Fun, Food and Vet-ertainment

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In 1967 the Ladies Auxiliary to the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #78 in Turner Valley took on a daunting Centennial project.

They decided to arrange for veterans from the Colonel Belcher Veterans Hospital in Calgary to be transported to Turner Valley for dinner.

The event was such a success that they have been doing it every year since and are now considering making it a semi-annual event.

This year eighteen residents, three staff members and two drivers were treated to ham and scalloped potatoes, corn and turnips, apple pie (made by Irene Howard) and ice cream.  Twenty local veterans joined them, including 98 year-old Herb Padwick. Dinner followed Happy Hour and the group were entertained by 'crooner' Malcolm Hughes accompanied by Al Baldwin on piano.

One of the drivers, Frank, has been bringing this group out here for twenty-five years and takes the scenic loop every year.