Winkler Lad 15 in coma after near drowning rescue
Walter Klassen, 15, of Winkler, lay in a coma at Morden Hospital after a near-drowning at Lake Minnewasta. Six Trinity Seminary students from Chicago, touring Canada as a musical evangelical group, rescued him and provided artificial respiration until Dr. J. C. Menzies arrived. The group held a meeting at Morden Gospel Mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Klassen
Winkler
Morden Hospital
Lake Minnewasta
Walter
Trinity Seminary and
Bible College
Chicago
J. C. Menzies
Canada
Morden Gospel Mission
Times
Morden
Man
Deer Lodge Curling Club to Expand Rinks and Add New Facilities
Under President M. J. Jim Patton construction will begin on a new Deer Lodge Curling Club rink in Winnipeg area. The complex includes a two storey building with basement housing ice plant and lockers, spectator views from two upper floors, a modern cafe, board room with curling history motif, and a top floor banquet hall for 200. The project expands membership from 54 to 60 rinks, aims for top ice quality, and supports community curling including programs for junior and blind curlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
M. J
Jim” Patton
Deer Lodge Curling Club
Woodlawn
Belvidere Streets
Jess Avenue
St. James
Winnipeg
Manitoba Curling Association
Manitoba
Jimmy Welsh
Deer Lodge
Man
Neighbourly News features wide range of prairie anecdotes
A cheerful collage from June 1937 highlights local heroes and oddities: eight-year-old Lorne Gjesdal honored by the Royal Canadian Humane Society for pulling a boy from water. birthday bells ring for seniors across Manitoba and Saskatchewan. a cow caused a five car crash near High River. firecracker debates spark editorials. a bank cheque hidden in a Duck Lake wall. and a Manitoba highway magnet truck works a heavy salvage run between Marchand and Steinbach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birch Hills
Sask
Lorne Gjesdal
Stein Gjesdal
Weldon
Molly Gjesdal
Ronnie Chambers
Ronnie
Frank Chambers
Lorne
Royal Canadian Humane Society
Watrous Manitou
Frank Koehler
Koehler
Lacombe
Nanton
Alta
Grace Wright
Canmore
Asia
Banff Crag
Innisfail
William Grant
Melfort Journal
Earl Armstrong
Central Park District
High River Times
O’leary
Chicago
High River
E. G. Weldon
Elkhorn
Man
Jane Morley
Riding Mountain
E. Major
Russell
J. W. Murphy
Watrous
Saskatoon
Perry Fall
Oak Lake
William Treffrey
Burnside
R. Williams
North Battleford
William Harkness
Hazel Valley District
Dad Harding
Strathclair
Charles Simpson
Pilot Mound
Winnipeg
Rosthern News
Duck Lake Indian Reserve
Bank of British North America
Joe Seeseequasis
Manitoba
Indian Head
No. 1
Larry Wilson
Elmwood Herald
E. M. Copeland
Murray
Royal Military College
Kingston
Ont
Campbell
St. Jean Military College
St. Jean
Que
Miles
University of Manitoba
Arthur Gibson
Wainwright
Tisdale Recorder
A. Bjorndalen
Clashmoor
Ada Jones
Norman Bjorndalen
Norman
Wall Field
Carillon News
Steinbach
George Harland
Marchand
Canadian and American veterans honor Memorial Day at border town
In Sherwood North Dakota Canadian soldiers apprentices plus Camp Shilo members led a cross border Memorial Day ceremony. Canadian Legion branches Gainsborough Carnevale Carnduff Oxbow Alameda and a Storthoaks combined unit joined US veterans as 1200 spectators watched wreaths and a Unknown Soldier memorial. Major Frank Michie commanded Camp Shilo group with a 24 member band and 16 17 year old artillery cadets. New Canadians welcomed by Red Cross at Port Nurseries Saint John and Halifax.
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Sherwood
North Dakota
Russell Steeves
Camp Shilo
Man
American Legion
Canada
Canadian Legion
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Royal Canadian School of Artillery
U.s.-Canadien
U.S
Legion
Gainsborough
Sask
Jack Burton
Carnevale, Sask
Frank Michie
Kingston
Ont
Carnevale
Carnduff
Oxbow
Alameda
Storthoaks
Nottingham
Alida
Sidney Mann
American Legion Post 213
Canadian Red Cross
Saint John
Halifax
Stores to remain open Saturday evening in Melfort
Stores and business places in Melfort will stay open until 9 36 p m this coming Saturday evening as in past years. Stores will remain open until 9 30 p m each Saturday night through October 26. The Journal May 23 1957 Sask
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melfort
the Journal
Melfort, Sask
Clean-up Week Brings Notable Town Improvement
The town shows marked appearance improvement after Clean-up Week authorized by the town council. Householders cooperated by removing unburnable debris to back alleys, quickly collected by town trucks to the dump grounds. Gentle town courtesy and effort by employers boosted the effort, with alleys now clean and cared for. Attention to beautifying properties and early spring blooms reflect rewards already seen. Work on drainage from Memorial Centre to the school advances, with trenching and gravel filling underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Centre
the Times
High River
Alta
Churchill excursion leaflet promotes 1957 trip
A new leaflet by the Department of Travel and Information promotes the 1957 Churchill excursion. W. J. Hansen says fares stay under one hundred dollars with new side trips including a Fort Churchill military establishment tour and Arctic gear display. The Regina departure is August 1 returning August 5. information available from the Department of Co operation Trade and Business Information Services or CNR agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churchill
Department of Travel and Information
Department of Co-operation
W. J. Hansen
Fort Churchill
Regina
CNR
CPR to pay back taxes to Estevan and other municipalities
Municipal units in Saskatchewan including Estevan will receive further back taxes and penalties from Canadian Pacific Railway. The total by end of June will reach 1,686,925 after 924,028 was paid last December. The Mercury Estevan Sask May 23 1957.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatcheewan
Estevan
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Mercury
Sask
Red light holds longest wavelength of visible spectrum
Rays of red light have the longest wavelength among visible colors, lying at the end of the spectrum and corresponding to lower frequency and energy than other colors.
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St. James, Man
T. B. Findlay
Ness
Reg. F. Wightman
Cermonies
Winkler Lad
Finland
Saskatchewan Wheat Queen
Sharon Tingley
A.C.T. Saskatoon Club
Lynn McAllen
Saskatchewan Civil Service Association
Helen Duncan
A.C.T. Yorkton
Shirley Petts
Saskatchewan Farmers Union
Sylvia Drezda
K. of C.'s
Gloria Sandberg
Canadian Legion B.E.S.L
Whitewood
Fleischmann
Neighborly News
Birtle Eye Witness
Ladies Curling Club
The
Wakaw Recorder
Wakaw
E. R. Moker
Peter Brown
Fort Saskatchewan
Gnr
Chris Matthews
Medicine Hat
Churchill Excursion
CPR
Emerson
Emerson Radio CO. OF Canada Limited
Trenton Ave
MT. Royal
P.Q
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