The Temptress at Know He Loves Me
Jeanie pleads for affection as sister Ellen schemes to set up romance with Waldo. Ellen lures Waldo into the living room while Jeanie eavesdrops, then confronts jealousy with playful manipulation. Waldo is drawn to Ellen, Jeanie discovers her sister’s ruse and both sisters face their relationships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanie
Ellen
Kal
Flen
Eilen
Waldo
Jeanie Binkei
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
One Yard Skirt Pattern 4609 For 54-Inch Fabric
Advertises pattern 4609 for a skirt needing only one yard of 54 inch fabric in waist sizes 24 25 26 28. Claims easy to sew with complete illustrated instructions and new pockets yoke slim lines. Orders accepted by mail for 25 cents in coins with name address and size.
Fall and Winter Pattern Book by Anne Adams
Send twenty five cents now for a pattern book by Anne Adams featuring new season fashion and easy to sew patterns. Includes Christmas gift ideas and a thrift pattern to convert a man's shirt into a child's dress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Oddities in the News from a British village and beyond
A curious mix of brief items including a Staf ford gardener’s two toned chrysanthemum, Thistleton Rutland’s four year funeral and two year wedding drought, a Dallas taxi driver tipped with a $1000 cheque, a marriage chase to Temple, and an 81 year old Los Angeles divorcee recalling a century old elopement. plus a theft spree in Charlotte that yielded nothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. L. Grizzle
Dallas
Tex
Temple
Grizzie
Barbara Ann Scott Skates Winter In Toronto
Barbara Ann Scott, Canada's world and Olympic skating champion, relocates from Ottawa to Toronto for the winter to stay near trainer Seldon Galbraith and to access two skating rinks after the Minto club burned down. She hopes to return to England after a successful recent tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Florida
Barbara Ann Scott
Canada
Ottawa
Seldon Galbraith
Minto
B.A
England
New Alberta Farmers Union elects Henry Young president
Henry Young of Miller was elected president of the Farmers' Union of Alberta, succeeding Carl J. Stimpfle of Edmonton who had led the organization since 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
Henry Young
Miller
Farmers’ Union of Alberta
Carl J. Stimpfle
Edmonton
Alberta Sugar Beet Growers Receive Payment
In Lethbridge the second and final slice of the largest initial payment in southern Alberta sugar beet history totaling $1,000,000 was received by about 1,550 growers. The 1950 crop support brings the total initial payment to roughly $4,450,000 from a 445,000 ton crop. Further payments will be made by Canadian Sugar Factories Limited as sugar output from three southern Alberta plants is sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lethbridge
Alberta
Canadian Sugar Factories Limited
Winnipeg Has Its "Boys' Town" Established for youth
Winnipeg reports a program called Boys' Town for 75 youths aged 12 to 17 who elect a youth mayor and council, meet weekly at St. Matthew's Anglican Church basement, and pay five cents to play basketball floor hockey and table tennis. Supervisor Ed Dock notes aims of good sportsmanship organized athletics and closer ties to the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
St. Matthew's Anglican Church
Ed Dock
Alberta oil wells yield in first ten months of 1950
A high proportion of about 800 Alberta wells drilled in the first ten months of 1950 produced oil, with roughly 600 classified as oil producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Western Briefs roundup from various Canadian locales
In Churchill Manitoba two nurses became engaged in the same week as marriages rise at the fort hospital. In Moose Jaw mattresses are installed in women’s cells while men sleep on iron cots. Vancouver plywood orders total about 3 million dollars for 15 million square feet to Britain for 1951. Saskatoon forms a civic group to study fluoridating water with dental professionals aboard. Calgary names Gordon Brown Rookie of the Year in the western interprovincial league. Regina cautions highway work unlikely to be cut due to international tensions. High River opens Pioneer association to descendants. Saskatchewan plates in 1951 will carry the slogan Wheat Province.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cupid Churchill
Fort Churchill
Susie
Moose Jaw
Vancouver
British Columbia
Britain
Open Season Declared for Female Deer Elk and Moose
Maine officials approve an open season for female deer elk and moose to help restore herds that have been depleted. The policy suggests shooting fewer male animals to rebalance populations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Red Deer Fish and Game Association
Fur Auction Nets 500000 For 4500 Mink Pelts In Vancouver
Western Canadian Raw Fur Auction Sales reports about 500000 dollars from 4500 mink pelts sold in Vancouver. Over 100 fur firms participated with standard mink reaching as high as 31 dollars per skin and the popular light blue color nicknamed breath of spring fetching up to 40 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Refugee farmers target Canada after sea voyage
A Czech consul general Frantisek Sevcik and Hungarian engineer Frank Herczegh are among about 1,200 refugees traveling by train to new homes across Canada after leaving liners Neptunia and Ascania. Sevcik plans to work in insurance in Montreal, while Herczegh will farm at Livelong, Saskatchewan.
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Halifax
Montreal
Saskatchewan
Canada
Neptunia
Ascania
Frantisek Sevcik
France
Czechoslovakia
Frank Herczegh
Paris
Reds
Livelong
Sask
Feed Grain Subsidy Likely To Remain In Effect
Ottawa reports a government official expects the feed grain subsidy to continue at least to July 31 next, with supplementary estimates likely to extend payments through the 1950 51 crop year. The Royal Commission on transportation may urge reduced rail rates, after which subsidies could be withdrawn. Estimated costs and regional rates are outlined, with about $147.6 million paid since 1941 and another $5 million expected before March 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Royal Transportation Commission
Canadian Transportation
Central
Canada
Montreal
Calgary
Edmonton
Pacific Coast
Wolves Attack Manitoba Sheep Reported by Farmers
In Erickson Manitoba district farmers report wolves attacking sheep. T Lee found 18 carcasses in his pasture and shot one wolf thought to descend from Riding Mountain park. A second farmer trapped several wolves. Erickson lies about 50 miles north of Brandon.
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Erickson
Man
T. Lee
Riding Mountain National Park
Brandon
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Fairview Chemical Co
Lia In Ly
Toac
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Front Street W
George Astles
Stafford
Thistleton
Rutland
Mary Olive Hornbeck
Los Angeles
London
Mutual Building and Loan
Charlotte
N.C
U.S. Navy
Treasure Island
San Francisco Bay
James M. Cobbier
Fort Worth
Albert A. Lee
Port Arthur
Central Press
U.S
S.S. Independence
Quincy
Mass
Cape Cod
U.S. Maritime Commission
United States
Western Briefs
Saskatoon
Saskatoons
Dental
Gordon Brown
Calgary Stampeder
Western Canada Interprovincial Football Union
Regina
J. T. Douglas
High River
Alta
High River Pioneers and Old-Timers Association
Sons and Daughters of Pioneers
Wheat Province
Swift Current
L. H. Hutchison
Agriculture Department
Golden
B.C
British Columbia Power Commission
Norah B. Lee
Miss Lee
Refugee
Peggy
Gandy Smith
By Chuck Thurston
Dotty Jones
Sandy
Bobby Wilson
Sugar Grove
Elmer Latt
Rockford
Chicago
Wilson
Latt
Manitoba
Ramsay Company
Bank Street
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