Imperial Oil to Build Large Lubricating Oil Plant Near Edmonton
A new 14 million dollar lubricating oil plant will rise east of Edmonton in Strathcona on Imperial Oil land. Construction by Canadian Kellogg Co. aims for completion by Sept. 1 next year with production starting early 1954 and about 750 thousand barrels of oils annually, finished by hydro finishing using hydrogenation from a catalytic reformer. The site will employ about 15 more workers, expanding Imperial Oil’s payroll to roughly 315, spanning 131 acres of its 369 acre property.
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Imperials
Kellogg Co
Toronto
Imperial
Sarnia
Ont
Lakehead
Canada
Kitchen Meditations Excerpt by Jane Dale
A reflective fragment on rumor and town gossip growing beyond precise facts. The narrator laments how one spicy tale travels and inflates as residents share views. It notes a line between truth and fabrication in small gossip networks.
Stampede's Tractor Traveller Watty Forsyth Steals Calgary Show
Walter Watty Forsyth a Manitoba goodwill ambassador to the Calgary Stampede arrived from Rapid City on a 1944 tractor with trailer and became unofficial court jester at the exhibition entrance. The one legged ex-rancher talked with visitors, danced in the square, toured Banff and Lake Louise, and praised Calgary hospitality while hinting at returning home after Stampede week.
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Walter “Watty” Forsyth
Manitoba
Exhibition Grounds
Rapid City
Man
Watty
Massey-Harris Company
Canadian Rockies
Banff
Lake Louise
Women of Cheju Do Dominate Island Life in Wartime
The island of Cheju Do, fifty miles off Korea, is described as female dominated with refugees and new male arrivals kept in the kitchen. Women are the wage earners and divers while men perform cooking and house duties. The piece notes many women have two husbands and highlights humorous questions about world knowledge and rapid mental math feats.
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Cheju-Do
Korea
Moosomin Club Holds 28th Vancouver Reunion
Moosomin Sask natives gathered at Stanley Park in Vancouver for the Vancouver Moosomin Association 28th annual reunion. About 150 oldtimers and families attended, with members from Moosomin and nearby districts and guests from New York Los Angeles and Toronto. Plans were discussed for Saskatchewan's golden jubilee in 1955. Joseph Lister introduced antiseptic methods to surgery.
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Stanley Park
Vancouver
Moosomin
Vancouver Moosomin Association
New York
Los Angeles
Toronto
Saskatchewan
Longest Married Couple Dies After 80 Year Union
Whitney Texas obituary notes Uncle Tom Rose 101 dies in the same house where he and Aunt Easter had lived 58 years. The pair wed in 1873 and after Easter's death on June 9 1953 they had been married 80 years, reputedly the nation’s longest marriage.
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Whitney
Tex
Tom” Rose
United States
Tom
Easter
Royal Coronation Robes on Display in Montreal
Coronation robes worn by Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh are shown at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts from July 15 to 24. The robes and other coronation exhibits will later travel to other Canadian cities for display.
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Elizabeth
Duke of Edinburgh
Montreal
Pressure bandage aids injury control and field tips
Medical guidance explains using foam or cotton pads with tape or elastic wraps to compress bruises sprains and strains to slow bleeding and reduce pain. It compares pressure bandages with ice and offers shaving skin care tips including electric shavers to prevent irritation during healing and fielding advice for pitchers.
Helps in the early church and modern aid ethics
The essay contrasts the two attitudes toward help in the early Christian community. Some gave all they had while others sought gain without contribution. Paul condemns idlers and urges bearing one another's burdens yet stresses that each must bear his own burden.
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Paul
Christ
What do you wish miss asks waiter
A waiter asks a glamorous blonde for her order and her escort laments his choice. The scene ends with the escort’s wry remark that he wishes he had not brought her. The exchange plays on social satire and dinner table bravado.
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Ace” Percival
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