Canadians Warm To Ice Cream With Growing Taste
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports rising per capita ice cream consumption in Canada from 1937 to 1942 by 42 percent. British Columbia leads in use, followed by Ontario and Nova Scotia, while Prince Edward Island and Quebec show the lowest levels.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
British Columbia
Ontario
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Importance of June Care For Lilac Bushes Stressed By Experimental Station
Dominion experimental station at Morden Manitoba urges June care for lilacs. Focused tasks include removing aged stems, pruning excess new shoots, and beheading flower stalks as petals fall. Studies show clear variation in truss and florets among individual bushes.
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Dominion
Morden
Man
Pruning Lilac Bushes for May Bloom
In Lilac care, thin out old stems at ground level and keep six to nine strong branches. Encourage two or three new shoots from near the base to replace aging stems next year. Remove spent flower stems to conserve vigor and apply barnyard manure or ammonium phosphate to old bushes.
Pins in Holland Scarce and Expensive
An underground letter received in London reports ordinary straight pins are among Holland’s scarcest articles. When available they cost about two cents each, roughly fifty times their prewar price.
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Holland
London
Victory Gardening Program Spreads Across RCAF Stations
RCAF units in Manitoba Saskatchewan and remote No 2 Training Command sites organize victory gardens to supply messes with vegetables cut food costs and boost morale. Volunteers handle most cultivation while the works and buildings branch supervises. beautification projects turn bald prairie into green spaces and trees hedge rows expand despite dust storms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Canadian Air Force
R.C.A.F
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Victory Garden
Works and Buildings
R.C A.F
No. 2 Training Command
Nurses Graduation Talk Emphasizes Societal Duty
Miss Saunders urged graduates to study broad arts and literature and to apply their trained minds to community problems. She described vision levels, urged ongoing education, and called for critical engagement with media, churches, libraries, and slum clearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Saunders
Finland
William Blake
Robi. Hawkins
M. L.A
Manitoba Hospital Association
Hawkins
Macneill
R. E. Dicks
E. McNabb
I. O. Winters
Stan Brickman
Gerald Porter
W. Cox
Berg Paterson
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble at Dauphin Theatre
Leap year comedy adventure features Andy and his antics at the Dauphin Theatre with showings Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Local audience enjoys light hearted Farce style entertainment with humorous moments and romance subplot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy
Andy Hardy
Dauphin Theatre
Ada War ren’s career spans continents to Montreal home
New Yorker Ada War ren moved to Canada for matrimony and now bases in Montreal. She appears on CBC Dominion Network’s Dreaming Time this Wednesday at 9 30 p m. Her career began on Broadway with Morton Downey and has taken her to Brazil and beyond.
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Ada Warren
New York
Canada
CBC
Dominion
Morton Downey
Brazil
Montreal
Canadian National Introduces Improved Hospital Car
Canadian National Railways unveils a new hospital car with 28 berths and air conditioning. It includes redesigned admitting and dispensary rooms, instant hot water, a circulating system, water conservation, two gas plates and an electric hot plate, all within continental clearance limits for operation on any railway line.
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Canadian National Railways
Canadian National
Death of Helen Jensen 10 in Dauphin Manitoba
The death of Helen Jensen aged 10 daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert Jensen of Dauphin occurred at Dauphin General Hospital on Friday June 9 after a short illness. Funeral services were held Saturday June 10 at 4 p.m. Rev J A Berridge officiating. Interment in Riverside Cemetery. R G Lodge and Sons were in charge.
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Helen Jensen
Albert Jensen
Dauphin
Dauphin General Hospital
J. A. Berridge
Riverside Cemetery
R. G. Lodge and Sons
Onie Elizabeth
Bernice Ann
Peggy Alene
Iris Nadine
Ivan Julius
Brian Richard
Delilah Jane Chapman Rites Held After Dauphin Death
Delilah Jane Huyser Chapman 77 died at her home in Dauphin on Sunday June 11. Funeral services were Tuesday June 13 at the Salvation Army hall with Capt. J Montgomery officiating. Burial followed at Riverside cemetery. Pallbearers were Joseph Scarff Joseph Fisher Edward Langren James Oliphant Robt. Coombs and William Taylor. R G Lodge and Sons managed funeral arrangements. She was born in Ontario and moved from River Bend district to town in 1912. Survived by two sons John and Chris from a prior marriage, one daughter Mrs H Towner, one stepdaughter Mrs W Kidd, two brothers and a sister in Detroit and Ontario. Predeceased by husband William Chapman in 1935.
