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A helicopter banks away while
filming the August riverboat
races. Whitecourt would do
well to start marketing this
event in Edmonton. It’s a hard
attraction to duplicate for
other towns within easy driving
distance of the capital region.
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SEPTEMBER 2005 — VOL. 3 NO. 9 — CIRCULATION 4,590
Prelude to a Province
T
by Dan Parker
here has been much written
about honouring Alberta’s
past in the run-up to the province’s official centennial date on
September 1, 2005. The sacrifices, perseverance and integrity of
early settlers have been repeatedly hi-lighted. However, few
individuals have an appreciation
(Continued on page 11)
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ENTENNIAL**
Sept 2, 3 & 4
(Details Center Spread)
Sports Quiz
Name as many teams as you can
that are suggestive of felines.
Summarized from Sagatiwah Saga.
travelers. The first attempts to 1898, during the Klondike gold (Ans. p. 12)
Whitecourt Quiz
ith more and more oil and create a route in this direction rush. As has been related earlier,
In what decade was the highway
gas industry moving into had happened as far back as
(Continued on page 6)
to Fox Creek opened? (Ans. p. 9)
the Whitecourt area in the 50’s,
Vocabulary Test
work at last went ahead on the
Cosset means: a) to pamper b) to
main highway from Edmonton
The Rivers Hotel
swear at c) women’s undergarburns in 1962
to Grande Prairie. The Alaska
ment d) vulgar? (Ans. p. 4)
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Time for MDG Action is Now,
Annan Tells London Gathering
GNA - London - For the first time developed and developing countries have accepted their responsibilities for reducing
poverty, while the targets for reducing vast socio-economic ills
have garnered unprecedented political support, giving the world
a make-or-break moment to improve the lot of the poor, United
Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today. In an address
at an anti-poverty event at London’s St. Paul’s Cathedral, he focused on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which
were approved at a UN summit in 2000 and which prescribe measurements and targets for the reduction or elimination of current
socio-economic ills by 2015. Progress on achieving them will be
reviewed at what is expected to be the world’s largest summit
ever next September at the UN. “All of you are here because,
like me, you know that this is a make-or-break moment for the
Millennium Development Goals – and for the world’s poor,” Mr.
Annan said. “You know that how we fare for the next 10 years
hinges on decisions that must be taken within the next days and
months.” - http://www.undp.org
Commentary - Once again, it must be emphasized that any
lasting, democratic solution must entail fundamental reform of
the monetary system. Under the current system, about 95% of
money is created as debt, at compound interest. The money to
pay the compound interest does not exist, until it is created as
more debt, at more compound interest. Hence large debts, and
high taxation to pay interest on government debt, in rich and poor
countries alike.
To reiterate, from a previous article on this matter, after the
G8 summit in Okinawa in 2000, President Obasanjo of Nigeria
made this comment on Nigeria’s debt: “All that we had borrowed
up to 1985 or 1986 was around $5 billion and we have paid about
$16 billion yet we are still being told that we owe about $28 billion. That $28 billion came about because of the injustice in the
foreign creditors’ interest rates. If you ask me what is the worst
thing in the world, I will say it is compound interest.”
Record low interest rates have gone a long way towards alleviating the situation. However, recently the idea of substantially
raising interest rates has been bandied about in the mainstream
press. Such a situation would mean billions of dollars more will
end up in the pockets of rich bond holders, while millions of
children in poorer countries continue to die of easily preventable
diseases. Any federal leader serious about poverty reduction, or
even a democratic deficit, would lead a charge against increased
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Playing Through
A scratch golfer hits his ball three hundred yards straight
down a narrow fairway. Unfortunately, it takes a terrible bounce
and careens off into the woods. He finds the ball, but trees surround it.
In a fit of anger, he grabs his nine-iron, and hits the ball as
hard as he can. It bounces off a tree straight back at the golfer’s
head, striking him in the temple and killing him.
He arrives in heaven, and God Himself is at the Pearly Gates
to greet him. Looking up his records, God sees that the guy is a
golf aficionado, or nut, and says, “Are you any good?”
The golfer looks at God and says, “I got here in two,
didn’t I?”
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A nursery school teacher was delivering a station wagon full
of kids home one day when a fire truck zoomed past. Sitting in
the front seat of the fire truck was a Dalmatian dog.
