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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 12, 1946
Page
4
Ten years ago on September 10 1936 an auction sale of farm implements and machinery was held by C and C Card H R Moxley disposed of his confectionery and restaurant business.
A birthday notice lists residents and dates including Mrs. John Keith, Pater Lucheck, Thomas Nevill in Carnegie, Mrs. C. W. Brown in Daly Jamies Lucheck, Mrs. E. O. Dyer, Betty Lebeck, Garry Higginson in Wheatland, Walter Sargent in Wheatland, Gordon Madden in Ellscott Alberta, and Mrs. J. Gotthardt in Flin Flon.
A damaged OCR fragment discusses students required to attend schools, noting private ownership of some institutions and a call for a simple sentence without complex wording or punctuation.
Frank G. Stewart of Rivers has won the J. W. McConnell memorial scholarship for Manitoba. The five year award covers residence board and tuition at McGill University in Montreal. Stewart, 16, is Air Cadets flight-sergeant, trains in Brandon with 11 hours of dual and solo flight. His father teaches in Rivers and he is one of four children.
Mr and Mrs Hugh Wood longtime Bradwardine district residents have retired from farming and moved to Rivera to reside on Fourth Avenue West.
Regina Leader laments untidy picknickers and proposes stern local punishment on front lawns as a deterrent. The weather note hints at a returning aurora borealis due to sun spots while Dr Roy K Marshal forecasts events at the Fels planetarium in Philadelphia and Dr Mateball notes wireless disruption from Sen cun sects.
At St James church after evening service on Sunday September 1 a Rivers branch meeting elected officers. T W Offen was re elected president Mrs B J D Ellis secretary treasurer canvassers chosen for Rivers Mrs E E Grant and Mrs R G Sinclair for Rivers district and Mrs G Perrett Wheatland and Mrs George Airey for Lothair district. Mr McKinney showed slides on society work.
A published list outlines home canning classes for the Legion County Fair sponsored by Rivers branch, Canadian Legion, on Oct. 2. Canned fruits and vegetables in pint jars include wild strawberries raspberries saskatoons cultivated strawberries raspberries gooseberries crabapples plums cucumber pickle mixed pickles green tomato pickle beet pickle corn carrots green beans yellow beans peas, tomatoes. Another class requires one quart of dills and two collections of home canned vegetables and home canned fruit each containing at least six pints or quarts.
Sir Stafford Cripps appeared tense in London as he spoke of India raising concerns in the cabinet. His dampened buoyancy and brusque manner contrasted with his usual humor while weighing letters from the public about exports and mothers without perambulators.
Two local residences on Fourth and Third avenues have undergone changes. The Hanlons’ home on Fourth Avenue lost its verandah and was clad in indal brick. The Stevensons’ house was moved from its original foundation to sit between two corner lots.
Paul Scobel of Winnipeg, born in Poland, retires after 84 years with CN. He began in the wheel shop in 1912, moved to Transcona in 1924, and served 22 years there as a machinist.
Portage church scene of petty wedding reported by Mace Gregor Herald. Chas Blandford travels to Chater as buyer at a local elevator. Rapid City Reporter 40 years back notes. Theatre ad in Hamida Echo proclaims Rats appear in district for first time. Residents blame pest invasion on weasel extermination by trappers in Longdale notes.
The Lindsay building in Winnipeg, one of the Sargent properties, was sold for an estimated 276000. Reportedly, a syndicate from the United States bought the building.
The Rivers harvest sports day originally planned for this week was postponed for two weeks due to harvest. The new date is Wednesday September 25, and all events will be held that day with 85 activities.
Local veteran Peter Luchuck, a woodworker and World War II veteran, relocates his shop to downtown Rivers rear of McKenzie's store in a former warehouse, a historic town structure, seeking expanded working space.
A CNR construction gang is laying a concrete platform at a station as part of ongoing work to cement platforms across the system. The project supports station operations and may aid winter snow removal and general moving of goods and personnel.
A compact editorial line stresses resilience and community effort, urging support for local development and collective work to strengthen rural areas. It argues that hardship remains solvable through shared action and constructive contribution.
The piece meditates on September as a month of beauty and melancholy. It notes the white daubed rooftops as mornings turn cool, leaves changing colors, birds migrating south, and harvest underway. It contrasts rest with labor and urges living fully in September. Continued on Page 2.
In 1904 Daly faced record lows and heavy snows. A March blizzard stranded six settlers at Forrest, where they huddled in a schoolhouse until fuel ran out. They broke furniture for heat and ventured to a store for food. Months later plans formed to unite districts and build Stewartville Church, with a full community effort and committees named to support the project.
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