A Holiday Motor Trip Across Western Canada
A diary style account of a publisher’s July 26 holiday journey from Virden to Regina and beyond. The trip includes visits to families in Wolseley and Moore, Regina, Moorejaw, Swift Current, and Lethbridge, with mentions of farms, the sugar beet district, and the Golden Jubilee of Lethbridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trethomey
Pasiine
Katherine MacKinnon
Shirley Turner
Regina
Relane
Moore Jaw
CC. MacDonald
A Co
Cial
Alta
Medicine Hat
Leth Apu
George 5
Galt Forest
C P.R
Ong
Lethbr
Lethbridge
McLeod
High Ri
Jack Blair
Trip Home via Alberta Farm Visits and Social Credit Hints
The writer recounts a往trip from MacGregor through Okotoks Turner Valley Red Deer Edmonton Sylvan Lake and more, visiting friends and relatives in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Highlights include farm hospitality at the Mundells Blairs and Beavers, tea with A Lewis and Cairns kin, and a tour of Turner Valley oil fields. A provincial election in Alberta shows Social Credit under William Aberhart as a rising force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacGregor
Turner Valley
Okotoks
A. Lewis
T. Cairns
Emmeline
Austin
Katrime
Calgary
Olds
Red Deer
J. R Weston
JR. MacKinnon
E Glasson
England
Sylvanular Rendevous
Buns
Edmonton
WB Cairns
HB. Harding
Bertha Merricknd
Charlie Braund
Stoney Plain
Jasper Highway
Marwayne
Alta
Ross Walker
Milt Walker
Milt
North Battleford
Peter Booth
Saskatoon
Nokomis
Sask
Irene Me
Ewen
Lemans
Jas. Clarke
Qa Appelie Valley
Regina
C. C. McDonald
Virden
Alberta
Social Credit
William ‘Aberhart
Harvest Special Farm Goods and Shoes on Sale
Wool prices 23c 19c 33c, mens sweaters and boots on sale. Black elk tan work boots with stitch down sole 2.89, side counter build. Boys black work boots 2.40, running shoes 0.79. Grocery specials include Sugar Crisp 4 pk 25c, canned tomatoes large tins 3 for 25c, raisins 2 lbs 23c, corned beef 10c tin, beans 19c, Santos coffee per pound, blue crest tuna tall tins 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jereford
Aylmer Pork & Beans
Santos
Blue Crest Keta Simon
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Irwin
Wolseley
David
Laidl
F.T
Saskatchewan
Isabel Moore
Jos. Moore
Red & White
Shirley
Pon
Kays
John Mundell
Artiv
Mundell
Mr. Murndell
Blairs
Mundells
Inc
Alaska
Mens
T. Galvanized
Redpath
Kirshner. Rabkin & CO
Herald
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