Blind Date Drama Sparks at the Festival Dance
Rod Trent is pressured by his mother to ask Anna Marie Billings to the school Festival Dance. He reluctantly asks and is stunned by her transformation from a grease-streaked sight to a graceful beauty, rivaling the imagined glamour he had in mind.
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Mary ‘Trent
Curts
Pumpki
Rexi
Trent
Rod
Charlie
Mr Billings
Elly
Anna Mane
Anna Marie
Mr. Billings
Starr
Rods
Billings
The Cigar Smoker as Ideal Baseball Manager and City Editor
A humorous column argues cigar smokers possess steady nerves and quick thinking suited to leadership roles like baseball manager and city editor. It contrasts pipe and cigarette smokers and parodies views on geriatrics, gender, and stereotypes about height and romance, claiming women live longer and earn more but face wage gaps.
Canadian scientists prepare IGY study across Canada
Canadian researchers organize cross country observation stations for the 1957 58 International Geophysical Year focusing on magnetism aurora ionosphere and meteorology from Resolute Churchill Ottawa Meanook Saskatoon and other sites. The program is led by Dr Ald C Rose NRC with DRB support and funds from multiple agencies.
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IGY
Globe
Baker Lake
Chesterfield Inlet
Eskimo Point
Hudson Bay
Ald C. Rose
Pure Physics Division
National Research Council
Frank T. Davies
Defence Research Board
Canada
C. S. Beals
Department of Mines and Technical Surveys
D. W. R. McKinley
NRC
Fort Churchill
U.S. Army
DRB
Dr. Rose
Rocky Mountains
Dominion Observatory
Department of Transport
Meteorological Service
University of Saskatchewan
Score First Goal Boosts NHL Wins Across Season
After 67 games this season the club tallying the first goal often wins. The analysis confirms the advantage of scoring early in NHL contests and its correlation with final outcomes for teams across recent matchups.
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Sweenan
Forced growth rhubarb tips for winter use
D H Dobbs of the Experimental Farm Sask explains forcing rhubarb crowns for winter use. Select large crowns with strong buds, dig after autumn tops die, cold treat six weeks, then plant in a dark basement at about 60°F with space and soil between crowns.
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D. H. Dobbs
Scott, Sask
New Career Advice for Retirement Era Preparation
The article urges workers approaching retirement to plan for a new era. It warns that idle time can harm health and suggests exploring hobbies or spare time occupations as substitutes for ongoing work. It also notes funding for necessary equipment while still employed.
Canadian Farm Loan Board reports year ending March 31 1955
The Canadian Farm Loan Board issued its twenty sixth annual report covering 1954 55 operations. Loans approved totaled 1 225 000 with 52 5 percent for land secured debt 16 5 percent for livestock machinery and improvements 28 percent for debts and 3 percent for sundry uses. First mortgage loans numbered 2 145 and 995 second mortgages with an average loan of 3 535. Interest totaled 1 759 501 with borrowers repaying over 90 percent by year end. The board held 18 322 farms totaling 40 220 336 dollars the highest in board history. Loans are available to farmers farming the secured land with up to 10 000 on first mortgages or 22 000 on combined first and second mortgages.
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Canadian Farm Loar Board
Ryneipal rTepakt
Vollanson
Canada
Board Farm Loan Board
Strictly Fresh Set a Bang Outing Smoking
A local item from Oxville Tennessee describes a man reaching into a pocket for a coffin nail and pulling a two inch firecracker. The piece mentions holiday preparations and a joke about becoming Mr and Mrs by Christmas. Cyprus is noted as the Mediterranean's third largest nation.
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Oxville
Tenn
Aiocket
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Strictly Fresh
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