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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 26, 1946
Page
1
Mr and Mrs W G Thomas visited relatives in Brandon. A Wednesday event was canceled earlier due to uncertain weather. The harvest dances and harvest sports day proceeded as planned despite the delays.
Audrey Winnifred Harmer and John Alexander Hanlon wed at Siddings Hanlon-Harmer ceremony on Thursday September 12 at 6 30 p m Rev Terence Finlay officiated organist Elwick and singer W Cum mins provided music The bride wore white satin with pearl net trim a long train and pearl necklace They were attended by Thelma Jones Peggy McKenzie Stewart Johnstone with Dan Wright Dale Greystad as ushers A Marlboro hotel reception followed by newlyweds leaving for their future together.
Hanlon departed for a wedding trip to Vancouver and plans to reside in Portage la Prairie. The move follows the trip, with a new residence established in Portage la Prairie for the couple and their household.
In Town and Out reports Colin Iles returns to Toronto after convalescing at home. A Molgat visitor stays with the McKenzies. United Ladies Aid to meet Oct 3 at Mrs. J Russell’s. George Walker leaves for Winnipeg for a six week TCA course. Winnipeg residents Tite and McFadden visit, plus other Winnipeg and Vancouver guests. Local visits include Burstall and Brandon folk. McCarthy family trip to Rochester with temporary depot relief by J F Baisley. High school staff and pupils bid farewell to Frank Fenwick and Frank Stewart with dancing and gifts.
Transcribed programs of the Mother Church First Church of Christ Scientist Boston Mass are now airing on CKRC 630 ke Winnipeg each Sunday at 10 15 a m. The program delivers readings and sermons from the church with access for local listeners.
The Independent Labour party paper the Socialist Leader published a harsh attack on the monarchy and past British rulers. It calls on the government to establish a republic following a recent King George critique in the King St. Thomas Times-Journal.
The text argues that the Independent Labor Party has a negligible presence, with only one or two members in Parliament, and notes that large weekly papers boasting circulations from 1,000,000 to 3,000,000 are still inconsequential among the country’s 45 million people.
The Muskogee Oklahoma Free State Fair announces a grand fireworks display in front of the Grandstand featuring a representation of the Bikini bomb test. The piece predicts the spectacle will rival the drama of the Fall of Pompeii as a major fair season highlight.
A former Ottawa bureaucrat enjoying peacetime life finds the paper full of ODE chaos. His son brings breakfast to the bedside, and the father groans over the morning paper's news. The scene ends with the boy asking if the ODE is bad and whether to call a doctor.
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