NORTH STAR OIL RECEIPT
SIGNED BY MY UNCLE NELS BACKMAN, AGENT FOR THEM
DEC 14, 1954
FUEL ACCOUNT

NORTH STAR OIL
LOGO
IN BUSINESS FROM 1928-1961
I have added the color
we know it was blue, not sure if this dark a blue.
THEIR HEAD OFFICE WAS IN WINNIPEG UNTIL 1962
THEN THEY CHANGED THEIR NAME TO
NORTH STAR OIL DIVISION OF SHELL OIL COMPANY IN 1962,
OFFICES MOVED TO TORONTO ON.
THEN IT BECAME SHELL CANADA LTD IN 1963
THE REFINERY FOR NORTH STAR OIL WAS IN BRANDON MB.
IT IS VERY HARD TO LOCATE THIS LOGO ANYMORE.
SO INCLUDED IT HERE FOR OTHERS TO USE.

here is a different version of their logo ca1937

NELS BACKMAN RECEIPT
DEC 10, 1954
1 DRUM OF PURPLE GAS
45 GALLONS FOR $16.11

Here is my Uncle Nels Backman's
Shell Oil ad
I found this on the back of a 
Catholic Women's League Cook Book

Famous person born in Hirsch
Joseph, (Joe) G. Tucker,
b- ca 1910 in Hirsch SK, d- July 26, 1986, age 76
buried Torath Chaim Cemetery,
2649 Wickline Rd, Hampton Township, Gibsonia, Allegheny Co, PA, USA
nickname "Screamer"
the play by play announcer for the Pittsburgh Steelers, 1936-1967
and Pittsburgh hockey 1936-1956
He mentored folks like Bill Cullen
Lived on Garetta St, Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh PA, USA
had 2 sons, Murray Tucker , who wrote a book about his father, titled
 "Screamer- Forgotten Voice of the Steelers"
and Robert Tucker, a local JP in Pittsburgh.
and a daughter Lynne.
son of Jewish Russian parents.
married Fran Tucker, nee ? Aug 25, 1935

siblings, 4 sisters,
Bess (Bessie) S. Solomon, (husband David Solomon) (attended ECI)
Ethel Heiss (husband Max Heiss),
Eva L. Glick, (husband Norman Glick) (attended ECI)
 Anna (Ann) Cole (husband Harvey Cole) (attended ECI)
2 brothers:
Max (Mike) Tucker,
Philip (Phil) Tucker
b- May 18, 1908 in Hirsch SK
d- May 11, 1968 in Weyburn SK.
married Irene May Tucker, nee ? (b- 1914-d- July 11, 1985)
both buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Weyburn SK

Joe was a member of the Estevan ECI track team
winning the Creighton shield in 1927
Joe attended ECI in Estevan, 1926-28.
won the Moore shield for Public speaking
1927 and 1928

became a naturalized citizen of the US in 1936

Father- John Tucker,
b- Russia
d- Dec 24, 1952, in Passavant Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, age 78
went from Estevan to Pittsburgh in 1946.
Pioneer in Estevan arriving in 1904,
a butcher by trade.

Mother- Rebecca Tucker, nee Speck
d- Oct 6, 1961, in Monteflore Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA age 80
buried Torah Chaim Cemetery
she had a brother Solomon Speck
sister Anna Rubin, nee Speck