Weyburn to host $250,000 Western Wire & Cable plant
Premier T C Douglas and J A Kippan announced a $250,000 Weyburn factory by Western Wire & Cable Co. Ltd. Vancouver. The plant will start early 1956 at the Westurn airport, employ about 30 locals, and produce aluminum cable for power transmission and copper wire for telephone lines with a $100,000 yearly payroll.
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Recina
Saskatchewan
Weyburn
T. C. Douglas
J. A. Kippan
Western Wire & Cable Co. Ltd
Vancouver
Regina
Westurn
Prairies
Kippan
Kitchen hacks and cooking tips from a DIY feature
A practical guide covers odor control after cooking fish and fragrant vegetables, home decor ideas using wallpaper and tape to freshen canisters, and a hearty deviled ham burger bun filling with sautéed peppers onions and celery.
Growers Plan Full Program for Manitoba Convention
Commercial vegetable growers from across Manitoba meet January 24 at Winnipeg in theatre A TM Government building for a three day convention opening. Topics include soil problems fertilizers insect pests and grading with speakers from Morden Experimental Farm University of Manitoba and Dominion Marketing Service. Dr Walker Dr Hedlin Dr Rostberg and others will present and a final address covers European vegetable growing.
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Manitoba
Winnipeg
A. L. Shewfelt
Morden
J. M. Hay
Dominion Marketing Service
Marvin Rostberg
Minnesota
Gravy and Food Stains Lead Drycleaning Bills
A National Institute of Drycleaners survey finds food and gravy stains top drycleaning costs, followed by blood, coffee and tea, alcohol and soft drinks. Cosmetics make seven percent, while children’s paste and glue account for four percent. The text also notes oxygen’s abundance in Earth's outer layer and atmosphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Institute of Drycleaners
Home Workshop and Doll Garment Patterns Catalog
The notice advertises Home Workshop pattern 445 for adjustable interior louvers and frames with measurements for doors windows and screens. It also promotes pattern 207 with nine window framing styles, pattern 325 for curtains, and pattern 4526 for doll clothing in multiple sizes with complete easy instructions and yardage. Order details provided for Vancouver B C and price 3d for first patterns and 35c for doll pattern.
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Home Workshop Pattern
Department P.P.L
West Fifth Avenue
Vancouver
B.C
Pattern for Potholders Seven Varieties with Embroidery Transfer
Pattern by White Brooks Pattern full of potholders all different and gay easy to make perfect for jiffy gifts bazaars and your own kitchen use gay scraps bright thread Value Seven seven pot holders in Pattern .358 Directions and embroidery transfer included to obtain this pattern send twenty five cents in coins stamps cannot be accented
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolly
ALICE BROOKS Needlecraft Catalogue Ad
An advertisement from Department P P L Household Arts Department at 60 Front Street West Toronto urges readers to send 25 cents for the ALICE BROOKS Needlecraft Catalogue. It invites plainly writing name address and pattern number to receive pages of knitting crochet embroidery iron ons toys and novel ties.
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P.P.L
Front Street W
Toronto
P.P.L. Household Arts Department
Alice Brooks
Bow Bell of London Silent Since 1941 May Ring Again
Old St Mary le Bow seeks £150000 to reh ang its peals silenced by Nazi bombing in May 1941. The bells trace to the Middle Ages and are tied to Dick Whittington legend. Restoration would revive the curfew bell and the Bow Bell Cockneys identity.
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London
Dick Whittington
St. Maryle Bow
Bew
Whittington
Bow Bell
Cheapside
Lacombe girl wins essay prize in weed control contest
Auss Yveanne Nievi, a 16 year old from Lacombe Alberta, wins the North Central Weed Conference essay competition on How We Control Weeds On Our Farm. The event drew entries from 14 states and Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with final judging in Omaha Nebraska. She receives 25 dollars first prize in Alberta and a 300 dollar scholarship toward an agriculture or home economics program.
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Auss
Yveanne Nievi
Lacombe Alta
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Omaha
Nebraska
Kievit
Bendy foam rubber toys range beyond Britain
A line of British latex rubber toys, wired and unwired, proves highly successful and is exported worldwide including Canada and the United States. Over 50 shapes exist from Field Marshal Montgomery to bunnies and boxing gloves. The toys double as advertising aids in sales campaigns. The text notes the danger of electric shock causing heart failure.
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Canada
Montgomery
Old steam engine thrills farmers near Didsbury Alberta
At the Spreeman farm near Didsbury Alberta Allan Spreeman and his sons run 1 200 acres with 500 in crop. They revive a 1922 Case steam engine and a 1908 Case threshing machine each fall to thresh up to 4 000 bushels of wheat daily and 700 bushels of oats per hour for onlookers and oldtimers alike. Modern tractors complement the old equipment as crowds photograph and watch the operation.
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Spreeman
Didsbury
Alberta
Allan Spreeman
Elmer
Walter
Spreemans
Rasern
Freeman Farm
Walter Freeman
Cod Liver Oil Through the Years
Oldtimers recall cod liver oil as a crude fishy medicine disliked by children yet essential for growth. Today children enjoy pleasant capsules tablets or liquids while the substance remains necessary from birth to age sixteen for straight strong bones and proper teeth development.
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