Redcliff Blasts CPR Express Services
Redcliff merchants accuse CPR of indifference to express freight, after a protest by Redcliff Board of Trade. Secretary George J. Hawrelak says CPR has cut express service by over 50 percent since April 29 and claims shipments are rerouted to Calgary or Bassano, delaying deliveries. The board demands CPR deliver express from Medicine Hat to Redcliff on Tuesday to Thursday, with the issue to be sent to See REDCLIFF page 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.P.R
Redcliff
George J. Hawrelak
Redcliff Board of Trade
Board of Trade
Mr. Hawrelak
Hawrelak
Bassano
Calgary
Medicine Hat
Deadly Farm Tractor Accidents Reported in Prairie Provinces
farm deaths include Dan Kis sellback 42 crushed when tractor overturned near Yorkton. John Barisenko farmer of Rabbit Lake district died when his tractor slid into a coulee. Ernest Davis 21 died in St Boniface hospital after emergency chest surgery as coroner orders autopsy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorkton
Dan Kissellback
North Battleford
Sask
John Barisenko
Rabbit Lake
Here
ST. Boniface
Man
Ernest Davis
J. M. Hout
Widow and children awarded 39000 in Roberts crash judgment
The widow Adeline Roberts and her three children win 39000 in Queen's Bench damages from William and Cecil Semchyshyn over photographer Gordon Roberts's death in a May 13, 1955 crash. The inquest found the Semchyshyn car ran a stop sign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Tribune
Gordon Roberts
Ralph Maybank
Court of Queen’s Bench
William and
Cecil Semchyshyn
Cecil
Roberts
Semchyshyn
Adeline Roberts
Bill Gives the Requested Sum For Soil Program
Washington report notes the Senate passed a new farm bill replacing Eisenhower's vetoed measure. It authorizes the $1,000,000,000 soil bank program and shifts key features away from administration objections. The bill awaits House consideration after Senate passage on a voice vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
House of Representatives
House
Congress
Right Quit Town Water Line
Missouri public service commission ruled that Ruby Bonham’s Mokane water line is not a public utility allowing her to quit the business. The 350‑foot well and local connection began with Dr W H Williamson but never formalized service to the public, so no public franchise existed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Missouri Public Service Commission
Ruby Bonham
W. H. Williamson
Mokane
Missouri
Workshop Wins All-Round Praise at Dominion Drama Finals
Sherbrooke Canada The Calgary Workshop 14 Associated wins praise for The River Line at the Dominion Drama Festival finals adjudicated by Francoise Rosay. Betty Mitchell directs an eight member cast before an audience of over 1,000 as the festival enters its closing rounds with Canadian plays to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherbrooke
Que
Calgary Workshop
Charles Morgan
Francoise Rosay
Betty Mitchell
Calgary
Ottawa Little Theatre
Oscar Wilde
Montreal
Jacques Languirand
la Compagnie de Montreal
Massey
England
Barbara Schumfatcher
Marie Chassaigne
Western rights claimed warm week ahead in Canada
Fifteen million Canadians face a mix of warm and cool conditions with the Prairies and British Columbia favored for higher temperatures in the high 70s to low 80s. Ontario cool, Montreal 49, Quebec City 44, Maritime region in the 50s. Celebrations mark Queen Victoria’s 137th anniversary with fireworks in 10 provinces and a Calgary by law restricting firework sales without a permit between May 17 and 24. Events include Nanaimo fair crowning a May Queen, Vancouver cricket season opening, Winnipeg stock car racing, and a feu de joie dance by the Queen’s Own Rifle Corps in Calgary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
Montreal
Quebec City
Queen Victoria
TCA
Vancouver
Calgary
Nanaimo
Vancouver ‘Island
Sheron Simmons
Winnipeg
Queen's Own Rifle Corps
Airmen perish in midair crash near Winnipeg
Six airmen died when two RCAF Expediters collided in a routine navigation flight near Winnipeg. Pilots named FO J. T. King and F. F. P. Coyle, with four NATO trainee airmen among the dead. Wreckage fell in farm fields three miles from Charleswood, cause under inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
NATO
RCAF
Stevenson Field
J. T. King
Ayrshire
Scotland
F. F. P. Coyle
Charlottetown
RAF
Air Force
Charleswood
South Africa Ruling Upholds Segregation Voting Laws
In Cape Province, Collins and Brikkels lost a court fight over laws expanding the Senate to pass segregation measures and removing mixed-blood voters from white rolls. The Cape Province Supreme Court ruled against them, upholding the acts and awarding costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capetown
