TICKET

Description: 1. BLUE PAPER TICKET PRINTED ON ONE SIDE "WESTERN CANADIAN GREYHOUND LINES, LTD. GOOD FOR ONE TRIP BETWEEN SOURIS AND NO. 17 S.F.T.S. FORM S.C.10 19839". 2. GREEN PAPER TICKET PRINTED ON ONE SIDE WITH "MONDEN TRANSPORTATION BUS LINES CALGARY". REVERSE BLANK. 3. ORANGE PAPER TICKET PRINTED ON ONE SIDE "STRIP 532524 WINNIPEG ELECTRIC COMPANY W.H. CURLER PRESIDENT". REVERSE HAS "TICKET 5 - 98 7 1/2 C W.E.C. GOOD FOR ONE FARE".

History: DONOR BORN ON FARM NEAR LIVELONG, MARCH 1920. ENLISTED AT 19 DURING HARVEST TIME; HIS FATHER DIDN'T WANT HIM TO GO BECAUSE HE NEEDED HIS HELP TO TAKE THE FIELD OFF. DONOR WENT TO REGINA AND JOINED ARMY; COULD NOT SHOOT STRAIGHT SO ENLISTED IN R.C.A.F. (1940). HE HAD TO MARCH THE OTHER RECRUITS BECAUSE HE WAS THE ONLY ONE IN UNIFORM (ARMY), FOR APPROX. 3 WEEKS. THE FIRST DRAFT FROM THE SCHOOL WAS SENT TO LETHBRIDGE NO. 8 BOMBING & GUNNERY SCHOOL, AND WERE USED TO MAKE UP GROUND PERSONNEL REQUIRED TO RUN SCHOOL. DONOR WAS A FIREFIGHTER WITH THE NO. 8, AND REMAINED AT THE SCHOOL UNTIL ITS CLOSURE IN OCTOBER 1944. HE WAS DISCHARGED IN REGINA IN 1945 AS A SERGEANT. TICKETS FOUND INSIDE CAP, AND WERE FROM DONOR'S TRANSPORTATION AROUND REGINA TO GET DISCHARGE.