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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 27, 1945
Page
5
Highlights from September listings include Arthur Johnson growing ten inch beans, Claude T Westwood noted for district records, a Bredwardine store expropriation theft valued near 100 dollars, Robbie Radcliffe breaking a collar bone, CPR line routing after Edmonton man’s death, and a debate series by Bens of England. Thirty-five years back, Galations cases faced magistrate Dunsmore with five dollar fines.
Cpl. Jack B. A. Tivy RCAF, born July 20, 1912, moved from Quebec to Newfoundland over two years, tried various posts in Canada and abroad, including Winnipeg Edmonton and Vancouver, before seeking Western Canada as his preferred home. He trained as an electrician in several towns and served with three brothers in arms. The family includes LAC Torchy Tivy in Vancouver and LAC Pat Tivy in Calgary.
Three district men have recently returned from overseas service. The group includes Gara, Lyall and Lorne Post of Mayne, and Gar M A Westwood.
A Rivers town council recommendation and interdepartmental correspondence led to a Saturday meeting of six municipalities to consider taking over No. 1 CNS 85 bed hospital with x ray and lab facilities to serve about 5 000 residents. Delegations from Daly Blanshard Hamiota Saskatchewan Woodworth Rivers and Dr D A Sewart attended.
Rivers man Pte John Beltz, famed for singing Tipperary to troops, is returning home after years as a POW in Osaka. He and fellow Manitobans describe brutal camp life, forced mine work, and half rations during hospital ship respite in Yokohama.
A garbled notice describes a rehabilitation committee receiving a card with names and addresses, stamped with a “Thank you” that covered even the ink and printers. The fragment notes a welcome home card and its presentation to officials.
Mrs J Howard Maxwell of Port Arthur Ontario announced the sale of her Rivers home at the weekend. The transaction concluded after years of residence with local ties noted and the seller's name recorded for the record.
Rivera youngsters depart to begin or continue college terms at the U of Manitobal. William Tivy, winner of a 260 dollar Leonard Foundation scholarship, starts his first term. Alvin Setter, Donald McFadden and Marion Karlensig also begin. Thor Wilkes, Joyce Lee and Sam Solimka pursue Grads 12. Others continuing include Alfreda Wareham and several Audets and Donogh. Former Rivers boys G. Reschner and G. Donogh enter first terms at the U.
George Bruce, former grain buyer at Pendennis, died last Friday in Brandon after living in Forrest for several years. His body was shipped to Ontario for burial following a service in home.
On Zirje island in Yugoslavia there was no soap for years yet residents stayed clean and free of typhus. They washed with sea clay dug from the shore and rinsed in salt water, a method that works where fresh water fails.
The Kamula family of Rivers welcomed two Continental trains from the east on a wet chilly Saturday. Brothers Bill and Fred Kamula, now plain, greeted each other amid the crowd while parents watched from under rain. John Kamula served with BCARS and was discharged.
Incomplete record notes that members have met previously and references to payments and discharged devices or members. The text is garbled, with unclear dates or entities, preventing a precise summary of events or outcomes.
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