Photo showing Twelve New Canadians took the oath of allegiance and received citizenship certificates here Thursday last before Judge J.T. Harvey. They are: Noe Mastroianni (Italy); Editha Mattson (USA); Leifs Sorensen (Denmark); Demetre Giannopoulis (Greece); Constantine Patsios (Greece); Gertrud Schwerdtfeger (Germany); Helmut Schwerdtfeger (Germany); Ciriaco Grasso (Italy) and Anne Elfert (Germany); Sid Floropoulos (Greece); Signe Sorensen (Sweden) and John Schmalz (Russia).
Photo showing Twelve New Canadians took the oath of allegiance and received citizenship certificates here Thursday last before Judge J.T. Harvey. They are: Noe Mastroianni (Italy); Editha Mattson (USA); Leifs Sorensen (Denmark); Demetre Giannopoulis (Greece); Constantine Patsios (Greece); Gertrud Schwerdtfeger (Germany); Helmut Schwerdtfeger (Germany); Ciriaco Grasso (Italy) and Anne Elfert (Germany); Sid Floropoulos (Greece); Signe Sorensen (Sweden) and John Schmalz (Russia).
Image depicts an air mail envelope for Queen Charlotte Airlines.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- First air mail service was introduced by Queen Charlotte Airlines in 1952. Previously, mail was carried by the CP steamship Princess Norah. Queen Charlotte Airlines was purchased by Pacific Western Airlines in 1955. Hal Whiting Collection