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Salvation Army
Delilah Jane Chapman
Dauphin
Capt
J. Montgomery
Riverside Cemetery
Jos. Scarff
Jos. Fisher
E. Langren
Jas. Oliphant
Robi. Coombs
Wm. Taylor
R. G. Lodge and Sons
Delilah Jane Huyser
Ontario
River Bend District
Town
William Chapman
John
Chris
H. Towner
W. Kidd
Detroit
Community mourns Fred Fedoriw 66 in Fork River death
Fred Fedoriw aged 66 died at his Fork River home after a short illness on Wednesday June 14. Born in Austria in 1860s he married Irene Homin echuk in 1903 and came to Canada in 1904 settling in Sifton. Survived by wife three sons Steve Dauphin Mike Barrows John Fork River and four daughters Mrs J R Polaski Valley River Mrs J Walton Winnipeg Mrs T H Somacha and Edna Fedorin. Interment was at Fork River cemetery with pallbearers John Fedoriw John Spicaluk Tom Somacha Steve Bocko Steve Drewniak John Pasternak. Funeral rites were at the Greek Orthodox church at Fork River officiated by Father Hrebennik of Dauphin.
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Fork River
Fred Fedorin
Hrebennik
Dauphin
John Fedoriw
John Spicaluk
Tom Somacha
Steve Boyko
Steve Drewniak
John Pasternak
Fred Fedoriw
Austria
Irene Homin Echuk
Steve
Mike
Barrows
Man
John
J. R. Polaski
Valley River
J. Walton
Winnipeg
T. H. Somacha
Edna Fedorin
Double Trouble for Mickey in Blonde Trouble at Dauphin Theatre
Movie notice for Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble starring Mickey Rooney and Lewis Stone shows at the Dauphin Theatre with screenings Thursday and Friday and additional dates unclear.
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Mickey
Andy Hardy
Lewis Stone
Mickey Rooney
Dauphin Theatre
Death of Andrew Capen of Duluth Minnesota
Andrew Capen formerly yard master with the C N R in Dauphin died in Duluth Minnesota after moving to the United States about ten years ago. Funeral service was held June 6 at Crawford chapel in Duluth with Rev Frank A Court officiating. Burial followed at Forest Hill cemetery.
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Andrew Capen
Duluth
Minn
C.N. R
Dauphin
United States
Crawford Chapel
Frank A. Court
Forrest Hill Cemetery
Death of Harry Gillis 73 Sifton Man in Dauphin Hospital
Harry Gillis of Sifton Manitoba died June 13 in Dauphin General Hospital after a long illness at age 73. He was born in Mount Forest Ontario and married Anna Standwick in Winnipeg in 1904. Survived by wife and seven children, funeral held June 16 at St. Pauls Anglican with Archdeacon Bridgett officiating. burial in Riverside.
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Harry Gillis
Sifton
Man
Dauphin General Hospital
Harry Jack Gillis
Mount Forest
Wellington
Ont
Winnipeg
Anna Standwick
Gillis
Dauphin
Jack
R.C.A.F
Stanley
Duluth
Minn
Roderick
Nelson
Gordon
RCAF
H. Hope
Saskatoon
F. Myers
Kinistina
Sask
H. E. Bridgett
St. Paul’s Anglican
Riverside Cemetery
W. Mitchell
Robi. Edwards
J. ‘Kennedy
W. Barrie
Fred Kitt
Abraham
Bullmore
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Ludwig Spaever
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CS. Signal School
St. Hyacinthe
Que
Cliff Stelck
Day
PAY
Gmr. Clifford
RCA
S. L. Day
Krauter
Albert
R.c.af
A. H. Krauter
Delilah J. Chapman
Main ST
J. Buckwold & Sons
Steen
Patrick
Stoker
F. W. Bumstead
Lodge and Sons
4Th Avenue S.W
Neepawa Marble Works
P. Cowtun
St. Regis Hotel
E. F. Stemshorn F
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