Dramatic drop in tooth decay linked to fluoridation in Brantford
The 1955 National Health and Welfare report notes a dramatic decline in tooth decay among Brantford native children since water fluoridation began in June 1945. Stratford shows similar resistance, while Sarnia remains unchanged or worse. Brantford fluoride levels are 1.2 ppm vs Stratford’s 16 ppm. Health authorities report no ill effects and confirm decay reductions by about two thirds at a 1 ppm level.
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Ottawa
Brantford
Ont
Department of National Health and Welfare
Ontario
Sarnia
Stratford
Undertaker Target of Doorbell Ringing Prank
A Brooklyn police station deals with a call from an irate man who reports kids ringing his doorbell asking for empty boxes. The man, an undertaker, quips there is no reason except his occupation for the nuisance. The lieutenant asks why they pick on him.
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Brooklyn
N.Y
25th Annual 4-H Club Meet in Saskatoon 1956
The 25th annual Canadian Council on 4-H clubs meets March 5 to 7 at the Bessborough Hotel Saskatoon with over 75 provincial 4-H supervisors expected. R G Bennett leads as general chairman. delegates arrive March 4 for tours and a coffee party. The program includes talks on 4-H club work, a banquet led by Minister I C Nollet, and university events for delegates and lady guests.
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Canadian Council On
Bessborough
Saskatoon
R. G. Bennett
Ontario Department of Agriculture
Canada
New Western Development Museum
Minister of Agriculture
I. C. Nollett
University of Saskatchewan
Neolithic Farming Experiment by W T Stearn at Kew
Botanical expert W T Stearn spent four years testing Stone Age farming methods at a former cultivated plot near Kew. Using only flint tools and fire, he grew primitive wheat Einkorn and Emmer and a Celtic Bean, noting early humans needed far more effort than modern growers to achieve similar yields.
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W. T. Stearn
British Museum
Kew
Egypt
Europe
Stearn
Pattern Shop Jiffy Apron Pattern 7516
The Pattern Shop offers a no embroidery easy-to-sew apron pattern 7516 for a one-yard 55 inch fabric with iron-on red petunias and green leaves. Catalogue from Alice Brooks Needlecraft lists tissue pattern washable color transfer and a 60 Front Street Toronto address.
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P.P.L
Front Street W
Toronto
Alice Brooks
Winter children's outfit and home workshop patterns
Advertisement notes a three piece children's outfit including a weskit blouse and skirt pattern 4796 with sizes 2 4 6 8 10 and yardage details. Also describes a fire side wood box with simulated dowel peg construction and a wool carrier from canvas pattern 362 35 cents and a Home Workshop Pattern Service catalog offer from Vancouver BC.
Ancient rock map may depict universe and Mount Everest
Archaeologists date a six foot circular rock drawing to at least a thousand years old. Centered on Maha Meru it shows seven seas seven mountain ranges with fish and crabs, symbols for divine seats above, eight great bells below, and four great earth islands between, near an ancient temple.
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Weywon
Nwa
Mount Everest
Scavenger Hunt Leads to Unusual Neighbor Offer in Omaha
In Omaha Nebraska a pair of young girls seeking a cigar stub rang doorbells. A man eager to help offered to smoke a fresh cigar down to a stub claiming his wife had a baby that morning. No cigar stub was found after a house search.
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South
North
Omaha
Nebraska
Perennials Rewarding When Properly Grown in Prairie Climate
John Walker of Forest Nursery Station Saskatchewan notes hardy herbaceous perennials repeat bloom with proper site, shelter, weed control, irrigation, and manure. Early and late bloomers vary by weather. many varieties spread slowly to avoid crowding. most species can be purchased from local nurseries.
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Ottawa
John Walker
Indian Head
Sask
Bleeding Heart
Maxwill
Grace Marshall
Wig hats debut in Sally Victor spring collection
Milliner Sally Victor of New York introduces wig hats as a fresh spring style. The hats start with a mesh straw cap into which a woman tucks her hair, featuring pink satin ribbon and pale pink roses in one design and another with orange blossoms.
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Sally Victor
New York
India to adopt metric system for weights and money
India plans a 15 year push to switch weights measures and currency to metric units. Rations on defense payrolls will move to metric first, railways and roads will replace furlong markers with hectometres, and coinage will decimalize on Oct 2 1956 Gandhi birthday.
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India
Defence Ministry
Mahatma Gandhi
Planning Commission
Some Fats Are Necessary in Body Fuel Sources
A brief note explains fats supply essential energy, with milk fat in cream or butter highlighted for higher nutritional value due to Vitamin A. It warns that fats used in excess may retard digestion and overall health.
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