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N AUCTION RT REPORT MONTO A capacity crowd was on hand’ at- ED a : market on Tuesday with @ Dept. Prov. Librarv Jan an: ! good run of livestock on hand. ! | ‘ On offer were 442 hogs, 194 \ [ antic: 15 sheep and 3 horses. * Lal calves sold from $15 to [9° J | sold : / $57.50. Milk cows $150 , to $200. 650 Ib. heifers sold ‘from fe _ | $17 ‘to $18.80 per cwt. These were | of the stocker and feeder variety. 60th YEAR — NUMBER 7 ‘James River News A correction in last weeks news: | The Credit Union wilt hold its an- meeting at the Community Report From Edmonton Rod Macleod, ML.A. |store on Feb. 20th at 2 p.m. in- The 14th Session of the Alberta, sist the Speaker to put on his/ stead of the Credit Union building. Legislature opened last Thursday robes. However, be struggled with! The annual m of the Com- with alll the traditional ceremonies.| them, but amidst a x cea of; munity Centre was held Feb. 13 some of them as old as Parliament laughter they persuai This; with approximatély 16 people pre- Mtself, This is the first time I have is seenbvelie && the early bepianings| sent. inutes and financial sta‘e- been present at an opening and of Parliament in when,| ments were ftead and approved. i must say 1 was very impressed.| if Parliament incurred e dis-| During the meeting motion was ‘The decorations in the Parliament} pleasure of the King, the S, er | made to move the ‘school fircm Bui! — the red carpet on was liable to be thrown in jail or its present site 2 the west of th: the magnificent staircase — the! even lose his head. Under those/| store on ke pes 00s 60 dresses of the ladies —! circuanstances one can understand | donated. committee was made Whe colorful uniforms of the mili the reluctance. After the Speaker up of ime "clcving: Soe Feddem- tary — the music of the band — came back into the House mge Penney tke booming of the cannon — the| in his robes of office, he took the and er Kneesch to take out the distinguished guests — the im- chair and the Lieutenant Gover- cement and put skids under. Rog- pressive appearance of the Lieut-, nor then came back in and with-' er Coderre is to supply skids. A. enant Governor as the représenta-| out further hesitation read the Saunders and D. Woods will sup- tive of Her Majesty the Queen — | Speech from the Throne. | Ply cats to the building. The all these impressions and -many | es ane Specs ee teen the new ae “Mts. “letohe more. WD- more combi mak fouse adjourn. uni y at; propriate. letcher, with a of SS eens ne Opening 2:30 pm. On. Friday afternoon, | little help, will give dinner. to the . . the reply to the Speech froin the| crew. Just before the meeting ad- The Lientenant Governor came THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1960 False Alarm Brings Out Fire Brigade A 3 am. alarm Monday morning brought the Olds Volunteer Fire Department to the 0.S.A. dormi- tory. However a careful check of the premises disclosed no fire al- though hallways were filled with smoke. A trash can filled with burning refuse was found at the rear of the dormitory outside. Normally this can sat inside the downstairs hallway about twenty feet from the rear door. The dormitory fire sig- nal system which set of the alarm was not far from where the can normally was placed. Olds firemen, aided by OS.A. stafé and gas company men made a room by room check of the dormi- tory but could find no other pos- Local Dealer Wins Award 1Oc per Single Copy; $3.00 per yéar in Canada; $350 in U.S.A: | FIVE KILLED IN TRAIN—CAR | ACCIDENT wi Five were killed Sunday morning near $16.50, depending on Tofield, Alta., when a freight en-, and gilts sold for $32.50 Hee $57.50 ee they rode home from church. | hospital in Tofield on was diesel engine of a Canadian - The victims Mr. and Mrs. John Denneus, both! about 40 years old, and their children, Donna 16, Philip, sed. ported dition in hospital were John, and a two-week-old mediate explanation fior the