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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 30, 1947
Page
4
Rivers announces the Rex Theatre will open about the beginning of December. The 600-seat picture house is ahead of schedule with a circular canopy, neon sign, and French doors into a 20 by 26 foot lobby. Interior lighting will use fluorescent units and oil heating will warm the building for nightly shows.
The Gazette reports multiple unlawful entries at the Community Hall. James Frame, owner, disclosed a quantity of cigarettes missing from the hall concession after a recent entry.
W R Head first mayor of Rivers died suddenly in Winnipeg. A war loan objective of forty thousand dollars was set for Rivers and Daly.
Twenty five years ago St James amateur dramatic society rehearsed Our Boys. In a provincial crew and gopher contest Blandford received 4744 and a cash prize. Town council rented the rink to the curling club for ten dollars for the season. Theodore Zaharias died at eighty one. Rivers airport held an open house.
Almost 300 voters went to the polls to reinstall Robert G. Sinclair and Robert B. Lee as councillors while B. J. D. Ellis defeated James Frame by four votes. Ellis 155, Frame 151, fifth candidate H. R. Dunn 120. 290 ballots cast, up from 169 in 1942. Voting slow in forenoon, picked up later. Dyer aided by daughter Lillian. Mrs. John Morrow acted as scrutinizer.
Capt. Ross Willoughby RCAMC commands the Joint Air School hospital at Rivers as the army’s sole qualified parachutist doctor. He and three Rivers colleagues joined a four-man drop over Moffat Inlet to evacuate a 230-pound wounded missionary, Canon J Turner. Parachute team members include Sgt. W W Judd and J E Cook, with Capt. Guy D Artois noting the effort.
Six hundred persons including armed forces members and wives danced to the Air Force Command band of Edmonton at Rivers airport last Friday. A 7:30 concert preceded the event described as the season’s highlight with decorations and prizes. The 25 piece band, directed by Sgt Major E Frieberg, drew attendees from across the province, with plans to grow to a 40 piece unit.
In Rivers a group of servicemen and their wives are constructing pre built homes. J A Sagar and Cpl Springer with wives lead the effort as families relocate from Calgary. Women assist with cement work, framing, windows, doors, and painting while balancing meals and childcare.
From November 2 to 8 education week is being observed in both Canada and the United States. The general theme centers on education for the seven freedoms including freedom of religion speech choosing one’s calling freedom from want fear leisure and true freedom.
John Sushko a 60 year old railroad employee was decapitated in the CNR yards at Rivers late Sunday afternoon. The body was found about 5 00 p m by J F Brooke Winnipeg head end brakeman as locomotive 3561 was about to back into track eight RCMP were notified and coroner's jury impaneled. Sushko who lived in Rivers since 1918 helped build homes on Third Avenue West and was active in the Ukrainian community. He was unmarried with no known relatives in Canada and an inquest is set for Friday afternoon.
D Campbell, superintendent of elevators, spoke to Wheatland United Grain Growers members in Rivers on Saturday. A new board was elected: C. W. Brown, W. C. White, E. O. Dyer, C. fT. Airey, G. Seater, H. M. Harvey. Harvey named delegate to the Nov 12 13 Winnipeg convention. Seater is alternate. Members approved M McKinnon handling, urged a weekly half holiday, and recommended Saturday closure after noon from Nov 1 to Aug 1 1948 for grain cleaning.
The annual convention of Manitoba associated boards of trade is underway in Winnipeg today and tomorrow, with the Rivers trade board not represented.
RCMP received complaints of wilful damage breaking and entering and theft. Investigators linked smashed school windows to boys with slingshots. A curling rink break in was tied to a lone curling rock found in a CNR park, and two bicycles were reported stolen with one damaged on recovery.
A district farmer drilled a 23 foot well at the farmhouse back door. Water poured in briefly reaching 16 feet before level returned. Water had been carried about 200 yards, two pails per trip, for decades. The farmer exclaimed, well noting the surprising find. Outlook for a sweet Christmas on the Pacific coast is dim as confectioners scrape for chocolates packed in small wooden boxes. Vancouver price seven dollars fifty cents per pound.
A memorial hospital planned for Rivers will become a reality in 1948. The Rivera-Daly memorial hospital fund committee decided at a meeting last Friday to proceed, with site on Fourth avenue west of Halifax Street. An order for cement material has been placed and fundraising continues to cover furnishings. Work to begin in spring 1948 as contributions grow.
The Rural Municipality report notes the death of Thomas Cousins at 91 and the passing of Mrs D C Jonason. A fire at the Orth building destroyed shop and home, with a large hole left in the structure. Other items mention James R Shanks returning to Wheatland, Percy Bayliss missing then found in Transcona after gold fever, and the engagement of Douglas Stuart to Lillian Jane Bowman.
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