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One Day Storm | Brings Some Rain| Residents of the district looked ; skyward on Monday with thankful- | n as heavy rain clouds driven by | a strong north west wind swept in | over the area. . | Rain began to fall hese about 4.30 | p.m. and the temperatures dropped | sharply from 2.00 onwards. In Calgary winds averaged 38) PINE CROFT FIRE miles an hour with. gusts up to 56, 5 z miles an hour on Monday night. BELIEVED STARTED . Snow bezan to fall in town about | . 5 Seen : ; A.meeting was held in Sundre on 7:30,p.m.. stopping. about 8:30 for 2 | vray 9 to reorganize the local band, i which. expects to play in the Calgary \stampede parade again this year. |A new exectitive was elected with |Mr. P. Shepherd as band. master. \Practice will be every ‘Tuesday ‘night at 8 p.m. The band can reai- ly use more members and anyone in the district who is musically inclined jis cordially invited to attend. | The representatives of Calgary | Power Co., were Sundre visitors re- short time. At.9:30 freezing rain and snow. driven by the heaviest winds of the night. began to fall. The total amount of moisture rec- orded at the O.S.A. was inches with the.temperature falling to 31 degrees duri the night. TELEPHON DOWN In the fir st. of Olds from. the. G rd corner. more than half.of telephone poles.are down with many of them being clean across the fence. Some were thro’ with such vio- lence that they y are standing upsidé down in the’ ploughed fields. No estimate has yet. been officially. made as.-to the length of time it will require to restore service on . the rural lines west of town. RAIN WILL HELP District farmers look on the rain- fall, the first in: many weeks, as the savior of their crops. Spring seeding here .as in most areas, has.been pro- ceeding under an unseasonable hot, ary spell when surface moisture ev- aporated quickly as the soil. was loosened: up. ‘The. moisture received on Monday will most: certainly help to germinate the crop but the whole | district is badly in need of at least a. 12-hour soaking. The fall of the moisture west of the railway line was heavier than in the district east of town. Five miles east, little or no snow fell and at the 9 ‘mile coulee dust was reported to have been blow- ing on Tuesday morning. The fall of moisture will at least bring a tem- porary relief from the dust storms which: have been the worst since 1919-20. TOWN STREETS SLIPPERY The loosely packed clay on. the surface of the streets in town, thrown up by the excavation of the sewer line last fall made driving treacherous on Tuesday. Walking on the streets was equally bad as the wet ‘clay clinging to pedestrians shoes was tracked on to the. streets. Stores and other business places got their full share of the mud to clean up but conditions generally were cheerfully accepted as being en- tirely for. the best. H: & S. Ass’n. Meeting : Local contestants in the -inter- school festival, at Carstairs were heard-by a, capacity audience in the public school gymnasium. The con- cert. was. sponsored by the Home, & School Association in . connection peently, and reviewed the situation |* regarding the extension .of their jdines to’ Sundre. They expect to ;complete the line to Eagle Hill and Mound by the fall. and it is possible ithey may supply this line from the :line leading to Sundre as a heavier jline is required for -Sundre than the one entering Harmattan. It is jestimated the cost of the Sundre jline would be around $40,000, There | re some hundred subscribers at Sun- jdre with, new buildings being added ;continually so we feel this should | offer considerable inducement for iCalgary Power to come this way. | They will be giving a definite de- cision on the. matter by. the middle of July. | Excavation. for the new school has been started. We understand a ‘wing is to be added to the present , building in the form of an H which ,Will give two added school rooms and two smaller rooms which will be used temporarily for school rooms and later for other purposes. Mr. Tether of James River. is building quite a large house. across ;from the school. . | Harry Vooys has been driving his. {truck at the new oil field of Red- ‘water for. some weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Chidlow