First World Plowing Championship Set Near Cobourg Ont
The first world plowing championship will be held on the Durham Northumberland Counties Home Farm near Cobourg as part of the Ontario Plowmen's Association four day International Match from October 6. An Esso Galden Piow trophy, designed by Goldsmiths Ltd in London, will be awarded to the world champion, with U.S. Denmark Belgium among the 12 nations entering.
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Cobourg
Ont
Durham- Northumberland Counties
Ontario Plowmen's Association
J .A. Carroll
Toronto
United States
Denmark
Belgium
Imperial Oil
Canada
Goldanoths and Silversmiths Co. Ltd
London
England
Science Museum
National
Patterns Story In A Quilt Pattern 7029
Quill quilt themed item notes four blocks for a Looking Through The Window quiz. Readers study and admire quilt patches using scraps and bias seams. Includes pattern 7029 applique, Quilt 76 by 92 inches. Send twenty five cents to Prairie Publishers Limited Toronto for ten complete patterns and more crafts ideas. The total number of bicycles in the United States exceeds 21,000,000.
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Household Arts de Prairie Publishers Limited
Front Street W
Toronto
Alice Brooks
United States
Humor Vignettes From A Grocer And Neighbors
A collection of light anecdotes about a greedy grocer chasing a doctor for unpaid bills a collector’s report. a wife’s burst of sunshine earning playful forgiveness. a druggist offering a substitute for a favorite brand. a travel bureau meeting with a last resort spouse. a teacher’s canary joke. a schoolroom quip about ending sentences. a telephone gag about spellings and a Texas camp mishap with rattles.
Skeleton of Baby Found From 4000 Years Ago
Prof Joseph P Free of Wheaton College reports discovering a baby skeleton in the foundations of a wall at Dotham near Jerusalem. The burial included a bowl and jugs suggesting provisions for the next life, fitting biblical accounts of child sacrifice though not proving such a rite.
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New York
Wheaton College
Joseph P. Free
Dotham
Jerusalem
Free
Oddities From The News Aimed At Unusual Local Snaps
A Buffalo cathedral steeple sits in the basement after removal following wind threat. A Detroit mother recalls three children with measles. A Detroit driver gets a surprise traffic ticket signed by Patrolman Tom Measel. A Canadian man injures thumb landing a 21 pound salmon in Duncan. A lawnmower explodes a bullet when it runs over it in Painesville. A Saskatchewan boy discovers a baby sparrow hatched during a pocket stop on return home.
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Larry Wright
Detroit
Tom Measel
Yukon and NWT Drug Stores Rise in 1951 Census Figures
In the 1951 Census of Distribution Yukon and Northwest Territories had three retail drug stores, down from six a decade earlier. Despite the small number, total sales reached 168 100 dollars, up from 97 000 dollars in 1941.
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Yukon
Northwest Territories
Winnipeg teen wins Manitoba 4-H public speaking contest
Alden Robertson, 16, Basswood Calf Club, won the Manitoba 4-H Club public speaking contest at the Royal Alexandra Hotel. His topic was Farm Tractor Safety. Finalists included Sydney Banting and Mavis Beer, with judges from Kiwanis and provincial agriculture officials. Eleven contestants competed in preliminaries.
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Winnipeg
Alden Robertson
Basswood Calf Club
Manitoba
Royal Alexandra Hotel
Winnipeg Kiwanis Club
Sydney Banting
Birch River Grain Club
Mavis Beer
Durston Clothing Club
Mr. Banting
Miss Beer
Kiwanis
T Doddaworth
Q H. Martinson
B Longstaffe
H. Crooks
Winnipeg Kiwanis
Dr. Warriner
J. R. Bell
Province of
Beverley Brandstrom
Eriksdale
Lorraine Burnside
Binscarth
Richard Hawke
Plumas
Gail Nichols
MacGregor
Joan Pritchard
Roland
Carol Smith
East Selkirk
Ronald Tole
Pilot Mound
Shirley Rock
Cardale
How To Hold FALSE TEETH More Firmly in Place
Do your false teeth slip or wobble when you eat or talk. Sprinkle a little FASTEETH on your plates to hold teeth firmly and comfortably. Alkaline powder leaves no gummy taste or sour aftertaste and reduces denture odor. Obtain FASTEETH at any drug store.
Farmer Holds Key To Soil Erosion Problem
This article draws parallels between prairie dust storms in the 1930s and ongoing soil erosion in Texas and Canada. It notes widespread wind erosion, washed away topsoil, and credit strain on farmers as banks tighten. Ontario plans a soil conservation course at Guelph and forms a Conservation Council of Ontario.
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Ontario Agricultural College
Guelph
Conservation Council of Ontario
Boxcar Supply Secures Grain Quotas Across West
The Canadian wheat board reports enough railway boxcars in Western Canada to handle the basic 15 bushel delivery quota plus a supplementary three bushels per seeded acre. Railways will keep moving empty grain cars to grain-loading stations to free space for the 1953 crop.
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Winnipeg
Man
Canadian Wheat Board
Canada
Farmer Key to Soil Conservation Efforts Says Study
The Soil Conservation Society of America forms as provincial and federal agriculture departments back long range soil programs. Yet erosion cannot be halted by scientists or governments alone. the farmer who owns the soil is essential for success and cooperation.
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Soil Conservation Society of America
Departments of Agriculture
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Damariscotta
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St. Joseph's Cathedral
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William Hargat
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Big Tor
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Ohio
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David Fox
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Prairie Provinces
Ramsay Company
Bank Street
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Clair
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Harry Wold
Prairie Rodeo Stock Association
Moose Jaw
Jerry Meyers
Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association
Peggy
Chuck Thurston
Betty Grable
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