The children fell to discussing the dog’s duties.
“They use him to keep crowds back,” said one youngster.
“No,” said another, “he’s just for good luck.”
“It’s from the old days” said a third. “They used the dog to
help find people in the building.
“No that can’t be it” said a fourth child “How can he smell
with all the smoke around?
A fifth child brought the argument to a close. “They use the
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She looked at her mother and inquisitively asked, “Why are
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Her mother replied, “Well, every time that you do something wrong and make me cry or unhappy, one of my hairs turns
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The little girl thought about this revelation for a while and
then said, “Momma, how come ALL of grandma’s hairs are
white?”
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“A little surprise eh?” said
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“She is expecting a cruise.”
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Perception and Punctuation
An English professor wrote the words, “Woman with(NC)-Healthy eating is an important part of day-to-day life in Donna
Picoulas’ house. And that includes the lunches she, her husband and their out her man is nothing” on the blackboard and directed
his students to punctuate it correctly.
four girls take to work and school.
The men wrote: “Woman, without her man, is nothing.”
Every day, everyone pitches in to make sandwiches and pack each
The women wrote: “Woman: Without her, man is
bag with a yogurt, a fruit, a granola bar and occasionally a small treat.
nothing.”
“The rule in this house is there must be one fruit in each lunch bag.
Some kids bring nothing but junk to school for lunch but that’s not how it
is in this house,” said Picoulas.
Research shows that 30 to 35 per cent of all cancers can be prevented
by eating well, being active and staying at a healthy body weight.
“Healthy eating helps for healthy growth. We find the time to make
healthy choices because it’s important but we’ve also taught the kids to
help out so they learn to make their own healthy choices,” she said.
With a little preparation, you can get the proper nutrition in your
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Vocabulary answer from p. 1
WORD: cosset KOSS-it
(transitive verb) : To treat as
a pet; to treat with excessive
indulgence; to pamper.
SYNONYMS: * cater to * spoil
* dote on
ROOTS: Cosset is of uncertain
origin, though it might derive
from Old English cotsæta,
cottager, literally a “cot (cottage)
ter.”
QUOTE: These days individuals
no longer have recourse to
outsider camps that can cosset
and protect them while they
behave as oddly as they wish. -Luc Sante, “Be Different! (Like
Everyone Else!)” New York
Times Magazine, October 17,
1999
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Democracy in the Classroom
(NC)-With the under 30 crowd making up almost half of
Canada’s population, their potential for political clout is very
real. Yet, when it comes to politics Canadian youth just aren’t
interested. The reason-and the solution-is in the classroom, says
University of Ottawa education professor Joel Westheimer.
Westheimer has spent the past decade reviewing how democratic principles are taught. Funded by a grant from the Social
Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC),
he is carrying out a three-year study of how democratic values
could become a pillar of the public school curriculum.
“It’s impossible to develop democratic curriculum until you
actually figure out what people mean by democratic citizenship,”
he says. “For some people, good citizenship is about volunteering, about helping out when people are in trouble. For others, it’s
about getting involved in the political process, getting legislation
passed, or protesting.”
In all he has identified three distinct visions of citizenship
that could be passed on in the classroom.
The first is the “personally responsible” citizen, which includes good manners and other basic skills that allow individuals to fit into society without conflict. The second he calls the
“participatory” citizen, which asks individuals to vote, follow
changes in government policy, and become more active in political processes. The third is the “justice-oriented” citizen, who is
engaged in politics to the point of seeking change through lobbying efforts.
Young people are prepared to consider all three types of citi-
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ALLOW YOURSELF TO UNWIND
zenship, Westheimer insists. Unfortunately, schools generally fail
to tap into this interest.
“Mostly what our research is showing is that it’s critically
important for schools to offer a menu of options for students to
get involved in social, political and economic life,” he says. “But
the research is also showing us that in the United States and in
Canada, that menu is unbelievably small.”
In this way, education leaves young people with a very limited sense of democratic participation; so limited, that many of
them come to regard charity or volunteering as the only viable
form of participation in civic life.
Changes to the curriculum are absolutely essential to getting
young people involved, Westheimer concludes.
“Democracy is not self-winding,” he says. “These values and
political structures have to be protected and nurtured.”
