Canadian nurse dedicated to work among Amazon natives
Laurence Le Fevre, a Montreal public health graduate, runs a small Amazon infirmary near Indiana Peru aiding jungle residents. She funds care with Montreal pennies, treats tropical diseases and childbirth cases, and supplied streptomycin for TB with funds from friends and her own savings.
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Amazon
Lima
Peru
Montreal
Amazon Jungle
Laurence le Fevre
School of Our Lady of Angels
Order
Sherbrooke
Que
University of Montreal
Indiana
Clare Larrain
Three Rivers, Que
Alice Julien
Lic
Miss le Fevre
Laurence
Equator
Build Backyard Play Equipment and Boat Patterns
Do not build popular playground gear unless you want neighborhood attention. The pattern provides exact dimensions, material lists, and assembly steps, with optional storage bolts. Boat patterns use marine plywood and oak pine frame, with a strongback guide and finishing steps, available in the Sports men's Packet or separately.
Helpful Hints for Household Stains and Cleaning
Practical tips on removing wool dust before cleaning, timing oven removal with a clock, foil collars on skillets to prevent fat spatter, and treating ice cream and grease stains with damp sponging or carbon tetrachloride then warm suds.
Calgary Girls Finish Long Bike Trip to Grand Falls
Ruth Holman and Ruth Moore from Calgary arrived in Grand Falls after cycling from Vancouver. They rode the distance on their bikes with brief lifts, noting only short pick ups and the Straits crossing as non bicycle segments.
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Grand Falls
Nild
Calgary
Ruth Holman
Ruth Moore
Vancouver
Straits Crossing
Renovation Methods Restore Old Farm Structures
Farmers cut costs by renovating existing barns and service buildings with modern techniques. Damaged sidewalls can be revitalized by re siding, avoiding full replacements and preserving functional heritage.
Canadian PacificRoute Length From Vancouver to Saint John
The main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway extends 3,367 miles from Vancouver to Saint John New Brunswick, tracing a transcontinental route across Canada.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
Vancouver
Saint John, NB
Humorous anecdotes and quips mix in a late night page
A collection of light jokes and gags about a blotto bet, missed Manchester, tennis technique, fat jokes, a director’s mockery, a talking weighing machine, a boxer recovering, and the earth’s axial precession. The humor spans social misadventures and clever one liners from various whimsy scenes.
Miracle revival saves 3-year-old from cistern
In Hagersville Ontario, firemen revived Gary Arnold after 15 minutes underwater in a nine foot cistern. Resuscitator aided recovery to fair condition in Hamilton hospital 45 minutes later, a possible Canada record says George Ragen of the Toronto Lifesavers. A neighbor pulled the boy to safety with a rake.
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Hagersville, Ont
Gary Arnold
Hamilton
George Ragen
Toronto Lifesavers
Canada
Pembina oil field sparks boom in Drayton Valley
Drayton Valley, Alberta, near Canada's Pembina field discovered June 1953, sees rapid growth as oil firms tap reserves. Socony-Vacuum Exploration reports prolific wells while government plans a model town with 2000 residents. Construction of water, sewage systems underway. housing lags behind.
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Drayton Valley
Pembina
Canada
Leduc
Socony-Vacuum Exploration Co
Alberta
Texaco Exploration Co
Leduc-Woodbend
Redwater
Edmonton Fairway
Smiley
Saskatchewan
Emerson on the U S border in Manitoba named after Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Manitoba border area known as Emerson is named for the American writer Ralph Waldo Emerson. The naming reflects ties to the nearby U S border and honors the celebrated author.
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Emerson
U.S. Border
Manitoba
Author Ralph Waldo Emerson
New Pattern 7390 Sewing Catalog Offers Small to Large Sizes
Advertisement for pattern 7390 by Mice Brooke features apron jumper or sundress options with belt and flat ironing, size ranges 10 to 20. Includes transfer patterns, state size, and a 25 cent mail order call for the Brand-New 1954 Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalog with four patterns in the book. Also notes that only about 19 percent of Japan's area is agricultural land.
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Alice Brooks Needlecraft
Japan
Songster HORIZONTAL Cy aed 1 5 Depicted 10 Jiggle 12 Stage whispers
Puzzle style crossword like list of clues across and down with mixed topics including body parts actions organisms and objects arranged as a garbled entry. Several entries reference animals metals and places while others point to music dance and science vocabulary.
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Chuck Thurston
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Cecelia
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