Frontier Days Get Nice Break

              Vol. 50 — No. 26 The High River Times, High River, Alberta, Thursday, June 30, 1955
Frontier Days
Get Nice Break
High River is lucky in the dates
for Frontier Days, providing the
weather doesn't play us false.
The big rodeo program directed
by Herman Linder on the after­noon
of Julv 6 is the only rodeo
event of that week in southern
Alberta. 5k) the wild bulls, the
bucking horses and the cowboys
will all be rested up and r'arin'
to go. They should put on a first
dass show. There will be a
large contingent of contesting
cowboys eag»r to make time till
the Calgary Stampede opens. The
same Is true of the chuckwagons
they'll want action before going
on to Calgary. So the rodeo
events afternoon/ and evening
should be hot stuff. And don't for­get
that the laughable Buddv
TTeaton is clowning for the show.
An extra attraction on Julv 5
and 6 is the Alberta Jubilee cara­van
which i« touring the province
with all sorts of interesting exhi-bits
from ail over Alberta. This
caravan will be on the vodeo
grounds on Julv 5 and 6 and will
be on exhibit free of charge.
TPhe parade, which is to be held
on the morning of July 6 at 10.30
\* shaping up well, Band music is
a vital feature of any parade,
and there will be outside bands in
addition to the local band. The
parade is to have two four-horse
stage coaches, one coming up
from the south and one from Cal­gary.
The big Planters peanut
float is alwavs colorful, and there
are hints of some outstanding
community entries. The town
council is co-operating 100% rep­resenting
High River's first coun­cil
in dignltv and garb. The com
mittee would like assurance of
more entries from town organiza­tions
and individuals, because
generous prizes deserve a large
entry list. Once the election Is
over, local people will probablv
put their minds to parade en­tries.
Frontier Day vehicle and
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Don't forget our 'Frontier Days' July 5 and 6
Open House For Col. Snyder Guest Speaker . Brisk Election
"Granny" Hughes Ladles Night At RotOM Campaign Over
Mrs. Mary Hughes of Hartell,
affectionately known as "Gran­ny"
Hughes by her many friends
celebrated her 85th birthday on
June 28th. She makes her home
with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Ryan and
enjoys life with as much zest as
any of her grandchildren. She is
the mother of Mrs. Jim Ryan,
and has lived with the Ryan fam­ily
for the past thirty years. The
standard old mother-in-law jokes
fall jjretty fiat in Jim Ryan's
presence, because his tribute is
"My mother-in-law has lived with
us thirty years and we've never
had a cross word." Perhaps Mrs.
Hughes' good health has had
something to do with her Rimnv
Has Entertaining Program
It was Ladies' Night at Rotary on June 23, and the men
arranged several features for the special enjoyment of
the ladies. They secured the popular Colonel Snyder as guest
speaker; Dr. Blayney composed one of his witty poems; Miss
Loretta Keller of Calgary, gave
dance routines, and a priceless H a r p e r t 0 m a k e for t h ,
performance was given by dra- c o m i p r e s i d e n t C l a r k C o h v e l l malic artists who presented their w a s t o f t n ' e t h e m p f D r
own version of The Women. It Blayney's poem, and was also re-was
quite a Production, because f r r r e d t o b Q t n e r s m x h e the boys were prettied up for the
afternoon tea party, all in £emin (Please Turn to Pace 4)
Wednesday, June 29 concludes
one of the briefest and most hard
fought election campaigns in Al­berta's
history. In the Okotoks
High River constituency there
are only two candidates, Hon. Iv­an
Casey. Minister of Lands and
Forests for the S.C. government,
and Ross Ellis. Mayor of High
River, and Liberal-Conservative
candidate. In almost all other con­stituencies
there are three or
more candidates which will delay
final returns.
Indications are that a larger
than usual vote will be polled in
this constituency. Both candidates