Visit- ed relatives. in Sundre at the week- end. Mrs: Chidlow expects to stav with her mother; Mrs. C. Christen- sen while their house in Calgary is being built. Alf Mjolsness entertained at ower Tuesday evening, Mav 10. or of Miss Joy Weyant, bride of this week: Mr, Maconnel is around town again and doing fine since his op- eration. : | Phillips Cafe on “the east. side |of the river opened for business last Friday, the 13th. Fires in the surrounding districts yDave made Sundre seem a ghost town some days of last week. At the first of the week, some 50 men were required to: get the Pine Craft 52nd YEAR — NUMBER 20 | TRUSTEES TO CONFER WITH DIV. BOARD The regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Olds School Dis- trict, No. 235, was held in the board room of t school. All mem- bers except \Irustee Yauch being present. The minutes. of the last meet were read and adopted .as read. Bills totalling $280.70 were order- ed paid. 7 Moved and: agreed that we write ss Grant and thank her for her nz us’ no tion early and advise her that ance in, helping her. obtain a pos- ition we will be very pleased to THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1949 Airey Gets 2 Years; Onushko to pept. of $2.00 a YEAR in CANA CALF CLUBS MEET |, | On May 7, the Olds Beef and | Dairy Calf Club heid their general | j meeting at the farm of Mr. and Mrs. ; President Marvin | ia ‘provincial er ary ROY ap i S2.50in USA. DA Varied Program any time we can be of any assist-, Committed to Allen Walter Airey..of Bowden;|Onushko"in the restaurant at about proceeded to the house where the 1/12:45 and then a few minutes later beef members. held their meeting appearing before. Magistrate Brieg in Police court at the Parish -hall at! Ol on Monday morning on a eharge of breaking and entering.and theft. in connection with ‘the Bow- den Treasury branch April 12. re- ceived 2@ SE nce of two years har labor at.Prince Alberta Penitentiary with a -recommendation’ that he learn a trade. of the case when on April 12, ap- parently during the noon hour the! Bowden sub-branch of the Olds; Treasury branch was broken into! and $3.556.62 “taken, all} ‘cash, At the beginning ‘of the. in-: vestigation by: Cpl. Paull, Cpl. Horne, Constables’ Jones and Nel- | The secretary was instructed to}son, the evidence wowld. point to/ write the Divisional. Board and find|the fact that some one familiar | out just when we can conventiently|With the treasury branch or the meet with them and discuss the par-|Movements of the. staff were in- ticulars of inclusion. | volved. At that time, Onushko, Por-! Moved and agreed that we have ,ayko and Airey were all questioned. | Trustee Kaiser purchase an elec-/Airey at that time stated that he; tric motor and fire extinguisher for; had been in the vicinity. of the instructed to write to, Miss.Jean Kirker and learn sie -has a Certificate to teach music in High School and if she would do this if appointed to a Lower Grade, and also if she would be prepared: to teach Grade Eight. the shop. . Mr. Crispo met with the board for a short discussion. The Negotiating Committee of the teaching staff met with the board and an agreement: on the salary schedule for the term com- mencing September 1 was arrived at. Adjournment was then moved and carried. 0 ,treasury branch at 12:10 and had | walked by on his way home. April i20 he was again ‘questioned at Hlength and asked thé reason for ;having 3200 on him. ‘As it turned) jout the $300 was a legitimate loan, from a farmer of the @istrict. April , ‘21, Airey left Bowden for Edmon- jton and April 22 boarded a TCA plane to Vancouver. .* The following day “Onushko was ‘questioned and it was learned Airey Higher Court o to as Onushko: and Airey left to the hotel for “a glass of beer they. then said. During the course of his testi mony, Porayko mentioned the f that as they left. for dinner. th lock had fallen off but t been fixed: Mr. Williamson, in examining the . witness The case opened with Cpl: Horne | whether: this.fact of the lock falling! of the R.C.M.P. giving am outline ‘off “was the usual procedure around | Treasury Branch offices.” A. .O. Smith, telier of the Olds Treasury Branch, was ‘called as a witness to further clarify. the ‘poin as to how the Bowden. money. was made up and as to the amount taken to Bowden on April 12. E. Pierlot,. owner +of the new Bowden hotel, was called as.a wit- ness in connection with cheques which Onushko had in his hand when -he returned at the noon hour from supposedly. having a beer. Robert ‘Morris. Pierlot. 