Taber Auction Mart to Open August 14 15
Taber’s new Auction Mart, with cement floor sales pavilion for about one thousand, a coffee bar and office, a 34 thousand pound scale, and twenty five stock pens, will open on Wednesday and Thursday August 14 15. Proprieter Herb Christie and Alberta officials plan a major opening with top auctioneers from the Alberta Auctioneers Association and local dignitaries Carl Cook mayor and Omer Malo chamber president attending. Listings show strong opening sales including furniture on day one.
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Taber's
Auction “Mart
Herb’. Christie
the “Mart
Vincial Department
Alberta Auctioneers Association
Taber
Carl C. ‘Cook
Taber Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Omer’ Malo
Sor
Fires threaten lease land near Anerold after show
On Friday two fires started on lease land about 00 miles south and west of Anerold. A telephone call brought help from surrounding towns. One fire burned 40 acres of pasture, the other several hundred. Crowds rushed to assist after the show but confusion limited early response.
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Anerold
Retts Tadesstood
South African War Veterans Meet and Community Notes
The piece lists veterans from the South African War including Alfred Abbott and Joshua Paul among others in Leduc and recalls a tame crow Blackie at St Therese Church. It also covers holiday plans, long-standing fair attendance in Dugald, a rain-spotting Indian celebration, editorials on cottage guests, hospitalizations from animal incidents, and long marriages with local civic efforts noted across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta towns.
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Winterburn
Alfred Abbott
Joshua Paul
Fred Bard
James McGowan
Col
F.C. Jamieson
Murd
McKinley
Fred Haswell
Robert Johnson
Arthur Wensley
Alex Semple
Charles Reynar
St. ‘Therese
Plumas
Blackie
W. Lyczko
Steinbach
Sprague
J. W. Mann
A. L. Marquardt
Lakeside Canyon District
Alberta
Lacombe Globe
Storm Lake
Iowa
Iis
Transcona
Man
Margaret Aiken
Ed Milne
Dugald
Springfield Agricultural Society
Ga" Ken“ McCabe
Indian Head ‘News
Sask
Assiniboine Reserve
Sintaluta
Joe Wow
Neepawa Press
Manitoba
Rapid City
Wayne Phillips
Cardale
Guy Fillion
St. Pierre
Fillion
Rockglen
Assiniboia Times
Lorna Johnson
C. Johnson
Lorna Ie
Major Armstrong tours Renfrew industrial sites in 1957 visit
Major James P. Armstrong toured Renfrew industrial facilities with Ontario officials, meeting local leaders at the Renfrew Golf Club luncheon. He emphasized Ontario House in London remains available to communities like Renfrew for industrial promotion, as Eastern Ontario Development Association members hosted the visit.
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Ontario
James
P. Armstrong
D. W. Stewart
J. E . Ltd
Major Armstrong
Industrial Commission
Renfrew Golf Club
Eastern Ontario _Development Association
Harry Callan
Zone 6
R.A. Stewart
Pakenham
Renfrew
Armstrong
Ontario House
London
Ont
Early sculptured buffalo on display at Saskatchewan Museum
A nine and a half inch carved white quartz buffalo, likely 10 000 years old, is shown at the Saskatchewan Museum of Natural History. Found by farmer Mundie twelve years ago in the Saskatoon district, it is owned by the Saskatoon Archaeological Society and loaned to the museum. Dr Robert W Nero notes prehistoric origins, possibly religious symbolism, with the piece created by hammer stone via picking. Ernie Hedger and the society helped uncover its significance.
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Saskatchewan Museum of Natural History
Saskatoon
Mundie
Saskatoon Archeological Society
Robert W. Nero
Nero
Mr. Mundie
Ernie Hedger
Hedger
Saskatchewan
Dr. Nero
Concrete pours begin for pier on big bridge over Old Maen
Report notes concrete poured for the first pier of a major bridge over Old Man and Bow Rivers as highway work progresses between Taber and Vauxhall. About nine miles of south side and five miles on north side completed, leaving roughly three and a half miles to finish on both sides. The road width is forty two feet with twenty two miles gravelled.
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Taber
Vauxhall
Old Man
Bow Rivers
Beenee
Life Struggle to Support Wife and Government Services
A report outlines a man facing pressure to provide for his wife while meeting duties to the government. He grapples with financial priorities and balancing family needs with public obligations, highlighting strain on household budgets.
Lumber Firm Shuts Two Mills Amid Low Demand
Gordon Moore of Fort St John Lumber Co reports critically depressed market in Peace River Country forcing suspension of operations at Pine Pass and Blueberry for at least two months. Shipments cut about half as demand sags and Prince George fallout hits Region hard. Worth St John Lumber Co had shipped 140000 feet daily to Eastern markets, with last year output over 60 million feet.
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Peace River
Gordon Moore
Fort. St. John Lumber Co
Pine Pass
Blueberry
Prince George
Moore
United States
Moberly Lake
Stewert Lake
the Herald Tribune
Grande ‘Prairie
Alta
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Garvie
Hunter
Ted
New Auction Mart
CBC P
C.F. Guzewee
Lauphin
Jim Malcolm
Brooks Bulletin
Mike Smolanski
Iddesleigh
Consort
Enterprise
Aliberta
George Kropinski
Moose Lake
Mr. Kropinski
William Henry
High River
A. H. Scollan
Calmar
Mary Kluzak
Climax
Emily Clarenshaw
Dundurn
Harry Smith
Speers
Margaret Peacock
Boissevain
R. M. Robb
Russell, Man
Nicholas Obey
Drumheller
Miniota Herald
James Elliott
Arrow River
Jim
Dauphin Herald
D. D. P.epp
Laird, Sask
Clearbrook
B.C
Arne "Nabseth
Watson, Sask
Martin ‘Wagner
Rockgien, Sask
Thomas
Saver
Delburne
J. Dewsbury
Victoria
Dewsbury
Rat Michichi
Kindersley Clarion
Stan Cooke
Jack McMurray
Pincher Creek
Echo
Cowley
Cowley United Church
Rehtrew
Milky Way Galaxy
Buffalo
Eossre
Tos Sane Ashley
Home Service Department
THE
Canada Starch Company
P.O. Box
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