Fire shuts down coal mine near Ea tomtom
A 75 000 dollar strike at Starky Coal Mines seven miles north of Ea tomtom has left the 450 ton per day operation shut down for at least a tenth. Manager John Starky said a stockpile is available but would be depleted by month end. Cote of Sundance noted top capacity of 2 000 tons daily and readiness to operate at top speed in a shortage. Production loss and jobs are the immediate concerns as insurers cover some damages and repairs proceed.
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Starky Coal Mines
Eatomtom
Atenth
John Starky
Cote
Sundance
Contacel
Iren Winers
Ial
Starky
Ontare
Crown Coal Co
Country Life
Starky Mines
Morinville
Lac Ste. Anne
Edmonton
Alta
Giake
Ocu
Bonnie
Beulah
Kirby
Local Cadet Heads for Far Eastern Cruise
Herman 17 son of Mr and Mrs James Herman of Camrose has been chosen as one of 26 western Canada Sea Cadets to undergo 10 weeks of sea training on a Far Eastern Cruise departing from Esquimalt B C January 13. Five new Canadian destroyer escorts participate in the mission. The itinerary remains under press seal as Johnny and his shipmates await the exotic War East voyage. Cadets were selected by the Navy League of Canada with help from the area officer The Canadian Carsrose Alta.
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Vumiy Herman
James Herman
Cam- Tose
Western Canada
Navy League of Canada
Carsrose
Alta
Misses' Printed Pattern 4775 for Winter Sheath Silhouette
Curved close silhouette pattern for misses sizes 10 to 18 in wool tweeds breadcloths or winter cottons. Size 16 uses 2 4 yards of 54 inch fabric. Printed pattern directions included. Send 50 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Toronto with name and address.
Water Works Upgrades Extend City Reservoir Capacity
Town Engineer Buckingham reports the No. 2 water well on Quebec Street now has a new pump run at 250 gpm for normal use, peaking at 300 gpm. The upgrade costs 2436.65 dollars plus local installation, improving supply and delaying extra storage needs. The system also draws from No. 3 well, stores in a 100000 gallon tank, and raises water to an elevated 100000 gallon reservoir.
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Buckingham
Quebec Street
Quebec
Works Department
D. W. Luke
North Valley
First Avenue
Luke
Rankin retires after 45 years with Canadian Pacific
W A Rankin of the Canadian Pacific Railway concludes 45 years of service, with the last six as agent operator at Miller, retiring February 1 1958. He began April 17 1913 in Daysland as assistant agent, later Lochearn cashier, served in WW I, returned to rail work, became agent operator in 1928, and at Miller since 1952. He has held many community and fraternal roles and received a mantle clock at a Park Hotel banquet.
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W. A. Rankin
Canadian Pacific Railway
Miller
Mr. Rankin
Daysland
Lochearn
Calgary
78Th Battery
Canadian Expeditionary Force
A.M. Gra
Victory
Order of the Eastern Star
Wetaskiwin
Millet
The
Canadian Legion
Valley merchants report brighter business in 1957
A cross section of Red River Valley merchants interviewed by the Echo reports sales gains up to 15 percent over last year. The overall business picture for 1957 appears bright in the valley. The survey comes from the Red River Valley Echo in Altona dated December 31, 1957.
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Red River Valley
Echo Monday
Al‘ona
Man
Scot descendent in Edinburgh bemoans cigarette lighter loss
Hugh Crombie of the Canadian trade mission recounts a Leeds audience a Scottish-Canadian in Edinburgh who, missing his lighter, discovers matches cost tuppence a box at a nearby tobacconist, forcing a return to the hotel for a light.
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Hugh Crombie
Britain
Leeds
Edinburgh
Planning a Play reflects a director's thorough prep and casting focus
A note to Bonnie urges deep pre rehearsal planning for stage success. It stresses diagramming scenes, identifying main plot and climaxes, matching casting to roles, and keeping minor characters sharp. The writer praises Beulah and Ma Kirby for keeping scenes lively and urges teamwork and timing.
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Arthur
Ma Kirby
Quick Canadian Quiz compact fact sheet
Canadians neighbors include the United States and Russia plus the French and Danish possessions. Canada has about 34 000 miles of paved highways and about 44 000 miles of railway lines. Newfoundland has the highest birth rate. Imports from the United States totaled 34 billion dollars in the period. About 30 percent of Ottawa’s total tax revenues come from personal income tax.
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Canada
U.S
Ottawa
Newfoundland
United States
Russia
St. Pierre and Miquelon
Greenland
Quick Canadian Facts
Pocket Annual
Hooked rug patterns offered by Home Workshop
Pattern 201 with complete directions for a hooked rug design is 40c and included in packet 21 with two more rug patterns and braided rug directions for a total of $1.75. Orders under $1.00 incur a 10c service charge. Send to Home Workshop Patterns Department P.P.L. Vancouver B.C.
Classified instruction offer for courses in Canada
An advertisement for Canadian Correspondence Courses at 1290 Bay Street Toronto offering bookkeeping salesmanship shorthand and typewriting lessons for 50 cents with a free circular No 35.
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Bay Street
Toronto
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Hne Ledons
Anne Adams Pattern Dept
Department P_P.L
Front Street
Independent Photo
the Independent
Biggar Sask
Millet United Church
Order of Railroad Telegraphers
Park Hotel
South
the Times
Wetaskiwin, Alta
the Times News
Scotland
Vly
Liurge
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Department P.P.L
West Ltd Avenue
Vancouver
B.C
Patty
Ong
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