Quilt top made by 100 year old lady on display
A 100 year old quilter, Mrs Andrew Hoverson, displayed a jog cabin design quilt top at the Homemakers convention in Wadena Sask. The handmade piece contains over 1600 pieces with stall strips woven to form blocks about 40 pieces each. She stitched without glasses and lives in Manvil North Dakota.
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Andrew Hoverson
Elmer Headington
Kelvington
Hoverson
Manvil
North Dakota
World’s second largest island near Greenland named
The text states that the largest island next to Greenland is New Guinea, covering about 312,329 square miles, making it the world’s second largest island after Greenland.
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Greenland
New Guinea
Spaniel Off to School in Canada for Training
Skipper an English Cocker Spaniel from North Battleford Saskatchewan travels to Benson Saskatchewan to study under Delmar Smith of Edmond Oklahoma for three months. The pup learns sit and lie down and follows classroom style teaching with food controlled exercises at The White Spot drive in. Skipper aims to master discipline under trainer Smith noted for field trials with a Brittany.
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Skipper
North Battleford
Benson, Sask
Weyburn
Delmar Smith
Edmond
Oklahoma
Ted Clifford
Edmonton
Cliffords
Chwelos Named Medical Director for Alcoholism Bureau
Dr Nick Chwelos appointed medical director for the Bureau on Alcoholism in the Saskatchewan department of social welfare and rehabilitation. The Weyburn resident, renowned for LSD-25 research with Dr D Blewett, will oversee medical services for the alcoholism rehabilitation program and advise on treatment policy. He plans to reside in Regina soon and is a married father of three.
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Nick Chwelos
Department of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation
T. J. Bentley
University of Saskatchewan
University of British Columbia
Chwelos
Chaelos
D. Blewett
Saturday Night Magazine
North American Association of Alcoholism Programs
Washington, DC
Bureau On
Department of Public Health
Weyburn
Regina
N. Chwelos
Bureau of Alcoholism
Applique Fruit Motifs for Patio Aprons Pattern 7096
Sewing pattern notice offers six by twelve and seven by fourteen inch applique motifs for kitchen and patio use. Send thirty five cents, no stamps, with name address and pattern number to Household Arts Department Toronto.
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Bluebirds of Happiness
Arts Department
P.P.L
Front Street
Toronto
Household Arts Department
Department P.P.L
Front Street W
Army of Butterfly Banders Solving Monarch Mystery
Dr. F. A. Urquhart of Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum leads a 20 year study of monarch butterfly migration. A large volunteer network tags some 20,000 monarchs annually, sharing gear and instructions for tagging and tracking. He notes ongoing findings published recently.
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F. A. Urquhart
Toronto
Royal Ontario Museum
Urquhart
Toronto Museum
Ocean
National Film Board of Canada
Gar Lunney
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Wadena
Sask
Mrs. Clifford
United States
Mr. Clifford
Canada
Mr. Smith
Gram
Saskatchewan
Nick” Chwelos
By Ace Brookes
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