16-year- old grandson of the hotel-owner, tes- tified that on Sunday, April 10, he saw Onushko drive. up: to the Bow- den office and let himself. in. He later saw Airey come down. the street, try the door, and wait for a minute before he was let in to the building: The two came out to- gether and sat in Onushko’s car in front of the building for a ‘short time. DESCRIBES INVESTIGATION Cp]. T. Pauli of the Olds detach- ment, gave a detailed statement of - for May 24 Here Tuesday, May 24th is slated to be one of the biggest days in Olds his- |John. Peterson. |Peterson was in the chair after a judging of two classes of beef cattle and one class of dairy cattle. After the judging’ the members tory this year. The Kir Own Regt., A Squardon at Olds have taken over the day as with president Marvin Peterson in an Army Week project and are at the chair and. secretary-treasurer present working out detgils for the May. Peterson of the Beef club. big event, Following ‘their discussions and The day will be featured by a ge pyrotechnic display by the ; business the meeting was adjourned | y land the Dairy members. held: their regiment's tanks and the use of mo- meeting with president Harty -Eck- dern firepower. This display alone n the chair, and secretary-treas- will be thrilling to say the Jeast. r Helen, Fisher. Mr.° McPh Incorporated in the day’s events e a talk on “soil consgrvation’’. will be an 8 team baseball tourna- the meeting was adjourned, ment that will dish up- plenty of ious lunch was served by the good hardball. will be be- ad { jhostess assisted by Mrs. T. Fisher. | In behalf of both clubs, H Ecklin gave-a vote of thanks Mr. and Mrs. Peterson. | re! NEW OFFICERS FOR ROYAL PURPLE The Olds Lodge of the Order of the Royal Purple held their annual election of officers on Monday night: Mrs. L. Hoeght heads the.lodge for another year as Hon. Royal Lady. Other officers elected or appoint- ed were: to The softball games y tween Olds Combjnes and a Calg- ary team. One of the biggest events of the entire. 24th will be the Kiddies’ Pet Parade which. gets started at noon and in this many worthwhile prizes are: being offered. . Particularly attractive to the kid- dies will be the shetland pony draw to be conducted just before the final ball game. Every child, 14 and under who enteis the grounds will be giv- én a free ticket on the draw. This entitles them to a chance on ‘the Associate Royal Lady — ee Street Shetland pony, completely equipped Loyal Lady—wNita St. Clair. to ride away. . Lecturing Lady—Wanda Richards'_ The King’s Own Calgary Rest. Conductress—Marion Miller. ;Band will lead the parade to the Secretary—Kay Stott. ‘grounds and will be in attendance Treasurer—Violet Laurie. all day for the various events. ; Historian— Susan Harvey. | Bicycle and foot races for all ez~- Inner Guard—Margaret Smith. . | €S up to 18 years have been planned Outer Guard—Phyllis Hammer. ®nd a program of these events ap- 3-year Trustee—Martha Rankin. Pears herewith. : 2-year Trustee—Opal Richards. | The day. will actually get under- ‘ OBITUARY Last rites far Alfred Miolsness, 62 of Sundre who died in the General Hospital in .Calgary Friday, were held Monday .at 2:30 p.m, from. the Sundre United church at 2:30. Eurial was in the Bergen ceme- tery. Mr. Mjolsness was born in Hen- drum, N.D., and came to Calgary 42 time ago when he moved to Sun- dre, operating the hotel. He sold his hotel business last year and has been living retired since. pect , Surviving are his ‘wife, Jean; a sisters,. Mrs. Ester Clemens of Ed- years ago, living there until a short: son, Alexander.Avery, Sundte; two andthe police retain yithis. In ‘was at least partly responsible. On the investigation carried out in the “April 26 a- charre-of breaking and ‘case. On Saturday, April 23, Onush- entering and theft was sworn out and ko was questioned as he had been Vancouver police were advised. They}on previous occasions,-and he ad- arrested Airey April 27..Questioned| mitted being interested