May 1955 Weddings and Births in Rural Manitoba
Residents attend a Regina wedding. multiple births announced in Hamiota and nearby towns. Notices include names Mackay Strachan Dunnett Morison Park, Engle, Pedlow, Montgormir, Lap and Argue. Readers urged to phone in local news items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Mackay
W. B. Strachan
Regina
Joan Dunnett
Riceton
Saskatchewan
Miss Dunnett
Dunnett
Oakner Chumah
Scotia
Margaret Morison
John Parklove
Brandon
The Canadian Heads West
W A Mather, president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, pulls the switch as The Canadian transcontinental dome train begins its run from Montreal to Vancouver in 71 hours 10 minutes, beating the former time by 16 hours. Mayor Jean Drapeau watches. Sudbury adds seven cars to reach a 15 car westbound train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Mather
Canadian Pacific Railway
C.P.R
Jean Drapeau
Montreal
Vancouver
Rive
Windsor Station
Sudbury
Journey Through Spirals and Scenic Canadian Rail
Mrs Dales letter recalls crossing the Spiral Tunnel between the Great Drewe and Field and the Connaught Tunnel through Mont McDonald in the Selkirks. She describes fear in darkness, then awe at engineering feats, logging scenery along the Fraser River, and plans to visit Manitoba on a future Scenic Trip while in Burnaby and Victoria, ending with a chilly morning farewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drewe and
Field
Connaught
Mont McDonald
Selkirks
Sardis
B.C
Mission
Vancouver
Burnaby
Victoria
Manitoba
Jane Dale
Notes From Victoria A Trip Journal Through Snow and Tea
Mrs. F. W. Decker recalls a winter journey from Band to Field and Glacier with snowslides and rock dangers glimpsed along the way. She describes green fields reappearing in Fraser Valley, mountain scenery, and a train with climbers. She also notes tea parties at Lakehill W. S. and churches Met and St Andrews, with meals and $200 raised at Metropolitan tea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Band
Lake Louise
Field
Glacier
Vancouver
Fraser Valley
Golden
Daffodil
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frangis WI Manwaring
Perrence
Ter
Hamiota
Wan
District Fire Office
K.P. Strickland
Ett
Inds
Haemiota
AK Laans
Prane
THE
Monarch Lumber Company
ITD
Robt. Watt
Hamiota &Cho
United States
C W. Venables & Son
Publishers and Proprietors
Harrisota
MarmawWia
J MacFarigne
Beverly
Abs
Harrowhyv
Man
Hamiota Hospital
Mrs Blark
Hamiota, A Bay
Lorne McNiven
Mervyn Pedlow
Chaiaturark
Apeel
Hames Engle
Ardaic
Gil
Mave Iy Ture Dlamiota
Rober
Montgormirs
Lake A
Prri
Gar
General Motors
Oldsmobile
Caldwell Motors
F. W. Decker
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