Beechy youths raise funds at local sports event
On a Saturday afternoon in the Beechy district eight to nine year olds organized a money making event at the local CNE station Grounds. They staged races and games with small prizes and charged one cent per throw at a rubber ball game. Three girls were atop the Guthouse, and proceeds totaling 78 cents were turned over to the librarian to aid a new library fund.
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CNE
Metield
Margaret McPhail
Lynne Buckingham
Maxine Peters
Lucky Lake
Sask
Thompson’s Voyage Mapped Canadian West Over Twenty Years
David Thompson explored and mapped over a million square miles of the Canadian west during two decades using only a pocket watch sex tant candle and stars for navigation and timing.
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David Thompson
Garden helper kit and patterns for gardeners
In the home workshop catalog a garden helper cart includes a tool box with kneeling pad and a weed carrier. Pattern 423 provides actual size cutting guides and directions and is also in packet 27 with five gardener patterns priced at $1.75. Send orders to Home Workshop Patterns, Department P.P.L., 4433 West Ltd Avenue, Vancouver, B.C.
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Department P.P.L
West Ltd Avenue
Vancouver
B.C
Killarney youths train in Civil Defence drills and Kiwanis Komets form
Accent on youth details Civil Defence squad training under Ray Bronson and Larry Smith shows two methods for lowering bodies from heights in darkness at a public school. Meanwhile the Komet Teen Club sponsored by Kiwanis expands moral character and community service with jackets and regular activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Bronson
Larry Smith
Komet Teen Club
Kiwanis Group
Woody Spearman
Jack Chapman
Marion Spearman
Honey Chapman
Komets
Melton
Komet
Killarney
Jet Streams Raise Tempest in the Sky Across the Globe
The jet streams are fast moving winds high above the earth that reach up to 450 miles an hour at six to ten miles altitude. They influence weather patterns and have affected historical aviation events from World War II to modern rocket tests and storms.
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National Geographic Society
Krakatau
Java
Sumatra
Germany
Pacific
Pacific Coast
United States
Hokkaido
Tokyo
Honolulu
North Africa
Indian Ocean
Tropics
Poles
Eckstrand Receives Scholarships From NRC Totalling 3300
Roger Olof Eckstrand of Punnichy Sask among 22 Saskatchewan students named by the National Research Council. He wins 1200 Studentship at McGill and 1500 Harvard scholarship. He will start at Harvard this fall while currently studying in Stockholm Sweden.
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Roger Olof Eckstrand
Punnichy
Saskatchewan
National Research Council
Roger
McGill University
Harvard University
Harvard
Stockholm
Sweden
Touchwood Times
Punnichy, Sask
Beaver dams in Canada reach impressive heights and lengths
The beaver has been known to build dams in Canada up to 14 feet high and several thousand feet long, showcasing surprising engineering.
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Canada
Coaldale Little Theatre Cast Leaves for Hasax
The troupe will depart Saturday morning May 11 from Coaldale for Hasax. Residents and the Chamber of Commerce arrange a car caravan through Lethbridge to the airport to wish the famed group well. Citizens are invited to join the sendoff and show pride in Coaldale.
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Varadie Lsiluie Sar
Hasax
Coailale
Chamber of Commerce
Coaldale
Lethbridge
Make a Rag Rug Pattern 7331 Instructions
Clear directions show weaving braiding hooking and crocheting rugs at low cost. Includes nine patterns and materials list with a rag rug project. Send thirty five cents to Household Arts Department 6 Front Street Toronto for pattern 7 7331.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Department Plp
Front Street
Toronto
Household Arts Department
Department
P.P.L
Typographical Errors Spark Editor's Humorous Reactions
Anecdotes about typographical slips in newspapers provoke laughs from editors and readers. Examples include misprinted phrases in council notes and police terminology, with brief reflections on how small errors can yield unintended meanings and occasional amusement.
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Blank
Salvation Band
Sweden
Salvationists
Local Teen Safe Driving Rodeo Promises Popular Challenge
The board of trade invites teenagers to a safe driving rodeo to test skill beyond pressing the accelerator. Officials note rising accidents among under twenty drivers and see the event as a chance for responsible youths to prove fitness for licensing and higher driving standards.
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Board of Trade
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