Centenary Sketch of a Canadian School History
A 100 year review by J. Moore recounts early school population by department 56 66 and 89 and compares to October attendance by grade. It lists principals from 1863 to 1939 notes fire drill revival 1904 ritual two reunions 1904 and 1900 and a memorial monument at Fairview Cemetery, with a keepsake willow trunk souvenir from the reunion committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ald
Mackenzie
Utone
Robert Little
John Roas
T.T. Moore
W. A A. Stewart
J. M. Rozell
Minnie Z. Bennett
Garnet McKenzie
McKenzie
Little
A. E. Nicklin
Fairview Cemetery
Mill
Willow Streets
Bank of Montreal
H. P. Moore
Move Earth and Heaven to Win Wartime Victory
British farming pushes the home front war effort with a 1941 grain and vegetable surge. Output of potatoes and cereals ran well above peacetime, allotments rose by 500000, and a higher egg yield buffered rationing as farmers and backyard gardeners expanded land under cultivation.
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London
Britain
Hudson
Lancashire
House of Commons
Ministry of Agriculture
Ministry of Food
Missummer
Scotland
England
Scottish Secretary
Turbulent 1917 Russia Stirs Allied Alarm
In early 1617 amid disintegration on the Eastern Front and propaganda woes Russia grapples with autocratic rule, Duma strains, and ministerial reshuffles led by Empress Alexandra. The murder of Rasputin shocks nobles as unrest grows. riots erupt in Petrograd and a military revolt follows in March.
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Russia
Germany
Duma
Prince Golitzin
M. Trepov
Alexandra Feodorovna
Tsar Nicholas I
Rasputin
Arlatocracy
Boris Sturmer
Alexander Protopopov
Petrograd
Ship survivors honored with British Empire Medal
William Magrs and two others clung to a lifeboat keel for five days after their torpedoed ship sank in the Atlantic. Magrs receives the British Empire Medal for courage, enterprise and resourcefulness.
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London
William Magrs
Atlantic
High Bred Stock at Good Prices from Scotland Auction
A Scotland auction of Ayrshire cattle to Montgomerie’s Lesanessock herd saw 20 bulls average about 1115 dollars and 22 heifers about 950 dollars. The overall average was roughly 1108 dollars with the top bull calf selling for 8675 dollars and the highest heifer for 2420 dollars. Mrs Napier called theprice a likely record average for Ayrshire males in the past quarter century.
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Ottawa
Scotland
Frank Napier
Canadian Agrapice Breeders Association
Ayrshire
A.W. Montgomerie
Napier
Montgomerie
Canada
War To Retrieve Horse and Buggy
Washington reports the United States may revert to horse and buggy travel as Second Great War strains auto use. Experts predict drive reductions will trigger domestic upheaval as tires rationing limits private transport and vital-need vehicles only will roll.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Winston Q@burchiff
Su ‘Meraattary
Woman operates shell container factory presses in Glasgow
Clara Evana runs nine 100 ton presses in a Glasgow factory making shell containers. During a 10 hour day she pushes a pedal that lowers the heavy weight onto red hot metal about 3 800 times.
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Glasgow
Clara Evana
Best Chance They Ever Had for U S Farmers
Halifax reports Nova Scotia farmers face a favorable year with lower feed costs and steady prices. Agricultural officials note improved conditions due to federal freight relief and strong markets for dairy hog poultry and apples. Extension workers plan outreach to boost production and cooperative farming despite wet planting and late harvests.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
Provincial Department of Agriculture
Santhote
Priest
U. S
Seatons
Apple Marketing Board
Atlantic
Wheat yields drop in 1941 Canadian harvest despite strong gluten
Western Canada reports show 1941 wheat production at about 286 million bushels versus 524 million in 1940. Board notes high protein and baking strength in new crop despite lower bushel weights and flour yields. Grading difficulties arise from delayed threshing and rain, with bleached kernels affecting grades and storage limits complicating inspections.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Board of Grain Commissioners For Canada
Miya F
Export Wheat Cargoes Rise With New Crop Grades
Export cargoes show a larger carryover of No 1 and No 2 Northern wheat from Lakehead and Eastern Canada. Analysts expect No 1 Northern from Canada to be mostly 1940 wheat and No 2 Northern to include sizable 1940 crop shares. Overseas shipments of No 3 Northern and lower grades will be led by wheat from the new harvest.
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Lakehead
Canada
Gradm
Dogfish Tagging Aims To Map Migration For Yukon Trade
Ottawa CP reports dogfish once seen as a nuisance in British Columbia are now a potential revenue source. Over 100 fish wear colored discs on their snouts to track migration, with each tag worth 50 cents. Wartime demand drives vitamin rich liver oil and last year's BC dogfish liver oil value reached 145000 dollars.
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Ottawa
British Columbia
Dominion
Fisheries Biological
Niort
British— Columbia
Motorist Sued for False Gasoline Claim
In Burnstam England a motorist who obtained 400 pints of gasoline by making false statements was sentenced to five months in jail, after attempting to obtain fuel under pretenses.
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Burnstam
England
Britain Introduces Ceramic Pottery For Industrial Use
After two years of research Great Britain is introducing pottery into many British industries to replace metals glass rubber and wood under wartime restrictions. High grade stoneware can replace metal pipes and packing with shapes and sizes adaptable and resistant to most chemicals except hydrofluoric acid and strong caustic alkalis. The ceramics withstand 1250 C, offering metal-like compression strength and new applications spread to textiles piper-making printing perfume cosmetics brewing and food manufacture industries etc.
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Great Britain
Industrie
Smuts Sends Abyssinia Probe to Queen and Churchill
Prime Minister J C Smuts has sent copies of Van guard of Victory, a booklet reviewing South Africa’s role in Abyssinia cleanup, to Queen Wilhelmina and Prime Minister Churchill.
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Pretoria
J.C. Smuts
South Africa
Abyssinia
Wilhelmina
Churchill
Canada Enforces Nationwide Sixteen Year Old Registration
Hon. J. T. Thorson announces that Canada requires all residents reaching sixteen to register using National Registration forms. About 222 000 youths turned sixteen last year, including roughly 112 000 males and 110 000 females. Post offices supply forms with separate versions for loan cards, and postmasters will assist registrants.
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J. ‘T. Thorson
National War Services
Canada
Bureau of Statistics
National Registration Bureau
Ottawa
Thorson
Dominion
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Heaven
Harold Fair
Indus
HL Hi. Gordon
Charles Gunning
Boas
Toronto
Sun
Allon
Acton
Harold Wiles
Gray Coach Lines
You
Pyent
L Gore
Department of National War Services
Honourable J.T. Thorsen
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