acci- dent, which occured under ‘sunny farm’ village, 40 milles east mo. TS at Heifer to $13.50 per cwt. ae fa hogs brought from ean members of one family; Feeder side. Sows. sliced into their station wag-! Boars brought from $34 to $61. © Fat heifers weighing from 940 Two surviving children were in t0 1040 ibs. sold from $1850 to $18.80 per cwt. said a Tofield district ROMP i Lumb: pos’ man, his wife and three children ! it as fe and se aintion wag: | Hay sold at 40¢ to 55¢ per bale with from 65¢ to 75¢ a bale. broadside by the tional Railways freight train. were identified. as Ennerdale News Ernie Saunders is now working at Fawcett, Alberta. Mr. and Mrs, Walter Hanna and ’ girls visited at the home of Mr. e was no im-, and Mrs. Wm. Elliot ‘last week. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. (ton Harper ‘on: the, birth of a daughter, Rhonda Gail, on Jan. 21 Mrs. Geo. Clark iat" Allan’ visit- The engine ground the vehicle eq with Mrs. Hodgson, Sr., who. is t and seven year old Hileen.| e two other children — re- to be in satisfactory oe Police said ther skies at a Jevel crossing near r this east of Ed-| Throne was moved by Mr. Bill | journ:d, two new trustees for our imto the House but refused to read Ure, MLUL.A. from the Consti{ucncy | dvision were introduced to those | present. We were pleased to hav2 | them present since the posters for the election hadn’t mentioned we would vote for. for the new tra; m Bentz’s on Feb- the Speech from the Throne be- eause there was no Speaker and me rela out of the again, Assembly then elected a Pues Rev. Peter Dawson, M.L.A. for the Little Bow Constituency, | wt has been Speaner of the! aoe are 1937. the second long: erm of any in British ‘Commanwesitn Tie Prem- der and one of the Cabinet Mimis- ters, Mr. Hooke. then went to as- Deer and seconded by Mrs. | the S. Wilson, Me for Ea-| monton North The debate was adjourned by Mr. Ernest Watkins, | just W) from Calgary, a member) place for votin: of the Opposition. This means that! tees will be at he will be the first speaker when’ te House opens on Monday after- noon. This is the’ first of a series of, esday. Six, weekly reports ion some of the} presettt. It was decided to try to the present Session. | | highlights of hes NOMINATIONS FOR M.D. COUNCILLORS AND HOSPITAL BOARD REPRESENTATIVES Reeve W. J. Bagnall is expected to stand ‘for renomination in Divi- sion 2 of the MD. ef Mt. View when nominations are regeived Wiscnesday, February 24th mt the MOD. annual meeting. Nominations returning icer E. A. Topping at! ¢he Olds Elementary School bel tween the hours of three o’clock: and four o’clock in the afternoon. | | up for renomination is A! L. Hogg in Division 4. sary ‘forthe O} Hospital Di in Warde 1 and 4 and for the Dide:, bury ‘Hospital in Ward 2. en fee nt pi ; Ps aff ee a ig aon i : Ff a a day, ‘Aditer the regular business of! the Chapter was com: od. el annual meeting was held. Re and 3 mien secretary, report been spent on a table, chairs and ee of the Queen’ and Prince fhe Public Library and ‘on edu- cation generally, $111.10. Mrs. R. secretary of services at home and abroad reported 100 articles of knitting and sewing — value of work for the year ‘wae ag following officers were el- ected for fhe year: it — Mrs. C. W. Street. 1st Vice Regent — Mrs. C. M Becker. 2nd Vice Regent — Mrs. W. E. yennational Sec. — Mrs. Vinchioes See. — Mrs. R. L. Samdi- bends. oem sevice — ee Are "Standard Bearee — Mre. ‘A. Dodd. Public Relations — Mrs. wane of the standing com- mittees will be apointed at the March meeting. The L 0. D. E. was organized 1960 and now The evolution to 1960 A.D. will be received by j-p .