Adapted with permission from an article by Tim Lougheed
in Research Perspectives, University of Ottawa, November 2004.
more information about SSHRC-supported research, visit the
Council’s website (www.sshrc.ca). - News Canada
Flying Will Be Next!
A boy is assigned homework to have his parents read him a
bedtime story. Upon reaching home, his father reads him a variation of the “Three Little Pigs.” The story covered everything from
the threat of the wolf, to the new addition of the pigs buying their
materials, to the pigs defeating the wolf. In class the next day, the
teacher asked the boy what the man selling sticks thought when
the pig came to his door. The boy promptly answered, “Holy cow,
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up a Stopping House for Selleck Sr., out at Cottonwood. In
any case, the old, scenic Blue
Ridge road via Coalmine Hill
was by-passed, and a complete
new route was cut over the hills
from Cottonwood into Whitecourt. This was completed in
The first evidence that the 1959.
government was finally serious
For paving, the highway
in building the highway came
in the early 1950’s, with the from Windfall was given precebuilding of the bridges over the dence, due to the traffic being
Macleod and Athabasca Rivers. generated by the oil and gas acThis work was locally contract- tivity. By the end of 1960, the
ed with Western Construction. paving crew had worked back
After the bridges were erected, over the river bridges and all
construction went ahead on
the highway west of town. An
The highway to
older right-of-way cut in 1936
Iosegun, or present
was abandoned in favour of
a straighter northwestern patday Fox Creek, was
tern. The highway to Iosegun,
officially opened in
or present day Fox Creek, was
October 1955.
officially opened in October
1955.
the way to Cottonwood. Then
The next step was the paving work was started on
building of a new route from the road from Windfall to Valthe top of Whitecourt Hill to leyview, with fall 1962 being
Cottonwood. To recap, Cot- the completion date.
tonwood had originally been
settled by the Sellecks, back
The highway going through
around 1907. Frank Selleck gave rise to new businesses to
had come through Whitecourt the west of town. Clyde Feero
as part of railway survey crew and A. J. Millar built “McLeod
in 1904, and drove in squatter’s River Tourist Services near the
stakes near the present day present day Quality Inn.
site of Millar Western. When
Frank’s father, Levi, moved to
A few days before the highthe area around 1907, Frank way officially opened in 1955,
and his brother Tim helped put Andy Babiy and Philip Keeley
some of the first Whitecourt
settlers, such as Dan Lamey,
moved to Whitecourt after
passing through the area in the
late 19th century, on their way
to the gold fields.
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opened their Gateway Esso
Service and coffee shop between the two bridges. In 1956,
four motel units were built by
Gateway, and became known as
Gateway Tourist Services Ltd. A
body shop was also constructed
on the property and an I.A.C.
truck dealership obtained. The
motel was expanded in 1957
and 1958 until there were seventeen units available. The coffee shop was also expanded
from its original sixteen seats
in 1957. Some of the employees associated with Gateway
in the early years were Helmut
Kreiner, Harry Woolsey, Gehrmain Bros. and Floyd Elliott.
Gateway also started a trailer court behind their garage in
1956. Many service companies
and personnel had trailer offices
and homes on this lot. They included Leroy Walkom and Bill
Lambert with Halliburton.
The next business to go up
or at least get started was the
Texaco station across the road
from Gateway. Fred Reed built
this station. The Royalite bulk
and service station was built in
1958. Royalite has since been
absorbed by Gulf Oil.
The Rivers Hotel was built
and opened in 1959 close to the
east bank of the McLeod River,
just below the highway bridge.
(Continued on page 7)
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In late 1962 a fire started in the
kitchen of the new hotel and a
raging conflagration was soon
in progress. One wing of the
original structure was saved.
No time was wasted in constructing a bigger and better hotel. This was officially opened
in June 1963.
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tonwood had been destroyed by
fire reserved five acres of the
eighty and built a new home.
The McGregors ran the cafe for
a short time and then leased it
to a young Chinese fellow to
carry on.
The motel just wasn’t big
enough to keep up with Whitecourt’s fast growing population,
Just before the highway so the idea of a trailer court was
came through in 1957, Dick evolved and the first lots put in.
