Willow Bunch Giant and Legare Shaped Pioneer West
The Willow Bunch Giant Féward Beaupré stood eight feet three inches and became a famed figure in Pioneer West. Jean Louis Legare founded Willow Bunch, fostered trade with Sitting Bull, and served as merchant and postmaster guiding the community from 1864 to his death in 1918.
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Willow Bunch
Pioneer
Féward Beaupre
Regina
Moose Jaw
Legare
Saskatchewan
Wilson Bunch
Edward Beaupre
Montreal
Jean Louis Legare
United States
Quebec
Ouiellette
Wood Mountain
Washington
Sitting Bull
Little Big Horn
Custer
Canada
U.S
West
Winnipeg
Early American Chest and Wall Decor Patterns
Pattern 397 offers a durable blanket chest with removable tray and dove tail joints. Includes actual size base cutting guide and dowel peg assembly. pine original, cherry or cedar suitable. Pattern 397 35c. Early American Pack 5 patterns 1.50. Pattern 398 adds life like figure painting directions 35c. Department PPL Home Workshop Pattern Service Vancouver B C.
Queen to Name New Liner in Belfast Visit
Queen Elizabeth II will visit Northern Ireland on August 17 to launch a 20,000 ton passenger liner at Harland and Wolff Belfast shipyard. The liner is built for Shaw Savill and Albion Co Ltd, owners of Gothic. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh are on a Commonwealth tour and the Duke may join the Belfast visit after opening the Empire Games in Canada.
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Northern Ireland
Harland and Wolff
Belfast
Shaw, Savill and Albion Co.,, Ltd
Queen
Duke of Edinburgh
Canada
Britain
Real Whopper Hen Egg Stuns Grand Forks
In Grand Forks B C one of Mrs B Lavin s hens produced a remarkable egg measuring seven percent and six inches in circumference and weighing four ounces.
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Grand Forks
B.C
Polio Cases Surge to 4755 in 1953
Four thousand seven hundred fifty five polio cases were reported in 1953, more than twice the average of the prior five years, signaling a sharp outbreak in the period.
Canadian Curling Brier Finals Set for Edmonton
Officials await results of provincial preliminaries before finalizing plans for the Macdonald Brier Tankard to be staged in Edmonton on March 15. Arvida curling club will represent Quebec, with other regions contesting in Kingston Ottawa Oshawa and more as a special eastbound train carries competitors to the world’s largest curling event.
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Montreal
Edmonton
Arvida Curling Club
Quebec
Kingston
Ottawa
Oshawa
Lindsay
London
Hamilton
Toronto
Orillia
Midland
Owen Sound
Guelph
Galt
Ontario
Sudbury
Port Arthur
Jim McCool
Manitoba
Roland woman wins $1 000 contest
Mrs. Clifford Sayer of Roland won the $1000 radio contest prize on a Winnipeg station after correctly answering the question Mary Queen of Scots on her first try.
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Roland Woman
Morden
Mary Queen of
Winnipeg
Roland
Clifford Sayer
Sask farmer receives wallet and cash from Regina finder
David Grisdale of Weekes Saskatchewan lost his wallet at a Regina convention last December. He later recovered the wallet and the $80 in cash mailed in a small parcel by the anonymous finder.
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Weekes
Sask
David Grisdale
Regina
Red Cross Aids Saskatchewan Water Safety Efforts
In Prince Albert and across Canada, Red Cross instructors train youths at the Civic Pool while promoting a nationwide water safety program. The organization delivers free swimming lessons, beach and pool construction advice, and volunteer-led instruction to communities with or without pools, supporting blood transfusion services, veteran care, and disaster relief.
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Saskatchewan
Red Cross
Prince Albert Civic Pool
Canada
D.V.A
Canadian Red Cross
Corn hybrids boost Manitoba corn prospects in Red River Valley
Dr. E. D. Putt and John Giesbrecht of the Morden Experimental Station report rising interest in corn in southern Manitoba. New hybrids Morden 74 and Morden 77, released years ago, are now available commercially and have shown superior yields and earlier maturity than Warwick 210 KE3 and Falconer in 1949–53 tests.
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Red River Valley
Manitoba
E. D. Putt
John Giesbrecht
Morden
Man
Warwick
Kingscroft
Falconer
Woman Farmer Mary Walden Elected Cowichan President
Cowichan Agricultural Society in British Columbia elects Mary Walden as president, a first for the group. A longtime farmer and director of the Cowichan Exhibition, Walden runs a mixed farm famed for prize jersey cattle and favors female labor and mechanical aid over hired men.
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Cowichan
B.C
Cowichan Agricultural Society
Mary Walden
Mary Waldon
Waldon
Mary
Nine City Butter Stocks Rise Across Regions
Butter stocks in nine cities on January 21 totalled 45.894 million pounds, up from 31.599 million a year earlier. City by city holdings include Quebec 3.360 thousand pounds, Montreal 22.408 thousand, Toronto 9.1886 thousand, Winnipeg 7.315 thousand, Regina 0.544 thousand, Saskatoon 0.123 thousand, Edmonton 1.008 thousand, Calgary 0.402 thousand, and Vancouver 1.546 thousand.
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Quebec
Montreal
Toronto
Winnipeg
Regina
Saskatoon
Edmonton
Calgary
Vancouver
New Saskatchewan Plumbing Rules Take Effect This Jan
New plumbing regulations approved for Saskatchewan become effective January 5 by order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council. They cover drains sewers and sewage disposal as well as plumbing water supply ventilation and heating of buildings. J G Schaeffer directs the sanitation division and helped lead national code development with Canada wide committees. Meetings were held in Ottawa Montreal Toronto and Regina. A notable feature is that trailer parks and camps are now included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
J. G. Schaeffer
Department of Public Health
Schaeffer
National Research Council of Canada
Ottawa
Montreal
Toronto
Regina
Knitting Pattern 7099 Misses Shrug Pattern
Instruction highlights a shrug pattern using large needles and heavy worsted yarn for easy warm wear. Includes Misses' sizes 32 to 38 and pattern requires twenty five cents to obtain.
Alice Brooks Needlecraft Offer Patterns Draws Reader Attention
Department P P L Household Arts invites readers to submit name address and pattern number for ten complete patterns to sew embroider crochet printed in the Alice Brooks Needlecraft Book. Includes gift ideas bazaar makers toys fashions and more patterns. Send 25 cents now.
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Alice Brooks
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