Changes in Local Style and Town News Notes
Township finance changes and a new format for the Oakville Trafalgar Journal headline the week. Georgetown debentures, library repairs, and a 4 percent debenture option are reported along with council notes on postal delivery, sea cadets, population shifts, Milton Fair attendance, and resignations.
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Georgetown Vaudes
Bell Telephone Co
Georgetown
Main
James Streets
Georgetown Library Board
Dominion Securities
Clinton
Television makeup chief Johnny Bradnock runs BBC wardrobing team
Jeanne Bradnock known as Johnny heads television makeup and wardrobe at BBC, supervising two shifts daily at Alexandra Palace and Lime Grove. Her team trains recruits from stage or film makeup backgrounds, with six months before their work reaches viewers. The piece notes lighting impacts and aims for natural yet varied looks. Also mentionsCanada’s National Cheese Festival in October, sponsored by Dry Farmers of Canada and the National Dairy Council.
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Milton Mountain
BBC Television
Jeanne Bradnock
Johnny
T Ia
Manderson
Johnny Bradnock
Canada
Dry Farmers of Canada
The
Naconal Dairy Council
Fashion Hint Reveals Crinoline Star Under Sheer Dress
A shadowed sheer dress hides a crinoline as a season’s pet. Bodices fit tightly, lace options shown, while the skirt gains swing from buckram and taf feta. Ready to craft, crinoline lines boost full skirts likely to trend in the coset.
Canada Co operatives See 1950 Sales Top One Billion
The 1950 summary shows Canadian co operatives total business surpassing 1.039 billion dollars. Merchandising co operatives rose mainly in groceries coal and building materials while fishermen groups in Quebec and the Maritimes led sales 7 million in British Columbia accounted for half of fish trade. Newfoundland formed a provincial union with plans to merge with the Co operative Union of Canada by 1952.
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Canada
Economiecs
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
J. E. O'Meara
Quebec
Maritimes
British Columbia
Newfoundland
Operative Union of Canada
Building financial independence with instalment Savings Bond
The Bank of Montreal discusses debt-free steps to financial independence through Canada Savings Bonds. An instalment plan lets small down payments start at 250 dollars for a 30 to 1000 dollar bond, with easy regular payments over 12 months. The 1951 issue offers high interest: 10 coupons at 4.5 percent per year, first coupon for 26 months, then 2.4 percent annually through 1953, replacing a prior 4 5 percent rate.
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Canada Savings Bonds
Poets Corner Dreams of Cottage and Daffodils
Fragmentary verse speaks of a cottage on a hill with daffodils and tulips. A love light shines in the beloved’s eyes as a glimpse of paradise appears. The speaker pleads for a seaside or hilltop home, naming Miriam and Herma in hazy lines.
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Paradise
Denar
Miriam Herma
The Ardent Way In England Phone Mixup
A young man seeking a friend in Ealing asks the operator for Ealing 6000. After spell it, he gives a phonetic breakdown that confuses the operator yet finally connects to the correct number.
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England
Ealing
Grbert
Heggs
Jesus
Reader's Digest
Scouts plant 3003 pines on Halifax watershed property
For the second year running the Boy Scouts of Halifax Nova Scotia planted 3003 young Norway pines on city watershed property. City officials and the provincial Department of Lands and Forests cooperated with the Scouts in the project.
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Boy Scouts’ of
Halifax
N.S
Province d Department of Lands and Forests
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S. Holden
Optometrist
Douglas ST. Guelph
Yyon
Gabisco
Pike
Convent
New York
Washington
Chicago
Harold, Wiles
Arca
Postal Delvery
Burlington
Criticiam
Sea Cadets
Rotary Club
Miltes Fair
Milton Fair
Milton
Wm. Randall
PL. Robertson
Erin
Erin Village
Ments
Erin Horticultural Society
Gordod Oder Acton Om Wer
Bank of Montreal
Porita
Poet's Corner
Eloy
Jack Armstrong
Gfeorgetown
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