2016
Vol. LXV, No. 33 City – 32 pages Country – 48 pages July 11, 2017
Always better – always better read Inside
HOBO Day
Who Can I Count On? Page 9 Entertainment Page 11 City Page Page 12 Obituaries Pages 18 to 20
It’s 1932. It’s a sweltering hot and dusty day in Camrose. Tired and down on his luck, hobo Norm Prestage, who just “rode the rails” from a province somewhere east of Alberta, is welcomed to this small prairie town. He’s grateful for a bite to eat courtesy of Amielle Christopherson, an employee of the Canadian Northern Railway.
On the Road Pages 21 to 25 Classifieds Pages 27 to 30
News Features Camrose celebrates Canada Day with loads of fun. . . . . . . . . . 8 Be a Tourist in Your Own Town. . . . . . 11 BRSD gives Christian Academy a year’s notice . . . . . . . . . . 17 Fire in Creekview destroys two houses under construction . . . . . 24 Reflections Column by Bonnie Hutchinson. . . . 4
Real Estate Central Agencies Inc. Pages 31 and 32
This Week's Flyers To Camrose Homes To Rural Homes Tues. Thurs. With Booster
A & W
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Brick Warehouse
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Camrose Groves’ Value Drug Mart
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Camrose Safeway
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Canadian Tire
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Hauser Home Hardware
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Ken’s Furniture
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Panago Pizza
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Real Canadian Superstore
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RONA
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Shoppers Drug Mart
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Walmart
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Wild Rose Co-op
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Listen Up! Canada
The Great Depression, a ten-year period from 1929 through 1939, was a period of unsurpassed desperation for Canadians. Jobs were few and far between. Money was scarce. Property values plummeted. Farms and homes, in staggering numbers, were turned over to banks when loans could not be repaid. With little to no money and very little reason to remain optimistic, individuals and, in some cases, whole families, thousands in number, hopped freight trains weekly, in a valiant (but usually vain) attempt to cross the land in search of work. They expected little – just work, any kind of work, to get enough money for very basic food, clothing and shelter. These folk were routinely known as hobos. Camrose Heritage Railway Station and Park will recognize these hard times in an event called Hobo Day on Saturday, July 15th. The goal of the day is a combination of entertainment and education for all age groups. You will learn how frugally these down-on-their-luck people were forced to live; how songs and friendships brightened their lives; and how a unique “code” prevailed in the hobo jungles of Canada; the unwritten, but respected, “law” used when large numbers of destitute and homeless, well-intentioned people congregated in the same location. This is a Canada 150th event not to be missed.
www.camrosebooster.com
Photo by Ron Pilger
*partial coverage