New Saskatoon Estevan rock face brick introduced
Saskatchewan Clay Products Estevan plant unveils a rock face brick named rock face for use as trimming brick and attractive for planters fireplaces and windows. It is the sixth brick face line produced by the company joining rug mat rustic smooth corduroy and premium buff.
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Saskatchewan Clay Products
Estevan
Ath
Saskatchewan Finance Office
Ejty
Saskatchewan
Canada
GOOD GROOMING FOR CAREER STARTERS
A guide on personal cleanliness urges regular bathing, use of a deodorant, and brushing teeth after meals to improve appeal and desirability in the workplace. It emphasizes grooming as essential for young men and women beginning their careers.
Co op Vegetable Oils expands with solvent extraction upgrade
Co op Vegetable Oils Limited in Altona installs new solvent extraction equipment converting from the expeller method. The $15,000 conversion, started in June 1857 and completed ten months later, boosts oil yield and protein content in meal while improving safety with isolated building and blast precautions. The upgrade positions the cooperative as a model of rural industrialization in Manitoba.
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Vegetanie Oils Ltd
Altona
Co-op Vegetable
Ns Limited
Canada
Co-op Vegetable Owls Limited
The
Echo Altona
Man
Sail boat pattern for young builders offered by Home Workshop
A pattern titled Sail boat ES AD helps boys and girls construct a small sailing craft for races or lake cruising. Pattern 457 lists every step and materials, price 40c, included in a Variety Package of Craftsman Patterns Packet 64 at 1.75 dollars.
Record May brings peak oil wells in Manitoba fields
Manitoba oil fields set a May record with 770 producing wells and 5145 279 barrels input. Cumulative output reached 21 447 595 barrels and daily average rose to 16 622. May production totaled 487 633 barrels, with four wells abandoned or converted and two new wells added. Minister Gurney Evans noted the April highs of 715 wells and 475 001 barrels.
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Manitoba
Hon Gurney Evans
Evans
Oldest Labor Saving Device In Homes
Among many labor saving devices in American homes the sewing machine stands as the oldest dating to its 1846 patent.
Mail box invention credited to Florida governor in 1810
The note states that Thomas Brown, then Florida’s governor, invented the mail box in 1810. It presents an archival claim about early mail receptacle development and political leadership of the era.
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Thomas Brown
Florida
Housing Problem Solved by Bus Home in Saskatchewan
Thirty three year old Jack King lives in a converted 1945 city bus parked at a trucking firm's lot. The mobile mansion includes a refrigerator dining area range sink toilet and shower with plans for an electric washer. The bed room mimics a Pullman sleeper and he enjoys a tax free life with $1 500 price tag. He aims to stay single and is happy with his unconventional home on wheels.
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Jack King
Jack
Saskatchewan
the Herald
Hanley
Sask
Red River Valley Echo June 18 1958 Altona Manitoba
Local pages of the Red River Valley Echo publish regional briefs from Altona Manitoba dated June 18 1958. Items cover community notices and small town happenings with names and places common to rural Manitoba life.
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Red River Valley
Altona, Man
Local firm grows to major contracting company in Whitewood
Whitewood Plumbing and Heating Co. Ltd, owned by T. V. Ward and John Fricker, marks its tenth year since starting as a small plumbing and heating shop. From nine years ago it expanded to outside contracts and now undertakes projects including the Esterhazy school, Maryfield and Lebret schools, Arcola hospital, Fosterhazy mine office, a Kennedy church, and new Whitewood homes. This year the firm bought two new trucks and a trench digger for septic installations, with four employees plus the partners seeking more skilled help.
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Whitewood
Whitewood Plumbing and Heating Co. Ltd
T. V. Ward
John Fricker
Adolph Siebel
Een
Esterhazy
Maryfield
Lebret
Fairlight
Arcola
Fosterhazy
Kennedy
Women Workers in Canada Reach Over 1.3 Million In Paid Roles
Canadian data show more than 1.3 million women hold paid employment with the manufacturing sector forming the largest group among women workers, highlighting expanding female participation in industry.
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Canada
Manufacturing
Peanut hazards and tonsillectomy note
Small children may choke on peanuts or poke them into ears or noses. Peanut butter is safer for snacks. If peanuts are stuck, seek medical attention rather than probing. More tonsillectomies are performed than any other operation.
Manitoba 4-H Council expands exchange program to Iowa
The Manitoba 4 H Club Council sends 34 members 16 girls and 16 boys to Jones County Iowa for a week of farm life exchange to learn farming systems outside Manitoba. Helgi Austman leads the tour with Mrs Stanley Roberts and Alex Stow supervising. They depart Winnipeg July 20 and return July 25. A similar ManitobaMinnesota exchange is planned for August with 36 participants.
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Manitoba 4-H Club Council
Jones County
Manitoba
Manitoba 4
Stanley Roberts
Niverville
Alex Stow
Carman
Winnipeg
Redwing
Minnesota
Iowa
Austman
Canadian National Institute for the Blind offers wide employment options
The institute continually notes blind citizens seek independence and self support. It provides jobs in institute service stands, as executives, field secretaries, home teachers, social workers, and on staff. Outside industry work includes darkroom developing, assembly, and switchboard operation.
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