Manitoba Revamps Religious and Patriotic School Exercises
New regulations set reading and prayer rules for Manitoba public schools. Grades 1 to 4 require Bible reading weekly with no commentary, plus a daily prayer and optional hymn when possible. Grades 5 and 6 mandate scripture three times weekly from prescribed volumes.
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Harriot
Schoolland
Marian
Douay
Hurlburt
Manitoba
British Commonwealth and Empire
Canada
Spooks Forcing Family To Sleep In Car In Passaic
A four member family in Passaic New York avoided returning to their five room apartment after claiming it was inhabited by spirits that roamed and tapped on windows. Father Manislaw Deralczuk said they had slept in their car for several days. Police found no ghosts in the dwelling and the family returned home.
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Passaic
N.Y
Manislaw Deralczuk
United States
Europe
Quips and tricks in a string of old anecdotes
A string of light jokes and street observations include a minister and daughter joke about twins, a Salinas earthquake warning turned pun, a downhill taxi brake gag, a farmer and storm shelter quip, a murder trial bribery anecdote, a jailed Irish juror quip, and a Communist speaker who ends with a punchline about his bicycle.
Heifer Calf Added to Manitoba 4-H Beef Clubs
Manitoba 4-H Beef Clubs will add a heifer calf project to their program. The move, announced by Frank Muirhead, aims to supplement or replace current red and market calf projects, with 1,725 members in 125 clubs. The proposal will be discussed at the Provincial Beef Club Leaders Conference in Brandon on November 3. Further details are available from district agricultural representatives of J. F. Muirhead in Winnipeg.
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Manitoba
Frank Muirhead
Muirhead
Beef Club
Brandon
J. F. Muirhead
Extension Service
Winnipeg
Pattern Shop Crochet Rose Chair Set Pattern 7247
The Pattern Shop offers Easy to Crochet Pattern 7247 Rose chair set in 3-D design with pineapple motif. Chair-back measures 11x15 inches and armrests 6x81 inches using No 30 mercerized cotton. Send twenty five cents in coins to obtain this pattern.
Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalogue Offer
Department P P L and Household Arts unit at 60 Front Street West Toronto promote a needlecraft catalogue. Readers are urged to send 25 cents for a coin of the catalogue featuring knitting crochet embroidery iron ons toys and novel ties with an invitation to order every design.
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P.P.L
Front Street W
Toronto
Alice Brooks
Household Arts Department
Jumper Pattern for Misses Sizes 12 to 42 With Blouse
Arne Hams advertises Pattern 4780 a step in jumper with companion blouse. Sizes 12 through 42 with 39 inch fabric yardage given. Complete illustrated instructions and fit tested. Send 35 cents to orders department P.P.L.
Home Workshop doll house patterns and furniture sets
Pattern 275 provides doll house pieces and front assembly for neat appearance when not in use. Pattern 274 furnishes miniature living room dining room bedroom and nursery furniture scaled 1 inch to 1 foot. Patterns 273 and 275 are 35 cents each with 2 cents for first class mail or 5 cents for air mail to Home Workshop Pattern Service Vancouver B C Canada.
Canada faces balanced dairy outlook amid shifting milk uses
Dr. H A Derby notes Canada’s total milk output rose to about 17 billion pounds with 60 percent allocated to manufactured products. Butter use rose but fell recently, cheese per capita up, and evaporated and dried skim milk up, driven by population growth and Ontario Quebec concentration. world demand and export potential influence future plant operations and pricing.
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Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Netherlands
New Zealand
Australia
Pacific Coast
National Dairy Council of Canada
H. A. Derby
Dairy Products Division
Canada Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Information Service
Department of Agricultura
Never used his head Oliver Treherne turns 100
Hereford England resident Oliver Treherne, formerly of the Shropshire Light Infantry, celebrated his 100th birthday and credited his longevity to illiteracy saying he never learned to read or write so he never had to use his head like others.
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Oliver Treherne
Hereford
England
Shropshire Light Infantry
Montrealer produces new flag after 12 years of work
Andre Barbeau a 25 year old Montrealer unveils a simple eye catching national flag design after 5 000 study hours. His banner features a green maple leaf on white with vertical red white and blue stripes symbolizing unity peace and Canada's diverse heritage.
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Andre Barbeau
Barbeau
Province of
Canada
Prince of Wales
Edward VII
Credit Department
Montreal
Century-Old Calgarian Christening Gown Worn Again
A three month old Calgary girl wore a gown first used 120 years ago at Janet Watt’s christening in DumARTon Scotland. The garment, handmade with thousands of stitches, ties the Watt and Brown families to Canada through William Brown, a prominent Edmonton contractor who arrived in 1910. The gown passed from Janet Watt Brown to a relative of Mrs. Parnham via William Brown’s widow who died last March.
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Calgary
James Watt
Moira Elizabeth
Douglas Parnham
Janet Watt
Dumbarton
Scotland
Janet Watt Brown
William Brown
Canada
Edmonton
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Valparaiso
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Rayne
Ice Brooks
By Arne Hams
Home Workshop Pattern Service
Department P.P.L
West Fifth Avenue
Vancouver
Tant GE
Dairy Trends
Montrealer
Fleischmann
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