Pritchard’s daughter, Ann. and By the time the McGregors sold
her husband, lan McGregor, their venture to Ron Reeves in
along with Mrs. Pritchard pur- the fall of 1960 there were more
than a few trailchased
eighty
ers situated on the
acres, where the
On
May
3,
lots.
present Hillpark
Trailer Court is. 1964 the Gateway
About a year
The plan was
service station
after the motel was
to start a three
went up in
started, Mrs Wancabin motel and
da Pritchard (a sischicken
farm.
flames.
ter-in-law to Ann)
The chicken farm
never had a chance — with the purchased land and had a small
coming of the highway and in- store built just to the south east
flux of people it was deemed of the motel. This would be on
more feasible to expand the the location of the present day
motel. A larger structure, with Fas Gas.
several rooms on two floors and
On May 3, 1964 the Gatea cafe at one end was built to go
way service station went up in
along with the three cabins.
flames. The property was then
Mrs. McGregor says the purchased from Andy Babiy by
only thing there when they Imperial Oil and a new service
bought the land was jack pine station and restaurant constructand cranberries — hence the ed in 1966. This was leased by
name Cranberry Hill Haven R. Wagner and F. Solvesky until
was chosen for the motel com- October 1969. Helmut Kreiner
plex. Mrs. Dick Pritchard, then took over the operation.
whose home on the farm at Cot(Continued on page 8)
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Esso Station which was leased
The station was remodeled in by Helmut Kreiner until 1969
1970 and the Voyageur Restau- when he went to Gateway.
rant was built.
The Jack Pine Motel put up
Podgurney’s
Transport by Andy Babiy, was built later
started in the early 60’s, while in 1959.
the Gateway motel and trailer
On the west side, Bill Baicourt were sold to Mike Sherley built the W. K. Drive in the
baty during this time period.
summer of 1960. This is where
The highway stimulated the A & W restaurant and Tags
store were later
commercial develbuilt. Steve Yaopment on the hillThe quarternik was building
top as well. Some
section
on
which
the
Glenview
development had
the Glenview
Motel about the
taken place prior
Motel is located
same time. The
to the highway.
has
an
unusual
basis for this
The Department
story of romance motel was the
of Transport had
and finance
big bunkhouse
been there since
with
regard
that Steve had
1943 and the long
to
its
original
shipped down by
planned air strip
ownership.
boat from Urawas finally built
nium City.
in the early 50’s.
Leo Baxter writes:
The Forestry building was put
“The quarter-section on
up in 1953, opposite the curling
rink. This building was recently which the Glenview Motel is
demolished to make way for a located has an unusual story of
romance and finance with renew housing development.
gard to its original ownership.
Leonard Meunier and his The story in various forms was
father had a Purity 99 station told to me in the early 1920’s
in 1959. This later became by Mrs. Anna Olson and other
the Northland Glass building. early settlers.”
Purity 99 was a gas and vul“It seems that about the
canizing station and the only
one here — people had gone time when homestead land in
to Mayerthorpe for vulcanizing the Whitecourt Hamlet area
prior to that. In the same year was being bought by the Townthe Shell Station was built fol- site Company for $50.00 per
lowed closely by the Pinecrest
(Continued on page 10)
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Friday, Sept 2 - 7 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
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your tee time.
Downtown Sidewalk Sale
Saturday, September 3 - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Come downtown and check out the sidewalk sale during
Centennial weekend.
Food, Wine and Art Festival
Saturday, September 3 - 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
The Whitecourt and District Centennial Celebration Committee, the Whitecourt Chamber of Commerce and The Society
of Whitecourt Arts Council invite you to have fun at the Taste of
Whitecourt Food, Wine and Art Festival.
Wide Mouth Mason with Skidshack
Sunday, September 4 - Gates open at 7:30 p.m.
Whitecourt Rodeo Grounds—Tickets are $10 in advance or
$15 at the gate. Purchase Tickets at: Whitecourt Town Office,
Woodlands County Office, Dynamic Convenience Stores,
Commonwealth Credit Union & Whitecourt Chamber of
Commerce. This is an event for all ages.
Scout Bottle Drive
Saturday, September 10
Please get your bottles ready for a scouting bottle drive.
Also, save your can tabs and give them to a scout or drop them
off at #10 Sandy Drive. Tab proceeds for a scooter for a disabled
person.
Walk to Cure Diabetes
Sunday, September 11 - Noon
Join Whitecourt residents at Rotary Park as they pick-up the
pace in the “Walk to Cure Diabetes to raise funds for research. Registration and Barbeque begin at Noon. Walk begins at 1:00 p.m.
