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Newspaper
Wilkie Press
Location
Wilkie, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Dec 14, 1916
Page
1
In Wilkie on December 11 the referendum to close government liquor dispensaries passed 206 to 16 with two spoiled ballots. Saskatchewan officials announced stores will close by December 30 under the referendum mandate. Union vote in Wilkie carried 94 percent in favor.
The secretary of Grandview Rural Municipality at Kelfield reports the Union Hospital scheme was defeated by 141 votes to 13.
In Buffalo No 409 Saskatchewan voters cast 328 ballots on the liquor referendum with 285 in favor of abolishing Government Liquor Dispensaries and 27 against plus 11 spoilt ballots. Division tallies show varied support across six divisions with a total 88 in Division 6. A separate 208 votes were polled on the Municipal Union Hospital plan, 145 opposed and 63 in favor.
The Wilkie Press will not be published on Thursday December 28 and all announcements for events before the new year must be submitted for the next issue December 21. Copy should be forwarded or phoned in before ten o clock the morning of Wednesday 20 to insure publication.
The report lists division based vote tallies and the councillor selections. Division No 2 elects T F Muir 18 and A Dell 16. Division No 5 elects A M Donald 23 and J G McKenna 20, so Muir and Donald will serve on the council next year.
Returns from Reform show liquor dispensaries for abolition 99 against 45 and Union Hospital Scheme for 45 against 128. Reeve T Curtin 128 and Councillor Division No 6 candidates C P Street 16 PF W Bell 14. Full details to follow.
The Wilkie skating rink opens tomorrow with a weekly programme for public skating and hockey practice. Skating times run Monday to Friday evenings and weekend sessions include afternoon and evening slots, plus nightly music and curling rinks. Manager P Hermann installs an electric orchestral.
A special train carried Wilkie and Unity Lodge members to Kelfield where a new Oddfellows Lodge was instituted. Seventeen members were initiated, with John Tucker and James Hagerman leading the ceremony. A midnight banquet followed, praised for Kelfield Lodge’s generous welcome.
Private J McIntosh writes from the war front near Inverallan about rain, mud, and constant artillery. He notes men killed or wounded but his battalion remains lucky so far, describes blown towns, German gear, and longing for home and dances. Official casualty lists later report he has been wounded.
Junior members of the Outlaw Hockey Team will meet at the rink Monday at 7 30 for the first practice of the new season. Manager Wm Wells hopes many boys attend and build on last year's strong team that earned a fine reputation in the district.
The programme lists Royal Gwent Welsh Singers performing at the Elite Theatre on Monday December 16. The event features chorus Destruction of Gaza, part songs When You and I Were Young Maggie and A Little Bit of Heaven, songs Mary and The Ticklers, National Anthem March of the Men Harlech, and a chorus Anthem.
A short course in agriculture will be held in Wilkie with instructors from the University of Saskatchewan guiding sessions. The program aims to share practical farming techniques and knowledge with local participants.
Canada plans a national service week likely the first January week. A card will be issued to every man 16 to 66 with questions on age address birthplace parent birth country naturalization health status employment and willingness to relocate for war work. Two million cards to be distributed via postmasters.
Services at St Pauls Church featured the unveiling of a memorial Honor Roll. Mrs Sweetepple drew the flag as the congregation sang Lord God of Hosts. The Rector delivered an address likening the present war to a Holy Crusade and honoring the fallen.
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