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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 12, 1946
Page
3
The Rivers board of trade drives local progress through self help. They funded improvements for sports days and built a rink, added stringer lights in the business district, and extended electric powerlines to the sports grounds. A harvest sports day is planned for September 25, 1946, with possible midway shows under the new white lights.
Lettered item notes social heading changes and ironies in town notices. It mentions Mr. Shinwell urging higher coal gas and electricity prices to boost wages and critics protest, while private organizations offer rewards for capturing those who killed four Black men near Monroe Georgia, with the bounty nearing 36600 dollars.
A published In Memoriam notice acknowledges an error in the remembrance collection from the prior week. The correction clarifies the proper representation of the deceased and expresses respect for the honoree’s memory.
The Agnesamert Roll of the municipality is deposited and open for fifteen days for inspection. Complaints against the assessment must be lodged with the Clerk at least ten days before the Court of Revision sitting. The council acts as Court of Revision on Tuesday October 1 1946 at 8:00 PM in the Council Chamber Rivers Manitoba.
Ration book No. 6 will be distributed at Rivers school Friday and Saturday September 13 and 14 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with a farmers session Saturday 8 to 10 p.m. Wheatland will distribute at Perritt's store September 11 and 12 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Livingstone's Bradwardine center will function September 10 and 13 from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Bring RB-191 filled but do not detach. present entire book. Obtain No. 6 during this period. Harry Wareham Local Ration Board.
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