For more information or to volunteer, contact: John Schneider at 778-3871 or 706-3347, Karen Faoro at 786-4404 or
786-2211.
Heritage Event
Sunday, September 11 - 2 p.m.
There will be a dedication of the restored Blue Ridge United
Church. Reverend Elmer Harke will be officiating. The church
is now located at the Whitecourt and District Forest Interpretive
Centre (just east of the Royal Oak Inn, off Highway 43).
Everyone Welcome. Bring your lawn chairs and stay for
lunch and reminiscing. The event is hosted by the Whitecourt
and District Heritage Society.
Home School Kick-off Party
Saturday, September 17 from 11:00am to 4:00pm
Whitecourt Home School Association kickoff party includes swimming, picnic, meeting & more. Call Cindy for info. 778-3899
Church Fall Supper
Sunday, September 25 - 3 sittings
Sponsored by the Whitecourt United Church. Immediate
families $45, 5 and under are free, 6-12 & Seniors are $8.00
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It’s been six months since the Canadian Radio-television and
Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) granted a license to
independent radio station 105.3 CIXM-FM for the Whitecourt
area. Since then, the team behind the effort have acquired a building in downtown Whitecourt, worked it through extensive renovations and are shortly to become part of the town’s broadcast
media. The antenna and transmitter are in place, with testing to
begin in mid-September. The station launch will be in October.
If you have questions or comments for owners Ed and Remi, you
can reach them at the station at 706-8868 or at [email protected].
Head Out On the Highway
A mechanic was removing a cylinder head from the motor of
a Harley motorcycle when he spotted a well-known heart surgeon
in his shop. The surgeon was there, waiting for the service manager to come and take a look at his bike.
The mechanic shouted across the garage, “Hey, Doc, can I
ask you a question?”
The surgeon a bit surprised, walked over to the mechanic
working on the motorcycle. The mechanic straightened up,
his hands on a rag and
asked, “So Doc, look
at this engine. I open
its heart, take valves
out, fix ‘em, put ‘em
back in, and when I
finish, it works just
like new. So how
come I get such a
small salary and you
get the really big
bucks, when you and
I are doing basically
the same work?”
The
surgeon
paused, smiled and
leaned over, and
whispered to the mechanic...
“Try doing it with
the engine running.”
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that at least one of the
puns would win.
Unfortunately, no
pun in ten did.
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“Employment standards play an important role in supporting
fair and productive workplaces,” said Mike Cardinal, Minister of
Human Resources and Employment. “A great deal has changed
in Alberta and we need to ensure our employment standards are
current and relevant.”
The Employment Standards Code was last reviewed in 1988.
Since then, technological advances, globalization, increased
competition, and changes to family and workforce demographics
have altered Alberta’s workplaces.
Employment standards legislation establishes the minimum
standards of employment for workers and employers such as:
hours of work, overtime, minimum wage, vacations, general holiday pay, maternity and parental leave. Employers and employees
may agree to terms and conditions that exceed these minimums.
Earlier this year, the Alberta government announced a minimum
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Albertans are asked to provide their input through the Employment Standards Review Discussion Guide available:
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• at Employment Standards offices, call (780) 427-3731
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• through the Employment Standards Contact Centre (780)
427-3731 (for toll-free dial 310-0000)
The deadline for submissions is September 29, 2005. The
employment standards review is expected to be completed by the
end of the year.
“All views will be given equal consideration. Employment
standards must reflect the current values and needs of Albertans,”
added Cardinal.
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acre, a couple of young men
put up a cabin and started improvements on the above quarter. One of them, Joe Johnstone, came from a well-to-do
family ‘down East’ and had a
sister who was very much in
love with his partner. The girl’s
family was opposed to the idea
of her marrying the penniless
partner, so it was arranged that
the young men would work together to ‘prove up’ the quarter,
then the wealthy lad would buy
out his partner at the $50.00 per
acre price.”
“Thus the ‘poor boy’ was
able to show the proud parents that he had accumulated
$8,000.00 by going out west —
and the marriage was allowed
to proceed.”
