Saskatchewan to test classroom TV programs nationwide
Regina announces the CBC and the National Advisory Council will run an eight program classroom television trial starting November 9. Four Saskatchewan schools in Regina Saskatoon Pleasant Hill and Bainseville join with CKCK-TV and CFQC-TV to air Grade V to VIII content aimed at enhancing teaching through television with limited home viewing encouraged.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
CBC
National Advisory Council
Ee School Broadcasting
Murray
Canada
Canadian
Radios and Television Manufacturers’ Association
Herchmer
Grand Coulee Village
Pleasant Hill
Saskatoon
Bainseville
Ckck-Tv
Cfqc-Tv
Columbus
Starbuck Valley
House of History
Iron
Save Our Soil
Toronto
National Film Board
Embroidery Catalog Promises 82 Designs Plus 4 Patterns
Be sure to write plainly your Name, Address and Pattern Number. Brimful of thrifty gift ideas. Alice Brook Needlecraft Catalog offers 82 popular embroidery crochet sewing designs to send for. Includes 4 patterns printed in the book and a request to send 25 cents for a copy. Ideas for gifts bazaars fashions.
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Alice Brooks Needlecraft
Alice Brook
4-H Membership Reaches New High in Canada
Canada 4-H Clubs report 1954 enrolment at 68 713 members across 4 788 clubs, up 3 498 from 1953. Clothing clubs lead with 13 811 members, dairy calf 11 549, garden 10 679. Jeunesse Agricole Quebec adds 4 003. girls total 33 459 and boys 35 354. Average club size 144. average age about 13.5.
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Canada
Jeunesse Agricole Clubs
Quebec
Ontario farmer wins plowing title at Ballantrae
Ontario dairy farmer Joseph Tran aged 38 of Claremont won the Canadian plowing match at Ballantrae Ontario with 83 points to become Canadian champion. He led Ivan McLaughlin of Stouffville by two points and was 41 ahead of 14 year old Gerald Lyttle of Portage la Prairie Manitoba. The victory earns Tran the right to represent Canada at the international match next year in Sweden.
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Ontario
Joseph Tran
Claremont
Ballantrae
Ont
Ivan McLaughlin
Stouffville
Gerald Lyttle
Portage la Prairie
Man
Mr Tran
Canada
Sweden
Buckingham Palace Is England’s Largest House
Buckingham Palace is described as the largest house in England with more than 2,000 principal rooms. Estimates suggest the palace corridors stretch about 12 miles of carpet are needed to cover them.
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England
Buckingham Palace
Palace
Photographs of Regina Indian School on Display
Regina's early Indian Industrial School photos are shown in the Saskatoon legislative library reading room. Donated by James and Jean Quigley of Belleville Ontario, staff in 1904 05, the 1891 1910 school stood on White Farm near Wascana Creek four miles northwest of Regina.
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Regina
Saskatchewan Legislative Library
Archives Division
James Quigley
Belleville
Ont
White Farm
Wascana Creek
Legislative Building
Oats Pool Closed Final Payment Set At 5.63 Million
Ottawa reports the 1953-54 oats pool run by the Canadian Wheat Board closed as of October 15 1954 with final payments totaling 5 631 130 40 to producers. Producers delivered 89 725 291 bushels in 1953 54 vs 118 967 962 in 1952 53. Average final payment is 6 2759 cents per bushel after deductions. Cheques to begin November 9 1954.
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Ottawa
C. D. Howe
Canadian Wheat Board
Howe
Beaver Population High in Manitoba Trappers Asked to Help
Manitoba reports a high beaver population south of latitude 53 with damming causing flood damage to crops and roads. An open season runs November 15 to April 23, urged by Minister C. E. Greenlay. Trappers must obtain landowner consent before trapping on private property.
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Manitoba
C. E. Greenlay
Red Wings defeat Maple Leafs 2-1 for season opener
Detroit courtesy of a 2-1 win over Toronto at the Detroit Olympia starts the 1954-55 season on an opener win. It extends Detroit’s 15-year unbeaten streak in openers, during which they have 14 victories and one draw.
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Detroit Red Wings
Toronto Maple Leafs
Detroit Olympia
Wings
Skein
Red Wings
More Bread Bakeries Post 1954 First Half Output
Canada bakeries reported output of 138.45 million dollars for the first half of 1954, up seven percent from the same period in 1953. The gain reflects stronger production across the bakery sector.
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Canada
Holiday sewing patterns offer miniature and full size decor
The Home Workshop pattern line features a 10% inch Santa and sled with a nine inch reindeer, suitable for table centerpieces or tree backgrounds, and a 42 inch lawn version on tempered hardboard. Pattern 260 provides tracing directions, color details, and mail add-ons. pattern 233 covers cutting table and ironing forms. both sold via Department P.P.L. Vancouver pattern service.
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Department P.P.L
Home Workshop
West Fifth Avenue
Vancouver
B.C
Canada Accepts Belgium Invitation to 1958 Brussels Fair
Canada accepted Belgium’s invitation to participate in the Universal and International Exhibition to be staged in Brussels in 1958. Prime Minister Howe praised postwar world harmony goals and cordial Canada Belgium trade, aiming to foster understanding through Canada’s participation.
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Ottawa
C. D. Howe
Canada
Belgium
Brussels
Howe
Baron Moens de Fernig
Manitoba forms commission to study whole field crop insurance
The Manitoba Legislature established a commission led by G. W. Malaher of Searle Grain with Ralph Hedlin of Country Guide and F. W Crawford as members. The panel will study feasibility of a Manitoba crop insurance program and report to the legislature.
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G. W. Malaher
Searle Grain Company
Ralph Hedlin
The
Country Guide
F. W Crawford
University of Manitoba
Commission
Manitoba
Malaher
Golf Pro Nets Double Birdie After Pheasant Flush
Buffalo New York Art Pasnick fared better with a golf club than others with shotguns on opening pheasant day. His 160 yard drive at Lan caster Country Club hit and killed a pheasant on the 13th hole earning him a rare double birdie as he finished the hole in two on the par three.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Art Pasnick
Pasnick
Lancaster Country Club
Scouts urged to raise funds for world jamboree in Canada
Currency restrictions stop overseas leaders from bringing dollars for the Eighth World Jamboree to Niagara-on-the-Lake next August. Canadian Scout groups are asked by F J Finlay to raise 50 each to cover the 30 jamboree fee and 20 spending money for at least 1,000 international Scouts eager to attend the first North American jamboree.
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Niagara-on-the-Lake
F. J. Finlay
Canada
Boy Scouts
North America
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Vermilion
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Winnipeg
Hedlin
University of Saskatchewan
Federal Department of Agriculture
RCAF
Crawford
Western Canada University
Manitoba Agricultural College
University of Manitoba Board of Governors
Manitoba Livestock Credit Company
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MacDonald
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Peggy
Chuck Thurston
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