Easter Lily Grows Seven Bloomed Corner Jewel
Local notes celebrate an Easter Lily planted from a worn house plant last Easter now boasting seven blooms in the Gray home’s northwest flower bed. A cottage-building feat by five boys near The Narrows earns praise, with guests at a full-house open eve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank
Mary Gray
Gray Home
the Narrows
Cardale
Shoal Lake
Brent Strachan
Vernon Brown
Dean McConnell
Cam Schweitzer
Ross Coombs
Reggies Ramblings on Health Fears and Olympic Belief
A satirical column notes scare items about newspapers causing cancer from printer inks and lists minor ailments from reading. It cites Ontario Premier Bill Davis defending the Monarchy in Canada's constitution while premiers debate. It praises Canadian athletes at Edmonton Games for all out effort despite facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
Bill Davis
Canada
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
I'm Fine Yet Feeling Fine Despite My Shape
An old man speaks of arthritis fatigue and a wheezy talk yet insists he is well while noting sleepless nights and memory lapses. The piece closes with a cheerful moral about saying I am fine despite the shape we are in and a dash of light humor from a cartoonist anecdote in Las Vegas.
Turmoil over scrapping Airborne Regiment in Canada
Ottawa reports a clash over plans to scrap the elite Canadian Airborne Regiment moved from Edmonton to Camp Petawawa near the Quebec border. Defence ministers and generals debate preserving traditions while the Special Service Force grows, threatening morale and mass elitism concerns.
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Ottawa
Canadian Airborne
Edmonton
Camp Petawawa
Quebec
Barney Dawson
Jacques Dextraze
London
Ontario
Moncton
N.B
Airborne
Defense
Army
Dawson
Dextraze
Special Service Force
Petawawa
SSF
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Jack Coombs
L. L. Brown
Mary Bull
Transair
Wimp
Gertrude Rankin
G. Y. Rankin
Oronto Gun
Reggie
Neb Curll
F.E.A
Las Vegas
Bruce Lemon
Arthur Brisbane
Windsor McKay
Brisbane
McKay
Will Rogers
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