The Letter to Lester Sisters Reveal Their Secret
Sara Worthy and Alice share a life long confession in a rambling family house. The sisters reveal past mistakes with Lester Mankin, and how a misaddressed letter changed fate. Alice admits loving Lester and Sara forgives, ending with a quiet acceptance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sara
Alice
Sara Worthy
Mit
Newther
Lester
Jim
Miss Alice
Papa
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
Shortage of physiotherapists slows Alberta clinics plan
Edmonton reports a shortage of physiotherapists delaying the Canadian Arthritis and Rheumatism Society's plan to set up clinics and mobile units in Alberta. Executive director Edward Dunlop of Ottawa says the society intends to bring women physiotherapists from Britain to fill the gap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Canadian
Arthritis and Rheumatism Society
Alberta
Edward Dunlop
Ottawa
Britain
Birth certificates via Registrar General in London
British-born individuals may obtain a birth certificate by writing to the Registrar General at Somerset House London providing place date and full names. The fee is five shillings and one penny payable by postal order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset House
London
England
Mrs Reynolds Endorses Blue Bonnet Margarine Flavor
A promotional note hints that Mrs. Quentin Reynolds prefers Blue Bonnet Margarine and urges readers to compare it with other spreads. It touts Blue Bonnet as a fresh, sweet flavored margarine with rich nutrition and economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quentin Reynolds
Burr Bonnet
Western Briefs: Prairie Investment, Native Mayor, and More
Imperial Oil forecasts three quarters of a billion dollars invested on the prairies since 1947. Winnipeg plans six portable classrooms at 12000 each for next year. Gordon Grant becomes Regina’s first native mayor. Peace River well near Fort Stain No. 2 shows gas and sulphurous mud at depth. Fifteen nurses to Canada from Britain to ease Portage la Prairie hospital shortage. Saskatchewan projects 1951-52 fish value near 1.5 million. British Columbia rowing eight to seek 1952 Olympic bid with trials in St Catherine’s, Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weyburn
Grant Faulkner
Imperial Oil
Weyburn Young Fellows’ Club
Prairies
Winnipeg
Winnipeg School Board
Portage LA Prairie
Man
Canada
Great Britain
Portage la Prairie General Hospital
Vancouver
British Columbia
Helsinki
Finland
Bob Robinett
St. Catherine's
Ont
Oddities In The News From Clinton To Calcutta And More
A 65 year old Clinton Illinois man James Gregory still has a nail lodged in his chest from a plastering accident. Doctors call the nail harmless though it remains in his body after 26 years. In East Bengal a seven foot woman beggar in Khulna attracts crowds for alms followed by a two foot man with a grey moustache. Westmoreland New Hampshire hunters have a new warning after farmer L W Churchill paints COW on his cows to prevent accidental shootings. In Rockland Massachusetts J S McCallum climbed a tree to harvest a seven foot squash grown on a vine that climbed a branch. In Butte Montana Elvin Kinner aged 48 was shot when a dog stepped on a shotgun trigger as he swerved to avoid a car.
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James Gregory
Clinton
Ill
Gregory
Calcutta
Khulna
East Bengal
Elvin Kinner
Butte
Mont
Kinner
Cordova Bay Couple Celebrate 60th Anniversary at Married Home
Mr and Mrs Philip J Jeune of Cordova Bay mark their sixtieth wedding anniversary in the same house where they wed. The residence was the first built in the Cordova Bay area by Mrs Jeune’s father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Philip J. Jeune
Cordova Bay
Jeune
Manitoba hatchery to open in Portage la Prairie
The Manitoba Dairy and Poultry pool plans a Portage la Prairie hatchery in time for spring turkey and chicken production. Pool director H. E. Batters announced the plan at Gladstone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladstone
Man
Manitoba Dairy and Poultry Pool
Portage la Prairie
H. E. Batters
West reborn in Medicine Hat as oil transforms Canada
A visit to a Medicine Hat museum sparks talk of a new West fueled by oil. Old homesteaders' methods give way to drilling, pipelines, and refinery growth. The piece notes language shifts and rising Western industry, with Alberta oil driving national renewal.
Demand for Wheat Boosts Prairie to Atlantic Rail Shipping
Prairie wheat will move to eastern markets and Atlantic export points by rail this winter due to strong demand, says W C McNamara assistant chief commissioner of the wheat board. Capacity limits at lakehead terminals and east coast loading sites, plus boxcar availability, will shape movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Atlantic Coast
Wheat Board
W. C. McNamara
Shipside
Lakehead
East Saint John
Halifax
Atlantic
McNamara
Also Mentioned on This Page
Walter Desmond Booth
Aeries
Lester Mankin
Dodd
Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Front Street W
Toronto
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Roughriders
Ottawa Rough Riders
Myrtle Bainbridge
Miss Bainbridge
Colleen Hutchins
Regina
Western Briefs
Gordon Grant
Victoria
B.C
Peace River
Stain
E. T. Kenney
P.R.A
A. H. MacDonald
Bureau of Publications
McDonald
B.C. Rowing
Westmoreland
N.H
L. W. Churchill
J. S. McCallum
Rockland
Mass
Les Carroll
Canada West
Plains
West
Red River
Horace Greely
Great Lakes
Montreal
Ontario
Quebec
Medicine Hat
Fathers of Confederation
Train of Unity
Pipe of Peace
Pipe of Plenty
Buckley
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