“The land was registered in
Johnstone’s name and he continued to pay taxes on it for many
years. He gave it up a few years between the rivers — all the
before the oil boom started the trailers were moved to the hilldevelopment of the hilltop area top or they might have floated
and it was bought by Harold away; residents of the permaBaxter. Harold bought it for the nent buildings were quickly
pine timber that grew on it and evacuated. Helmut Kreiner,
he made railway ties on it until who had a small house near the
the old trail became Highway Gateway garage, drove home
from Edmonton
43. He prided
and was greeted
himself on being
A flood in 1958 with the sight
a tie-hack. With
threatened to do of all his former
the highway deaway
with all the neighbors grouped
velopment taking place, he sold newly established on the hilltop. By
acreages to A. J. businesses between then he could not
the rivers.
even get near his
Millar and a four
home to see if it
acre plot to Berwas still there. The
nard and Margaret Obermayr. After his death in buildings survived, however,
1955 the balance of the quarter and after cleaning up the mess
and drying out, business prowas sold to Steve Yanick.”
ceeded as usual.
A flood in 1958 threatened
In town, the low area north
to do away with all the newly
established businesses between of the fire hall was inundated
the rivers. Ice jams on both the with flood waters as well. The
Athabasca and McLeod Rivers few families living there were
caused quite a “lake” to form rescued, but were kept from
“
”
their homes for two weeks due
to the high waters. As in the
past, through fire and flood,
Whitecourt continued to grow
and prosper. Next month, the
development of fire protection and health services during
Whitecourt’s original oil boom
will be covered.
The preceding is an adapted
excerpt from the book Sagitiwah Saga. This book, with
hundreds of photos of early
Whitecourt, is available at the
Heritage Centre just west of
the Royal Oak Inn or the Once
Upon a Time book store next to
the Vista Theatre.
Pre-emptive Parent/
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On the first day of school, a
first grader handed his teacher a
note from his mother. The note
read, “The opinions expressed
by this child are not necessarily
those of his parents.”
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oned in the United Farmers of
Alberta and Social Credit had
fundamental economic reform
as the central area of focus.
This topic is the warp and weft
of real political engagement.
In the Edmonton Journal
What is more, Alberta is
series on Alberta’s centennial,
budding political scientist Amy living up to its reputation as
Nugent wrote that “the prov- the frontier of frontiers in free
ince should take the opportuni- thinking and political engagement,
ahead
ty of this moment
of
such
efforts
of centennial pride
The province
in other provto renew itself as a
should take the
inces. The acfree thinking and
opportunity of
tivism goes far
engaged political
this moment of
beyond grievcommunity”. She
centennial pride
ances regarding
approves of the
to
renew
itself
as
a
unjust political
earlier activism of
free thinking and representation
the United Farmengaged political
that are given
ers of Alberta and
community.
sporadic airings
even Aberhart’s
in the mainSocial
Credit,
lauding their progress on such stream media. As legitimate as
things as women’s rights. In her these are, they don’t begin to
view, it is time that the prov- approach the depth of the efince reaffirmed historian W. L. forts that are not being reported
Morton’s view that “Alberta is on in the papers of record such
as the Edmonton Journal and
the frontier of frontiers”.
the National Post.
However, Nugent sugFor example, the Alberta
gests that the problem lies with
individuals, such as Ralph Social Credit Party has returned
Klein, as well as privatization. to its roots in advocating monThe reality is that it is outdated etary reform. Given the antipolitical and economic struc- Semitism of some monetary retures that are primarily at fault formers, it’s somewhat ironic,
for political cynicism. It is hard- that it was Jewish members of
ly a coincidence that the politi- the Social Credit board who
cal engagement rightly champi(Continued on page 12)
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gave substantiative backing to
the change in policy. Following their return to principle, the
Socreds went from half a dozen
constituency associations to
fifty or so. In true social credit
fashion, there is often little concern about which party enacts
needed reform; just as long as
some party does so. At a Social
Credit Party heritage celebration in Calgary last week, Preston Manning was one of the
featured speakers.
status was not by accident, but
on purpose”. As jingoistic as
this sounds, before oil and gas
revenues had come on-stream,
in 1929, Alberta per capita income was one third higher than
that of Saskatchewan; primarily
due to provincial politics.
Stanway goes on to describe Morton as “a California-born academic who was in
some ways reminiscent of Henry Wise Wood, the Americanborn Albertan who had been the
intellectual force behind the Alberta Social Credit movement.”
