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Newspaper
Wilkie Press
Location
Wilkie, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
May 18, 1916
Page
1
The Wilkie Agriculture Society lists thirteen prizes for the June Gopher Tail Contest. Tails must be Buffalo area entries received by June 21 in person or by mail, with final receipts issued by June 24. Prizes range from $6 to $1 with multiple one dollar awards.
An event at Wilkie Hall of the Wilkie School on Victoria Day May 24 at 9 pm will feature Sergeant E G Ewing district organizer of the Returned Soldiers Welcome and Aid League speaking on war and military matters. Ewing, a five month Flanders trench veteran wounded at Ypres, is touted as an entertaining speaker and may attract large attendance. Local talent will assist with the program.
The sale of work and home made cooking will be held at the home of Mrs Wilkie on Saturday May 20 at 3 o clock under the Narrow Lake Ladies Aid. Proceeds go to the Red Cross Society and a ten cent tea will be served in the afternoon.
Cadet Inspector visits Wilkie during a West tour of cadet corps. He praises the local unit led by Principal Crane and notes uniforms belts caps and ammunition will arrive soon. He discusses rifle range and favors the existing site for target practice.
Mr. and Mrs. A McKenzie moved into their new home on Leslie Street last week according to local notices.
Canadian writer Mrs Jean Blewett will visit Wilkie for a series of patriotic meetings in late May. She attends a public address at Elite Theatre on May 0th to support Red Cross recruiting and discuss Canada’s war stance.
Wilkie baseball players including Horri gan Herrington Wolfe Kirkland Laliberte Anderson Mark Mas quelier Moore Abel and Whittles have held workouts. New uniforms are on order funded by club executives who urge community support and propose a Wilkie sports day as towns prepare events like Cut Knife on June 3. Wilkie hopes to compete in baseball at Our Knife on the third.
Letters from the trenches demand cigarettes and tobacco as morale boosts. A quarter subscription sends 50 cigarettes, a fifth of a pound of tobacco, matches, and a thank you postcard to a front lad, delivering four times the value if bought locally. funds are handled by The Press for Conde's Tobacco Fund.
J Pretrus was admitted to Wilkie Private Hospital after a coal unloading accident at Hardisty. He was struck by a wheelbarrow, lost balance at the car door, and fell, sustaining a broken leg. he is progressing favorably.
The Saskatoon Star notes Miss Phoebe Chenereux a Wilkie district candidate and Miss Genereux assistant postmistress with a wide circle of supporters who back her in a major provincial contest. The piece urges readers to lend influence to uphold the law and assist in the campaign ahead of the election close.
Private T. W. Cavanagh signs on as the first recruit for the 22nd Battalion unit forming at Wilkie. More men from the district join the Wilkie unit of the 24 and names will be added to the Honor Roll weekly as enlistments close. Cavanagh sacrifices personal finances and family duties to serve, while a son serves in France with the 5th Battalion.
The Wilkie unit of the 232nd Battalion reports brisk recruiting with several recruits signed and more considering enlisting. Many men have already left the district to serve, but Wilkie aims to raise fifty to a hundred men locally. Seven youths aged 12 to 14 applied Saturday, showing strong local enthusiasm.
C W Crane takes the top prize in a local vote test winning a R500 View tree suite after the Wilkie candidates gathered the most votes. Principal Crane is the winner with Miss Generens close behind in a tight count from last week’s contest.
After camping near the Macklin lands office from Wednesday to Monday, W S Maclean faced arrest as authorities thwarted a planned entry to seize a parcel of four and a half miles from Macklin. The land, valued at about $20 per acre, had been previously entered and later rejected on Monday.
The Town of Wilkie approves a residential street plan detailing sidewalk width and setback rules. It prescribes boulevard curb distance from street centers on 65 foot wide roads, tree spacing along boulevards, and a 15 foot building setback for residences south of Merritt Ave including Main Street.
At a large missionary meeting in Knox Church last Wednesday afternoon, about sixty to seventy ladies attended from local churches. Mrs R J Macdonald received a Life Membership Certificate for her service to the Battleford Presbytery, with praise from Mrs J Anderson and Mr J Gunn. A luncheon followed. Arbor Day activities saw pupils plant a school garden using grain and seeds supplied by Supt Tinline of the Scott Experimental Farm.
The Regina head office reports four months of Red Cross activity across Saskatchewan branches. Many branches sent no money or supplies, while Regina and Rouleau donated both. April total reached 19666.61 with 65 branches contributing and 57 not contributing money.
Residents gathered at the Fire Hall on Tuesday for a tree planting bee led by Councillor A. J. Scott. Holes were dug and trees planted to beautify the grounds, a long awaited improvement for Wilkie area past residents and local families.
Sunday next is Mother’s Day in the Methodist Church with the sermon “A Woman of Tact and Beauty.” Services at Narrow Lake 11 am, Phippen 3 pm, Wilkie 7 pm with Rev Windsor at each. Sunday School officers elected for the year. installation to be announced. 4th Quarterly Official Board meets in the church basement Monday next May 22. all board members expected.
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