Manitoba Library Week Urges Use of Library Services
The Manitoba government, by proclamation, designates Canadian Library Week April 2 to 14 to promote library services as a tool for responsible citizenship through self education. The signing witnessed by John S Russell and Miss Marjorie Morley. Sponsored by the Canadian Library Association the Book Publishers Association and La Societe des Editeurs Canadiens des Livres Francais. Special displays emphasize the value of reading for expanding horizons and weighing ideas.
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Manitoba
Stewart E.i McLean
Librares
Too Sweet to Tooth and Librarian Shortages Noted
The text urges limits on candy and soft drinks and recommends fruit or milk. It also highlights a national week long program to boost interest in the printed word and quotes Mr. McLean on librarian shortages in Canada. Manitoba offers bursaries for librarian training at McGill and Toronto universities.
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McLean
Canada
Winnipeg
Manitoba
McGill University
Montreal
University of Toronto
Wild Gobbilers Unlimited Plans Fresh Imports
Wild Gobbilers Unlimited, meeting at Plum Coulee, decided to import 20 hens and five gobblers to boost their stock. Birds in Miami acclimate and forage for themselves, with future release dates discussed. Andy Blatz and P. Smith appointed to arrange.
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Miami
Smith
Plum Coulee
Andy Blatz
P. Smith
Steinbach
C. Stevenson
the Times
Morden
Man
Canadian Auto Sales Compare 1958 and 1957
In 1958 Canadians bought 376,084 new passenger automobiles and 333,481 used cars. In 1957 the figures were 382,023 for new cars and 365,827 for used cars, showing a dip in both categories.
Infant left in Poland visits Weyburn parents now
Anastasia Orlicka, raised in Poland, arrived in Canada after 14 years of delays due to war and Polish rules. She was detained at Halifax for $15 short on travel funds but reunited with her Cedoux Plonka family kin in Weyburn. She described Canada’s housing boom and fewer cars than Poland, and hinted family hopefuls may join her if allowed.
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Anastasia Orlicka
Poland
Weyburn
Karl Plonka
Cedoux
Anastasia
Heath
Canada
Plonkas
Halifax
Wedding ring found after 30 years in garden
Mrs. Roberta Wilson found a wedding ring in her Dauphin garden while cleaning for curtains. It matched the ring lost by Ann Hays of Winnipeg in 1927, who then moved away. The ring was undamaged after decades, and the owners reunited with the long-missing token.
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Ann Hays
Winnipeg
F. W. Hyde
McLeod Avenue
Hays
Elphinstone
Robert Wilson
Hyde
Warfarin the Rat Killer Opens New Pest Control
Rats have long plagued humanity and cost Canada millions in losses annually. Three centuries ago bubonic plague likely spread to Britain via rats, fueling the Black Death. Recently scientists found warfarin a chemical deadly to rats but not to humans or pets sold under various trade names. Local health departments may advise poisons or exterminators for cities and farms.
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Canada
Britain
Editorial picks spotlight The Enterprise editorials
The Weekly Bulletin reprints two editorials from The Enterprise, one by Dr. S. N. Wynn on Governments Will Never Stop Inflation and another by Ken Mayhew titled Time Is Running Out, highlighting Canadian and U S press in Largo Florida circulation.
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United States
Canada
Largo
Fla
Enterprise
S. N. Wynn
Ken Mayhew
Yorkton, Sask
Population gain shifts in Canada during 1958
Population rose by 397,900 in 1958 signaling a smaller immigration contribution after a 543,000 rise in 1957. By January 1, 1959 the total population stood at 17,284,900, reflecting lower net immigration.
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Canada
Turnabout quilt pattern 7071 from Household Art Dept
Pattern 7071 offers four patches and two fabrics for a colonial style quilt described as an heirloom. Includes patches charts and directions with yardages for single and double quilts. Send thirty five cents and name address pattern number to Household Art Dept Front Street W Poront for details.
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Fhusehold Art
Department Department P.P.L
Front Street W
Poront
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Wild Gobbilers Unlimited
Regina Winter Fair
Susan Clark
Ed Clark
Inchkeith
Bob Hume
Carlyle
Miss Clark
T. Eaton Co. Ltd
Canadian Weekly
Isn Animal
Agro
I. C. Nollet
Regina
Susan
Ed. Clark
Irwin Catley
Craven
Slade
Harwood Hotel
Moose Jaw
Irwin
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