Smell of printer's ink still potent for newsman
Dilys Burt lost her husband Eric Burt in a playful digression at the Western Development Museum fair. Eric, Star Phoenix night editor, joined the Pion Era Press exhibit and set up a headline for a mock edition. He later reunited with an old acquaintance, John Vopni, revealing a long career in Saskatchewan and Manitoba newspapers.
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Pion-Era
Pion-Era Press
Saskatchewan Weekly Newspapers’ Association
Moosernin Courier
Saskatchewan
Eric Burt
John Hughson
Star- Phoenix Night
John Wopni
SWNA
Dily
Star-Phoenix
Dilys
Eric
Western Development Museum
Alberta
Manitoba
Prince Albert Herald
Calgary Herald
Star- Phoenix
Pion- Era Press
Vopni
Dilys Burt
Regina Boy Scouts Camp at Jasper
About 23 Boy Scouts left Regina by trains for a weeklong camp in Jasper National Park aboard the Railiner to Saskatoon and then the Continental to Jasper. The event promotes safety and awareness with the slogan Lose a Minute Save a Life.
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Regina
BOY Scouts
Jasper
Canadian National Railways
Jasper National Park
Saskatoon
CNR
Appoint supervisor of agricultural information
Joan J. McConnell of Regina has been appointed Supervisor of Agricultural Information by Hon. I. C Nolet, minister of agriculture. McConnell grew up on a Dinsmore farm and earned a Saskatoon university agriculture degree in 1951. He joined Rexina’s Agriculture Department in 1952 as an Extension Representative and later acted as head of the Agricultural Information and Radio Division. He studied farm management at Saskatoon and won a five month American scholarship in cooperative and adult education at St Francis Xavier University in 1954.
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Joan J. McConnell
Regina
I. C Nolet
McConnell
Dinsmore
University of Saskatchewan
Rexina
University of Sask
Amercan
St. Francis Xavier University
Nova Scotia
The Man Who Bubbles Over With Enthusiasm
A playful line about a man whose bright enthusiasm promises success if his energy remains genuine and unforced.
I Sat Where They Sat In Babylon And In Life
A meditation on Ezekiel sat by captive peers to learn restraint and empathy. The piece compares Moses and Saul’s tempering through time and urges balancing understanding with personal conviction. It notes doctors and clergy as working selflessly and urges thoughtful engagement with others without surrendering faith. It ends urging measured fellowship to better understand and aid others.
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Ezekiel
Babylon
God
House of Israel
Marten to attend World Conference in Rome Italy
Mr Peter Marten a delegate of the Canadian Teachers Federation will attend the World Conference of Organizations of the Teaching Professions in Rome from July to August 7 with Mrs Martens. They depart Lafleche June 27 travel via Montreal Winnipeg Chicago and Oshawa sail July 5 from Montreal on the Empress of France visit Hamburg Frankfurt Brussels and travel in England Scotland France Monaco Holland Belgium Switzerland and Denmark.
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Peter Marten
Canadian Teachers’ Federation
World Conference of Organizations of the Teaching Professions
W.C.O.T.P
Rome
Italy
Martens
Lafleche
Mrs. Martens
Montreal
Winnipeg
Chicago
Oshawa
Mrs Martens
Hamburg
Frankfurt
Germany
Brussels
England
Scotland
France
Paris
Monaco
Holland
Belgium
Switzerland
Denmark
LaFleche Press
Moose Jaw
Sask
Tramp Seeks Pants From Dr Roberts In Wapella
A tramp knocks at a door labeled Dr Roberts and asks for old pants. A woman inside refuses, saying they wouldn’t fit. He replies that he is the doctor. The note appears in The Post of Wapella Saskatchewan.
Swift Current marks 75th birthday as city timeline
The Sun of Swift Current recounts the towns formation from 1882 rail depot to 75th anniversary. It describes Fraser Tims and Currie Bros. shops, boom years 1910 to 1914, municipal debt, city charter in 1914, debt reductions by 1953, and ongoing prosperity. The July First celebration partners with the Chamber of Commerce and Frontier Days Board.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
Rockies
Canada
Swift Current Creek
Fraser Tims
Tims
Swift Current
Currie Bros
McDonald and
Gregory
North Saskatchewan
Chamber of Commerce
Frontier Days Board
Door crashers and office entry methods described
The piece discusses how some people force their way into offices, bypassing barriers, and the inadequate defenses like signs or rear employee areas. It muses on possible remedies while poking fun at vanity measures and suggests a hypothetical sign reading keep out with a mirror.
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By Dolg Sagi
Pion-Fra
John Vopni
Saskatchewan Weekly Newspapers Association
The
J. G. Diffenbarker
Oliver Symes
Pion-Era Board
Moses
Israel
Saul
Arabia
R.barclay Warren
Marten
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