in. having ‘by Cpl. Horne at Vancouver, April) the money returned:and he at that '29,.Airey admitted evidence that im- | time named Airey as a possible sus- plicated himself and made state- | pect. ments regarding the whereabouts On Sunday, - Apfil 24, Cpl. Horne of the money that later proved to and Cpl. Paull took Onushko to be false. Edmonton in an effort to find Airey i-year trustee— Norma Ledther- dale. . Pianist—Helen Fagan. Chaplain—Mrs. E. King. At the installation of officers, the members of the lodge will invite the |members of the Elks Lodge to at- | tend. x i Last Thursday, May.12, 17 mem- |bers -of the Olds Lodge journeyed to Calgary for a district convention: Each lodge present displayed some way the night before with a grand dance in the arena auditorium. The dance will also be featured on the night of the 24th. Be sure you come and bring the entire family for there will be some: thing for everyone to do. a - The effort is one that is most timely with Army Week being here. For the first time many children and adults will have. an, opportuni- ty to. inspect at first hand the. wea- May ‘1, Airey was escorted back and confront him with new evi-|part of the work of the order and. Pons of war and how they are used. to Calgary and again May 2 at Olds dence. Airey had, however, left by|the day proved to be very interest- PRIZES IN PARADE \he-was questioned and a key was T.C:A. for Vancouver and on Mon- |found which operated-a lock at the!day Onushko’ made a_ statement | treasury -branch at Bowden. He lead implicating Airey. ~ |pdlice to a syrup pail hidden in al Onushko- was not arrested until ‘bluff on the outskirts. of Bowden May.2 after Airey had been return- F Information. ‘was ¢24 ‘in. silver monton and Mrs. L. Granum in Se- the original rolls. He also intimated | the whereabouts of a key to the Has: Lodges from. Brooks, Red Deer, | Olds, Calgary, and Okotoks were! jrepresented. A turkey banquet was: | served at the close of the conven-/ ‘tion. : Qn May 2, Mrs. Eileen Hepworth | it; ed from | yuver, and pennies in, was obtain ee Maat Ale ey -kae/.of, Of, Red Pea. District De uy Su-4... Best. dressed tay “wh com- 1 “west” dressed jpreme ored Roy: Best dressed girl under 6 Best dressed boy under 6. Best dressed couple under 6. Best dressed girl under 14. Best. dressed boy under 14. Best: dressed couple der 14. comic girl under 6. Yeomie -60¥ urider - 6. attle and a-brother, Endrid, of Ber- at that time, that he knew where cash.drawer at Bowden, and this;pany. with Mrs. Nita Bail, paid an! e gen. ;the rest of the money was and it = Best dressed comic couple under 6. fire under‘ guard, men were taken was found by Cpl..Horne and the| official visit to the:Olds Lodge. Mrs.). Best dressed comic girl under 14.° with. its “May meeting. from business places and the street Following the program presenta- tions, Mrs. F. F. Parkinson install- ed the slate of officers elected at the Apfil meeting. Placed in office were: honorary president, - Henri Forgues; past president, Dean Stair; president, M. W. Malyon; Ist vice-president, Rev. W. H. Moss; 2nd Vice-President, Cpl. Tom Paull, R.CIM.P.; secretary, -Mrs.. Wesley Hawthorne; treasurer, Mrs. George Richards; school board representa- tive, Charles Yauch; parents,repre- sentative, Mrs. Rex Bussard; teachers | representative, Tom Smith;. press, Mrs. Bert Leigh. to act as fire fighters. We under- 'stand ‘some visiting salesmen were pressed into service one day, but after a few hours were able to make their get-away. The fire requires constant guarding and has broken through the guard several times and.only the constant watch -day and night has kept it in check. Aubrey Nelson and Roy Bliss weré given authority as. the Rangers and /Policé were busy elsewhere. The fire |started in.the barn of Pine Groft | School Sunday afternoon -and is be+ |lieved to have been set. burned rags SUNDRE 305 LEGION AUXILIARY | A meeting of the Ladies’ Auxiliary to, the Sundre branch of the Can- 'adian Legion, was held. in the Le- ‘gion Hall, Saturday evening, May '14.. The meeting opened with the singing of O Canada, followed. by} |the roll call. with officers and only: leight members present. The- min- lutes were read and adopted. During |the general business meeting, com- | was