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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 25, 1945
Page
5
Ten Years Ago October 24 1935 highlights include the Winnipeg marriage of Sophia Beattie and John W Smith. Mr and Mrs P J Sproule received a desk set and lamp before leaving for Sioux Lookout Ontario.
Stephen Howard a Wheatland district farmer and long time resident for 54 years sold his farm and livestock by auction, then left for Winnipeg and the west coast. His brother Charles of Vancouver accompanied him, continuing a family known for fiddling and farming across Saskatoon Vancouver and interior B G. Where ever I am, that will always be home.
Lloyd Moxley a Rivers born man now of Winador Ontario with wife and seven year old son Mervin visits Rivers for the first time in three years. He left Winnipeg earlier with his mother Mrs H R Moxley visiting Melville Saskatchewan before returning home. He served in the navy starting 1939 at Port Arthur and spent war years in Halifax. After discharge in 1944 he resumed wholesale machine parts work.
The Gazette advertises a week of events including Four Star and Community pictures on Friday and Saturday October 26 and 27, the Commercial Travellers' Amateur Contest, Anglican Church Thanksgiving services on Sunday October 28, and pictures at Community on Monday October 29. It notes 4 317 miles of canals in the Netherlands.
The Korman block in Rivers hosted shops from 1909 to the 1930s including George Korman grocery tea room Misses Korman clothing T R Grieve H Bicknell general store Forman Harvey LePage auto display and Jack Gilchriet drug store The brick block saw many enterprises and even a fire that burned its bridges behind a man before its brick front gave way Today airmen from nearby bases resided there under a stucco front reflecting its evolving role locally.
A Canadian Legion fiddling contest drew a record crowd Friday at the community hall. Nine contestants vied for prizes with Elgin Stewart of Oak River taking first, Matt Lily of Elphinstone second, and Wally Grey of Harding third. Other entrants included Donald Lowe Bradwardine and Maurice Gehrig Oak River. Vocal duets by the Blaine sisters and a solo by Chuck Wander RCAF complemented the event. Bo Des LeFluffy RCAF hosted, with Vi Cole accompanying, and Ed Ratz as floor manager. Judges were James A. McKenzie Orson W. Brown and Dave Brown.
Edmonton report quotes Rev. Bertramt Derouin of Quebec City who speaks on the bomb’s power after four years in a Japanese internment camp. He recounts extreme destruction such as worms four feet deep being burned and notes a B 29 bundle dropped food jacket he wore. The account includes China religious demographics.
Rivers Rapid City Rehabilitation Committee Secretary Cyril J. Foster reports that in the last two weeks 1,789 veterans were met, including 1,499 Canadian and British prisoners of war returning from Jap prisen camps and European repats. The group included 350 Loyal Edmonton regiment members and three RAF airmen returning to England. Hospital trains carried 22 men each, with arrivals at Brandon and Winnipeg. Shoulder flashes name units such as Royal Scots and Royal Engineers as veterans express gratitude for Canada’s welcome.
Ghosts and witches haunt Largs as Halloween eyes the late moon. Monkeys vandalism blamed, but Kinamen clubs reduced mischief during war years. Biggar kids demand a swimming pool while locals back harmless shell out doorbell raids for Hallowe'en next Wednesday.
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