Thirty Year Age September 21, 1916 Congregations of the Rivers
The Presbyterian church showed 550 members and held funeral services for Mrs. A Forbes Sr. The text notes Thirty-Five Years Age on September 21, 1911 and mentions S J McLennan disposing of livery business 28:3. It records T C Norris and A E Hill, Liberal leader and candidate, speaking here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rivers
Presbyterian Church
A. Forbes Sr
S. J. McLennan
Tr. Mills
T. C. Norris
A. E. Hill
Birthday Honorees List for September and October
A compiled birthday list featuring Miss Margaret Mills on September 25 and Basil G Bowman on September 27, plus Joseph and Frances Luchuck and Alan Wareham and George Dennison with Brandon on September 28. September 29 honors Mra Beever Wren, Pearl C Hain and September 30 Bert Wyld of Winnipeg. October 1 includes Denis Roberts of Kamsack and Louis Dyer, October 2 lists Mrs N Tivy and J R Stratford.
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Basil G. Bowman Joseph Luchuck
Frances Luchuck
Alan Wareham
George Dennison
Brandon
Mra. S. Beever Wren Pearl C. Hain
Fingerprinting vs National Registration Cards Debate
Eamonton Journal discusses the contrast between fingerprints and registration cards. It argues that fingerprints at birth would create a complete personal file, whereas a registration card must be carried and can be forged, raising concerns about reliability and privacy.
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Eamonton Journal
Canada
Former Farmer Starts Decorator Career with Ex-Servicemen
Wilson H. Humphries, once a Brandon district farmer now living in Rivers, left farming due to ill health and opened a decorator business. He employs Bert Dunn, ex RCAF, and David Parker, also an ex-serviceman. Dunn will pursue a six month decorating course under the veterans program, with specialized work planned next year. Meanwhile in Lahore, supporters of Field Marshal Jan Smuts burned an effigy protesting South African land laws restricting Indian buyers.
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Wilson H. Humphries
Brandon
Rivers
Bert Dunn
RCAF
No. 1 Cns
David Parker
Huphries
Dunn
Congress Party
Jan Smuts
South Africa
Lahore
Railway route proposed from Churchill to Prince Rupert
E T Applewhite of Prince Rupert proposed a transcontinental railway line from Churchill Manitoba on Hudson Bay to Prince Rupert British Columbia at the closing session of the Associated Boards of Trade of Central British Columbia convention.
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Churchill
Man
Hudson Bay
Prince Rupert
E. T. Applewhalte
Prince Rupert , x
Associated Boards of Trade of
British Columbia
Two Rivers Scholars Win Prizes in Crow Campaign
J R Stratford announced that Rivers school students John Samson with 68 crow legs and Jimmy Ashton with 30 were prize winners in the crow control drive by the Rivers branch Manitoba federation of game and fish associations. A .22 rifle club forms, shooting range set, meetings planned and Dominion marksman pins and shields offered. Executive meeting scheduled for Oct 1.
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Rivers School
Rivers Branch
Manitoba Federation of Game and Fish Associations
J. R. Stratford
John Samson
Jimmy Ashton
R. Twigge
P. Luchuck
Dominion
Bananas Help Cure Girl With Rare Disease
In Pittsburgh a young girl, Lucille Tielech, aged eight, improves on a banana diet of ten pounds per week after doctors feared for her life due to a rare coeliac disease. Once a malnourished infant unable to digest food, she now grows sturdier as predictions of outgrowing the illness begin to come true.
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Pittsburgh
Lucille Tielech
Lucille
Calendar Month A Sees Spooks On Harvest Night
The Calendar Man warns of eerie apparitions and strange sighs on Thursday the 31st as harvest festivals unfold. Advertisers note this is the last five-issue month of the year.
Royal Bank Branch May Be a Possibility for Rivers
The Rivers board of Trade discussed a potential Royal Bank of Canada branch. Western representatives may visit in October to assess feasibility. A canvassing committee, led by Jack Gilchrist, was formed including James M. McKenzie Frank Taylor C.J. McFadden and G. Airey to gauge potential business and support requirements.
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Royal Bank
Royal Branch of
Canada
Rivers
Rivers Board of Trade
James 4. McKenzie
Frank Taylor
C.J. McFadden
G. Airey
Jack Gilchrist
District Farmers Helped Neighbor Did All Fall Work
Neighbors gathered at the Mills farm to complete fall duties while R. S. Mills was in the hospital. On Saturday week two threshing outfits managed the harvest, nine teams helped into bins, another outfit worked the summer fallow, and by nightfall the full field was finished. Mills returned that Saturday evening to find the work done.
