Mobile info office to tour Northern Ontario for gas rollout
The Northern Ontario Natural Gas Company plans a mobile information office that will travel to communes this summer preparing residents for natural gas arrival in fall. The two tone bus will operate as a dealer coordination center for local appliance dealers and feature pamphlets a projector and demonstration equipment.
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Antique Informaton
Ontario
Compact
Ty North
Ontarc Natural Gas Company Limited
Don Brown
Alec Simpson
Northern
Ontario Fuel Board
Northland Post
Cochrane
Ont
Home Workshop patterns offer toy boat kits
The Home Workshop advertisement promotes Pattern 458 for a sailor boys boat with an extra passenger. Pack No. 52 includes four other toy and furnishing patterns for tiny toys. Price is $1.75, order through Home Workshop Patterns Department PLPN, 4453 West Sud Avenue, Vancouver, B.C.
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Department
West Sud Avenue
Vancouver
B.C
Consolidation urged for Emerson Stockport area schools
The Emerson Stockport Manchester Dufferin and Post Road boards discussed uniting into one district. They urge a larger, modernized school plant and say consolidation could lower taxes by combining Marais and Emerade areas, stressing urgent need for better facilities.
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Emerson Stockport
Manchester
Dufferin
Post Road
Emerson Board
Emerson
Marais
Emerade
Helo Sundress Jumper Pattern for Petite Figures
Advertises a dress pattern by Anne Adams Pattern Dept offering a sew easy sundress that doubles as a jumper with a smart blouse. Includes half sizes 14 to 22, yardage for sizes, printed directions, and a request for fifty cents in coins. Mail order to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Toronto.
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Coina
Anne Adams
Dept. Department P.P
Front Street
Toronto
Newspaper shifts to three issues monthly in Delburne
In a notice dated April 10 1958 editor A T George of The Times Delburne Alberta explains a three monthly schedule with issues on the 10th 20th and 30th. production costs rise and staff limits force the change while subscriptions will remain at 12 dollars yearly with refunds for unused portions.
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A. T. George
the Times
Delburne, Alta
How to Stop Wool Sweaters From Sagging on Children
A sewing tip explains attaching a ribbon inside along the shoulder seam to raise and support a child’s wool sweater. The ribbon runs from the neck band to the sleeve seam and should be cut to fit the shoulder width.
Mohammedans Recite Their Chief Draver Five Times Daily
A brief item notes that followers of Mohammedan traditions recite their chief Draver five times each day as part of daily routine.
Sermon Emphasizes Cross as Core Glory at Dedication
The passage recounts a church dedication with mixed ministers and lay preachers, stressing unity in Christ and not boasting in the building. It centers on Paul's view of the cross, his conversion near Damascus, and the believer’s call to crucify worldly desires and live as a living sacrifice.
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Jesus Christ
Ike Paul
Paul
Stephen
Damascus
God
Trinidad Largest Southmost Island in West Indies
Trinidad with an area of 3 864 square miles stands as the southernmost island in the West Indies.
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Trinidad
West Indies
Knitting Pattern 7181 for Bedspread Rug Cotton
Advertisement for pattern 7181 describes a cable stitch spread suitable for modern or traditional settings. Send thirty five cents to Household Arts Department in Toronto for official print, with stamp not accepted. The notice targets knitters seeking a bedspread pattern in rug cotton.
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Household Arts Department
Department P.P.L
Front Street
Toronto
The perfect man and his many footed traits
A playful survey of common phrases that describe character through body part metaphors. The piece examines how phrases like keeping both feet on the ground heart in the right place and eyes wide open reveal personality cues and social impressions.
Old factioned ideas on modern education
A Canadian editorial notes Ottawa education conference produced little beyond intent to fix weaknesses. Alberta Judge Nelles Buchanan urges classroom discipline including on-site punishment, linking to Calgary gas theft incidents by youths. Authors debate how education can channel such restlessness into constructive goals.
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Ottawa
Alberta
Nelles Buchanan
Calgary
Surplus Problems Reported Solved for Farmers
The Ottawa Herald notes two farmer surplus issues: eggs thrown at US Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson during a South Dakota farmers meeting, and locally sold fried grasshoppers priced at about $1 per tiny carton. Entomologists estimate up to one and a half tons of grasshoppers per acre in a good year. Farmers urged to consider grasshoppers as potential income alongside wheat and sugar beets to reach high earnings.
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Lethbridge
Times
High River
Alberta
Ezra Taft Benson
United States
South Dakota
The
Science Service Laboratories
Acre
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Nwt
Ray Beck
Northwest Territories
Phillip Goulet
Yellowknife
Henry Busse
Mr Beck
the Journal
Erson
Eno City
Enin
THEA
Knitter's Delight
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Man
Camrose
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