Toronto teen seeks bilingual bursary in bureaucratic maze
Laura Lee Dupuis, a 16-year-old Toronto high school student, seeks a $600 bursary for a French course at Camp Ecole des Trois Saumons near Quebec City but is told she must be 17. Over three months she writes 58 letters to officials, gets mixed replies, and continues to seek relief from ministers and the Prime Minister's wife.
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Toronto
Laura Lee Dupuis
Canada
Laura Lee
Camp Ecole Des Trois Saumons
Quebec City
Federal Department of the Secretary of State
Mitchell Sharp
Ontario
William Davis
Thomas L. Wells
Jack McNie
Colleges and Universities
McNie
D. S. Bethune
Margaret Trudeau
Henry Alan Lawless
Hugh Faulkner
Ottawa
Keith Spicer
Club notices and bingo nights listed for Tuesday to Wednesday
The column lists regular club meetings at St. Barnabas ACW and Epsilon Chapter Beta Sigma Phi, with locations and times. Bingo events appear at Lindholmen Lodge IOOF Hall and Eagles, detailing game types and prizes, plus a Grace Lutheran Church Women meeting and a free bus option.
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St. Barnabas Acw
Board Room
Beta Sigma Phi
Maureen Moss
11Th Ave. N.E
Lindholmen Lodge
Ioof Hall
Grace Lutheran Church Women General Meeting
Eagles
Brief history of Canada’s railways and gauge choice
A compact note recounts how Canadian railways formed from smaller lines beginning in 1832 with the Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad. It explains the 4 ft 8.5 in standard gauge adopted to match U S lines and notes a curious Roman chariot wheel gauge. Send requests to the Public Affairs Branch in Ottawa. deliveries take 2-3 weeks.
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Canadian National
Canadian Pacific
Bref Historique Des Chemins de Fer du Canada
Champlain and the
St. Lawrence
Canada
Italy
Department of Transport
Ottawa
Ontario
Color moods drive fashion says Cynthia Jones consultant
The fashion expert links colors to moods and notes nail polish as a key trend. Reds blues yellows greens and purples decorate nails to signal feelings while designers use hues to influence perception and mood in clothes and spaces.
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Cynthia Jones
Five women join Lions Bay fire squad as volunteers
In Lions Bay British Columbia ten minutes north of Vancouver five housewives form the day squad of the volunteer fire force. They train with Vancouver instructors and handle a 1943 fire engine. Captain Sharon Dalrymple says the work is necessary though not enjoyable. Fire Chief Gary Ingram commends their performance and readiness.
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Lions Bay
B.C
Vancouver
Marlene Fleet
Sharon Dalrymple
Gary Ingram
Governor General's Medal Awarded To UVic Student Kenneth Davis
Kenneth G. Davis of Vernon B C wins the Governor General's Medal at the University of Victoria for the highest average in the arts and sciences graduating class. The 21 year old honors physics student was born in Three Hills and educated in California Hawaii Oregon and British Columbia. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Robert Davis and grandson of Mrs Elsa Krueger and the late John F Krueger of Medicine Hat.
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Kenneth G. Davis
Vernon
B.C
University of Victoria
Faculty of Arts and Science
Three Hills
California
Hawii
Oregon
British Columbia
Robert Davis
Vernon, B.C
Elsa Krueger
Harris
2Nd St. S.W
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Gordon Carton
Transportation and Communications
Laurie Earl
Prince George
Erin
Pote
Harriet Hart
Montreal
Dorchester
City of
St. John’s
New York
Ard St
Foodland
Crescent Heights
Taylor
Tablerite
Libby
Medicine Hat
HAT News
Edmonton
Tony Massini
Social, Health and Welfare Department
Foster Parent Plan
Prgran
Rene
Earl Jellico
Charles Conrad
NATO
Robert Stanfield
Rene Levesque
Gabriel Loubier
Union Nationale
Parti Quebecois
VEC, Inc
Gardyne
Henry
Gardyne Shoes
Ltd
St. S.E
Medicine Hat “Lions
Churchill
Manitoba
Newfoundland
Gerald Pelletier
Quebec
Nixon
Britain
Iceland
U.S
United Nations
South Africa
Africa
Portugal
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