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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 19, 1918
Page
4
A meeting of the shareholders of United Grain Growers Rivers Local will be held in the town hall Rivers on Saturday October 5 at 8 pm to elect a delegate for the November annual meeting. L W Goekoop secretary.
Wartime appeal urges motorists to skip Sunday pleasure drives and conserve gasoline. The Fuel Controller's request aims to save billions of gallons and prevent shortages for the war effort, with potential savings of $150,000 on one Sunday.
Notice details obligations under the 1918 United States Military Service Convention for male US citizens in Canada. It outlines duties to report within ten days after eligibility, options to enlist or return to the US, penalties for failure to report, and specifics on required registration information and diplomatic exemptions.
Mrs. Tom McDonald nee Margaret Crake, former Rivers school teacher, died Tuesday after a long illness in Gimli. She taught Rivers for three years before resigning, later married, now residing in Saskatoon with a five month old son. Funeral Friday at Portage la Prairie. Sympathies extended to husband and relatives.
At Winnipeg head office of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway R M Halpenny is appointed Superintendent lines between Edmonton Alta and Prince George BC with headquarters at Edson Alta. He replaces J P Kirkpatrick who has resigned.
The Methodist Sunday School will hold its annual rally on Sept 29 at 11 a.m. A special program is being prepared and organizers hope scholars, parents and friends will attend.
The HES is awarding three prizes: one dollar for best dancing on socks, one dollar for best knitted pair of socks, and one dollar for the best collection of vegetables grown by a boy.
The Gazette publishes a comprehensive directory of professional and business men for readers in town and beyond. Listings include General Store J A Grummett and Jas A McKenzie, Insurance C W Angel, hardware Jon Moxley, physician F G Schwalm M D, and many others with firms like Rivers Drug Co, North American Lumber, and The Gazette Office.
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