Regina Actress Chosen for Stratford Festival Lead
Regina born Hyland, 21, plans mid April sailing and home visit before joining Stratford Festival for Measure for Measure opposite Mason and other July August shows. She may leave Fry play in late March for London West End. Hyland, hailed as a bright young British actress, trained at R A D A and studied at University of Saskatchewan.
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Mason
London
West End
Miss Hyland
Tyrone Guthrie
Pear
Britain
Sir John Geilgud
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Shaunavon
Sask
Regina
The
University of Saskatchewan
Alice Brooks Needlecraft patterns offer ten complete designs
An advertisement from the Department P.P.L. Household Arts at 60 Front Street West Toronto promotes ten complete sewing and embroidery patterns printed in the Alice Brooks Needlecraft Book. It invites readers to send 25 cents and include name, address, and pattern number to receive patterns for gifts, bazaar projects, toys, fashions, and more.
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P.P.L. Household Arts Department
Front Street W
Toronto
Alice Brooks
Shades of last great West leans on Peace River settlement boom
In Grande Prairie Alberta T J Gorman of Lands and Forests reports about 4500 homesteads taken up in the Peace River area over the past decade. About 1000 homesteads proven up since 1944 and 3500 leases issued. Of Alberta total 6318 homestead leases in 10 years, more than half in the Peace River country.
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Grande Prairie
Alta
Peace River Country
Peace
T. J. Gorman
Department of Lands and Forests
Alberta
Western Canada farmers grow about 20 million bushels of mustard seed
Regina report at an agricultural course notes farmers in western Canada produce about 20,000,000 bushels of mustard seed annually. H W Leggett at the Regina experimental substation warns that about 75 percent of cultivated western Canada acreage has some wild oats infestation and calls it the major weed menace.
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Regina
Canada
H. W. Leggett
Change in Morden foreshadows a town reborn
Donald McDonald, over 80, visits Morden and notes a striking change from his Boer War era past. He recalls leaving with Bert Clubine in 1902 and finding few familiar faces during a brief port of Portage la Prairie trip, after years away. He once worked for the late William Johnston in Morden.
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Morden
Donald McDonald
Bert Clubine
McDonald
Mr. McDonald
Portage la Prairie
Wm. Johnston
12-Year-Old Girl Saves Four Of Family
Forestburg Alberta fire wrecked the Kroetch home while parents were away. Evelyn Kroetch, 12, woke her siblings ages two to eight, bundled them into a tractor, and drove them over a mile to neighbors where all were unharmed.
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Forestburg
Alta
Edmonton
Leo Kroetch
Evelyn
Prairie budgets show new high records
EDMONTON Alberta plans a record 205 million dollars in the 1954-55 budget and Saskatchewan budgets 78 million dollars the highest in its history. Manitoba has not announced its April 1st fiscal year appropriations.
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Edmonton
Prairie Provinces
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Rye Growth In Harsh Conditions Stresses Wheat Limits
The statement notes rye can thrive where drought heat and poor soil prevent wheat growth highlighting rye’s resilience in adverse farming environments.
Manitoba businessmen forecast continued high sales in 1954
Manitoba firms expect a strong 1954 with 24 percent expanding in 1953 and 44 percent planning expansion in 1954. Sixty new industries started in 1953 with private capital of about 23 million dollars, led by clothing and textiles and iron and steel. Trans-Canada Pipe Lines formed to move gas from Alberta.
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Manitoba
R. D. Turner
Industry and Commerce
Western Pipe Lines
Trans-Canada Pipe Lines
Alberta
Canada
Turner
Chemical and Allied
Tractor safety urged after farm deaths in Saskatchewan
Regina reports Prof. O L Symes of the University of Saskatchewan warned a farm safety course that tractors are among the major killers on Saskatchewan farms. He noted 104 farm accident deaths last year, with 30 caused by tractors, surpassing polio fatalities.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
O. L. Symes
Agricultural Engineering Department
University of Saskatchewan
Artificial ice planned for curling next winter
Brooks Alberta curling club moves to purchase an artificial ice plant to be ready for operation next season amid weather uncertainties. Water is not fattening, contrary to popular belief.
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Brooks
Alta
Brooks Curling Club
Appetizing Cod Recipes and Fish Casserole
Recipes describe making one cup flaked cod mashed potatoes egg butter salt pepper onion juice and shaping into balls then frying at 375 degrees F. A second dish layers cooked fish potato chips sweet pickle vegetables and cream sauce in a greased dish then bakes at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes with potato chips on top. Canadian fish may appear in sandwich fillings for school or home gatherings.
Manitoba Oil Production Tops 100000 Barrels in January
Manitoba crude oil output rose above 100 thousand barrels for the third straight month in January totaling 106,801. December had higher production at 114,089 barrels while November reached 102,801. January's total brings cumulative provincial production near the one million barrel mark with 99 wells active and seven new wells listed for January.
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Manitoba
Virden-Roselea
Daly Field
Department of Mines and Natural Resources
Virden-Roselea Field
Canadian Superior
Virden- Daly Field
Canadian Pipe Lines
Cruickshank No
California Standard
B.A. Union Grose
Virden-Daly Field
Virden Empire
Sask Fisheries Branch Sets Up Spawn Camps This Spring
Saskatche wan's fisheries branch will establish spawn camps at Lac la Ronge and Stoney Rapids to collect pike pickerel and Arctic Grayling eggs for hatchery propagation. Eggs will be hatched at Fort Qu Appelle and fry stocked where natural spawning is lacking. This marks the fifth year of grayling spawning at Stony Rapids with about 6,000,000 fry planted to date.
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Prince Albert
Saskatchewan
Lac la Ronge
Stoney Rapids
A. H. MacDonald
D. Snell
la Ronge
Potato River
Fort Qu’Appelle
Stony Rapids
MacDonald
Iskwatikan
Beaver
Amisk
McAfee Cooks 16 Gallons for Pancake Supper Crowd
Harry Mc Afee starred as the pancake supper at United Church parlors on Shrove Tuesday drew over 250 people. He mixed 16 gallons of pancake batter to feed the visitors.
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Minnedola
Harry McAfee
United Church
Mountain View Lady Wins Silver Cup in Alberta
Mrs. Russell Whipple of Mountain View Rebekah Lodge in Fort MacLeod won the Nelmah cup for highest ritualistic efficiency in the Rebekah degree at Alberta's Rebekah Assembly in Calgary. She scored 99.3, repeating her win from last year when she scored 98.09.
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Alberta
Whipple
P.N.G
Whipe Ple
Mountain View Lodge
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Peggy
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