First Canadian Conference on Children Planned for 1960
The article outlines planning for Canada’s first Conference on Children in fall 1960, detailing goals to unite agencies and professionals to improve child well being. It notes roots from 1950‑57 discussions, a national advisory committee, provincial committees led by Dr. Best, and a national funding drive to support research and preparation.
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Canada
Best
Canadian Welfare Council
Samuel Laycock
University of Saskatchewan
Canadian Home and School and
Parent-Teacher Federation
Saskatchewan
John Paul
National Committee
Odds and ends and handy home fixes from a busy year
New telephone covers resist scuffs and keep pages clean with Fabrilite. Color coded for two part directories green for white pages and yellow for yellow pages. Refrigerator finishes resist scratches grease and acids due to advanced chemistry. Polythene film aids winter tire chains and can help change a flat on muddy roads. A loose knob from an enlarged screw hole is fixed by filling with plastic wood then re drilling. Plastic wood stiffens like putty and hardens into wood.
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Chest of
Drawers
Canadians urged to eat more apples amid bulging storages
Canada faces high apple stocks after a bumper 1958 harvest. As of February 1, cold storage held 4.34 million bushels with 276000 in common storage, about 25 percent of the prior year’s 16.685 million. A $25,000 promotional push by the Department of Agriculture and the Canadian Horticultural Council aims to boost home consumption through mid April.
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Canada Department of Agriculture
Canadian Horticultural Council
Europe
United Kingdom
United States
New Clarifier Improves Milk Purity at NADP Plant
A new Clarifier installed at NADP factory in Wetaskiwin removes impurities from milk arriving from farms. Made in West Germany, it handles 3,000 pounds per hour and raises milk temperature to 100 degrees before pasteurization and homogenization, improving keeping qualities for bottling and storage.
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NADP
Wetaskiwin
West Germany
the Times
Alta
St Lawrence Seaway Opens For World Salt Water Fleet
The St. Lawrence Seaway now allows 80 percent of the world salt water fleet to access the Great Lakes region. Large ore carriers from northern Quebec and Labrador can move upstream to mills, while prairie harvests move efficiently to the Atlantic. Great Lakes ships can reach Montreal and other lower St. Lawrence ports unimpeded.
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St. Lawrence and
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence Waterway
Canada
Quebec
Labrador
Prairies
Atliantic
Montreal
St. Lawrence
Sylvan Lake Scripted Ode to Its Quiet Beauty
A pastoral piece from The News of Sylvan Lake Alberta extols the area as a God shaped refuge away from urban noise. The author lauds rolling hills, blue skies, green fields, and a serene lake where neighbors care and progress should not mar creation. May Webber signs the tribute.
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God
Canada’s 13 Prime Ministers birth origins noted
Thirteen prime ministers show varied birthplaces with three born in the United Kingdom, one in New Brunswick, and three each in Nova Scotia, Quebec, and Ontario, reflecting a diverse colonial heritage.
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Canada
United Kingdom
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Quebec
Ontario
Canada Housing Starts Reach Record High in 1958
Canada total housing starts for 1958 hit 163000, surpassing the prior record year 1955 by 25000. Builders reported strong demand across major regions, with apartment and single family home projects driving the bump.
Manitoba urges second polio shot for 90,000 first-dose recipients
Health minister urges Manitobans who had only the first polio dose last fall to receive their second dose soon to ensure maximum protection. Booster shots will be funded for schoolchildren who completed all three initial doses by June 1957. Dr Johnson notes polio-prone conditions in Manitoba with past epidemics more severe than elsewhere in Canada and cites 149 cases last year, 104 with paralysis. The first 1959 case appeared in late February and Salk vaccine is described as highly effective against paralysis.
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Manitoba
Johnson
Canada
Elrose Locker Service wins bacon award at Saskatoon convention
At the Saskatchewan Locker Association convention in Saskatoon Mr L J Church of the Elrose Locker Service earned a first prize bacon shield from Griffiths Laboratories Ltd. The award honors general proficiency workmanship and product quality. A permanent certificate accompanies the shield on display at Elrose Locker Service. The Review Elrose Sask sends congratulations to Mr Church.
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Saskatchewan Locker Association
Saskatoon
L. J. Church
Elrose Locker Service
Saskatchewan Quick Freeze Locker Plant Operators’ Association
Griffiths Laboratories Ltd
Church
Elrose
Sask
Rawson named to Fisheries Research Board of Canada
Prof D S Rawson head of biology at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon is appointed a scientific member of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada. The term runs to December 31 1963. The board oversees Dominion fishery research stations and related work with about 200 scientists at eight stations, costing over 4 million dollars annually.
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D. S. Rawson
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Fisheries Research Board of Canada
J. Angus MacLean
Rawson
Canada
Royal Society of Canada
Canadian Conservation Association
American Society On Limnology and Oceanography
International Association of Limnology
National Committee On Fish Culture
Royal Commission On Fisheries
Saskat
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Chad Health
Ji Hesith
Har Bret
M. Besfabd
Onithater of
Peta Saskatchewar
Aria
Pisces
Ajex
Eherge of
Saeki
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Tn Erik Ar Sh Fate Bick
San
DR. C
Dept. of Public Health
Gov't Phot
Odds and Ends
Sheep A
Agricultural Stabilization Board
Ottawa
J. Irving Black
Fergus
Ont
Canadian Sheep Breeders’ Associations
S. J. Chagnon
L. W. Pearsall
SW. Hatch
Lethbridge
Allan O’brien
John Ross
Canadian Co-operative Wool Growers
Toronto
L. V. Parent
Lennoxville
Que
N. G. Bennett
Bury
Clifford Krick
New Liskeard
L. R. Jensen
Magrath
Canada Dept. of Agriculture
Sylvan Lake
You
May Webber
the News
Hau
Ster
Bacon
Prof. Rawson
Fisheries Research Board
Prof
D. Ss. Rawson
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