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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 07, 1952
Page
3
The popular Riverside Park outdoor church service resumes at 7 30 p m Sunday with Rev Harry Meadows of Fifth Avenue church leading and band accompaniment for hymn singing If weather is doubtful a radio announcement will decide if the service moves to the park or Fifth Avenue church Sunday afternoon
Promotions at Fifth Avenue Church School mark a family worship service as children move from the primary to the junior department. The ceremony names graduates such as Betty Anne Rae and Keith Carscadden and awards each child a certificate and a Bible.
The Sunday Lesson Sermon will expound the oneness of God and creation titled God the Only Cause and Creator. It cites Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy and a Psalms verse about the heavens made by the Lord's word and breath.
Contributions continue for the United Church Training School building fund in Toronto the sole Canadian centre training women for church work excluding the ministry. The drive, active since spring, seeks substantial Medicine Hat support to complete the fund and equip the new school with graduates taking leadership roles in Canada and overseas.
Medicine Hat Branch of the Canadian Legion holds Decoration Day events Sunday starting 2:15 p.m. Legion members assemble at the Legion Hall, march to Riverside Park for a cenotaph service and wreath deposition, then proceed to Hillside cemetery for a cairn service and grave decorations with potted geraniums. Canon J W Carter and Gordon Simmons lead.
In Medicine Hat a first Alexandra High School needs meeting is set for next Wednesday June 11 at 8:00 PM in the auditorium. The audience will discuss The Need for a New High School with a board trustee as speaker. A bylaw vote on debentures to fund the first construction phase will occur June 30.
Ottawa CP reports the Canadian government continues to seek seed grain debts from western farmers tied to distributions from 1886 to 1926. The total debt stands at 4.973 million, with principal 1.768 million and interest 3.206 million. Winters notes some debtors have paid, others intend to pay, and some cases have had debts written off where indebtedness cannot be traced.
The London county council which controls part of Greater London acts as landlord for about 130,000 houses and apartments.
A daytime and evening radio rundown lists programs from 5:30 to 12:30 including Horticultural news at 5:45 News at 6:00 Twenty Questions at 6:00 and 6:30 News Concert Orchestras at 8:00 and 9:30 Music at 8:30 and 12:15 Story Time at 10:00 Sacred Heart at 10:15 Como Comments at 10:30 Salt Lake Choir at 10:45 Church Services at 11:00 Piano Ramblings at 12:00 Concert Singer at 12:15 and News at 12:30.
A dense listing of daily shows from Morning through the evening across Medicine Hat stations. Programs include news, devotions, music recitals, sports, and special segments with times and titles such as June Wedding, Pop Concert, CBC News, Prairie Gardener, Fiddler Joe, and Sask Elections.
Redcliff notes celebrate nuptials and fetes for Doreen Baldry while mourning Mrs. R. Stobo. O.E.S. Grand Chapter attendees. church union anniversary set for June 11 1925. Camps and Vega Lodge events planned. local pool repairs and Mardi Gras set by Lions Club. Town announces cement sidewalk program and milk bottle theft warning. Redcliff Red Sox to play in Vauxhall Sunday doubleheader.
Mr and Mrs Henry Pinder of Redcliff marked sixty years of marriage on June 4 with a reception and floral tributes. Married June 4 1892 at St Leo s Anglican church Old Basford Nottingham England they hosted friends and family including their children Mario Valli Walter Lawson and Stanley Pinder with grandchildren and relatives. The couple known for kindness and hospitality continue to enjoy gardening and active living with health challenges noted for Mrs Pinder.
Japan's government began steps to secure the release of 1,242 Japanese held in prisons here and abroad for war crimes. All Diet factions except the Communists agreed to push through by today a resolution urging negotiations for their release.
Ottawa report states American visitors to Canada in 1951 rose to a record level, with $270 million spent in the country. Resources Minister Winters defended the $1 million annual Cockfield Brown contract, arguing advertising efforts and industry input justify continuity amid criticism from MP J. W. Murphy.
The east west split of Berlin imposes burial travel limits as newer cemeteries lie in the Russian zone. West Berliners cannot bury relatives or decorate graves there, prompting appeals to exhume and move bodies to western soil.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization named Sir John Edelsten of Britain as commander in chief of the channel area, to take effect in September. He will also become commander in chief of the Royal Navy in September, succeeding Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur Power who held both roles. The channel area command was created at Britain's insistence to defend the British Isles with naval leadership.
The U S Army warned the steel strike could hurt its tank program even as officials noted a recent improvement. It cited that building T 41 tanks weighing 28 tons requires 68 800 pounds of steel and 3 425 tons in total with spare parts, while a 48 ton medium tank needs 118 000 pounds.
I G Farben remnants post a two year profit near 50 million dollars company trustees report. Allied high commission plans to lift seven year ban on Farben share trading signaling the impending completion of the monopoly break up.
The St John’s Ambulance Association reports first aid gear ready for emergencies. The police station and fire hall store pumps masks and helmets while the city clerk notes a CD fire is best in the country. The fire commissioner urges home safety and extinguisher use. Over 30 attend a meeting with Col Lavoie and officials including Len Morris Bull McKenzie Simpson Rowe and Wyatt.
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