Reuters
South Africa
William Collins
Andrew Brikkels
Senate
Cape Province
Collins and
Brikkels
Victoria Day Golf Tournament Weekend Events
Weekend slate at Medicine Hat and district venues features Victoria Day Golf Tournament qualifying rounds at Medicine Hat Golf Club on Saturday and finals on Monday. Sunday showcases multiple baseball games at Athletic Park Crescent Heights and Elkwater Lake open to all. Evening dances and wrestling at Arena Gardens punctuate a busy holiday weekend schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat Golf Club
Victoria
Athletic Park
Lethbridge Nesles
Medicine Hat Orphans
Elkwater Lake
Medicine Hat
Walsh Mercurys
Medicine Hat Hat
Crescent Heights
Bow Island Combines
Medicine Hat Marvels
Basset Reserve
Orion
Bel Airs
Arena Gardens
Vauxhall Jets
Jaycee
Police Point
Cubs
Community Art Club show names top adult youth winners
Public voters ranked five Donna MacLean works among the top twelve adult pieces at the weekend exhibit. The children’s section also crowned top pieces led by Spring Breakup by Joyce Yamamoto and Ron Nieman, with Ron Nieman earning a year's tuition scholarship for past winter work. A special outdoor painting session is planned June 4 to 9, call 3244 to register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ailsa Thompson
Margaret
Donna MacLean
Juanita Breakell
Joyce Yamamoto
Ron Nieman
Pat Taylor
Noel Husband
Elan Gibson
Wolf
Erika Maerze
Ben Levinson
Randy Scherger
Weather Outlook Keeps Heat With Southern Readings About 85
The region endures hot summer conditions with limited relief. Temperatures are expected to remain near 85 degrees in southern areas as the prairies stay warm and dry with no significant change forecast.
Grass Fire Caused By Two Small Boys
Two boys playing with matches started a grass fire in a coulee at the west end of Prospect Ave. Fire crews contained it quickly after an alarm at 9 02 a.m. from the Fourth Ave Fourth St S W box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prospect Ave
Fourth Ave
Fourth St. S.W
Ammonia Sulphuric Plant Expansion Moves Ahead
The Northwest Nitro Chemicals Ltd project on a 22 million dollar fertilizer complex advances under favorable weather. April field crews rise from 230 to over 500, with a goal of 1,000 workers as units for ammonia sulfuric acid, ammonium phosphate, and ammonium nitrate near completion. Brocket to Medicine Hat rail link planned for sulfur transport. inspection tours by Tom L Brook and C W Hancock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest Nitro- Chemicals Ltd
Tom L.brook
Eral
Brook
AVA
Medicine Hat
C. W. Hancock
Canadian Gulf Oil Co
Pincher Creek
Northwest
Phosphate Rock To Start Rolling Here In July
Installation is in progress at the Northwest plant to handle phosphate rock. First shipments expected by July 1 for the ammonium phosphate unit, with rock coming from the Centennial mine in Spencer Idaho owned by Simplot Co. Contract calls for about 400 tons daily and 140000 tons in the first year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
Centennial
Spencer
Idaho
Simplot Co
Six Years For Express Theft in Edmonton
Edward Morris Gagne, 21, was sentenced to six years in penitentiary for theft of 44 300 in cash from a Canadian National Express delivery truck in Edmonton. The youth, a messenger aboard the truck, had pleaded guilty after magistrate F W Barclay denied his request to change plea to not guilty, ruling no evidence showed he was hurried into pleading or misled by police into wishing a light sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Edward Morris Gagne
Canadian National Express
F. W. Barclay
Gagne
Barclay
Also Mentioned on This Page
C.P.R. Services
Hazel Steedman
Caroline Lundy
Hazel Graham
Jaycettes
Smart Junior Chamber of Commerce
Lanny Lundy
Gary Graham
Darrell Milton Staple
Roblin
Charles R. Hollenberg
Court of Queen's Bench
Hollenberg
Max Desmarais
Staple
Earl
Radium
B.C
Jack
Normal) Curtiss
Fort Frances
Ont
Minneapolis
Lenore Moorehouse
Connie Singleterry
Arlington
Alberta
Town Water Line
Woolies
Shorts
THE
Prairies
British Columbia
Xskatchewan
Ada
Ally
George Coopman
Community Art Club
Val
Mary Stone
Merv
Ellen Huckle
Saskatchewan
Verle Carscadden
Saskatchewan River
Bow Falls
Mary W. Hargrave
Blue Room
Jim Boylan
Joyce Yamamo
Rwy
Rencrancerade Rabhesahiee
Apri
Medicine
Third Avenue
Water Department
Central Park
Hillside Cemetery
City of Medicine
A.D
W. A. Keith
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!