Henry Wise Wood was not only
an intellectual force behind the
social credit phenomenon, but
also of the United Farmers of
Alberta (U.F.A.). All told, these
two parties governed Alberta
for five decades, from 1921 to
1971. Previous to forming the
government in 1921, the U. F.
A. were influential enough as a
lobby group to direct much of
the policy of the Liberal provincial government that preceded them.
In the special centennial
edition of Alberta in the Twentieth Century, editor Paul Stanway is closer to the mark than
the Journal article. He opines
“Alberta’s prosperity was not
simply due to happy accidents
of geology and geography”.
He goes on to assert premiers
Frederick Haultain (who governed the Alberta area before it
was a province), John Brownlee, William Aberhart, Ernest
Manning, Peter Lougheed and
Ralph Klein all “strived to reflect the wishes of the people
While advocating practiwho wanted more control over
cal interpretations, rather than
their own destinies.”
mystical viewpoints, Henry
New MLA, and erstwhile Wise Wood defined the crux of
senate-elect, Dr. Ted Morton, the struggle in the May 15, 1923
emphasizes the point by say- issue of The U.F.A. magazine as
ing “when the history books “the conflict which is now ragare written, they will show ing between Mammonism and
again that Alberta’s enviable
(Continued on page 13)
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(Continued from page 12)
Humanity”. It was efforts to
make the money system a better servant of the people, rather
than their master, which was the
essence of the free thinking political engagement of the time.
As related previously, there
is an interesting Whitecourt
connection to this history. J. W.
Leedy, who moved to Whitecourt in 1908 and lived here
for decades, was instrumental
in the formation of the United
Farmers of Alberta. Leedy used
his position as vice-president
of the U.F.A. to lend the political expertise he had gained as a
populist governor of Kansas.
As historian Karel Bicha
writes “without a doubt the
decision of the U.F.A. board
in January 1919, to commence
independent political activity
owed much to Leedy’s stimulus”. Bicha also writes that a rift
in the new U.F.A. movement
“with potentially crippling implications, was blunted by a
faction that looked to Leedy for
leadership.”
In the emphasis on monetary reform, Alberta represents a
key part of a great sweep of hidden history. The area was home
to Amerindian peoples whose
cultures celebrated a respect for
nature and sharing; streams of
Europeans who trudged their
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way westward under British dominion, many fleeing old world
injustices; and the usual infinite
cultural complexity borne by
adventurers from every corner
of the globe.
Also pouring into the heartland of Alberta was an influx
of Americans, many fighting a
rearguard action of a struggle
that had consumed their country since its birth. The battle
had been sparked by the cancellation of colonial script, or
an early form of social credit,
by King George III. It raged
behind the scenes, through the
ages, from President Andrew
Jackson’s defeat of the Second
bank of the United States to Lincoln’s issuance of interest-free
Greenbacks, then populist William Bryan Jennings ‘Cross of
Gold’ populist battles. Slowly,
the main forces for social credit
philosophy were squeezed into
the American Midwest. When
this bastion faltered, the remnants made their way north, to
the Canadian midwest, and specifically to Alberta. Henry Wise
Wood and J.W. Leedy were just
two such new Albertans. Others were Bert Huffman, George
Bevington, S. E. Haight, Daniel F. Boissevain, Harry Johnson, W. D. Trego and Oran L.
McPherson.
Such U.S. citizens were the
(Continued on page 14)
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(Continued from page 13)
very antithesis of the loyalists
who had gone to Eastern Canada following the American revolution. Those marching into
Alberta were looking to further
a culture of individual freedom
that was being taken away in
the U.S., rather than seeking to
continue being ruled by a king.
One can only wonder how this
has affected modern relations
between these two areas of
Canada. The Alberta result, in
the opinion of this writer, was
a happy marriage of the Canadian standards of peace, order
and good government with the
American focus on life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness.
To summarize, the financial battle involves the clash
of two fundamentally different
outlooks. One is based on globalism, or imperialism and centralized control, while the other
tends towards nationalism and
individual freedom. There are
ongoing efforts to demonize
one side or the other of the contending forces. The reality is
that there are elements on both
sides which are absolutely critical to a successful future. What
is needed is a happy synergy
of the two, with individualism
being celebrated in the context
of a global society. One such
project underway is GlobalJusticeMovement.org, which incidently advocates massive
privatizion, but under a new
economic paradigm.