| Sponsored by pemnaiteres Ot £6 M.D. COUNCIL MEETING ‘AN members vf the M.D. Coun- cil were present for the regular meeting | February 8th. wide for the establishment ‘of .a) °Fire Protection Area and for the! of apparatus and .equip- ment. Several applications or iva. | gion . were forwarded to the Red | Deer District Planning ‘Commis-| were | sion for Four mehtbere of the Toad crow eee we vers Becker and = ics enim we ‘vide for @ program of hail pressidn in the south east portion | ‘of the Mamicipal District. A Court of Revision will be held on March 2nd and 3rd, 1960,! ‘to hear a: appedis. directed bo the Abert February 15th, 1960. V. L. A. Farmers ‘Hold Field Day by the loreal repre-j Provincial De- pranent ot Agriculture and. the eterans’ Land Act, an interest- ig and es informative field day was Friday, February 12 with thirty farmers and their families of the’ field The purpase day E.| was to observe some practical ap-| * some of the newer with build- and of the natural instincts. Geont” was ed by Miss Jean) Harry also demontrated the Kirker acc! Miss Mary| in his milking parlour that he had fabricated from used pipe as OO a result of his ability as a a trade he learned in the RADIOLOGIST TO SERVE CAE: The group next visited Cullen > Bros. dairy to see a bulk special joint meeting of| milk tank and a pipeline milking the Olas ' Ot ot ie system. eh dell 08 Another V.L.A. farmer, Mel ee 15, an oe was made with Dr. ot Re Red Deer to Srowde radiological give Borium tests and other ser- vices requiring a radiologist. formerly this service was only available in Red Deer or Calgary, requiring time and expense der those requiring a radiol woes. This forward step in inedk es will be appreciated s the community. ‘Hammer’s feed Richards in the early afternoon to explain Dr.| some of the management benefits and associated with his and the new open edical | f, barn tothe dices be tas under com Next was 2° visit to one of Tony lots where beef is monoed in large quanti- ties by means of good organization and careful planning. For e dencies end shel fans idies this day was a follow-up many hours of classroom ak they had spent with Howard Ful- Brown, Assessor, was; Donald were Sunday visit at attend a meeting of| th are ‘As- sociation to_be held at Red Deer, 2|8 members and 7 visitors present. ruary 17th. Mrs. C. Kneesch was hostess to the ladies Commmmity Club last Wedn: members were have some of our work -ready for the ! The material was cut up for working. OmeNe, since ts decision was we have ' learned that the “good ‘Neighbors’ ‘dub of Pine View ure going to Junior “hose tal at Easter, se we will No | first | turn out an | You'll be *most Mr. | I The. Community Centre will’ 2 novelty dence a the James ‘Riv- er on Friday, February ‘£9th. | Halls orchestra com Cram | will supply the music. Mr. and Mrs. Fat Ware and the E. Bowness ‘home. He ane ee eee Gt lenn were Sunday visitors ‘the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. ch, ‘Everyone -} welcome and it will ‘be ‘held ut the H. A. Sorenson, Olds Auto Electric, Olds is shown here receiving top prize as winner of a dealer competition for best sales, service and housekeeping in his territory during 1959. Presenting the prize is J. D. Chidlow, territory sales representative. Prizes to nine other dealers in central and norihern district were presenied by Imperial Oil at a ban- ques in Edmonton last Friday. M. G. Hurley, division sales manager, congratulated the winners for their performance. | Westerdale News The Westerdale Willing Workers| Sunday, Jan. Sist, Mr. and Mrs met: at the home of Mrs. Ben Dean and family were up -| Kershaw with eleven members pre-| rom Galearg visiting wit) = sent. The meeting was opened by] ents, Mr. Mrs. Dean of singing “Let me Call You Sweet-|€re and Mr. and Mrs. John Bother- heart” ‘féllowed by the creeil. Roll} 2S, Sr. Little granddaughter, Al- call was answered by birth month} #224 stone and flower. The mimutes of | the ‘last meeting were read and adopted as read. was a 3 in the Business arising out of minutes Hospital. to report he wert the rent of Club House and| is ‘home and doing nicely. what fee. It was detided ‘to charge members more: The Bingo fer February was next. Ft will be a grocery B: govand the charge will we 10 games for 50c