Ancient Swedish Timepiece Puzzles Local Historian
Thomas Austin of Simmie shows a hand made watch he believes to be 200 years old. The piece was made in Sweden and once belonged to Mrs Austin's great grandfather. It requires two keys for operation with winding and setting. The Roman numeral dial includes a second hand and a back engraving depicts a Swedish scene. The watch keeps accurate time and shows no jewels.
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Thomas Austin
Simmie
Ray Johnston
Sweden
Austin
Plant tulips deep leave for three years
In Canada the simplest tulip method is to plant bulbs eight to ten inches deep and leave them for two or three years then dig up and discard. After several seasons the bulbs are renewed, while daffodils crocuses and similar Dutch bulbs can stay in one spot longer before replanting.
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Canada
Sask Roughriders Sign All American Tackle From Oregon State
Oregon State tackle John Witte, six-foot-two, 232 pounds, joins the Saskatchewan Roughriders this fall after earning 21 All American selections in 1956 and being named US college lineman of the year by the Los Angeles Times. He turned down an NFL offer from the Rams, and adds to a rider roster that already includes former Oregon State stars Ken Carpenter and Sam Wesley.
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Saskatchewan Roughriders
Oregon State
John Witte
Witte
U.S
Los Angeles Times
Pacific Northwest
Los Angeles Rams
Rams
Ken Carpenter
Sam Wesley
Booster Club Football Contest In Regina Saskatchewan
Booster Club offers football giveaways as part of a contest. Readers urged to mail entry with name and address to the Saskatchewan Roughrider Football Club Office in Regina. The reward includes 2000 footballs or helmets or shoulder harnesses for participants.
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Booster Club
Saskatchewan
Roughrider Football Club
Somerset Bldg
Regina
Sask
National hospital insurance to operate Canada wide within two years
Readers are urged to weigh the coming government sponsored hospital insurance scheme. While it offers benefits, it will raise costs and taxes, invite bureaucratic growth, and provoke provincial Ottawa disputes unless lessons from abroad are applied. Responsibility must balance subsidies to the needy with individual payments.
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Canada
Ottawa
Bismarks
Germany
National Hospital Insurance
Overload and the danger of excessive financing
The piece argues that while people avoid overloading machines and circuits we tolerate an economic overload. It contends that society demands more housing schools hospitals and devices without earning or saving for them and warns against financing excess with money not yet earned.
Home of champions crowns curling girls and district
The Sas katchewan district earned curling honors as Frances Wilson Rose mary Nuttall Diane Eckart and Shirley Couillard won the provincial high school championship. Boys George Plewes Fred Hanson Howard Meneley and Stan Pollock won district playdowns but were not successful in Regina. Maple Creek residents plan a Friday March 8 community hall rally to honor the champions.
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Saskatchewan
Frances Wilson
Rosemary Nuttall
Diane Eckart
Shirley Couillard
George Plewes
Fred Hanson
Howard Meneley
Stan Pollock
Regina
Maple Creek
Government aid announced to boost schools in Morden
The Education Minister W C Miller outlined a package granting two thirds more operating grants for secondary schools, doubling teacher pensions, and municipal help to build new schools. Non resident student fees rise to 650 monthly for elementary and 1250 for grades 9 to 12. The plan delights educators and towns like Morden, where staff will grow and a new school cost drops 20 percent, easing debt payments. Delays risk extra expenses.
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Morden
Telegram Hosts Ontario Editors Dinner During Convention
The Telegram in Toronto hosted Ontario weekly newspaper editors for a dinner at the King Edward and presented entertainment by staff. The gathering during the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association convention highlighted camaraderie between daily and weekly papers and their mutual support.
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Toronto
The
Telegram
Tely
Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association
How not to win friends editorials urge liquor laws in Quebec
A Newport Express editorial argues Quebec must enforce liquor laws to curb underage drinking and prevent teen delinquency. It claims Vermont tolerates minor liquor sales and calls for stricter enforcement by hotel owners, bartenders, and authorities to protect youths and reduce alcohol related harm.
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Newport Express
Quebec
Vermont
United States
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