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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 27, 1951
Page
3
Nominations in Rivers and Daly were moved from Oct. 9 to Oct. 10 due to a public holiday. Municipal clerk W. T. Dyer announced the change after posters printed for Oct. 9 required reprint. The governing act allows nominations on the next non holiday day.
Tarbolton observed the 63rd anniversary with well attended morning and evening services last Sunday. The Rev. E Armistead led the morning sermon and R McPherson, a student minister from Winnipeg, preached at the evening service.
A compiled reminiscence notes local events from Rivers over decades. It recalls McLennan selling his livery business to Mills, church membership counts, highway construction from Rivers to Forrest, the death of Mrs. Sarah McDonald, a Firefly airship crash landing, and heavy rain. The reminiscence spans thirty, thirty five, twenty and ten years ago with brief regional updates.
Uncertainty grows over a royal tour to Canada as King George VI recovers from a serious lung operation. Reports indicate Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh may cancel plans this year, with early plan changes announced alongside the King’s weekend operation.
The visit of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip has been advanced by perhaps a fortnight indicating changes to royal travel plans and scheduling.
The couple had planned to depart England on Tuesday with a definite decision due on Wednesday. By press time no new information reached The Gazette office.
Churches across Canada and the British Empire offered prayers for the restoration to health of the king on a Sunday reflecting religious institutions uniting in this cause.
A proclamation on Tuesday October 9 declares a public holiday in Manitoba. The extended weekend follows an earlier Canada Gazette proclamation naming Monday October 8 as Thanksgiving Day, with plans for Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh to potentially attend in Winnipeg.
Mrs. Walter Charles of Lyn Ontario, a Scottish war bride, declares peace as the symbol for royal visitors to Canada. She created the word PEACE by taking initials FP for Philip E for Elizabeth A for Anne C for Charles and E for Edinburgh.
Construction work continues in Rivers with remodelling of the Alexandra hotel. Manager T. E. Wright says alterations to the beverage room will cost upwards of $20,000. A bowling alley is scheduled to begin this week on the site of the former Moxley building.
Donald Whyte receives another 24 scholarship awards this year. The Winnipeg Scottish Association granted the latest honor based on this year’s achievements. The violinist won top class at the Winnipeg and Virden festivals, led Hamiota festival agg, earned first class honors in Toronto conservatory grade six, and scored 89 percent in Trinity junior test. Bethlehem means the house of bread.
Canadian National and Canadian Pacific railways said no special train service would run to Rivers or the airport for the royal visit. CN cites sleeping cars in use on regular trains, CP notes no service planned from Brandon to the air training centre unless there is demand.
Vancouver committee advances safe celebrations with a $3,000 city vote for fireworks and party refreshments. The roundup also notes traffic court cases, farm payments, church volunteer work, tourist inquiries, moose sightings, and a marsh fire near Wainfleet in Ontario with smoke reported across the district.
Manitoba declares hunting season opens Monday November 26 and ends Thursday December with bag limits permitting one male white tailed or mule deer over one year old. Boston Massachusetts is noted as the hub of the universe.
The first road equipment arrived Monday for the Uke Hnk construction between Rivers, the airport and No 10 highway. Work was set to begin this week with 50 men slashing and clearing bushes along the route. Smaller branches were burned while larger trees were moved to town for fuel. A 149 feet wide clearing has improved visibility greatly and markers and fences were placed weeks earlier. Additional road-building outfits are expected to start soon along the 14 mile east strip.
A taste of winter brought frost and brief snow flurries across the district delaying harvest. Flower displays by Mrs. C. H. Farrend Alex Roberts and James Scott were noted on Fifth and Third avenues. Two thirds to one half of the crop remains unharvested around Bradwardine and Rivers, with some fields untouched in the east. Moisture content requires several drying days before further grain can be gathered. Ice weighs down trees while snow and green grass contrast across the landscape.
Rivers school orchestra started its 21st year of operation with founder A. W. Whyte in 1931. The group has performed across Manitoba, aired on radio, and appeared at local events. A concert is planned to raise funds for a new instrument. The ensemble includes piano, clarinets, cellos, trumpets, and violins. Officers elected were W. L Stewart president, Sandra Taylor secretary, and Emil Hain treasurer. Alex W Whyte is conductor.
James Frame scored a hole in one on the 119 yard third hole at the Clear Lake course last Wednesday. He achieved the ace while playing with W. Decker G. M. Henderson J. A Gilchrist and J. Stratford. It was Frame’s second known ace following an earlier Rivers course hole in one about eight years ago.
Group Capt. H. G. Colpitts, new commanding officer of the Canadian Joint Air Training Centre, will assume duties here on November 6. He succeeds Group Capt. A. Gilchrist DFC as commanding officer.
Rail traffic at Rivers grows busy with 28 crews 140 men operating between Rivers and Winnipeg and Rivers and Melville. Grain livestock and troop trains drive movement. gravel pit adds daily 80 car shipments. Kiwanis hosts national kids day with 250 youths enjoying a cartoon and a Kiwanis apple. Drumheller Mail recalls Channel crossing swim boosts bravery.
The Gazette will charge seven cents for single copies starting October 1, up from five. Annual subscriptions rise to $2 locally and $2.50 for overseas to the British Isles and the United States, with $3 for other foreign countries.
Kiwanis club members scheduled Apple Day in Rivers for Saturday September 29 at the Alexandre annex. Apples to be sold by the box or singly on town streets with Rivera Keen Teeners and others taking part. Entertainment included World Series motion pictures and Harold Edgar of Winnipeg visited.
A St Lazare man charged by RCMP with shooting big game out of season at Russell faced a Rivers district jurisdiction. Justice of the Peace W. T. Dyer held court in the harvest field and fined the accused $50 plus costs, with two months jail as alternative.
Regina’s small dog Boomer is portrayed as a happy rover who rides trains through the CPR yards. He hops aboard any train stopping, then returns when called, never sticking to one route, earning the name boomer from railway jargon.
Due to date conflicts the home cooking sale by the ladies of St James church is postponed to Saturday October 13. The note closes with mentions of bellbird sounds like tolling bells.
Portage la Prairie’s Pte J M Byrdges and Rivers’ Pte M P Cruboka were among 24 Canadian soldiers who arrived in Vancouver aboard a Canadian Pacific air flight from Korea. The homecoming featured veterans from the Korean conflict and highlighted the return of numerous comrades.
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