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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 28, 1950
Page
1
A poorly written fragment recalls a harvest service and neighborly events. The messy text mentions Ang hiewan choir, a reckless rider on Alexander hill, and a Kiwanis free show last Saturday. No clear dates or places are confirmed in readable lines.
The Gazette notes irregular farming chatter and a surprising vegetable contest. A discussion on potato hauling sessions appears tangled in rough, garbled phrasing with unclear participants and outcomes.
At Dryden Red Cross hospital on September 13 1950 Mr and Mrs E J Hutchinson welcome their daughter Gertrude Elizabeth The Galbraith couple welcome Diane Eleanor at Grace hospital Winnipeg to Mr and Mrs D W Galbraith both families announce the arrivals and celebrate the new daughters.
Edwina Rose Johnson daughter of Mrs M Johnson of London England married James Robert Kolotylo son of Mr and Mrs Dmytro Kolotylo of Rivers. Ceremony by Rev H Dodd. Bride in blue dress with white gardenia and red rose corsage. Matron of honor and sister of groom M Zaharachuk served as best man. Ushers Frank Kolotylo Gary Higginson Gordon Moore Brandon organist Jow Gilchrist Eliott and Bellamy. Assistants listed.
Rose Kolotylo daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D Kolotylo Rivers was married to Daniel C Jonason son of the late Daniel C Jonason formerly of Rivers in the First Lutheran church Vancouver on Sept 20.
A series of visits fills the community as Mr. and Mrs. Hogben and others tour Winnipeg and area. Many guests from Brandon, Thamesville, Truro, and Vancouver stay with local families while Joyce Lee arrives for a holiday with her Winnipeg relatives. Dr. Rubin and wife visit, preparing for a New York postgraduate training trip, and Betty Hanlon hosts a trousseau tea for her bride-elect daughter as local society gatherings continue.
Some 90 ladies gathered in the Community hall on Monday evening to honor Miss Betty Hanlon bride elect. Gifts were presented in egg crates and milk cans carried by a wagon and wheelbarrow. A farmer and bride duo presented the present. A short program of music and readings followed with a dainty lunch and a decorated tea table.
Miss Helen K Wedderburn of Vancouver visits relatives in the district. Miss Helen Harper returns from a The Pas holiday where she stayed with Mr and Mrs S Lever. Mr and Mrs H Wolfe and son Harold and Mr and Mrs Addison Bender of Palmerston Ont left for home after three weeks at the Emerson Wolfe home. Mrs A S Wedderburn returns from a Dryden Ont visit.
Ottawa Citizen notes Archibald Lampman joined as a postal clerk and drew $750 yearly in 1890, up from $480 in 1882. The Canadian poet, famed for nature poetry, found solace in contemplative writing while serving as a civil servant.
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