Memory House on Inwood Lane Recalls Uncle Clem
Roger S. Vreeland recounts a Claremont childhood in a large old home at 215 Inwood Lane. Uncle Clem, a kind but enigmatic guardian, befriends the boy and mother, guiding games, a hidden alcove, and a springtime garden as the house stores echoes of the past.
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Inwood Lane
Claremont
Clem
Uncle Clem
Mother
Nero
Mr. Hale
Thea
Clement B. Hale
Insurance Company
John H. Quinn
Hale
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
Whale-oil shifts to soap and munition glycerine
Once a lamp fuel, whale-oil now dominates soap production and glycerine for munitions, reflecting a major change in its industrial use.
B C Potatoes Likely To Meet Winter Demand
Provincial agriculture officials say British Columbia should need few imports this winter as the province harvests a near average potato crop free of late blight. BC plans heavy shipments of certified seed potatoes to the United States, with U S growers seeking BC seed due to low bacterial ring rot and virus diseases.
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Victoria
Agriculture Department
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
United States
U.S
Sturgeon Catch Hopes and River Oil Pipeline Update
Western briefs report Mike Miller, a 92 year old fisherman from Mission City, bragging of a 125 pound sturgeon on a light rod and reel after previously landing a 125 pounder at 87. Regina expects crude oil flow by around December 1, 1950 via Imperial Oil pipeline. A banded duck from Ontario visits Gilbert Plains Manitoba. Alberta sportsmen plan elk and moose propagation. Lethbridge native sons hockey team features ten locals in its opening game. Harold Reis’s bull Don defeats four selves reflected in a basement window splintering four panes.
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Mission City
B.C
Mike Miller
First Englishman Sets Foot in District of Columbia
The first known white explorer to reach the District of Columbia was Capt Henry Fleet an English mariner and trader who landed there in 1632.
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District of Columbia
Henry Fleet
White Collar Mounties Solve Many Crimes
Windsor report highlights Inspector R W Wonnacott of Ottawa who oversees identification at the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. He signs countless documents by rubber stamp for entrants to the United States convicts parolees and other officials. He notes the bureau pieces minor clues into patterns to break crime rings.
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Windsor
Ont
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
R. W. Wonnacott
The
Mounties
Chief Constables Association of Canada
Ottawa
Dominion
United States
Identification Bureau
Canada Not Dominion Says Finance Minister
Ottawa reports that the official name of the country is simply Canada and not the Dominion of Canada. Finance Minister Douglas Abbott explained that the words dominion of were omitted from the governor general's letters patent constituting the office on October 1, 1947.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion of Canada
Douglas Abbott
Dominion of
To Eat or Exhibit Whale at Manitoba Trappers’ Festival
The third annual Northern Manitoba Trappers' Festival faces a dilemma over a baby white whale gift from Atlantic Fish Products Ltd. stored in a Churchill freezer. Officials debate whether to exhibit the mammal whole or as steaks, with February festival dates in question.
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Manitoba
Atlanaic Fish Products, Ltd
Churchill
Man
Salt Spring Island Highway to be rebuilt next spring
Health Minister Pearson told an advisory committee at Ganges that the main Salt Spring Island Highway between Fulford and Ganges will be rebuilt starting next spring and that at least half the distance would be completed by the end of 1950.
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Salt Spring Island
B.C
Fulford
Ganges
Pearson
Agricultural Prices Edge Down Across Provinces in September
Farm prices fell in September pulling the Bureau of Statistics agricultural price index to 249.3, the lowest since May 1948. Compared with August the index declined from 253.2 and with September 1948 from 261.5. Grains livestock and dairy eased while potatoes poultry and eggs rose. all provinces showed declines except Manitoba which posted a slight gain.
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Ottawa
Bureau of Statistics Index of
Bureau
Manitoba
Spy Hill memorial rink project raises funds fast
A community bee in Spy Hill Sask aimed to cover the $10,000 cost of a new memorial rink. About $7,000 has already been raised through personal donations and local projects, with September to November accounting for over 24 percent of farm sales.
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Spy Hill, Sask
Spy Hill
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Roger S. Vreeland
Tece
Ramsay Company
Bank Street
First RY
EAST
Fleischmann
Western Briefs
Regina
Ward O. Longworthy
Imperial Oil
Gyro Club
Ontario
Gilbert Plains
Jack Miner
Kingsville
Medicine Hat
Alta
George Spargo
Alberta Fish and Game Association
Lethbridge
Native Sons
the Champ
Castor
Harold Reis
Don
English Mariner
Bothe
Dynver
PVE
Dolcin Limited
Toronto
Dolcin
Peggy
Holland
James Richardson & Sons
Winnipeg
Calgary Lethbridge
Edmonton
Swift Current
Saskatoon
Moose Jaw
Portage LA Prairie
By Chuck Thurston
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