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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 01, 1950
Page
3
Mr and Mrs Thomas Russell announce the engagement of their daughter to Robert MacFarlane formerly of Granbrook BC The wedding will take place Saturday June 17 at 2 o clock in the afternoon at First Baptist Church Medicine Hat
Seven West German children were killed while handling a wartime shell they intended to sell to a scrap dealer. Six boys aged between three and 13 died and a 12 year old girl died in the incident.
Social and personal notices record the death of Mrs Frederick Snotgrass of Hopedale Massachusetts and long residence in Medicine Hat after an operation on May 16. Also listed are visits, hospital stays, bridal events, golf club activities, and local social acknowledgments.
The Local Council of Women will meet Friday at 2 30 p m at the YWCA. A Bible study in the British and Israel group will be held Friday evening at Mrs O Kope s home 89 Fourth Street at 8 o clock.
In memory of John Percival Harvey who died June 1 1949. His wife and family keep his memory alive. He lives on in their hearts and thoughts.
In memory of E. E. Anderson who passed away June 1 1949. One year has passed since that sad day when one we loved was called away. God took him home it was His will. Ever remembered by his wife and family.
Edward McCorvie aged 7 of 209 Marshal Ave Medicine Hat died May 31 1950. Funeral service will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Patterson Funeral Home Rev Robert Taylor officiating. Interment to be made in Hillside Cemetery.
L A F E members held a whist drive at Moose Hall to aid the Manitoba relief fund. The event netted 70 with prizes awarded to Mrs H Cove and others. Mrs B C Goff organized the affair and donations came from Crystal Dairy Purity Dairy bakeries and local shops.
Funeral service held at Pattison Funeral Home for Annie Wutzke with Rev Tony Hanson officiating. Large crowd attended. burial at Hillside Cemetery. Survived by husband Adolph and 8 children, among others in Bow Island and nearby towns. family thanks friends for flowers and condolences.
British scientists say they now lead the United States in output of radioactive isotopes. They report record shipments from the Harwell laboratories in Berkshire where Britain's main atomic piles are located. Isotopes are produced by exposing chemicals to atomic activity and are used as tracer elements in medical diagnosis and research.
Deputy Labour Minister Arthur MacNamara proposed a contributory old age security plan combining unemployment insurance and government annuities. He outlined options modeled on Britain's system, including contributions from workers, employers and the federal government, with phased implementation and long term self employment coverage.
Good sales mark the opening days as the Canadian International Trade Fair begins. Buyers are getting down to business earlier than in the past two years. A Manitoba exhibitor sold women's suits to an American buyer.
Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts 80, former South African prime minister, ill with pneumonia in Pretoria. Doctors report he spent a comfortable night though his heart shows some sign of embarrassment. He celebrated his 80th birthday on May 24.
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