for Adufts and " n under 14, 25e for 10 games. Extra fr cards 25c and the Black out game will be’ 1 a have se Oc extra. is 1” grapefrait : one” Chub House. It was decided ‘to have e Fair again this year in August ‘the 17 or 24th if ee van get judwes* ‘one of the above dhites. ‘A card of thanks to be sent to Mrs. Art Wadroff Ter the lovely} rence hand made cushion she ‘gave to ga Mrs. Haynes, Sr. our Club raffle er te do ‘whatever; Mr. Nick Featherstone . entered we wish with it. It was decided?the Olds Hospital Saturday, Feb. to raffle in the chib and each| 6th. Glad to report he is improv- buy one dollars ‘worth of | ing. Mrs. Les Steeves spent a days in Calgary this week. The Innis say ladies at the home of mg Jack on Wednesday, F 10th with 11 members Tint es of the previous pening were ‘Tread an adopted: ‘eall. was answered. er, Patrick Dewane, tickets. It was decided te ‘have -a Bake Sale in Becker's Qrug Store‘on the Sth 6f March. Meeting adjourmed. ‘Hostess prize was won by Mrs. W. Herbert. A lovely lunch was served by the hostess and himeh committee. few | We met “ rher and Tom Clarke where farm, been ; am: and plans organizing their individual farm in" to return more net dol- Mary Riley W.L was held at the home of Mrs. Henry Young, with March 7 and 8. Miss Puffer (Red Deer Health Nurse) gave an. inter- esting talk on diabetes and answer- ed questions asked. Mrs. C. John- son read her paper on arthritis which was very good. We are busy making quilt blocks for our re- Mrs. Young and helpers served a delicious lunch of Scotch pan- cake! The March meeting will be held -| weather was so ‘was vollebail :at the hall serve quilt, each member making prime two. S with a hi m yoke current _ ‘There was a goed crowd at the| Acknow aoe y ee dance Friday night being as ‘the pital was reeeived. eth moved a $10 donation be sent Mi, and. “Mrs = to the Heart Fund in Calgary. Thene #9 10, Be: card Sar a the Club ‘House Monday ‘the 22,) Roeth sold several-tick. those ‘with Mrs. J. Corvie and Mrs. ‘R.| present for the Olds oe i Vai- Heaton as ‘hostess. entine Tea. Mrs. Marg Haynes gave I wonder where our snow plow has gone as‘the roads could sure use it. Shovels are a little slow. , ¢ There was .a gqod turn out at | the hockey game on the river an Sunday, and im the evening suere me contest. , won out in a fie with | man, Mrs. as was the recipient of the Hostess rize. The hostess then served a lelicious gus tench, Hy Beatson by Saugh- ters, berries be and Donna and Ellen Mi BO yp dencas ms to Mr. and Mrs. Conway upon the birth of a -beatrice Ross, Mrs. Hazel Mrs. Mang Haynes and Mrs. Harel Holmes. were in the prizes at the Olds bonspiel. Allan Roeth and hi ot thee is team were and thave a game. Westerdale wasn’t Incky en- ough to get in the prizes at the Ed Rest Boom Tea and Draw ont. if .| Kenny Herbert helped’ draw the tickets. Mr. and Mrs. Emerson, O’nei “were visitors of Mr. and Mrs. A. Jones last Friday. ) On Saturday, February » th oan r r les “2 who do: oonted the many wonderful prizes f raffle. The list of donors and at the home of Mrs. B. Corbett. ;. raffle Rinnere wil in appear iat cone >| delegate to the Cancer Workshop Your correspondent rec fee of $2.00. for Club member ‘from Mrs. Stan Statham for “private. parte and not 0 ene 3 Arte oe : 4 am. it read: | ‘The Queen eh] ~ te ‘ond 3° 3 ine fs enjoying et Sans Sy aon "i be i ik es eC. of C. Hold Ladies Night February -? of a to Mre. Lou Conway while in hos- and Mrs. Erma’ Ro- |} ' and smail daughters were sapper ~ Mrs, Jack Ha; guests “Priday everiing at We | loiter be writen to the Disteice home of “Mr. and Mrs. ‘Sam ¥Yack-| py. Bconauih ing an. ep seer pointment to demonstrate clothing | | eer its whee as ed tt a age fae Se ‘hundred feet. | ‘The mother was alive when ex- tricated from the wreckage but died moments after arrival at hos- pital in Edmonton. The two sur- viving children, a 12-year-old boy, and an infant girl, were taken to hospital in Tofield. They were