Square Dance Contest at Rivers Agric Show
The Eight horse show hosted by the Rivers Agricultural Society features a two day event on September 26 and 27. A square dance competition offers first prize of 24 dollars and second prize of 16 dollars with no entry fee. Entries must be in by Thursday, September 25 to Don McFadden in Byers. The event also includes heavy horse class, open seed display, and a bagpipe band performance.
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The
Rivers Agricultural Society
Shoul
Don. McFadden
Byers
Tranden
Home School Group Holds First Meeting
A fair turnout attended the opening meeting of the home and school association in the new term on Tuesday evening. A general discussion on the merits of a community Christmas tree followed the business session and a social time concluded the gathering.
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Home and School Association
Polio Cases Reported Around Port and Wheatland
Three new polio cases surfaced in the airport area over the past week prompting a weeklong delay in Brooke school reopening. Health officials issued final notices on premises cleanliness and questioned municipal waste collection as Shilo army camp also reported three polio cases. Registration for Brooke school age children continues with limited hours while a three week tuition period has been lost due to the epidemic.
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Brooke School
Department of Health
Yelige
Lee Gib
Paul Lampiers
Winnipeg
Marion Clark
Wheatland
Shilo
Brooke
Battle of Britain Commemorations At RCAF Centres
Canada marks Battle of Britain with Sunday services across RCAF units. Canadians and new Canadians recall 1940 air battles as 47 Canadian personnel died. CIATC band to Brandon for service. wreath laid after cenotaph parade. Group Captain H G M Coilpitts will take the salute.
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RCAF
Canada
Great Britain
Hitler
Luftwaffe
Britain
England
Commonwealth
RAF
Rcaf Reserve
Air Cadet
Regular
Air Force
CIATC
Brandon
Air Force Association
Air Cadets of
H. G. M. Coilpitts
Kenton Minister Here on Sunday
A change in United church pulpits occurs on Sunday next with anniversary services in Tarbolton or the Kenton Hard ing circuit. Rev F W McNally of Rivers leads Tarbolton services, while Rev T Earl Armistead of Kenton conducts Rivers services.
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United Church
Tarbolton
Kenton-Harding Circuit
F. W. McNally
Rivers
Apple Sale Dates Corrected by Kiwanis Leader
Kiwanis president Frank Taylor promotes the Apple sale and fixes a public date error noting the sale will be next Friday and Saturday. A local fireplace incident shows red coals lighting a furnace after a missing match. Len Turnbull returns to work as a municipal office painter after an earlier fall.
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Kiwanis
Frank Taylor
Len Turnbull
Len
Highway Link Under Construction Advances Fast West of Town
Construction of the new east west highway link progresses rapidly west of Wheatland. A three quarter mile section between the CN crossing and CP crossing remains to be paved next year. Bulldozers and graders work on the ditch lines, filling in on the right of way.
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Wheatland
Badlands Tour Bulges With Odd Bank And Mexican Trade Sign
A Gazette describes the Badlands of North Dakota at Theodore Roosevelt National Park south unit. Strange valley formations resemble petrified trees and dry sea bed sculptures. The region hosts a roadside commerce stand selling souvenirs food and drink run by Uncle Sam’s kids amid a Mexican trade sign.
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North Dakota
Uncle Sam
North Dakota road trip paints growing highway ideals
A travel sketch through Belfield Mandan Bismarck Jamestown and Fargo muses on highway age and trucked life. An inhabitant predicts highways will be for pleasure cars in five years while trucking groups must build new roads. The piece notes Bismarck as a clean friendly fruit region with vast strawberry plans.
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United States
Bismarck
Petition Drives Larger School Area Across Regions
About 211 names were verified from 762 electors on the Daly rural municipality roll. The 20 percent target was met, sending the petition to Education Minister W C Miller for consideration. A ratepayer vote on the larger school area would involve Rivers, Brandon, Elton, Cornwallis, Whitehead, and Daly.
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Daly
Meadden
Trustees Associationi
Coutld
Department of Education
McFadden
Department
W. C. Miller
Rivers
Brandon
Elton
Cornwallis and
Whitehead
Boys Fractured Wrists In Separate Farm Mishap
Two local boys Bruce Butler age 10 and Wayne Marcino age 6 sustained left wrist fractures on the same day in separate accidents. Butler injured when his hand was caught between a tractor and a garage at his farm home, Marcino hurt after falling off a pole.
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Bruce Butler
Wayne Marcino
Danish cabinet approves change to crown succession
Denmark poised for first queen in 540 years as cabinet approves a change enabling female succession. King Frederik X rules with no sons, Swedish-born Queen Ingrid has given him three daughters.
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Denmark
Frederik [X
Ingrid
Manitoba Duck Season Opens Friday Afternoon
The duck and geese hunting season starts at noon tomorrow in southern Manitoba excluding the Delta waterfowl control area. Daily limits are eight ducks and five geese with rounds for coots and rails at fifteen. The season ends November 1 with totals of forty ducks fifteen geese and sixty coots and rails for the season. Sunday hunting is banned and shooting before sunrise or after sunset is illegal.
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Manitoba
Strd
Delta
Driving without owner consent ends in fine in local case
A local resident was fined 25 dollars and costs after appearing before Justice W. T. Dyer for driving an auto without the owner's consent. A second person, cited for intoxication, paid a similar fine in the same session.
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W. T. Dyer
Equal Day Night Comes Next Sunday
The article notes the end of daylight saving with equal day and night next Sunday. It marks the weekend as the last with summer hours until 1953 and forecasts dwindling sunshine hours through December, about three hours less daylight at that time.
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Sol
Paving Progress at New Sarum Airport Townsite
Street paving at New Sarum has progressed considerably in recent weeks. Although recent rains slightly interrupted the program, townsite lawns appear green and trim on what were formerly dried-up acres.
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New Sarum
Friday Midnight Electric Wind Storm Hits Manitoba Town
A midnight Manitoba storm toppled power and sparked a fire in Rivers attic after lightning struck a chimney. A calf died in Bradwardine pasture as hail battered two farms and crops. Harvests halted. a combine soaked then sprouted grain, while lines of laundry vanished.
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Manitoba
Bradward
Main Street
W. G. Irvine
D. D. Elliott
Irvine
Mervyn Baily
Iadwardine
Spud Digging Riddled by Heavy Rains in Gardens
Community gardens report a busy week of potato digging but many gardeners struggle with wet tubers after recent heavy rains. Near term harvests face handling difficulties as soils stay damp and potatoes remain soft and clumpy in many plots.
Bradwardine United Church 50th Anniversary Plans
Members of the ladies aid met at Mrs J Houston to discuss the Bradwardine United Church 50th anniversary services set for Sept 28. They also planned a fowl supper this year and urged support for cancer awareness and early detection messaging.
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Bradwardine United Church
Ladies Aid
J. Houston
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