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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 14, 1963
Page
2
The Medicine Hat Public School Board approved a pre school orientation to begin Monday afternoon. The program reenacts a previous practice to acclimate children to classrooms before fall instruction and to estimate Grade I enrollment, running eight Monday sessions through June 26 with Grade I pupils dismissed early.
Camp Wainwright Alberta soldiers are shuttled to Calgary and Edmonton for ballots in advance polls after a Liberal candidate complained of denied franchise. About 80 troops travel to Edmonton. costs not released by Western Army Command.
Squadron Leader E A Bacon of Medicine Hat Alberta was awarded the bar to the Canadian Forces Decoration in recognition of 22 years in the air force. He serves as a staff officer with the Air Training Branch at RCAF Training Command Headquarters Winnipeg and was decorated by Group Captain D E Galloway. Bacon earlier served with RAF from 1939 to 1947 and earned the Air Force Medal in 1941 for his work as a flying instructor. He later worked in civilian aviation at Medicine Hat.
The Hat Public Library announces new acquisitions including The Shoes of The Fisherman by Morris L West and The Fools of Time by William E Barrett. Also listed are Penelope by William C Anderson Legacy For a Doctor by Elizabeth Seifert Buttermilk Road by Thomas Turner The Glass Blowers by Daphne Du Maurier Ultramine by Malcolm Lowry We The Living by Ayn Rand Private Shaw Public Show by Stanley Weintraub Edmonton Trader by J G MacGregor and more.
In Glaslyn Saskatchewan witnesses Agnes Katchayan and Annie Thomas say suspects in the May 11 raid that killed Allen Thomas were not Indians. The inquest continues as nine white residents face preliminary hearings for non capital murder amid a history of camping at the Glaslyn fair grounds. The report also notes recent Canadian historical context and lists several book blurbs.
Ald Osbourne named board chairman with K R Babe as vice chair at Medicine Hat Health Unit June meeting. P A Stenhouse elected chair of the executive and personnel committee with Ald Gibson and Ald Osborne as members. fluoride program for Grade I pupils aims to finish by month end. three dental hygienists trained. restaurant sanitation progress noted with operators improving standards.
A National Council of Women survey in Banff finds members oppose violence for its own sake and criticizes several TV series for glamorizing immoral characters. The report urges a possible code of censure and notes concerns about children. Delegates also elect Saul Hayes president and consider study of marriage laws and public health measures.
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