Medicine Hat photographer wins national contest plaque
John Barrass Walker, Medicine Hat photographer at the Suffield station, wins a T.iston Co. Ltd. special plaque at the Canadian Press Photographers Association annual contest in Toronto. The awarded image shows a CPR steam locomotive leaving local yards, with Walker receiving the plaque from Russell S. McBride of Eaton’s Medicine Hat.
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John Barrass Walker
Medicine Hat
Suffield
Canada
T. Fiston Co. Ltd
Canadian Press Photographers’ Association
Toronto
Alf Brown
Gainsboro Studio
Mr. Walker
Medicine Hat 1954 Review and 1955 Outlook
A year end look at Medicine Hat 1954 notes grain markets and storage growth in Southern Alberta. W R Crow predicts stable wheat prices into 1955 as deliveries exceed carryover with 12 000 bushels available for delivery. Hospitals subway and road projects gain support with 3 062 vot es for subway and 92.9 percent for the hospital vote. Mayor Veiner pursues policy changes on municipal finances and public loans.
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Medicine Hat
W. R. Crow
Alberta Wheat Pool
Mr. Crow
Canadian Wheat Board
Alberta
Wheat Pool
Line Companies
Maple Leaf
Seven Persons
Bow Island
UGG
Civic Theatre Plans for Children’s Drama and Festival Entry in 1955
Civic Theatre outlines plans for a new Children’s Theatre in Medicine Hat next year supervised by Miss Noreen Flanagan. First meeting in January at the public library, with a full 1955 program including Born Yesterday at the Dominion Drama Festival, provincial entries, and a Red Deer one-act festival submission.
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Civic Theatre
Medicine Hat
Gas City
Chilren
Noreen Flanagan
R. M. Block
Children’s Theatre Group
Edmonton
Calgary
Coaldale
Lethbridge
Alberta
Regina
Red Deer
Bob Block
Ron Thompson
Achs Drama Club
Henry Allergoth
Marie
Local RCMP Unit Handles 1200 Investigations in 1954
Medicine Hat district RCMP detachment led by Sgt. D. J. L. Williams reported 1200 cases in 1954 resulting in 509 prosecutions. The unit expanded to six constables.
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R.C.M.P
RCMP
Medicine Hat
D. J. L. Williams
1954 Medicine Hat city notes and budget items
A snapshot of Medicine Hat events through February 1954 includes five newborns in the new year, a city budget showing 33 percent from taxes, and a 43 mill tax rate. Highlights cover civic debate on civil defence as a civic welfare project, subway vote results, hospital subsidy rejection, a school board budget, Legion and library leadership changes, weather, a fatal train-car crash near Box Springs, and hospital-building costs set at two million dollars.
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Medicine Hat
Hillside
Bob Block
C. E. Gerhart
Jack Oldham
The
Canadian Legion
Stan Hepell
Sam Gill
Sask
Box Springs
City youngster finds cow nest among milk cans
A boy wandering with friends in the city spots a pile of empty condensed milk cans and excitedly calls the group to see what he believes is a cow nest. The odd claim adds local color to a casual rural outing.
Births Rise 23 Percent in Medicine Hat in 1954
Medicine Hat records show 869 births and 292 marriages in 1954, up from 706 births and 296 marriages in 1953 while 237 deaths occurred. April had 94 births, March saw 29 deaths, and November led in marriages with 39.
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Medicine Hat
Bank Clearings Slip Five Percent for Medicine Hat Year
Bank clearings in Medicine Hat this year show a five per cent decline from the 1953 record of $77,417,975. Despite a mid year forecast of a ten per cent drop, activity picked up in the last six months and especially the fourth quarter. Final 1954 clearings are expected near $73,000,000, about $4,000,000 below 1953, with monthly averages near $6.1 million versus $6.45 million in 1953.
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Medicine Hat
Civic Debt Retirement Covers New Borrowing in Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat city finances for 1954 show revenues likely surpassing 2.6 million dollars and a near balance between debt retirement and new debenture borrowing. Expenditures track revenues, with a possible surplus despite an anticipated small deficit, while gas earnings lag due to mild winter. The city notes a subway and underpass project, utility extensions, and road work funded from reserves without increasing municipal debt. School board borrowing rises for new accommodation, not peaking yet.
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Medicine Hat
Fire Loss Per Capita Reports in Medicine Hat for 1954
The Medicine Hat fire department logged 115 calls in 1954 with property risk at 3 029 450 and content risk at 1 065 150. It recorded a net per capita loss just over 1 09 and one fire death, 78 year old James Salmond, in a prior summer house fire.
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Medicine Hat
Len Morris
James Salmond
Alberta’s 1954 Reflections From Lt Gov Bowien
The Hon. J. J. Bowien offers a New Year message praising pioneers and ranchers amid Alberta’s 1954 milestones. He notes peace returns from Korea and Indo China, gratitude for service members, weather setbacks to agriculture and construction, and hopes for a more profitable year ahead with continued farmer support and immigration progress.
City issues permits for 211 new homes valued at 1.92 million in 1954
The city building department issued permits for 211 new houses worth 1,922,169 in 1954, lowering total new construction from 467 permits and 2,457,000 last year. Alterations to houses and buildings, garages, and miscellaneous work accounted for the rest of activity.
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City Building Department
Eccometdc
Dies at Coast in Vancouver Funeral Arrangements
Information received that a death occurred at Vancouver. Services conducted by Canon J. W. Cook's Funeral Chapel.
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Vancouver
Canon J. W Cook
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Harry Veiner
Weiner
CPR
Canadian Pacific Railway
J L. Hall
Hall
Smith
Giy Sions
Penticton
Revelston
Sec — Civic Theatre
Elizabeth
Prince Charles
Princess Anne
Marcus Adams
Ren
CIVIC
Ade
Korea
Indo- China
Ings
Gers
Seth
Sems
Beveridge
Arena
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