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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 15, 1949
Page
6
The Gazette marks its July 1944 start with notes on summer rains, tennis fans, and reduced fees. It reports local deaths and marriages in Rivers and Winnipeg area, wartime losses, church inductions, and efforts to secure medical staff as printing offices face shortages. Enlistments rise as families mourn.
R. W. Dunsmore a longtime Rivers figure and public servant died in Melville hospital after a long illness at age 83. Born in Perth County Ontario on December 7 1866 he homesteaded near Yorkton and later lived in Portage la Prairie Griswold and Rivers where he served as postmaster school board chair mayor and councillor. He is survived by three daughters and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. The funeral was held at United Church Rivers.
Capt Francis Won the mid west zone at Winnipeg and competed in Windsor against zone winners in the Royal Canadian Fly Clubs Association event. The Rivers, Manitoba based lieutenant, training at CJATC, missed the national trophy by a few points. A Royal Military College graduate, he served in Italy and France with the Royal Canadian Artillery and earned the Netherlands Bronze Cross.
A special LTA train of fourteen cars carried about 500 American members of the International Ticket Association through Rivers on Monday morning en route to Jasper for their annual convention. The party includes men and women. Return to Winnipeg will be by Canadian Pacific lines, while the trip to the States uses the Great Northern route.
A new prefabricated house measuring 18 by 20 feet is being assembled in the 400 block of Fourth avenue. The owners are FOR G and Mrs Fletcher, recent arrivals from Toronto.
Rhizoctonia disease hits district potatoes with rusted tubers signaling need to heed James Scott Rivers warnings from The Gazette last April 12. Infested tubers are unfit for seed and seed treatment urged. Vancouver Province notes future opportunities for self starters, not pension seekers at 65.
Rivers chamber of commerce will present road improvement needs to public works minister E Willits and MP J B Matthews after a Tuesday meeting. A sports data report and a favorable $850.29 balance were noted plus plans to organize volunteer labor for rink work and seating and a waiting room. The chamber authorized spending $1,000 to finish the rink structure and approved a luneum meeting at the Alexandra hotel annex.
Four Manitoba provincial executive members of the Canadian air cadet league met Rivers unit officers at the Alexandra hotel last Wednesday. Attendees from Winnipeg included Flt. Lieut. R. Epp and J. M. McConachie. Plans were made to resume cadet activities later in the month with a parade.
Two motor vehicle operators appeared before justice W. T. Dyer last Wednesday and paid fines. A Winnipeg man charged with dangerous driving paid $10 plus costs, and a Tuxedo resident fined for carrying no clearance lights on his vehicle.
A disruptive rise in peeping incidents near a proposed drive-in theater prompts police to order motorists to keep moving and avoid parking, creating traffic hazards in the vicinity of the park and surrounding fields.
Pearl Winifred Wareham, wife of Harry Wareham and longtime Rivers music teacher, died suddenly Monday at her home in her 67th year. Survived by husband, daughter Ada, sister Mrs. John O’Brien, and cousins Walter Woodley and Clarence Woodley. Funeral at Rivers United Church followed by Brandon cemetery interment.
Canadian National Railways president R C Vaughan CMG arrived on train No 1 last Thursday in a private coach attached to the train en route to Jasper Alberta.
A coroner's jury found that John E. Greasley died from accidental electrocution during routine duties. Foreman Alfred Wareham and nine other jurors, with Dr L Rubin presiding as coroner, heard the enquiry led by F C Meighen KC Brandon. The report notes the official cause and outlines the jury composition.
A list of names and dates appears, noting birthdays and events in Winnipeg, Flin Flon, Dauphin, Nicosia, and other places. The fragment includes Garry Higginson, Mrs W T Dyer, Walter Sargent, Albert Weeseen, H J Wiens, Gordon Madden, Mrs Gotthardt, Donald McRae, Mrs H E B Weseen, James Havliker, Mrs G E Watson, Mrs W Wihak, Mrs J Dunn and Ruth Taylor among others with September date markers.
Rivers resident John Gajewski projects a two pound murphy potato entry in The Gazette vegetative contest. Peter Manchulen entries include six tomatoes weighing 3.4 pounds. Contest closes September 10. winners earn a year’s subscription to The Gazette.
Looking Backward at the Piles of Tux Rivers Gazette recalls events from forty to five years ago in Rivers. McKenzie's new store work progresses. Rivers moving picture reopened by Jason Gurney. Arthur Hishop and James Reid join. Wheat yield and local notes highlight past decades.
Mrs Alice Frisby 35 wife of Gordon A Frisby Regina brewery manager killed when her car hit a stalled truck on the Regina Moose Jaw highway. Ducks invade crops in eastern Irrigation district near Calgary with about 1,200 farmers seeking provincial aid. Four children aged up to 14 burned to death when fire destroyed a Saginaw Michigan area home. a fifth child was severely injured escaping second story window. Prague religious buildings including monastery and church reportedly targeted by Communist authorities to expand city prison capacity. OttawaHealth Minister flags upcoming civil service working condition survey amid crowded offices and potential new buildings. Vancouver alarm over counterfeit ring suspected to have circulated about 5000 in local currency. officials dispute earlier claims of 2 million sought for circulation. A M Carter 69 of Saint John elected head of Canadian Bar Association for next year at Banff convention. Ben McKilles wins Innerman trophy at Cleveland air races. J H G Batch McArthur Edmonton places third.
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