George Lancaster Elected President of Melfort Agricultural Society
George Lancaster business manager of The Melfort Journal was elected president of the Melfort Agricultural Society at the annual meeting held Friday. He succeeds Jim S. Reynolds who served five years. Walter Schmidt and D. J. Vansickle named second vice presidents. J. M. H. McKee elected honorary president. The meeting, presided by Lancaster for absent Reynolds, heard a full report including a 2000 plus operating surplus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. George Lancaster
Melfert Agricultures Society
C. D. Manson
J. Vansickle
Walter Schmid
Melfort Journal
Melfort Agricultural Society
Lancaster
Jim S. Reynolds
Eaveveu Bih Viteoprimatrul
Walter Schmidt
D. J. Vankickle
J. M H. McKee
F Reynolds
R. L. Fingarson
R. R. Dunbar
J. H. Stewart
W H. Anderson
Lst of
Miss L. Craig
G. Carlton
S. Russell
J. Levring
Chris Levring
T R. McConaghy
Harold McKee
W. J. Pitchford
G. McInnis
W. W. Aikenhead
A. G. South
D. J. Vansickle
Lendrum Street
Osborne
Broadway
Public speaking fear eased by expert instruction
An Ottawa speaker, Mr. Froom, known for training Canadian General Electric and Ottawa Ad and Sales Club members, notes that fear of public speaking can be overcome through competent instruction and practice. He received an Optimist creed plaque. Also mentions Sleeping Bear Dune in Michigan as the world’s largest shifting sand dune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Froom
Ottawa West Optimist Club
Froom
Canadian General Electric
Ottawa Ad and Sales Club
Sleeping Bear Dune
Glenlake
Leelanau County
Michigan
Control of virus disease organisms boosts pest control in Canada
Virus disease organisms are becoming more successful in controlling destructive pests in Canada. They are selective and destroy only harmful insects, while often being inexpensive to produce.
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Canada
Seed Cleaning in Saskatchewan bulletin released
A new 47 page farm bulletin on cleaning seed grain is available from Agricultural Representatives and the Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture in Regina. It explains why farmers should clean all grain before sowing, describes cleaning equipment, grading machines, portable and stationary plants, and seed cleaning co operatives.
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Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture
Regina
Saskatchewan
J. A. Peck
Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Engineering Department
University of Saskatchewan
Agricultural Engineering Division
Swift Current Experimental Farm
Saskatchewan Department of Co-operation
First White Woman in the Canadian West Marie Lasimoniere
Marie Ann Lasimoniere, a white woman who arrived with her husband from Quebec in 1806, settled at Pembina on the Red River and later Edmonton. She endured a perilous era marked by Cree and Blackfoot conflict to become a noted early west figure.
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Canadian West
Marie Ann Lasimoniere
Three Rivers
Quebec
Pembina
Red River
Edmonton
Education's meaning held to be lost
Ogden Glass headmaster of Bishop's College School told the Bishop's University Alumni Association that education today is a stepping stone between cradle and city. He noted a distrust of spiritual matters and cited a Saroyan quote about something being wrong somewhere. He admitted not knowing the answer to the educational problem, only that it exists.
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Cradie
St. James Street
Ogden Glass
Bishop's College School
Bishop's University Alumni Association
Glass
Rhodes
William Saroyan
Mr. Glass
Steady decline in Canadian farm horses continues
The Bureau of Statistics reports 852,000 horses on Canadian farms as of June 1, a drop of about 50,000 from the prior year and a 5.5 percent decrease overall.
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Bureau of Statistics
Airfield Underwater Roots: Schiphol’s Historic Drainage System
Schiphol Airport sits 157 inches below sea level with a vast drainage network keeping Haarlemmermeer waterless. Pumps move over 2.5 million cubic meters yearly toward coastal outlets while ships appear to skim the canal that surrounds the runways, a reminder of the old harbor that became a world’s first aviation hub.
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Netherlands
Amsterdam
Schiphol
Haarlemmermeer
Europe
Sees More Opportunities for Youth in Agriculture
Dr J G Taggart Deputy Minister of Agriculture told 125 4 H Club youths from across Canada that within five to ten years there will be more opportunities in farming for young people than ever before. He warned of a shortage of graduates to staff government agricultural departments and praised 4 H for exposing youth to farming opportunities and proper perspective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
J. G. Taggart
Tag
Gart
Toronto
Department of Agriculture
Taggart
Miner on Conservation and Predator Control Controversy
The piece contends Maurice Broun misquoted Jack Miner on philosophy of predator control. It notes Miner's view opposed extermination and favored proportional reduction of predators to hunting pressure, citing speeches and writings from 1896 to 1944 and a rebuttal by Manly Miner defending conservation accuracy.
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Keure
Maurice Broun
Jack Miner
Peo
Manly F. Miner
Manly I. Miner
Donkey Lift Stunts for Store Publicity Ends in Fall
In Paris a shoe store attempted to haul a donkey named Cora up two shiny stairs for publicity. The janitor blocked entry, so workers hoisted the burro from outside with tied legs and a blindfold. The rope broke during the nine foot lift. the donkey survived the fall and reached the presentation room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Cora
Burro
Prophetic warning on subversives from Col Logan-Venda
Col Rev J Logan-Venda warns Canadians to remain on guard against subversive elements in society. He predicts future war would be undeclared and total, drawing in servicemen and civilians, and calls for intense loyalty to Christian democratic ideals as a safeguard.
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Col
Rev. J. Logan-Venda, Obe
Manitoba Chamber Presidents Meet At Winnipeg Convention
Forty one Manitoba chamber presidents attended the Manitoba Chamber of Commerce 26th annual convention in Winnipeg on November 1 and 2. The president’s breakfast, sponsored by the Manitoba Power Commission, drew the largest gathering in the association’s history with numerous officials from across the province listed in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba Chamber of Commerce
Winnipeg
Chambers of Commerce
Manitoba
Manitoba Power Commission
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Officers of Agricultural Society
George Lancaster
Agricultural Society
New
Nature Magazine
St. James
Neepawa
US Turner
Erickson
Eugene Derksen
Steinbach
J. B. Carroll
The
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M. J. G. McMullen
A. W. Hanks
Wm. Takunchak
Vita
J. L. Lamb
MacGregor
R. M. Norman
Piney
Gordon Dennison
Benito
Frank Shandroshki
Hadashville
Armand Latrelle
Somerset
Gordon E. McPhail
Car
Tou
Roy Kenley
Langruth
Eric Stefanson
Gimli
T. A. Norquay
Selkirk
Bruce Fargey
Morden
Jos. Hebert
St. Malo
K. L. Morrison
J. E. Burton
Dauphin
C. W. Buckingham
Virden
E. B. MacDonald
Charleswood
J. P. Spence
Ste. Rose
Chas. Caldwell
Reston
Alex Brooks
Pilot Mound
Alex
Fort Garry
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