Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 16, 1938, Winnipeg, Manitoba I Page four Winnipeg free press saturday july 16, 1938 i i i a balloons hold free bus rides did you Ever hear of a bus ride in a balloon it May sound just a trifle dizzy but nevertheless after 2 . On saturday there will be Over one Hundred and fifty free bus rides floating around in balloons Over Winnipeg to be picked up some Lucky winners when the bal loons fall to the Earth. Prizes to the value of will be awarded to the finders of the Lucky balloons. Here is briefly How this unique treasure Hunt will be conducted. At 2 saturday at the Jorner of Portage Avenue and Smith a representative of the City Council will officially release Over toy balloons filled with Gas. One Hun dred and fifty of the balloons will contain prizes donated by leading Winnipeg bus companies. If you see one of these balloons flying around in the next few Days look inside it for a Little relied up slip of paper. This slip of paper May entitle you to a free round lip to Chicago or an All expense holi Day to Clear Lake or on-2 of the other 150 prizes. The bus companies sponsoring this balloon treasure Hunt Are the Grey Goose bus lines the trans Continental coach lines Ltd., Clark transportation and the Northland greyhound lines. Two of the trips Are also awarded of Moore s taxi Ltd. The balloons Are expected to re main in the air about four to six hours. They will Rise nearly feet before the Gas starts to escape and the balloons Settle Down to Earth. They will be All colors of the Rainbow but they May be identified by the picture of a Grey hound bus painted on the Side. The prize balloons must be found and presented at the office the Manitoba bus terminals Ltd., be fire August 16. The contest is open to everyone with the exception of employees of the bus companies and their immediate families. Tickets for the winning trips Are Good any time up till november 1. The following is a list of All Etc prize trips to be awarded each of which is a round trip. Sponsored by Grey Goose bus lines Ltd 20 round trips to Winnipeg Beach. 10 round trips to Gimli. 5 round trips to Killarney. 5 round trips to Ninette. 4 round trips to Carman. 4 round trips to Morden. Sponsored by trans Continental coach lines Ltd 1 round trip to Banff. 1 round trip to . Sponsored by Northland Grey hound lines 1 round trip to port Arthur 4 round trips to Minneapolis. 2 round trips to Duluth. 1 round trip to Wisconsin. 1 round trip to Chicago. 3 round trips to Detroit lakes. 3 round trips to Bemidji. Sponsored by Clark transportation co 1 round trip to Watrous. 1 round trip to Edmonton 1 round trip to Saskatoon. 3 round trips to Yorkton. 3 round trips to Dauphin. 10 round trips to Clear Lake. 1 All expense week end trip to Clear Lake Friday saturday and sunday any week end. Greyhound travel Bureau at Portage and Smith streets where toy balloons will be released on saturday in a novel prize con test sponsored by Winnipeg bus companies. Corwen Wales Mem Bers of one Jones family Here Are drawing old age pensions the aggregate of their Ages being 450 years. London the argument of the association against it the Experiment of using school children As traffic monitors will be tried on London streets. But True boy kills Bear with .22 Rifle h big game gun Britain and badge Spokane wash., july 14. Cap strange experience of Rob Ert austed 15, and Robert wat son 17, who went Huckleberr Ying near train. And shot a grizzly Bear with a .22 calibre Rifle and a Badger with a big game gun was related Here today by capt. Koy d Brown Watson s Uncle. The stranger than faction Story was substantiated by the car casses with the Bullet holes Saow which Rifle had killed which beast the berries were thick and the fire uss soars Toronto july 12 ;