Few Parents Favor Plan Shown at Hoping Meeting
A public meeting in Hoping heard concerns over moving Grade X to Foremost and Conquerville students to Bow Island. County inspector Art Lowen proposed credits and matriculation options while Paul Wesley outlined transport plans. Tuition and extracurricular logistics were debated as residents pressed for local schooling.
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Etzikom
Hoping
Conquerville
Bow Island
Cluded Warner
Manyberries
Etzikam
Art Lowen
Paul Wesley
Jack Griffith
Griffith
Lowen
Parents debate high school plan and democracy at meeting
Ratepayers attacked council for secret talks on moving senior high grades to Foremost and Bow Island. Parents split with some opposing long travel and school closures while others supported a plan. Minister Harry Strom urged education value and the committee could reconsider the motion. Bill Widdop urged receding the action and resubmitting to taxpayers.
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Etzikom
Foremost
Bow Island
Harry Strom
Vocational Wing Opens at Medicine Hat High School
Medicine Hat unveiled its Vocational Wing in a $2.38 million facility with 50 rooms and modern systems. About 700 attended the opening headed by J. L. Levinson as dignitaries from federal provincial and civic offices spoke. The project was funded 75 percent federal and 25 percent provincial with local administration costs minimal.
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Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat High School
J. L. Levinson
Levinson
Alberta Builds Most Vocational Institutes Since 1960
About 28 similar schools have been constructed in Alberta since Parliament passed the Vocational and Technical Training Assistance Act in 1960. Only three more desirable places in Alberta lack such institutes. The federal government has spent 49 million dollars on vocational education in Alberta and about 500 million in all of Canada. Ontario and Alberta lead in technical training progress.
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Alberta
Canada
Ontario
Dairy Producers To Meet Here In Medicine Hat
The Alberta Provincial Milk and Inspected Cream Producers Association holds its annual meeting in Medicine Hat on Friday and Saturday with 40 to 50 out of town delegates expected. A land development tour of southeastern Alberta led by District Agriculturist Jack Anderson and a banquet in the Corona Ballroom Friday are on the agenda.
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Alberta Provincial Milk and Inspected Cream Producers Association
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Jack Anderson
Corona Ballroom
Hat Boy Scouts Plan Barbecue in Medicine Hat
The sixth annual Medicine Hat Boy Scout District barbecue will begin in Kin Coulee Saturday at 5 p.m. Local troops and packs sponsor the event with Medicine Hat Kinsmen Club members presiding. Ranchers donate beef for the cookout and a Scout program will be shown to the public.
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Medicine Hat
Kin Coulee
Hat Boy Suffers Bruises After Bike Collision
A nine year old boy, Danny Bowie of 1036 Mill St, sustained superficial facial bruises when his bicycle hit a parked truck on Factory St near Kin Park at 4 20 p m Wednesday. He was taken to hospital for observation but not detained.
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Factory St
Kin Park
Danny Bowie
Mill St
Cecil Gabrielle
Maple Ave
Redcliff
Kimmitt Concrete
Gabrielle
David G. Oliphant
16Th St. N.E
Oliphant
Parkview Drive
Musical Theatre Officers Elected in Medicine Hat
Members of the Medicine Hat Musical Theatre elected the 1963 executive at the annual meeting held Tuesday evening in the Eagles Hall. Elected officers include Rod Ashburner as immediate past president Kay Cooney Mrs. Eileen Sissons Mrs. Barbara Thornton Mrs. Ben Lewis Edward Ganden Henry Allergoth Larry Townsend W H Hayne Elliott Macdonald and G R Goodwin.
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Medicine Hat Musical Theatre
Eagles’ Hall
Rod Ashburner
Kay Cooney
Eileen Sissons
Barbara Thornton
Ben Lewis
Edward Ganden
Henry Allergoth
Larry Townsend
W. H. Hayne
Elliott Macdonald
G. R. Goodwin
Accidents Up Slightly in Lethbridge May Reports
RCMP data show May traffic accidents totalled 84 in the Lethbridge sub-division. 64 single car, 17 two car, 3 three car crashes. 21 drivers and 25 passengers injured. property damage $52,275. Speeding and drinking were major factors. Inspector Vaucher urged cautious driving as holidays approach.
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Lethbridge
RCMP
Maple Creek opens new 44 bed hospital
About 1,100 people signed the guest book at the Maple Creek Union Hospital opening. The hospital, costing more than $750,000, will serve 16 municipalities in the southeast corner of the province. Officials expect to move patients in by the end of June.
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Maple Creek
Maple Creek Union Hospital
Weather Summary for Sunset Latitude Area
A compact weather note records a 4 13 am sunrise and noon temperature at 79 degrees with yesterday’s high 80 and low 55. Precipitation shows none and wind at noon is calm.
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Sid Fehr
Inenca
Television Service
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Mayflower
Medicine Hat Moving & Storage Ltd
St. S.E
Shasta Cafe
Golden Brown Fish & Chips
Coleslaw
Imperial Television and Electronics
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Toshack
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