Farm Safety Highlighted by Agriculture Canada
Agriculture Canada reports farming as the third most dangerous occupation in Canada with an accidental death rate about 20 percent above the national average. Farm machinery fatalities have doubled in ten years and tractor overturns cause the majority of deaths.
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Safety week urges farm gear use to cut accidents
The Canadian Safety Council links most farm machinery crashes to unsafe practices and poor maintenance. Roll over protection on tractors and protective gear like hats gloves goggles boots and masks help reduce injuries and hearing loss. A Roblin Golf Course mini golf tourney crowned winners Harry Oliphant Mickey Syke and Marg Oliphant as seventeen players joined the event.
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Digby Family Holiday Gatherings At Clear Lake
Pauline Dietrich reports a week at Clear Lake with Fay and Tom Orr and visits by Maurice Digby and guests from Rich mond B C and Abbottsford. Emma Tairney Saskatoon and Shannon Edmonton join Maurice Digby as spring and family travel notes unfold. United Church Club meets at Willie Craig home electing Mrs Bill Doole president.
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Community club officers named for 1950 gathering
Mrs. Jim Robertson is Vice President, Mrs. Howard Ferris serves as Secretary, and Mrs. D. A. Bradley-Hunt holds the Treasurer post for the local club. The trio forms the core leadership for upcoming events and finances.
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Pirates win league title at Dine and Dance event
On Sunday night July 24 at the Dine and Dance sponsored by the Commercial Ball Clubs, team captain Bill Solot winski of the Pirates (school kids) received the Commercial Ball club trophy as the Pirates defeated the Tradesmen in the finals to claim the league championship.
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