Pattern 7390 Apron and Jumper for All Sizes in 1957
Ad for pattern 7390 showing a versatile sewing pattern with apron jumper and girlish gundress options. Includes waist cinch belt that unfolds flat for ironing and a tulip pocket. States sizes from small to large and a transfer print. Order details request name address pattern number and 35 cents. Also promotes Alice Brooks Needlecraft Book 1957 with two free patterns and additional needlework designs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Household Arts Department
Department P.P.L
Front Street
Toronto
Alice Brooks
Plans for sunflower hulling plant in Red River Valley
A group led by George Letkeman organizes plans for a 62,000 dollar sunflower hulling plant to be built in Altom Plum Coulee or Morden. The venture would process about four million pounds of seeds annually for export to Europe and the United States, with potential cost savings and higher farmer returns. The project would contract about 4,000 acres yearly and may expand to peas soybeans and beans for soup factories later. The Echo Red River Valley Man July 10 1957.
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Ret Fiver
Echo
Altom
Morden
George Letkeman
On Bill
Gnadensthal
George Letkerman
The
Europe
United States
City Accepts BC Power Commission Power Boost
The Revelstoke city council approved a BC Power Commission proposal to supply extra electricity. A 500 kw diesel unit, possibly mobile, will be installed around October 1 as the first step.
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B.C. Power Commission
British Columbia Power Commission
Revelstoke
B.C
Manitoba towns represented in Red Cross swim instructors school
Souris hosts area instructors school for Red Cross water safety drawn from 17 Manitoba towns. Bruce McIntosh of the Royal Life Saving Society leads gruelling drills to shape trainees into life saving instructors. W. A. Le Blanc provides teaching guidance with Rev. C. I. Rothery assisting. The program, sponsored by Souris Sr A. Ellis Lodge and Souris Red Cross, aims to boost Manitoba swimming instruction.
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Manitoba
Red Cross
Souris Docks
Royal Life Saving Society
Bruce McIntosh
The
W. A. le Blanc
Red Cross Water Safety Services
McIntosh
C. I. Rothery
RLSS
Souris
Souris Sr A. Ellis Lodge
Canadian Red Cross Society
Russell
Winnipeg
Canada
Royal Canadian Air Force
Canadian Legion
Bill Ww
Killarney
Robert We J Langruth
Margaret Dunn
Marilyn Gail Munson
Garry Munson
Newdale
Wayne Hammond
Pilot Mound
John Clint
Barrie Diehl
Walter Lee
Frank Sanderson
Orval Stocks
Margaret Munson
Strathclair
Roberta McIntosh
Norwood
Maynard W
Sally McKee
Dauphin
Bob McGillivray
the Plaindealer
Fire Saves Stanjek Family Home Near Engelfeld
Passing motorists likely saved Mr. and Mrs. William Stanjek and their five children when a farm home near Engelfeld burned down recently. The fire destroyed the house as bystanders woke the family and alerted authorities, preventing greater loss.
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William Stanjek
Engelfeld
Journal
Humboldt, Sask
First North American Yellow Fever Outbreaks 1668
In 1668 yellow fever appeared in North America marking its first recorded outbreak with severe epidemics in New York and Philadelphia.
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North America
New York
Philadelphia
Premier Douglas lauds CGRA ahead of Saskatchewan meeting
From Regina the premier invites about 1000 CGRA members to Saskatchewan in September for the Canadian Good Roads Association convention at The Bessborough Hotel from September 25 to 28. He notes highway growth since WWII and the association’s role in education and road technical practices, with provincial government support.
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Saskatchewan
Canada
Regina
T. C. Douglas
CGRA
Canadian Good Roads Association
Bessborough
Civil Service Strike Off After Government Bargaining Board
British Columbia civil servants called off a threatened strike after a cabinet meeting. The government promised a 7.34 percent increase and a board of reference to review bargaining, to be chaired by Chief Justice Gordon McG. Sloan. Earlier demands were 13 percent. offer was six percent.
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British Columbia
Board of Reference
Gordon McG. Sloan
Revelstoke
B.C
Bones of the Great Auk Forwarded to Museum
The Great Auk bones from Funk Island near Newfoundland are sent to the Saskatoon Museum of Natural History by D. H. Pimiott of the Newfoundland Wildlife Service. Richard Fyfe notes human slaughter drove the flightless bird to extinction with mass killings for feathers and down.
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Saskatchewan Museum of Natural History
D. H. Pimiott
Newfoundland Wildlife Service
Funk Island
Newfoundland
Richard Fyfe
Fyfe
Mr. Fyfe
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Brookes
Val Marie
Don Gillespie
Rosefield, Sask
Montana
Mexico
Dragoon
Birtle
W. Fulton
D. Brennan
G. Breraton
Camp Shilo
Stanjek
RED Cross Water Safety
Premier Douglas
Civil Service
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