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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 11, 1952
Page
5
The Gazette Office at 200 211 Main Street Rivers Manitoba publishes a community weekly newspaper established July 1908 by T W Offen. Subscriptions are $2.00 yearly in Canada or outside, payable in advance. G F Barker.
Street improvements dominate the town scene as Rivers buys its own road maintainer. Under James Frame the public works crew opened many prairie trail streets and reshaped boulevards. Roy Mitchell operates the maintenance and new streets with results praised by council. Soon graveling completes the project with drivers of boulevards paying parking fees. Fences were raised by guesswork leaving some lots off plumb. A Western Ontario paper erred in naming an ornamental mantel time piece as a farewell gift to the local minister, calling it a crock twice.
The piece laments parental indifference to education and praises home and school associations as a catalyst for parental involvement. It urges attendance at upcoming meetings, notes the role of teachers and fathers and mothers, and warns unions to use power for national well being rather than self interest. It also comments on Labour Day’s meaning and Canada’s union influence.
The piece reflects on Labour Day in Canada, noting the holiday’s origins and the history of unionism. It contrasts Christmas’s sacred miracle with overindulgence, and May Day’s traditions with communist cooptation, highlighting workers’ solidarity and benefits gained through trade unions. The text recalls early struggles of unionism and compares past hardships with present conditions.
A brief exhortation urges believers to present their bodies as a living sacrifice holy and acceptable to God as their reasonable service, reflecting on daily faithfulness and devotion.
A chaotic dialogue unfolds with a castaway woman exclaiming cannibals as a man consoles her. The scene pivots to a crossing joke about grade crossings and headlights. A Hollywood magnate, an inept golfer, and a bishop clash over respect and dress code during a game. Eight motorists face misfortune when reckless driving ends in cooling arrest.
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