World Day of Prayer Observed Across Communities
The World Day of Prayer for women will be observed this year on Friday. The Inter church Council of Canada arranges the services. The first World Day of Prayer service was held in Canada in 1920 and the 1922 event united with U S women to create the international day. Today 142 countries participate and local churches provide details of the service.
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Interchurch Council of Canada
Canada
United States
Corner table pattern offers cutting guides and mail order
Pattern 461 gives directions and actual size cutting guides for a corner table with space for a lamp books and magazines. For the lamp pattern shown send B5c plus 35 and request pattern 364.
Simple Modern Coffee Table Pattern Guide
The article describes a 19 by 30 inch coffee table with an open shelf on both sides for a bouquet or in use items. It notes square-cut pieces and tapered legs for a modern touch, its simple lines matching various furniture periods, and provides pattern 23 as a step-by-step guide to build it. The pattern costs 35 cents if ordered separately or is included in a $1.50 packet of utility table patterns mailed postpaid to Home Workshop Patterns, Department PPL, 4433 West Ltd Avenue, Vancouver, B C.
Record flax harvest in Canada reaches new national high in 1956
Canada harvested the largest linseed flax crop on record in 1956 with acreage at 3 141 000 acres and production well over 30 million bushels. The crop moved eastward in the past decade, but Saskatchewan more than doubled Manitoba's acreage this season. Varieties show shifts with Red River Valley favoring resistant types. Raja and early maturing lines dominate Manitoba and Saskatchewan, while Redwing leads in Alberta. Raja offers good late seeding performance and strong immunity but weaker yields in northern areas.
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Canada
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
W. G. McGregor
Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Red River Valley
Alberta
Peace River
Fort Vermilion
Newest dog resident in town Gallery owner adds dachshund
The Herald's Bill Marsh recently acquired a dachshund pup described as a dog and a half long and half a dog high. The note riffs on the old Reader's Digest quip about a father of six letting children pat the dog at once.
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Herald
Bill Marsh
Reader's Digest
Dufferin Leader
Corman
First of new STC buses delivered
Saskatoon Saskatchewan Transportation Company receives the first in a new series of coaches built by Western Flyer Coach Ltd Winnipeg. Hon J. T. Douglas notes tubular steel body, fibreglass insulation, tinted Plexiglas windows and five position adjustable seating with individual vents reading lamps and four heating units. Some buses will use Rolls Royce engines. others GM diesels.
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Saskatchewan Transportation Company
J. T. Douglas
Western Flyer Coach Ltd
Winnipeg
Douglas
Pullman
General Motors
St.c
S.T.C
Jiffy-Cut ONE-Piece Pattern for Apron Size 10-16
Printed Pattern 4731 offers a one piece tissue pattern for an apron. Requires one yard 35 inch fabric. Sizes Small to Medium with heart pocket detail. Send 35 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Toronto for order.
Animal art guild forms to aid working animal actors
The American Guild of Animal Artists AGAA formed to protect animals in entertainment and advertising. Secretary Margaret Gould says performers face overwork poor travel and lodging and lack retirement support. The group aims to tax earnings for a retiring animal actors home and a fund for sick or needy performers.
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Animal Artists of the World, Ute
The
AGAA
American Guild of Animal
Margaret Gould
Miss Gould
Baron
Lady Wolfschmidt
Rin-Tin-Tin
Trigger
California
AGRA
AGVA
American Guild of Variety Artists
Animal Entertainment
Manitoba Traffic Deaths Rise In 1956 Fatalities Reach 144
In Manitoba the 1956 road toll totaled 144, up 44 percent from 1955. Deaths included 15 in Winnipeg and the remainder in rural areas. Officials report about 6,068 suspensions for the year, a 6.7 percent rise, with a sharp 203 percent jump in driving while suspended cases from 59 in 1955 to 179 in 1958.
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R. B. Baillie
Heating fuels in Canadian homes in 1956
Canadian households used furnaces for heating in 1956 at 57 percent. Oil powered 46 percent, coal 26 percent, wood 18 percent, and gas 8 percent of homes.
Also Mentioned on This Page
World Day of Prayer
Department P.P.L
West Ltd Avenue
Vancouver, B.C
Middle East
Mount of Olives
Jerusalem
Mohammed Khalil Abu el Hawa
STC
Anne Adams
Front Street
Toronto
Animal Artists’ Guild
Todeyi
Fleischmann
Acre
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