action in Japan. He left for Roosevelt Minnesota to rejoin Canadian National Railways where he is employed. He is son of Mr and Mrs R B Riddick and resided here before resuming duties.
October 25 observances include Bruce G. Butler Jr. October 26 J. C. Cousina The Rev. W. A. Champness Shoal Lake Mrs. J. H. Barker Rapid City October 29 William Harman Mrs. T. Nolao Joan Isabel Greasley Mrs. W. Bruce Edmonton Dmitro Kolotylo October 30 William Stevenson.
Trans Canada Airlines officials recovered a suitcase containing ten thousand dollars in twenty, three hundred fifty and one hundred dollar bills after it was delayed baggage in Toronto. The owner remained unidentified and had left for New York after claiming the luggage.
MP J E Matthews spoke at a Rivers board of trade supper in the Alexandra Hotel, urging full employment gainful wages and world markets as keys to prosperity. He warned against strikes and stressed the need for stable prices and viable banking locally to attract a branch. Local officials pledged support for establishing a Rivers bank amid regional growth.
Trustees of Rivers school at a meeting on Oct 17 decided to offer for sale the surplus desks. A committee of R. G. Sinclair, J. A. McKenzie and C. Forman was appointed to handle the sale. Grade XII tuition fees were set at 140 dollars per student for the full course. Accounts totaling 597.55 were passed for payment.
Don Sherman Staley, 29, war veteran, was sentenced to death for the murder of six year old Donnie Goss in a Calgary park on July 24 after an indecent assault. A six man jury convicted him Saturday and Chief Justice Howson imposed the death penalty. He also admitted killing 11 year old Garry Billings in Vancouver on July 5 and assaulting them both. The navy bomber Truculent Turtle departed on a mission toward North America with crew of four and a mascot kangaroo, aiming to set a distance record.
Thirty seven aircraft from Canada and the United States have landed at Rivers Airport over the past two months. C. J. Foster noted air travel is growing in popularity, especially among Americans. Planes include airliners, biplanes, and fighters. A Yorkton flying club mercy flight carried an accident victim to Winnipeg for care, saving sight. Flying time was four hours. Three provincial government air services planes visited, with arrivals from Montreal Moose Jaw and Regina for fuel and weather checks.
The Gazette correction notes a land sale parcel in Daly District read as NEM 31 21 21 not NE 31 12 21. In Simcoe county a well accident at Strourd injured farmer Fraser Suther land. a Minesing cow fell 60 feet into a well, killing itself and stopping water supply.
The mild weather spurred golf interest as locals took to the fairways. A visiting player who had never golfed trimmed a local rival in a weekend match. A novice invited to play was given a bag full of clubs, later dumping them after eighteen thousand holes and nine tons of gear. The host clubhouse scene followed with club members entertaining, ending with a kitchen discovery of a frozen rabbit on the stove. (Cont. on page 2)
In 1907 Daly council increased the assessor James Cluff's salary from 25 to 125 dollars after his appointment, while enacting stringent by laws on public order. They moved to curb profanity, desecration, houses of ill fame, and postings on walls and fences. Talks with Grand Trunk Pacific officials led to closing ten roads. A home explosion in Pendennis district displaced the Bowman family as J T Bowman traveled from the birthplace to Halifax by boat. Continued on Page 3.
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