Ontario 4-H member to visit Manitoba
Katherine Merry of Milton Ontario will visit Manitoba 4-H clubs in Winnipeg for two weeks starting July 12. She will attend rallies at Carman and Portage la Prairie, visit a beef club farm, meet 4-H leaders, and compete in provincial 4-H speaking finals. This marks the first interprovincial 4-H visit in Canada.
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Mixes Katherine Merry
Milton
Ontario
Manitoba
Miss Merry
Winnipeg
Manitoba Department of Agriculture
Katherine
Carman
Portage la Prairie
E Pritchard
Joan
University of Manitoba
Pritchard
Merry
Winnipeg Kiwanis Club
Canada
Home Workshop Patterns for Backyard Picnic Set
This backyard project provides a saw-back table and benches that suit barbecues. It lists tools a hand saw hammer and screwdriver and shows assembling directions with large sketches on pattern 279 35c. Patterns come in five standard packets 1.50 each and may be returned if any pattern proves unusable.
Weathervane Pattern for Blue Frocked Lady with Bells
The notice advertises a small breeze driven weathervane pattern of a little lady in a blue frock with a white apron. It notes inexpensive small bells, a white house outline, green shutters and a red chimney, and suggests using a coping saw or jig saw. The pattern is shipped with actual piece sizes and saw lines. Price is 35 cents with orders to Department P.P.L. at Vancouver British Columbia.
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White House
Department P.P.L
Home Workshop
West Fifth Avenue
Vancouver
B.C
Sask museum frieze carved by a world team
Winnipeg sculptor Hubert Garnier led a multinational team to carve a 325 piece Tyndall stone frieze for Saskatchewan's new Museum of Natural History. The 28 by 32 inch reliefs depict 300 animals and birds native to the province.
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New Museum of Natural History
Regina
Craven
Saskatchewan
Flying Creek
Barber's Coulee
Qu’Appelle
North America
Winnipeg
Hubert Garnier
Museum of Natural History
Cory
Canada
Quarnes
Canadian Arctic Survey Planned This Summer
The Mines and Technical Surveys department launches Operation Franklin a rapid geological survey of 120000 square miles above the North Magnetic Pole. Led by Dr Yves O Fortier 30 geologists students mechanics and airmen will be flown to Resolute Bay mid June to map land types minerals and petroleum potential in two months using two helicopters and 30 workers.
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Department of Mines and Technical Surveys
North Magnetic Pole
Queen Elizabeth Islands
Resolute Bay
Churchill
Man
Prudham
Canada
Northland
Yves O. Fortier
Department
Canada Builds Highways At 10000 Miles Per Year
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports Canada expanded surfaced highways to 190997 miles in March 1954, up 40504 since 1949, with about 1.7 billion dollars spent across five years on new and major reconstructions. Urban road and bridge spending adds 321 million.
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Srst
Ottawa
Boy Scouts
Girl Guides
YMCA
Junor Red Cross
Cadets
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Special Jubilee railway trip to Churchill port announced
Regina announces a Golden Jubilee railway trip honoring Saskatchewan's fiftieth birthday. The excursion to Churchill on Hudson Bay departs July 27 and returns August 1. W. J Hansen directs Trade services and reserves are being taken by Hansen CN agents and Frank Eliason of the Hudson Bay Association. Contact lenses were developed in Germany.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Churchill
Hudson Bay
W. J Hansen
Mr. Hansen
Canadian National Railway
Frank Eliason
Hudson Bay Association
Saskation
Good year to accumulate feed reserve for Alberta farmers
The review advises dry land farmers with livestock to build two or three years of feed reserves and allow overgrazed pastures to reseed. High soil moisture, late seeding for wheat, and a shortage of hay are noted. Trials show spring rye and oats as effective cereal hay and cover crops to protect soil and reduce weeds.
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Alberta
Whitla
Acadia Valley
Pincher Creek
Claresholm
Versatility Begins at Home with Fleischmanns Active Dry Yeast
Home bakers discover flexible uses for Fleischmanns Active Dry Yeast. A single dough yields four dessert delights with tender light texture. For festive results keep a month's supply on hand for reliable baking.
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Fleischmann
Fleischmann’s
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Katherine Merry
Departments of Agriculture
George Black
Priscilla Menha
Les Usher
R. G. Bennett
Beluringer Action
Little League
Little League of Nations
Frank Carius
Hannover
Germany
Roman Kowal
Lwin
Ukraine
John Gaitanos
Athens
Greece
Herve Groleau
Montreal
A. G. Hardy
Birmingham
England
Gaitanos
Garnier
Don Howard
E. J. McCudden
Howard
Peggy
DEA
Chuck Thurston
Shelly
A. D. Smith
Lethbridge, Alta
Daklights
Nann
Chelsea
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