Former Elm Street principal Charlie Peasley honored by 5000 former pupils
Charles Edgar Peasley, 67, retires after 39 years as Elm Street School principal in Medicine Hat. About 5,000 former pupils gathered for an open house to celebrate his four decades of service, recalling his early teaching days across Ontario and western Canada.
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Charles Edgar Peasley
Elm St
Charlie Peasley
Charlie
Elm
Alberta
Jacqueline Hutchinson
Finn’s Lakes
Elm Street
Watford
Ont
Lorne J. Williams
Ontario
London
Sarnia
Model
Thetford
Charles
West
Saskatchewan
J. T. Cuyler
Brownlee, Sask
Calgary Normal School
Lundbreck
Strome
Killam
W. E. Hay
Medicine Hat
Mr. Peasley
Calgary
Children Present Wrist Watch to Beloved Elm Street Principal
At Elm Street School a group of pupils from grades eight and younger gifted Principal Mr. Peasley a wrist watch in a ceremony led by Gerald Sailer and Marlene Klippe. Students previously organized fundraisers for the gift and roses, recalling a 1907 pocket watch given to him by his parents.
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Charlie Peasley
Geral Sailer
Elm Street
Gerald
Pagele
Hickers
Asisea
Marlene Klippe
Mel Peatley
Beug
Vic Appleton
Leonard Freits
Mr. Appleton
Mrs. Peasley
Mr. Peasley
Elm Street School
Britain Faces Rail Strike Deepens Shortages and Unrest
London reports dwindling raw materials due to a four day rail strike. Government uses emergency powers to mobilize trucks and buses for essential services while docks idle. Union leaders warn of wage disputes and supply chain damage as 400,000 rail workers and 17,000 engineers and fitters press for recognition amid mounting production holds.
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London
Edens Nealure
Britain
Tao
National Union of Railway
Fer
Sagen
Ers
Sisike Fiabet
Mass sheep shearing at Medicine Hat ranch sets record
In Medicine Hat the S and T Ranch Co Ltd began a large scale shearing of 1,500 yearling sheep with six crews led by Les Calhoun. Estimated gross returns reach Five to six thousand dollars as fleeces are sold through the Southern Alberta Sheep Growers Co operative. No losses reported among about 1,100 to 1,200 lambs and several twins and triplets noted during lambing.
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Medicine Hat
S. & T. Ranch Co. Ltd
Cardston
Les Calhoun
Dick Scholten
Southern
Alberta
Ernie Heald
Persistent Birdman Feathers Are Ruffled in Britain
Leo Valentin 36, famed for nine foot plywood wings strapped to a steel corset, cancelled his planned demonstration in Britain amid import and aviation concerns. Customs questioned licensing for wood wings, while police deemed the apparatus a traffic menace as a faulty plane halted the event. He vowed to return later.
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Leeds
Eng
Reuters
France
Leo Valentin
Britain
Valentin
Icarus
Walkout Begins at Ford Assembly Plant in Chicago
A Ford plant in Chicago began a walkout by Local 551 United Auto Workers as negotiators in Detroit pressed for a worker security contract before a June 6 deadline. The strike follows stalled talks while GM nears a separate June 7 contract, with secrecy surrounding Ford bargaining and a proposed prosperity partnership.
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Ford Assembly
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Ford Motor Co
Detroit
Ford
General Motors Corp
Wage Guaranty Destroys ULI Eligibility in Canada
Ottawa CP reports that a guaranteed annual wage for any worker group would disqualify them from unemployment insurance benefits. A spokesman said regulations state workers paid under a guaranteed wage plan are ineligible for benefits. The plan is linked to the United Auto Workers and discussed by labor spokesmen in Parliament.
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Canada
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United Auto Workers Union
U. S
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Donald
Toronto
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Drew
Eskimos Dew
Landar
Arctic Ring
Alberta Liquor Act Forces Accused to Prove Innocence
Magistrate L W Hudson told the Kiwanis Club that under the Alberta Liquor Control Act the accused must prove his innocence, reversing standard criminal procedure where the crown proves guilt. He also noted the act grants police blanket search warrants if liquor is suspected in a car, and warned such rights differ from other Commonwealth protections.
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Edmonton
Alberta
L. W. Hudson
South Side Kiwanis Club
Hudson
Calgary Liberals nominate four of six Calgary seats
The Calgary Liberal party announces a full slate of six candidates for six Calgary seats in the June 29 Alberta general election. Nominees include Hugh John MacDonald Jay Eichibet Mary Dover Alderman J W Grant Ewan Vincent A Maberly Ker Maberly and Harold Cash.
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Liberals
Alberta
Hugh John MacDonald
Jay
Eichibet
Mary Dover
Alderm
J. W. Grant Ewan
Agricultural Authority
Vincent A
Gary
Ker Maberly
Calgary Public School Board
Harold Cash
MacDonald
Heavy Snow Closes Jasper Area Highways
Heavy snow from a Monday storm blanketed the Jasper district with eighteen inches by Tuesday, forcing closure of the Lake Louise to Jasper highway and affecting the Columbia Icefields. A Jasper report noted two inches on the ground early today while Banff saw about a tenth of an inch and no traffic delays there.
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Jasper
Lake Louise-Jasper
Park and Alberta Motor Association
Banff
Columbia Icefields
AMA
Prairie Storm Clears as Weather Improves Thursday
A storm center moving northward brings settled weather to the prairies Thursday. More than two inches of rain fell at Jasper Tuesday and two inches of snow were on the ground today. Thursday will be generally sunny and dry in Saskatchewan and Alberta with temperatures in the low sixties.
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Prairies
Jasper
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Lethbridge police seek Fazakern ley in $30,000 theft case
Police still have not confirmed apprehension of William Charles Fazakern ley linked to a $30,000 theft from the Lethbridge Bank of Montreal amid rumors of capture in Mexico. Other notes report the death of Oliver Dayman Austin in Vancouver and several international items.
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William Charles Fazakernley
Lethbridge Bank of Montreal
Mexico
Oliver Dayman Austin
the News
Vancouver
Cra
Mass Resignations Hit Port Arthur Teachers
Eighty Port Arthur teachers quit their jobs in a mass resignation. Board secretary-manager W. J. Griffis declined details while confirming a special board meeting to discuss the move. Resignations to take effect at the end of the school year.
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Port Arthur
W. J. Griffis
Board of Education
London Strike Echoes Through City Roads And Rallies
Report from London describes widespread disruption as workers strike affecting docks and rail services. Citizens walk or ride bicycles amid halted trains and truck deliveries while schools shorten hours to ease postwar traffic. Royal Mail crews maintain routes with festive signs.
Ottawa row focuses on grain elevators and harvest choice
Ottawa reports a spokesman for privately owned traffic elevators accuses western pools of eroding farmers right to deliver grain to elevators. Cecil Lamont of Winnipeg, North-West Line Elevators Association president, warns pool bids to reallocate boxcars deny growers choice at harvest. The group covers about 2,700 of Canada’s 5,300 country elevators with $61 million invested.
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Traffie Elevators
Western Pools
Cecil Lamont
Winnipeg Presient
North-West Line Elevators Association
North-West Lines
Canada
Not One Adverse Vote Against Bassano Community Centre
In Bassano Alberta ratepayers voted unanimously to finance a new community centre with $13,000 in tax funds and authority to sell the town hall and fire hall lands. About half the eligible voters registered for the bylaw, a record unanimous vote. Seeding in the district nears completion with only a few acres left.
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Bassano
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