learned-on May 3 that he had shipped money to Vancouver by ex- press some days previous. The suit- }case containing the monney arrived |in Vancouver April 23. $1,200 of the money was used to make a payment jon a’Monarch car and $2,125, hid- den in the basement of a house at {1916 Fast Pender Street,. the ad- .dress where Airey had been found.. |. It was pointed out during the trial; \that Airey did co-operate ‘at the last, to try and locate all the money involved, but up until that time had j been. misleading in his. statements with the authorities. Thete is ‘st'll key was tested and found to operate the ,cash drawer. . Cpl. Paull said . that altogether Onushko had made three statements to police, one on Saturday, April 23 in Olds, one on Monday, April 25 in Edmonton.. and a statement, for which he was duly warned in.Calgary, on May 4. ROBBERY PRE-ARRANGED Allen Airey, already convicted of the break-in and theft, was next|off, drilling anew well for the Olds called as a witness and he gave evi- | Municipal hospital. dence to his friendship with On-jhe had struck a flow that seemed ushko and told the court how, on| proper ; by. the Lodge. : | WATER AT HOSPITAL, Hepworth commended the lodge very| . Best: dressed comic boy under 14. ‘highly for their near perfect work| Best dressed comic couple under 14 jand Mrs..L..Hoeght,- Hon, Royal) Best decorated tricycle. . ; Lady, came in for special praise. | Best .decorated bicycle. ‘Mrs. Hepworth was presented with! Both of the above to be in - three la cup and saucer and a corsage age groups. : |: Every entrant in the parade under the age of 14 will receive a prize. RACE PROGRAM Pre school age race for; boys and girls. . ; 8 and under for boys,and girls. 10 and under for boys and girls. 12 and under for.boys and girls. 14 and under for boys and girls. “Late last week the driller. C. Rol-! reported that ample in rock at a depth just over ‘and paper were found in the schoo] Mittee reports were received ‘and as well. The .reserve army. were 2ccepted. : aan asked to take over the: patrolling! The entertainment committee re- of the fires as the men were find- | Potted that over $60 was realized inf, it difficult to stay away from ftom the Mother’s Day tea, sale of their work so long. The fire at Niche , Coking and raffles. Valley and’ Burnstick Lake, we un-! The meeting adjourned with ‘God derstand. are under-control but all S0ve.The King” and lunch was|.” 55 wart of Edmonton, acted for will need steady watching until we Served. The next ‘meeting will be the crown and Wm. Mackay of Cal- the Sunday, Onushko had given him | 200 feet. After examination and a key to the cash drawer of the | bailing it looked as though the sup- Bowden office. He told of the plan'ply would. meet the needs of the made to break-in on Monday. but\ institution sufficiently and instruc- this had “been called off owing to/|tions’ were given for completion of the small amount of money on|the well at that depth. Six- and. hand. The éntrv was held off until |five-inch casings were laid. The old; Tuesday. According to the witness.) well, at the same time, was some-~ Onushko told him that there was|what improved by. the strike.of the 16 and under for, boys and. girls. 18 and under for boys and girls. Boys 10 and under, wheelbarrow race. ‘ Girls 10 and under. 3 legged race. Boys 14 and under. sack race. Girls 14 and under, potato race. Boys camel. race, $ BICYCLE RACES The association hgs decided to a start a scholarship trust fund and a permanent finance committee ‘is to comprise; the president and the treasurer ‘of the local association. the principal of Olds school and a ’- member of the bank staff. ‘The committee for the .coming ‘a shortage of $200 to $300 of the original amount. During. the hear- ing. various charcter witnesses were called: for Airey, namely:-. Walter Frederick Anderson, James Brewst- er and Walter Sick, all of Bowden. year will consist of M. Ww. Malyon, Mrs. George Richards, Henri Forg- ues, Bert Leigh. ; The year’s work will ‘be closed with the ‘annual “May-time tea and dis play of manual and home economics work in the school gym, May 28. CARDEN AND HOME ‘COMPETITIONS The Olds. Home and School As- sociation, “are sponsoring the fol- lowing Garden and Home competi- tions for 1949: 1, For the. the best. vegetable garden on 2 not more than 75 foot lot. 2. For the best vegetable garden on the C.P.R. property. Garden: to be judged on the fol- lowing point. basi: Variety Cleanliness Space Economy a Quality of Crop: ..