Jokes and Quips From a Busy Day
A string of brief humorous exchanges unfolds in a crowded scene outside a church and various venues. A laughing child and amused adults react to weddings, a waiter’s quip, a mower dispute, and a bachelor and spinster who recognize a wedding melody as Maiden's Prayer.
Australian woman fliers first to fly solo from Australia to England
Mrs Harry Bonney of Brisbane completed a perilous Amazon voyage and travels across South America to reach Sydney after eight months abroad. She recounts guiding through Iquitos Peru and dense jungle, trekking nine hours with machete work, and facing wary Indigenous communities before reaching Belem and Rio de Janeiro. The trip culminates with her inclusion on the Fliers Wall at the Mission Inn in California.
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Amazon
South America
Harry Bonney
Brisbane
Australia
Enggland
Sydney
Mexico
Central
Iquitos
Peru
Bonney
Pebas
Mies
Huayancayo
Rio de Janeiro
Sao Paulo
Paraguay
Los Angeles
Mission Inn
Fowerside
Calif
Mason, builder recognized at CNIB golden wedding event
Early 1956 events highlighted J. Arthur Conley, dean of CNIB registered blind in Southern Saskatchewan, as he celebrated his golden wedding anniversary with family. Born in Ontario, he moved west, faced blindness and hardships, and, with his wife’s aid, built CNIB services in Regina including a residence and service centre.
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Canadian National Institute For the Blind
Saskatchewan
J. Arthur Conley
Ontario
Conley
Fioujeau
Sask
Hearne
Regina
Canadian National Institute For
Riyal Lodge
Canada
Mysterious Lids Recovered From Waynesboro River
City workers in Waynesboro Virginia retrieved 16 garbage can lids from the South River with more likely beneath. The lids were found after residents flooded city hall with complaints and noted the cans were still in back gardens.
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South River
Pop’s voice saves day on radio program
While PM Williamson directed a record program at WHIM Rhode Island he received a phone call from his wife saying their two year old daughter had waked her out. He decided to let the radio broadcast continue at home to handle the situation.
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WHIM
Providence, Rhode Island
Phon
Williamson
Night Sardine Fishing Report From Moonlit Harbor
Fishermen sight glowing anoals during night tides as sardine fishers work after dark beneath a pale moon. Mrs Willameon reports her daughter entered the home after a stern warning about consequences if she did not adjust behavior.
Maple Sugar Time Reveals Canadian Harvest Scale
The report notes Quebec supplies 887 percent of the syrup and 947 percent of the sugar of Canada's maple crop. A 1 437 tree sugar bush on Alfred Raby's farm contributes 500 gallons to the national 2.5 million gallon total as sap collection begins in late March with aluminum buckets and spiles and sap hauled to the sugar house for boiling.
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Linda Cafferty
Lee Ann Morissey
Quebec
Canada
Alfred Raby
Yvon Chemer
Jerry Boyce
Ottawa
Raby
Thurso
P.Q
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Ontario
St. Theresa
Raby Farm
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Junior
Pather
Tommy
Mendelssohn
By Besste M. Barker
Mey
Waynesboro
Virginia
Pop
Wilamson
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