Fortress of Louisbourg restoration boosts tourism and jobs
Diary notes recount a visit to the Louisbourg fortress project on Cape Breton Island as it nears completion in 1970. The restoration aims to retrain unemployed miners, revive historical tourism, and revive a key Canadian landmark with authentic period replication and modern comforts.
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Louisbourg
Cape Breton Island
Canada
John Lunn
Royal Ontario Museum
Toronto
Chateau St. Louis
Govenor
France
Louis XV
Chateau
Paris
London
Of Many Things Where Did January Go
Personal essay reflecting on time passing and planning. The narrator contrasts old two month summers with current fast months, notes a neighbor who keeps time with a pocket notebook, and adopts the habit of nightly promises to complete tasks. He foresees using a pocket organizer but cautions against over efficiency.
Tips from Trudy on Colorful Home Decorating
Extension home economist Trudy Holtmann explains using color to decorate cost effectively. Green tones provide a soothing flexible base while hot colors like red orange and yellow act as warm accents. Choose schemes that fit personal taste and mood and draw ideas from paintings fabrics or wallpaper.
Colorful makeovers with spray paints and fabrics
The piece advises search for secondhand wooden case goods and fabrics for decorating projects. It promotes spray cans for quick color, suggests affordable 36 inch dress fabrics for draperies and wall hangings, vinyls for covering boxes, and dyed bedsheets for bedspreads, all to create bright, washable children's room decor.
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Diary of
Dorothy Barker
New England
North American
Ambrose Hill
Trudy
Trudy Holtmann
Tory
Oadte Now
Hamiota Echo
Sharon
Muscle Beach
TNS
Manitoba
Department of Industry and Commerce
Industry & Commerce
Nelson River
Manitoba Department OF Industry & Commerce
Sidney J. Spivak
L. O. R. Dyke
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