-.----------+- 35 3. For the best laid out, kept and cultivated lawn ground to in- clude treés, shrubs, flower beds, lawns and other garden features. _ Judging will be done.on the following point basis: . General arrangement and effect including features and floral display Cleanliness ---.--- Lawn Boe Trees and Shrubs ---- Quality and variety of flowers .. 20 Two cash prizes will be offered in each of the three competitions. Entries should be made not later than June 1 to Mrs. W. Hawthorne, secretary, Olds Home and School Association. TRUSTEES MEET The Board of Trustees met on Monday, May 9, in the Divisional Office, Didsbury... It was agreed to continue the practice of awarding of a limited number of scholarships to gradu- ates of Grade twelve who enroll in the Faculty of Education. This year this will be extended to graduates “Whose parents reside within the Olds Inspectorate. . The Board also studied sketch plans for a proposed new building in Didsbury. This matter is to be more fully dealt with at the next meeting. have a good rain. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tooth were ‘Edmonton visitors the 2nd of May, and brought home a -wee adopted \daughter whose name is Lortaine. | The Mjolsness Bros. and Morgan: 'Bros. have leased a large tract: of lland on the: Blood: Indian. Reserve near Cardston. . Lloyd’ Mjolsness, Gerald Murphey and Freddie Ven- nard are breaking up the Iand at present. Both Mrs. Murphy and. Mrs. Vennard accompanied their hus- bands. They expect to be gone about six weeks. 2 Miss Mavis Strong of Olds, spent a few days with her sister, Mrs, E. Halvorson, Mavis “expects to leave soon for Toronto. (Mr. and Mrs. Pat Spence and Les- lie, spent Sunday’ and Monday in Calgary, visiting Pat’s. sister who had come from Vancouver. Walter Seversen has been suffer- ing from his annual attack of spring fever, He spent two weeks at Helmer’s ranch recently, and is now busy fighting fire. Sundre was held recently to enquire taxes imposed by the Municipality of Waterloo. At that meeting two committees were appointed to in- terview the councillors and to look into the steps required to form a , | village. The ratepayers were well represented at a public meeting held Saturday evening, May 14, After some discussion a motion was carried unanimously to organize a village. Steps are being taken in this direction. NEW DISC SHARPENER This week the Cooley Garage has installed a portable disc and tiller dise sharpener that they claim will be on the road in the district to do the job right at the farm. Known as the Champion Disc Sharpener, the machine is reputed to do a first class job by grinding. The concern are ready to go any place in the dis- trict and will have a man in charge at all times. ee j held: in the Legion Hall on June 11. gary for the defence. Mr. Mackay i Span emer eainre Builders’ Hardware 'Grand Opening With the grand opening of. the new renovated Builders’ Hardware Store’ on Saturday last Olds once again can claim to have some of the finest stores along the main line. Hundreds passed through the door of the large store Saturday and took advantage of the many specials of- fered on the opening day. < Bob Rankin, manager of the store here, along with his genial staff had worked’ night and day for weeks to get the store in readiness for the opening and when the big our came no one was dsappoint- ed. | Large open display counters on the right side of the store ‘hold all the necessary hardware and kit- chenware goods and displayed them to advantage for the. customer. The office now raised slightly the rear right of the store . and into the. increased mill rate of commands a good view of the en-;ings of April 12 as it _tire floor. | The left hand side of the store is given over to the display of all types of furniture and the selec- | tion offers a wide range in both the “style and materials. { Rest. rooms are built at the left. ‘year of the store for the convenience | of patrons and a complete work- shop is located at the extreme back of the store. Here