A Little Business Turns Into Fort Land Venture
Uncle Joe and Sandy Smith buy two hundred acres near a swamp and plan a fort site and a creek trail museum plus a potential gas station. Aunt Martha worries while minister Mr Morrison offers cautious advice as Joe hopes for pine timber profits and a public display.
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Martha
Joe Quinn
Joe
Sandy Smith
Sandy
Martha Guliped
Mr. Morrison
Uncle oJe
Morrison
Saskatchewan names two topographic features after war serviceman and Grenfell pioneers
Millar Lake in the Pelican Lake area honors Fit.-Sgt. George Ronald Millar RCAF who died in 1942 after an air raid over St Nazaire. He was posthumously awarded the Operational Wings and the lake lies nine miles north of Pelican Narrows, about 150 miles northeast of Prince Albert. Loveridge Island near Nistowiak Lake is named for Albert John Loveridge and his wife in Grenfell, where the couple helped develop the community. he is nearing 92 and has farmed there for over 70 years.
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Saskatchewan
Canada
Grenfell District
J. H. Brockelbank
Millar Lake
Pelican Lake
George Ronald Millar
RCAF
Thomas G. Millar
Bethune, Sask
Millar
St. Nazaire
England
Pelican Narrows
Prince Albert
Loveridge
Grenfell
Mr. Loveridge
Nistowiak Lake
Lac la Ronge
Manitoba boy wins plowing championships in Manitoba and Western Canada
Seven judges spent over two hours choosing 14 year old Gerald Lyttle of High Bluff as winner of the Manitoba and Western Canada plowing championships. The modest school boy faced 45 competitors.
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Portage LA Prairie
Man
Gerald Lyttle
High Bluff
Manitoba
Western Canada
Pioneer Watty Forsyth Starts 1600 Mile Tractor Trip to Calgary
Walter Forsyth age 86 from Rapid City drives his 1946 Massey Harris tractor toward Calgary for the 1954 exhibition and stampede timeline July 5 to 10. He plans a staged journey via No 1 highway returning possibly through the States, with a two wheel trailer bedroom and daily progress postcards to H G Westwood in Rapid City. Forsyth, pioneer since 1884 and a one legged veteran of a 1903 threshing accident, seeks betting wagers on return as the trip unfolds.
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Rapid City
Walter Forsyth
Little Saskatchewan Valley
Forsyth
Manitoba
Calgary
H. G. Westwood
Birkinshaws
Massey-Harris Company
Bert Gray
Harold Westwood
Watty Forsyth
Year round fishing legalized on B C mainland lakes
British Columbia liberalizes sport fishing by allowing year round angling on mainland lakes for licensed anglers and removing 70 open date clauses. The six inch trout size limit replaces eight inches in about 50 waters province wide, as streams and Vancouver Island waters remain excluded. About 100000 anglers are affected, including a third non residents.
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British Columbia
Vancouver Island
Manitoba’s First British Claim Traced to 1612 Size Remark
A historical note states Manitoba, roughly the size of France, was first claimed for Britain in 1612. The detail situates early colonial claims in North America and highlights Britain’s expansionist era during early 17th century exploration.
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France
Manitoba
Britain
Vancouver actress Barbara Kelly shines on stage and TV in Britain
Vancouver actress Barbara Kelly, wife of Bernard Braden, rises as a TV favorite on What's My Line in London. Her charm and human touch fuel front-page coverage, while she headlines in Angels in Love at Savoy and plans a new TV comedy project.
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Gilbert Harding
Miss Kelly
Mary Bullough
Mrs. Bullough
Vancouver
Bernard Braden
Savoy Theatre
Bradens
Britain
the Bradens
London
Saskatchewan divides province into 49 hunting zones
Saskatchewan announces a 49 zone management plan by the game branch to aid hunters and officials. Zones use highways and rail lines as boundaries for easy navigation and to align hunting pressure with conservation needs. Maps will be available free from licence vendors RCMP and offices.
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Sask
Regina
Saskatchewan
Department of Natural Resources
E. L. Paynter
Game Branch
RCMP
Animals That Never Drink In Desert Life
Two American scientists at the Royal Institution describe desert rodents the kangaroo rat and pocket mouse that survive by oxidizing seeds to gain water, staying underground by day and venturing out at night. They note human desert life is harder, with comments on Sahara heat, race and water, and skin color protecting against UV light.
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Royal Institution
London
Arizona Desert
Desert
Edmond Sergent
Algiers
Sahara
J. S. Weiner
Oxford
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Uncle Joe Edgered
Uncle Joe
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
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Toronto
Calgary Trail
B.C
Les Carrou
David Kent
Denver
Colo
Donald Mitchell
Lewes
Dela
New York
U.S. Coast Guard
Barbara Kelly
Kelly
Gs Canada
Canadian Northland
Prince of Wales
Hudson
Into
Churchill
Saskatoon
C.N.R
W. J. Hansen
Legislative Buildings
Hudson Bay Route Association
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