Milk River Review (June 9, 1955)

              the review servii * haw s^atg ss*sssss*a*sss*ssssa***bß>**>*sß«a*a»»a«s*a volume 7 - no 29 milk river alberta - subscription rates canada year zoo outside canada 3.00 june 9 1955 john l evans introducing john l evans of raymond your liberal candid ate m the warner constituency a prominent farmer and ranch r mr evans is well qualified to serve as your representative m the legislature : his wide experience m public and community affair include serving on the raymond town council raymond planning commission rodeo committee past president of the lions club and many other public and social act ivities as a liberal representative [ would strive to assure you tax payers honesty m government the liberal party platform call for appointment of a royal com mission to make a full investiga tion of all government financial business this to me seems like a sound idea after all its the tax payers money and they have a fight to know how it is being spent since most of us are directly or indirccty concerned with farming i feel more support and assistance should be given farmers for in stance qualified young men and women will receive assistance m becoming established . under our liberal proposal we would provide interest free loans for farm power development moncton readies for acadian fesimties — ceotrtl presi c.d«<si»n long known as the capital of the acadians the city o moncton is preparing to live up to its name with the biggest festival ever held in new brunswick from august 9-15 citirens and ex-citizens of acadian descent will turn back the pages of history two hundred years to 1755 when the neutral french or acadians were driven from their homes in nova scotia and new brunswick by the conquering british sidney mae dugas poses in 17 century french costume xvhicli will be worn by moncton girla during the bicentennial festivities as she examines an old-fashion wi spinninp v/hccl * masinasin news the f.u.a meeting was held m conjunction with the 4h club at which time delegates were appoint ed to attend the at lethbridge and plans for the pic nic on june 10th were discussed j.m hughson councillor for this district gave an interesting talk on his duties as a member of the warner county council the masinasin mermaids and their supervisor mis skippen held their achievement day on friday june 3rd mothers of the girls and institute members were invited the display of finished articles was excellent and showed the liard work on the part of the girls and their supervisors mrs skippen and mrs hansen the girls with the highest marks who were darlcnc thompson gladys horgus and donna losey will at tend the olds school this sum mer mr and mrs gustav follak nee rosie berg of millet who were recently married visited at the home 0 mr and mrs lawr ence halmrast they were cnroutc to great falls and other montana points •• • ■ mrs sandra pine and daughter nadine of warner were guests at the home of mr and mrs k lewison es es • miss esther thielen . left for edmonton recently where she is employed as laboratory technician • • • the hon l.c halmrast is vis iting at his farm home through the keyhole by d.v smith legion hl-lites — bingo at the legion hall on saturday june l'sth the 1j cv ft deep freeze will be ruffled off on the evening of july ist - tickets 1-00 frankie haz ci>me to the rescue of a lady early friday a.m the elks will iv charge of the concession on july ist afchis allen iv charge of beverages and roscoe hulit m charge of the par ade a last sunday's rodeo at sweet grass attracted one of the largest crowds for many years two local operators were way laid by a windcharger last tues day - doug and bill the ice centre is about ready ior wheat storage maurice says there is still room for volunteer help uest wishes to elva and hal on their coming marriage on june 17th frank siedel has a new rec ipe for the punch bowl the gas line from coutts to milk river will soon be at the bridge croteau is having a good nights sleep for a change mac mclean is taking over some of the gas worries now news notes •• • • george kuhl has returned home after spending the last three weeks it eastern canada and ann arbor and detroit michigan band queen honored alisti connie chapman queen of the milk river band was pleas antly surprised at the band prac tice last wednesday evening when phyllis schmitt on behalf of the milk river band presented her with two travelling bags as a tok en of appreciation miss chapman together with the milk river t ßand participated m the canadian legion band fes tival held m lethbridge on may 28th the milk river band which was organized one year ago gave a good performance and were given a wonderful reception by the music lovers who listened to them play the two dolls dressed by the home and school and entered m continued on back page 4-h club news the regular meeting of the writing on stone 4-h club was held recently with eleven members present andy horgus lead the members m the 4-h pledge and secretary herman thielen read the minutes of the last meeting and also a letter concerning the 4-h camp to be held m lethbridge this summer inorbert vombrock read a very interesting article on the control of wild oats the thematic display and float committees gave their reports and a discussion followed the mem bers met at the homo of richard thull to prepare the float for the lethbridge parade an invitation will be extended to the members of the warner 4-h clubs to tour the local grain plots after the meeting was adjourned the 4-h members sat m on the f.u.a meeting and the boys re ported on various safety rules con cerning the farm club reporter - dennis hierath aden news seceding has come to a finish and with the last few days of sun shine grain has made rapid growth a ball game was held at the grain school on sunday afternoon mr louis kolesar is driving a new two tone chrysler mrs hannah schroeder who has been visiting her sister mrs wareberg sr is now visiting m sweetgrass montana a number attended divine wor ship service m the new grassy rutte school on sunday rev c shoemaker of stanford montana was m charge of services mr shoemaker was a dinner guest of mr and mrs ed hcnlinc and fam ily mr orvillc wareberg has en tered several of his fine register ed aberdeen angus dulls m the lethbridge bull sale hon l.c halmrast hon leonard c hedmrast provincial minister of agriculture was nominated on wednesday as social credit candidate to repres ent the warner constituency m the june 29 provincial election halmrast was nominated by perry barton stirling farmer and seconded by russel lawrence of milk river t.w meldrum of raymond president of the war ner constituency social credit association was m the chair the meeting was told by the continued on page five notice to parents visiting day f or grade 1 begin ners for the fall term will be on thursday june 1 7th v from 9;00 a m to 3:00 p.m all children who plan to attend the milk river school and who will be 6 years old by december 31 next may enroll kindly present birth certificates at registration lucky strike news mr albert stadelman and fam ily of lloydminster saskatchewan were recent visitors with his par ents mr and mrs stadelman of groton the lucky strike community club held its monthly meeting on thursday may 26th at the hall with v'erdell taylor as hostess there were seven members and one visitor present and roll call was a favorite flower i would like to grow it was decided to raffia an electric bench grinder at the fall bazaar cemetery day will be lield on june sth jn the morning and it is hoped to have a large crowd present as there is a lot of work to do the contest given by nona whitney was won by pauline sturtevant and the tea prize was won by florence conway lunch was then served little rita walsh is a lethbridge hospital patient * seeding operations have been completed m this district summer fallow ing is now m full swing continued on back page golden jubilee — - — celebration ' milk river — parade — ball games — dance — july ist