glasswork, skate sharpening and other necessary jobs will be carried on. ‘The centre aisle of the store leads |down past, the heavy household fix- i tures such refrigerators and stoves to | the service counter. All parts of the store are readily accessible to all other parts. Complete fluorescent Ente wives plenty of light and e large display plate windows add |much~to the natural beauty of the re. Winners of the lucky draws at the store last Saturday were: Lad- ies’ 1st, Eileen Lawson of Olds, a genuine Axminster rug; Ladies 2nd, - Many ; {in summing up for his client stated | that the case was.one in which those involved were “taking advantage of ja situation which had been pro- | vided by officials.” . |} Edward Onushko was committed to trial by the next Court of .Com- petent Jurisdiction in Calgary fol- lowing the preliminary hearing. in {Olds on Monday before Magistrate iF. J. Briegel.-Onushko “was beine held on a.charge of «breaking and entering and. theft in connection lwith the: robbery of $3,559.62 from the. Bowden treasury branch, April 12, 1949. . During ‘the hearing, Cpl. Gordon ‘Cameron Ridge ofthe Identification Branch; R:C.M.P. in. Calgary, pro- ‘duced ‘photoeravhs' of the Bowden !sub branch of the Provincial Treas- _ury Branch. These were submitted ,as exhibits. ‘ {OUTIINES PROCEDURE. | S. W. Manning, manager of the {olds branch was next on the stand jand he outlined generally the op- A meeting of the ratepayers of from the main floor is located at eration of the sub branch. vffices. ‘He gave.an account of the happen-! concerned \himself and he identified ithe cash ‘drawer of the Bowden sub office ‘and the key. to the same. These were jadmitted as exhibits. : On ‘cross examination by A. S | Williamson, Qnushko’s Counsel. Mr.! i|Manning admitted the possibility of there beine more than one kev for the cash drawer at Bowden but ;to his knowledge and according to his records there was only the one. ' ,LOCK FALLS OFF DONOR Wm. Porayko. assistant accountant | at Bowden on the dav of the break- | in and robberv. testified that no in- structions had been given as to noon hour practices at Bowden, Fe also stated that during the seven and a half months that he and Onushko had been going to Bowden. that as far as he (Poravko) knew. | Onushko had onlv one kev to the: cash drawer in hi ssion, i Porayko also sta’ that during the road ban, Airey often had din- ner with Onushko. and himself. On the day of the robbery. April 12, he not enough money on the Monda Const. Nelson and Cpl. Horne we~ i called as witnesses in the case, and) they co-oberated. the testimony of | Cpl. pringing Airey to Olds on the even- ing of April 12, and meeting Qn-/ ushko.in the pool hall here. Dur ing the course of conversation tr-| gether., one of the trio commented | that. the robbery had been “a smooth | job.” defence, and: Macistrate Priezel ordered Onushko to be held over was released . when bondsmen posted the $3,000. bail. It might be pointed out that in this case. altheugh Onushko mav never have actually taken: the money. the crown will attempt to prove that he was an accessory be- fore and after the fact. should he be found guilty of this then under the Criminal Code, he is eauallv as. guilty as the man committing the crime. * Mr. .J. F. Hart, of.the Attorney General’s department in Fdmonton conducted the qase avainst Onush- ko on behalf of the crown. > POWER OFF For intermittent periods next week, starting Mav 22, and ‘con- tinuing till the end of the month the Calgary Power Co. anno: that there will be a series of interruptions. The reason gj that a new double brought from the west of town e highway. The interruptions will affect part of the rural electrification project as well. Citizens desirous of knowing hours of shut-offs as they will af- fect their business, may have more detailed information from the Cal-, gary Power Co.,next week. -o———— A meeting of the six senior Beef Clubs and their friends will be held at the E. Schielke farm, south of Carstair, May 28. The clubs in- clude Olds, West Didsbury, Jut- land, Carstairs, Crossfield, Madden. inew .well. Over the week-end on Boys 18 and under, 449 yard ‘race: ' Monday, however, some. trouble was | Paull. :Jake Rempel -told oreo that Monday night No witnesses were called by the| Girls. 