Carroll Quigley, a former professor at the prestigious Georgetown University
in Washington D.C. was described as a mentor by former
U.S. President Bill Clinton.
On page 950 of his 1966 opus,
Tragedy and Hope - A History
of the World in Our Time, Quigley writes about how the radical
right has mistakenly demonized
Whitecourt Advisor
the political maneuvering of to be the apex of civilization.
what has been called the New
World Order.
In addition to a wish for
transparency, Quigley could
Quigley goes on to state very well have been motivated
“There does exist an interna- by his religious outlook. He has
tional anglophile network which also published works bemoanoperates, to some extent, in the ing the decline of spirituality
way the radical Right believes and specifically the Catholic
the communists act. In fact, this religion in the United States.
network, which we may identify Some analysts have suggested
as the Round Table Groups, has his admission was to some deno aversion to cooperating with gree a Jesuit effort to help the
the Communists, or any other Church regain lost influence.
groups and frequently does so. It’s a moot point, given the reI know of the operations of this quirements of the future as to
network because I have studied what caused Quigley to tempoit for twenty years and was per- rarily break ranks regarding the
mitted for two years, in the ear- secrecy angle. Indeed, despite
ly 1960’s, to examine its papers charges that the new world orand secret records. I have no der is a monolithic force bent on
aversion to it or to most of its enslaving humanity, the overaims and have,
arching reality is
for much of my
What is needed is shifting alliances
life, been close
of groups, mainly
a
happy
synergy
of
to it and to many
driven by current
the two contending circumstances.
of its instruforces, with
ments. I have
individualism
being
objected, both in
Edmonton
celebrated
in
the
the past and relawyer and secontext of a global nior Social Credcently, to a few
society.
of its policies....
iter Martin Hatbut in general
tersley displays
my chief difference of opinion some heavy bias, but he does
is that it wishes to remain un- an admirable job of putting the
known, and I believe its role in current battle into a wider hishistory is significant enough to torical context when he writes:
be known.”
“The centuries have seen a continual struggle by ordinary peoQuigley’s book can be or- ple to gain control of their lives
dered through the local library from forces that would tyransystem. However, an interested nize them. They have fought
reader would do well to pay heed against the powers of priests,
to Quigley’s own assessment that to bring the world freedoms
the work is “inexcusably long” of speech and religion. They
at over 1300 pages. A point that have rebelled against the powcannot be emphasized enough ers of kings, to give us Magna
here is that the knee-jerk resis- Carta, Constitutional Monartance to a ‘new world order’ fails chy, and Parliamentary Govto take into account the terrible ernment. They have overturned
injustices and human suffering the power of class privilege,
that encompass the old world by extending the vote to all.
order. Given even a passing They have gained power to preknowledge of history, it simply vent the Government and the
boggles the mind as to how some police from oppressing indican consider the old world order vidual rights, through an inde-
“
”
SEPTEMBER 2005
pendent judiciary, the Charter
of Rights and the Jury system.
But the power of finance is so
easily hidden that no effective
way has yet been put in place
by which the people as a whole
can control it for their benefit.
In fact, what has happened as a
result of the poor workings of
the money system is that Socialist and Communist policies
have been adopted by governments in order to deal with the
problems of poverty. Long established freedoms have been
taken away. Marketing boards
have interfered with the rights
of private property. Heavy taxation has taken away the taxpayers’ dollars, and so their ability
to choose and pay for their own
way of living their lives. To
avoid one tyrant, we have been
forced to submit to another.”
While some social crediters
are trapped by ideology, many
others realize that no one has
all the answers to viable solutions to today’s problems. Certain basic mathematical issues
concerning compound interest
have been raised in the July
2005 Advisor. However, there
are several possible ways forward under an interest-free system. As previously covered, the
best proposals advocate adapting existing institutions to a
fundamentally new method of
issuing money.
Due to its history, Alberta
is second to none in intellectual
capital and a ‘can-do’ attitude
regarding true political engagement. At the same time, the
hidden forces of history, with
the pioneers, have gifted many
societies with increased freedom, respect for human rights
and the luxury of engaging in
largely peaceful change. These
bequests and new communications technologies hold great
promise for the future.
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