Broadview school unit notes resignations and moves
Board meeting held March 28 with five members. W H Edwards resigns as Sub-unit No 4 trustee. Fourteen teachers resign effective June 30 1957. April 10 special meeting to discuss conveyance. Whitewood to consider leasing grounds for Scout Hut. Insurance rep to be invited. Buffalo Plain to get new heating plant. Edendale Hollington conveyance favored and grid road authority to be informed. Urban caretakers’ salaries raised from July 1 1957. Ground spending caps set at 500 by Broadview Corning Kipling Whitewood. 1957 budget approved except teachers’ salaries. British teachers for rural schools requested.
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Broadview
W. H. Edwards
Whitewood
Boy Scouts
Saskatchewan
Buffalo Plain
Edenland
Hollington
Grid
Broadview, Corning, Kipling and Whitewood School
Trustee decries marrying teachers at St James board
Trustee E J McCready told the St James School Board that he viewed women teachers resigning to marry unfavorably. The board said they have no control over such matters as resignations mid term. Superintendent Thompson noted harm in keeping dissatisfied teachers and urged replacements.
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E. J. McCready
St. James School Board
A H. Conklin
F. Thompson
Leader
St. James. Man
Canamerican Drilling starts potash drilling near Watrous
The Canamerican Drilling Co of Calgary and Regina began potash drilling on Harold Sundquist farm south of Freshwater School. An 18 man crew will work three shifts around the clock. The rig was shipped to Watrous from a railway point on Slave Lake, originally operating about 200 miles north. 325 miles north of Edmonton.
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Canamerican Drilling Co
Calgary
Regina
Harold Sundquist
Freshwater School
Watrous
Slave Lake
Edmonton
Manitou, Watrous, Sask
South Saskatchewan river project gains optimism at Sask Rivers meeting
At the Saskatoon meeting of the Saskatchewan Rivers Development Association officials welcomed Ottawa press notes moving the dam from the if column to the when category and suggested federal provincial agreement is near. The group aims to brief the Senate Land Use Committee and host Agriculture Ministers tours of the dam site and pre development farm in July to showcase the project’s potential to boost Canada’s economy.
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Saskatchewan Rivers Development Association
Saskatoon
Ottawa
Aard
South Saskatchewan River
Saskatchewan
Canada
South Saskatchewan
SRDA
Senate Committee On Land
Senate
SRBA
Ministers of Agriculture
the Sun
Swift Cirrent
Sask
Brooks stores keep Saturday nights open until nine
Brooks merchants decided to stay open until 9:00 pm on Saturdays starting April, after weighing Friday evening hours and surveying local shopkeepers and rural shoppers. The move, announced in The Bulletin, Brooks, Alta., comes after extensive discussion and local input.
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Brooks
the Bulletin
Brooks, Alta
Conversation About Death Between Mrs Callaghan And Mrs OToole
Mrs Callaghan consoles Mrs O Toole after the demise of her husband. When asked what he died of, Mrs O Toole replies gangrene. Mrs Callaghan responds with a grim remark about the color of it.
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Mrs. Callaghan
Funny and Otherwise A Patchwork of Late Night Jokes
A collection of quick anecdotes and jokes begins with a neighbor complaint about a barking dog and a misdialed call. It moves through WWII magician and parrot humor, a torpedoed ship tale, and a parrot’s shocked silence, ending with a punchline about a man dreaming of girls and a convertible.
Firemen on diesels debated before Kellock Commission
Testimony before the Kellock Commission details a push by CPR and other witnesses to remove firemen from diesel freight and yard service. Engineers say fuel and signaling duties can be managed by ground crews and head-end brakemen, while arguing that firemen duplicate the head-end train man's tasks.
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Kellock Commission
CPR
Royal Commission
R. L. Kellock
Canada
Supreme Court
George Mountsteven
Toronto
Justice Kellock
J. N. Fraine
Canadian Pacific
Brooks to get mobile radio telephone service soon
The Bulletin reports Brooks will host a terminal for mobile radio telephones in the area with service to begin within weeks. The system aims to cover from Calgary to Medicine Hat and Brooks in the general Cluny area, providing almost complete coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooks
Medicine Hat
Calgary
Alta
Maren
Colonel Kenneth Coates Named Command Medical Officer
Col Kenneth Coates of Virden Manitoba has been appointed command medical officer for Prairie Command headquartered in Winnipeg. A 1937 University of Manitoba graduate, he served in the European theatre in World War II and has been commandant of the RCAMC School at Camp Borden. He succeeds Col GG Wood who is retiring.
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Kenneth 4. Coates
Virden
Man
Prairie Command
Winnipeg
Army Headquarters
University of Manitoba
Medal Corps
Col
Coates
Rcamc School
Camp Borden
Gg, Wood
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the Herald
Whitewood, Sask
the Herald-Tribune
Grande Prairie, Alto
Grande Prairie
North Star
Dis
the Progress
Winkler
O'Toole
Jones
Joe Thompson
Thompson
Ed Jones
Detter
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