18 and under 440 yard race. Boys 14 and under bicycle race- Girls 14 and under bicycle race. all BASEBALL ic tanks would be cleaned .and lines “Draw for baseball tournament on flushed preparatory to putting the yay o4th 4 old well back in full use. -10:00 a.m. Hainstock ¥s.-Clds Pump for the new well has been). " on diamond No. 1. ordered to take the necessary ca- Reed Ranch vs Hormattan pacity and will be installed prob-! ‘on: diamond ‘No. 2: ; being experienced from mud and suspension in the water, and it was jably late- this week, With both 19:29 pm. Betchton vs. Hillcrest welJs: the water situation becomes considerably improved and should hold good. for many years to. come So LETTER TO THE’ EDITOR ‘The Gazette, i Olds, Alta., Dear Sir: T have ‘just. had the privilege of -on diamond No. 1. . Sundre vs. .Waterside on diamond No.. 2. 2 °3:00 p.m. Winner Olds-Hainstock vs, ; Winner -Reed-Ranch Har- mattan on diamond No. i. Winner Betchton-Hillerest vs. ‘Winner Sundre-Waterside on on diamond No. 2. x but-a part of an organization No. 1, about which T am certain the ma- Exhibition — Ladies’ Fastball joritv of the citizens of Olds and Olds. Combines vs. Calgary Le- district have heard or read, the’ gionettes on Diamond No. 2. University of Alberta Mixed Chorus.' “Myself, I am immensely proud of OBITU ARY Cecil Leischner, son of Mr. and the chorus, because it is one of the} few of its kind existing in Canada today..It is the only university Mrs. Dan Leischner of Torrington, chorus to take some of its members passed away at his home on ‘Thurs- on tour, and to broadcast over the day, May 12, at the age of 17 CBC. As our conductor. Richard years, three month. He died of a Faton, Professor of Music at the heart ailment. s* University, said, “we are only a At the age ot hive, Cecil suffered new group, typical of this country from inflammatory rheumatism we live in, seeking perfection in which left his heartAn a weakened music. We will not’ stop untiF we condition. have found it.” : A very large crowd attended the I cannot express the disappoint- funeral which was held on Sunday ment. felt by the members of the at 2 p.m., at the United church, chorus who claim Olds as our home- Torrington, Rev. Traub of Mayton town, when no arrangements could officiated. Pallbearers were all be made there to sponsor the mixed school friends of the deceased. They chorus. And this from a town which were: Mickey Hutton. Reuben En- we have come to know is respected zie, Ernest’ Bechler, Kenneth and in all parts of Alberta. Our wel- Delbert Berreth, and John Kraft. come in Southern Alberta from’ The flowers were numerous and Blairmore to Raymond was warm beautiful. Interment was made in and spontaneous, and we felt that the Torrington cemetery and Orme the people enjoyed our singing as and Son of Olds were in charge much as we enjoyed singing for of arrangements. them. i He leaves to mourn his passing, And so, Mr, Rditor, I have writ- his mother and father, and two ten you this letter. Perhaps next brothers and three sisters. year the people of Olds will decide| The sympathy of the entire dis- that some music sung by some trict is extended to the family. young and not professional singers | being a part, a minor part no doubt, 6:00 p.m. Baseball Final on diamond : Bill Burns underwent an oper- |Mrs. O. R. Hansen, Olds; a 66-piece ation in the Holy Cross hospital,|dinner set; Gent's first, John Eby of in Calgary last weel.. He expects to!Olds, a Shavemaster razor; Gents spend nearly three months in the 2nd. J. C. Turple, Olds; a telescopic hospital recuperating. fishing rod. had not noticed whether the back! The day will take the form of a window was closed or not: asjpicnic lunch at noon with a picnic they left the office and closed the program following. The fair and sale front door which he confirmed as of the clubs is to be held at Car- being locked. Airey joined he and stairs June 3. would bring some pleasure and get behind any effort to achieve, this. I sincerely hope-so. . : Respectfully yours, Joyce Mitchell. Mayor A. A. Dunkley. who has been confined to bed in Davis, Calif., with a heart ailment, is but will not be able to return to Olds until later than planned.
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