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R. S. Mills
Milla Farm
Edmonton Pilot Soars Past 620 MPH In Trial Jet Flight
Edmonton pilot Sqdn. Ldr. William A. Waterton piloted a jet propelled craft over Tangmere Sussex at more than 620 miles an hour during a trial flight. The speed was unofficial and believed to be a touch slower than the 626 mph achieved by Group Capt. E. M. Donaldson, another trial that likewise won’t be recorded.
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Edmonton
Tangmere
Sussex
England
William A. Waterton
H. J. Wilson
RAF
Sado. Ldr
Waterton
E. M. Donaldson
Actress Olivia De Havilland Weds Marcus Goodrich in Walton Conn
Screen star Olivia De Havilland married Marcus Aurelius Goodrich in Walton Connecticut amid a request to keep the word obey in the nuptials. The 30 year old actress tied the knot with the 46 year old writer and former newspaperman, marking her first marriage while his fifth. Goodrich authored Delilah and other novels and several screenplays.
Pension Critique Warns of Long-Lasting Financial Burden
The speaker notes officers retired at a comparatively young age, saying the country would bear a financial load for 20 to 20 years that is out of all proportion to other pensions. The statement highlights concerns about pension terms and their impact on national finances.
Purge These Enemies
A London Free Press opinion notes that a self professed communist owes allegiance to a higher power and has no place in civil service. It warns of second or third generation Canadians who prefer another form of government and urges intelligence services to identify and remove such individuals from civil services.
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London Free Press
Royal Navy Firefly crash lands at Rivers Airport
A Royal Navy Firefly two seater crash landed during a refueling approach at Rivers Airport about 3 p.m. Thursday. The undercarriage was badly damaged and a portion smashed off. The crew were Lieut. Robert Lavack of Vancouver and Sub.Lieut. R. Good of Bedford England. The four planes were bound for Edmonton for winter trials. replacements will be flown from Halifax in days. The accompanying craft continued to Edmonton, leaving Friday morning.
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Firefly
Rivers Airport
Robert Lavack
Vancouver
B.C
Lieut
R. Good
Bedford
England
Edmonton
Lavack
RAF
RCAF
Halifax
Monday Snow Melted Amid Cold Winds and Showers
Snow fell on Monday with cold northwest winds and occasional showers. The snow melted upon contact with the ground, leaving damp surfaces and continued chilly conditions through the day.
South African railway men visit Winnipeg yards and shops
Eleven South African railway men arrived in Winnipeg to inspect railway yards and shops. They were accompanied by C. B. Mallory, director of the Industrial Development Division, Department of Trade and Commerce in Ottawa.
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Winniipeg
C. 8. Mallory
Department of Trade and Commerce
Ottawa
The Common Round A-hunting Tale Gone Wrong
A business man asks for a loaned gun to hunt with partners. The gun case is empty at dawn, a farmer lends a gun, and chaos follows as the weapon misfires. The hunter slashes at imaginary foes in tall grass and reeds, then retrieves two ducks as a gun discharges overhead. Continued on Page 2.
The Story of the Rural Municipality of Daly
The story traces Daly Mayne districts early settlers and social growth. It notes White and others shaping Westwood Wheatland sporting life, 1905 council actions, by laws against obstructions, boundary questions with Saskatchewan river, and license rules for billiards and bagatelle. It records reeve Cousins, trustees Shanks and Westwood board creation, and school district shifts.
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Mayne
Daly
Porter
Smith
Hall
Council
Aetna
Saskatchewan
Minnedosa
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Qezeyee
Rivers-Forrest Highway
Excelsior Lodge
Loba
Samuel B. Nunn
C.H. Gabe
Margaret Mills
Bert Wyld
Winnipeg
Austin Baily
Denis Roberts
Kamsack, Sask
Louis Dyer
N. Tivy
Clear Lake
Rapid City
2 Rivers
Crow
Westwood
Wheatland
Robert H. White
A. A. Walker
C. J. Walker
P. E. Newman
John T. Hall
T. H. Webb
M. G. Abey
John Gunson
W. N. Harrop Jr
J. C. Cousins
Comel
Leonard Frank
N. J. King
R. B. Chapman
John Clark
W. Bollington
A. T. Tyreman
Robert Thomson
George Ferguson
Henry Neal
R. W. Saggent
F. Paddock
E. A. Jackson
C. Venness
St A
Westwood $.D
James R. Shanks
W. LB. Puddicombe
Shanks
George Brown
Harold Bicknell
Claude “Westwood
Thie
Wis
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