How Love and An Odd Bet Shape a Governor Campaign
A narrator recounts how Herby Walters marries Dixie after a bet and a web of deception involving a costly engagement ring. The tale blends romance and political gambits as Herby proves his honor, gains a wife, and even a campaign edge with twenty dollars won.
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Herby Walters
Mr. Walters
Helen
Mr. Beaucourt
Herby
Dixie
Papa
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
Watson Leads Winnipeg to Brier Triumph in Vancouver
Ken Watson's rink from Winnipeg's Strathcona Club defeated Reg Stone's Trail BC team to win the 1950 Canadian curling championship in Vancouver. It marks Watson's third Dominion title and Manitoba's 12th trophy in the 20 year history of the event.
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HE Macdonald
Ken Watson
Winnipeg
Strathcona
Reg Stone
Trail
British Columbia
Theo D'Amour
Ken
Toronto
Quebec
Manitoba
Canada
Dominion Curling Association
Watson
Grant Watson
Lisle Dyker
Charlie Read
Howard Wood
Vancouver
Strathcona Club
Lyle Dyker
Lemon Sponge Pudding with Lemon Jelly and Brown Crust
Recipe for lemon sponge pudding with lemon juice and rind, sugar, flour, butter, egg yolks and whites, milk, and salt. Instructions include folding in egg whites, baking in a water bath at 350 degrees, with a lemon jelly layer and a cake-like topping, served cold for six.
Simple Lemon Sauce From Sugar and Cornstarch
Sugar and cornstarch are mixed then stirred into boiling water and boiled five minutes. Remove from heat, add butter and lemon extract for a quick lemon sauce.
Saskatchewan districts pledge to build curling rinks
Sedley district in Saskatchewan votes to construct a new curling rink and has already gathered donations. Kronau also decides to establish a curling rink with a committee elected to seek a suitable building for the project.
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Sedley and
Kronau
Sedley
Sask
Oldest Vancouver Club Member Shares Encouraging Words
Elizabeth Billington, 90, the oldest member of the Vancouver Happier Old Age Club, urges seniors to stay independent and help others. She counsels rising when unwell and visiting an ailing friend to recognize luck and resilience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Elizabeth Billington
Winnipeg Man Tops Stamp Auction of War Seizures
An auction sale of postage stamps seized as contraband during the war realized 40916 dollars. Kasimir Bileski of Winnipeg was the biggest buyer, spending 20000 dollars.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Kasimir Bileski
Winnipeg
Pioneer farmer celebrates 105th birthday in Manitoba
Western briefs report Henry Timieck, a pioneer farmer who arrived in Manitoba in 1878, recently celebrated his 105th birthday. Additional items note BC will keep cocktail bars closed for at least a year, Altona to build a covered hockey rink, Imperial Oil reports a 201 foot pay zone at Schoepp No. 1 near Edmonton, Ontario MP J G White seeks wolf hunts with a $50 bounty, and Oakalia prison farm plans 242 extra cells as a temporary measure before a long term jail system is built.
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Winnipeg
Henry Timieck
Manitoba
Victoria
British Columbia
Wismer
Oakalia
New Rental Rates Set for Sask Pasture Lands
Agriculture Minister I. C. Nollet announced new rental terms based on carrying capacity and cattle price, with leases expanding to 33 years. As existing leases expire, all grazing lands will adopt the policy, yielding 342 cents an acre higher for 1949. Rent for the common class of grazing land is set at Stec an acre.
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I. C. Nollet
Saskatchewan
Vancouver teen stopped for dangerous hot rod plan
Police halted a 17 year old driver on a city bridge. His car lacked a muffler tail light front fenders and a testing sticker with only one headlight. He said he intended to convert the vehicle into a hot rod.
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Vancouver
Flin Flon Sees Major Building Boom Planned This Summer
Flin Flon, Man. expects its largest building boom since the construction days with projects valued around 5 million dollars. Leading the list, extension of sewer and water system to the whole town. A 250 to 300 thousand dollar hotel, a new telephone exchange, hotel upgrades, a two room collegiate addition, and a 50 home low cost housing project.
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Flin Flon
Man
Telehone Exchange
Prairie farmer John Hirst dies after five week illness
Nelson B C former prairie wheat farmer John Sutcliffe Hirst aged 69 died in hospital after a five week illness. He came to Canada in 1904 and farmed at Cluny Alta and North Battleford Sask for a time before moving to British Columbia in 1924 and settling in this district 11 years later.
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Nelson
B.C
Calgary
Vancouver
United States
John Sutcliffe Hirst
Canada
Cluny
Alta
North Battleford
Sask
British Columbia
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Mooney
Ruth K. Kent
Buckey
Keelief
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkhams
Macdonald
Cas
Nard
Ciment
Western Briefs
Pioneer Farmer
Altona
Edmonton
Imperial Oil Limited
Imperial Schoepp
Prairie Farmer
RMR
Onde
Lews Craft Supplies
Water St Saint John
N.B
Yonge St
Torgato
Graham Avenue
Benograph
Associated Screen News Limited
Fort Street
Montreal
Beacon Tire
Queen and
York Streets
Ontario
Peggy
Chuck Thursto
Sandy
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