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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 21, 1950
Page
6
A montage of global postwar issues shows UN forces pressing the offensive, while Canada pursues a purge of Reds from unions. Congress plans to regulate unions, Britain faces rearmament costs, and UN Security Council debates atomic control and Korean tensions amid China and Formosa charges. The piece closes with a reflective note on the care of pets and people through proper nutrition and grooming.
Temporarily released from the Iowa State Penitentiary, Fal Wie Wieckii reportedly donated skin to aid his five year old daughter Carol who was critically burned when her dress ignited at home. The man was serving a five year assault term at the time.
Weather woes dampen crop outlook as forecasts warn of reduced yields. Planners cite late-season cold and heavy rains hurting grain production in Canada. Officials estimate smaller harvest than previously projected, impacting markets and farmers alike.
The annual convention of the Canadian Weekly few is set for Quebec City with plans in St Andrews by the sea but several events cancelled due to the Tabway strike. A US Air Force jet crashed in Alaska earlier. all seven aboard survived. A $3.5 million busing scheme for southeast Edmonton was approved along Rivers to a sale to Advan Exterprises Ltd for a 2Astore site worth $75,000. A Moose Jaw chief constable transition is noted with Inspector Alexander Pell to take over Oct 1 and Saskatoon telephoto lineman John Detly injured after touching a live wire. Also a navy transport plane landed safely near Midway Island after fuel loss. seven men rescued with no injuries.
Peter Tachuk, president of the car committee, announced that Pom Sehollie won the new car offered by Rivers Canadian Legion. The 12 year old Yorkton student, son of the local postmaster, learned of the telegram less than two hours before the Continental Limited train departed Melville. He rushed home and drove his own car, becoming the family’s first owner.
The new scarlet shield patch with a gold maple leaf and olive branch wreath will appear on uniforms in training areas nationwide. It is worn on both sleeves below corps and unit flashes, and only personnel actually serving on the special force establishment may wear it.
Telegrams from Toronto circulate claims that Hitler remains alive, drawing on familiar wartime techniques and rumors resurfacing as Cold War tensions feed speculation about his fate and whereabouts.
On Monday this week a hole in one was scored on a New Sarum course green for the first time. The shot was made during a team practice and is reported as a notable achievement for the players involved.
A Vancouver driver checked his new license plate and found it was the first provincial plate to exceed 200 000. The plate read B C 200 001 marking a historic milestone for the province.
The Gazette invites entries for its harvest oddities contest featuring uncanny vegetable freaks. Growers may win prizes for unusual produce such as strange spuds tomatoes turnips pumpkins and other oddities. Eligible entrants should submit quickly.
In Yorkton Susk district the former hay meadow known as York Lake is being restored after drought dried it. Ducks Unlimited has diverted a creek to refill the lake and aims to develop it into a top tier recreational center with new amenities and activities.
A CJATO team led by Capt P W Davis and Lieuts Knox Finnie and Piedalen won the McKinney shield at Winnipeg. The group praised their Rivers course after a nine hole event with a 262 yardage, built by service personnel in spare time.
Catholic parishes Sandy Lake Ukrainian Creek Rockham Newdale Ozerna and Sandy Lake held a two day popularity contest to raise funds and reported a profit of SOTIL.36. A Louisville and Nashville passenger train wreck near Evansville Ind killed engineer Joe Hedden and fireman Ed Reniaw both 57 or 70, while about 100 passengers were unharmed. Saskatchewan highway board reports nine deaths and 279 injuries in July, matching May as the worst month in 1956. seven months total 36 versus 41 in 1949.
T H Seens resigns as reeve of Daly rural municipality after two terms to focus on provincial legislature. He has served since Tat He plans to retire from municipal duties next December. Indications point to a lively fall election with potential council changes and a contest for the reeve position.
Work to hard-surface two blocks on Main street and two on Second avenue neared completion this week. Final topcoat planned soon with public urged to avoid the streets until finished. A culvert under Main street north of Second avenue aids drainage. ditching done along the lane between Second and Third avenues and on south Brunswick street to First avenue. Bert Porter reports his car tires are over 20 years old, lasting 47,000 miles without a flat, though they are worn now.
Town council held a meeting to inform Canada Bread Company and Wheat City Dairy about amendments to bylaw No. 20 of July 4, 1949 governing transient traders. The bylaw imposes fees for licenses and sales activities including auctioneers, pedlars, and order-taking woods sales, with higher penalties for noncompliance. Albert Havlik and W E Duncan represented the affected businesses.
Children of Rivers and district will be guests of Rivers Kiwanis club at a free show in the Rex theatre Saturday morning at 11. The program will be prepared especially for the entertainment and enjoyment of the youngsters.
A gull in Lake Huron was found with a fishhook through its beak and another in its foot after two fishermen investigated a floundering sighting. A Southern rail freight train engineer died and two crew members were injured when a locomotive and 18 cars derailed at Gibsontown. Port Arthur News-Chronicle notes Russia's Baltic pressure on fishermen, criticizing Soviet aggression as a global bully pattern.
A Canadian columnist recalls James J Hill born in Guelph who rose from a $4 a month clerk to directing the Great Northern railway. He helped shape a transcontinental line, left a St Paul home on Summit Avenue, and inspired local monuments, a depot, galleries, and a thriving catalog business. The piece contrasts Monty’s retail model with Sears Roebuck and notes early video television in Minneapolis and St Paul.
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