re- ported in good epndition. The train’s crew was not injur-| ed. The f was east-bound on | the Edmonton- ‘Wainwright: Saska- | toon line. RCMP saia diesel-drawn sible source: of the smoke which had invaded the corridors and din- ing room ee Sundre ndre W. I. The February meeting of the Sundre W.I. was held in the W.. hall on February 11th with 14 members answering the roll call by “My favorite hymn.” Meeting opened with singing of “I’m Glad to See You Here” and repeating of the creed. Min- utes of the last meeting were read and approved. Mrs. Frank Earles is to be our the engine of ia! eastbound eight | “ran ogee Sel station wagon. Wreckage ‘ttered for sev- eral hundred feet down the track.| Mr. and Mrs. Denneus at one time lived on the Golden north east of Sundre. Mrs. Den- neus was @ sister of Mre. Shermer- horn of Olds. gs HOME AND SCHOOL NEWS The Olds Home: and School Ae will meet a 22nd at 8:15 in the Junior School. in Calgary ‘on-March 7 and 8 and Mrs. Frank Madge is to attend the Bienniel Conference on March 30 |< and 31 in Calgary. A card party is to be held on Feb. 17th in the W.I. hall. Everyone welcome. Mrs. P. Nielsen’s handicraft pa- per on “Sewing with Wool” was read by Mrs. F.. Madge. Mrs. I Stramsmoe won both ‘the raffle nd the contest. i as: yeaa eae a = interest’ you. Monday, cere 15th. was ladies night at the Olds Chamber of Commerce. oe the evening Colorful Opening! inted LIt..Gov. J.P. yer Hele ee Aa it Calgary Barrister, feil German, who spoke oats his persue views of Education and recent German is also Chairman of Dis- ae lature in one of the most colorful opening ceremonies. in the prov- ince’s history. akon go i vit e legislature, decked with flowers inside, in his official car. Mr. Page then. inspected a 100sman guard of ; honor provided by the Calgary- | based Queen’s Own Rifles of Can- ada. More than 500 guests saw the ildren.' opening from the floor of the as- sembly chamber and from the galleries. Thousands of other. Al- bertans watched the ceremony on a province-wide television network. ve ip fort ci snore meni wit thi paren the teachers. " p,m Mr. German A wis very it member for Little Bow. was troduced by. Mr. -. a at ink | named Speaker of the House prior thanked "Preside Mr.| to the reading of the Speech from y ed Commaeee. the Olds Cham- the Throne. He has served as mn im Boyd cbavention sf ar on| speaker since 1937. ie eon nvention of adian Rocki Mr. Page, named Lieutenant- Governor following the death of Hon. J. J. Bowlen last December, arrived at the legislature shortly before 3 p.m. in a Windsor uni- form, complete with gold braid and plumed hat. 9 EIGHT ESCAPE SUNDRE FIRE children and fore, the response. for a behaviior dev eo Cpe ~ session of the 14th Alberta legis- i A 15gun salute greeted the Lt. Gov. as he was driven to the | Mrs. Rev. Peter Dawson, Social Cred-| Yowell recovering very nicely* from her operation in Calgary and looking forward to getting home. Several of the men from this. district were curling in Bowden’ last week. Congratulations to the rink skipped by Bob Clark, Bilt Elliot 3rd, B. Christoffersen -2nd, and Joe Clark, lead, who won Ist in the top event. Second in the same event was won by the Doug Paton rink, who had as team mates Dick Grant, Bob Davidson and A lan Clark. ——— s='Stops In Olds; Enroute T oAlaska _ | or Ag family will follow him after > is out for the summer. The 0: boys in the Leatherdale and . ce o = = 3 tty. Jensen > Tos Yoces Ted" for oi sans each won a_ prize. - the Parkland wh: lies west, ' Olds. It was felt that if some-' Of this nature ure could be st ff | highway hat we of while Mr and Were . cleg e ia pete ar-| ed through the main entrance Bat th boarder thet to be rescued from the Leurte wnd| Servite five deere % wo by Mrs.| dle Helvorson ‘wae ac i a5 ' ; y annual meet- ine of the Great Union on Friday, Credit : a pm. in A ik & 5 Wes raid z by car to Anchorage, Ay His:
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