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Newspaper

Medicine Hat News

Location

Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

Date

May 28, 1957

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1957 Traffic Violations Summary

Traffic violations recorded include excessive speed without due care failing to stop with impaired ability and failure to yield right of way. The list shows Dale day with multiple entries and scattered figures.

Lions Club Park Opens Saturday For Public Use

Lions Club Park at the foot of Second Street East opens to the public next Saturday June 1. Washrooms and kitchen facilities will be available. Playground equipment is in place and well used. Groups wishing to book the kitchen should contact Pete Evans at city hall 6 5971.

Lions Park Second St Pete Evans

Dollar Days Set for Medicine Hat This Week

Thirty merchants in Medicine Hat join annual Dollar Days with extra stocks and big savings. The News published the flyer last weekend and mailed it yesterday to district and rural points. tomorrow it reaches Medicine Hat with the regular edition.

Medicine Hat the News

Mayflower II sails 138 miles in 24 hours near Plymouth voyage

London AP reports Mayflower II logged 138 miles in 24 hours during its Plymouth voyage, one of the best days of the replica pilgrimage to Plymouth Massachusetts. Skipper Alan Villiers said the ship was making 544 knots and all well, placing it about 600 miles from the West Indies.

London Plymouth Mass West Indies Alan Villiers

Nine Graduates Choose Teaching Careers at Medicine Hat

Nine Medicine Hat High School graduates plan to enter teaching, the largest group in over a decade. Five seek two year training bursaries and four seek one year bursaries of 300 dollars yearly, half funded by the department. Principal N A Wait urged the scholarships, praising the group as finest to date.

Medicine Hat M.H.H.S N. A. Wait High School Princi Pal Lorna Bauer Carol Cameron Audrey Pahl Betty Whitney Ralston Karen Wolf Redcliff Joy Dennison Elaine Lefever Wilma Good Jeanette Quenzer

School Boards Back Fluoridation Vote in Medicine Hat

Unanimous support from separate and public school boards for Medicine Hat health unit to urge city council to consider a bylaw and hold a public referendum on fluoridation. Dr. J M Brown cited long term tests showing reduced tooth decay in children. cost estimated at 25 cents per person yearly. A bylaw would go to electors after council draft, needing two-thirds approval.

Medicine Hat J. M. Brown Brown Conquerville Lethbridge C. W. Niblock Hill Calgary Dr. Brown Medical, Dental and Health Association J. E. Newton Brantford J. S. Miller

Edmonton Man Acquitted On Postal Note Charges

John E. Richardson of Edmonton was acquitted in Medicine Hat Supreme Court on counts of uttering forged postal notes and possessing a stolen note. The crown failed to prove the notes were stolen or that forgery occurred. Richardson, a former Toronto man now in Edmonton, was released on local counts and moved to face other charges.

John E. Richardson Edmonton Supreme Court Neil Primrose Richardson R.C.M.P Medicine Hat Court House Crown James G. Kidd Toronto Regina Medicine Hat

868 Hopefuls Enter Political Stakes

The Canadian Press reports nominations closed for the June 10 federal election with 868 candidates across 263 ridings. Liberals hold 265 slots, Progressives 257, CCF 162, Social Credit 116, plus independents and minor affiliations. Communist Labor-Progressives field 10 candidates in a bid to consolidate labor unity.

Dominion Tul Lib PC CCF SC Nid PEI Il Que Ont Man Sask Alta Yukon Nwt Ada Halifax Queens Prince Edward Island Liberals Progressive Conservatives CCF Social Credit Benedickson Trois-Riveres Labor-Progressives Camille Dionne Quebec

National Hospital Plan Not Health Insurance

Saskatoon report. Deputy Health Minister G D W Cameron and Dr J Gilbert Turner of Montreal tell the CHA biennial meeting that the national hospital insurance plan, to be in place by Jan 1 1959, provides hospital care at reasonable cost but is not national health insurance. The act covers hospital and out patient services, not doctor bills, and provincial details remain to be worked out.

Saskatoon G. D. W. Cameron J. Gilbert Turner Montreal Cameron Turner British Columbia Alberta Saskatchewan Ontario Prince Edward Island Newfoundland

No Surprises in Local List

District returning officer reports no new candidates on nomination day with all sponsors pre announced federal race entries. Most sponsors came from district points, a mix from the city, with several applications showing more than the required ten signatures.

Brunsden E.W W. G. Hartley McLaren Ewart C. W. Niblock W.A. Church W.R

Nurses Study Recipes Adding Life to Years at Banff Convention

At Banff the 39th Alberta Nurses convention drew over 400 nurses. Elizabeth A. Beitsch led a reorganization into two committees for nursing service and education to align with national standards. Panel discussions urged active aging with new projects, reading, and balanced activity to preserve vitality in old age.

BANFF BNS Alberta Medicine Hat Elizabeth A. Beitsch Miss Beitsch Alberta Association of Registered Nurses Southern Alberta Helen Scrimgour R.N Lethbridge Municipal Hospital Mary Yelish St. Michael's Hospital Lethbridge Euretha M. Hamblin V.O.N

Bomber Skeeters Lay Siege on Medicine Hat

Doctors warn the city faces an escalating mosquito swarm as spraying runs for a week. Millions of mosquitoes swarm Medicine Hat in bomber and fighter formations, challenging residents and public health efforts amid calls for intensified control.

Skeeters Medicine Hat

Giant Payoff On The First UK State Lottery Draw

In St Annes England Ernie the Electronic Random Number Indicator Equipment will pick winning bond numbers as nearly 1,000,000 tax free pounds are distributed among about 23,000 Britons. Premium bonds began last November amid Suez crisis aims to curb spending and inflation with prizes from 1000 to 25 1 000 pounds.

Pytham ST. Anne’s England Reuters Ernie Britain Lancashire Sea Macmillan

Master of the house questioned after confrontation

A salesman asked a man if he ruled the house. The man, with a swelling eye, replied that they had just settled the question, hinting at a recent altercation and household power dynamics.

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Dale Day Lions Club Park Prairies Swift Current Ene Moose Jaw Lorna Elizabeth Bietsch School of Nursing Margaret Street Nurs Winnipeg Crescent Heights Elmer E C.C.F Alexandra THE National Hospital Plan Walter J. Kraft Vancouver Canada Safeway Limited Mr. Kraft F. J. Braun Ed Sheuer Safeway Kraft Canada Anthony Eden Labor Party Harold Mac Brifens Optometrists 2Nd Street Medicine Hat Liberal Riverside Scout Hall Medicine Hat Women's Liberal Association
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