Christmas gifts spark a change in Ann's view
Ann and her friend Noreen help Mrs. Cuthbert with groceries and a Christmas concert. Ann discovers the joy of giving without expecting in return, inspired by the Wise Men's gifts and the children's manger scene, leading to an invitation for Christmas Day.
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Ann James
Jon
Noreen Cuthbert
Ann
Noreen
Alice James
Alice
Fineas
Mrs. Cuthbert
Annn
Joseph
Mary
Answers to Quick Quiz Answers Lake Huron
The snippet lists quiz answers with items including Lake Huron for number five and a note that in 1917 a Special wet tax was applied. It references the 1909-13 period and numbers like 25,000, mentioning editors of Quick Canadian Facts as the source of the handbook of facts about Canada.
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Lake Huron
Quick Canadian Facts
Handbook of Facts About
Canada
Crochet Afghan Square Pattern 7010
Quick crochet project uses d inch squares joined into an afghan. Create with scraps or mixed colors and finish in minutes. Send twenty five cents in coins to obtain pattern 7010.
Prairie Publishers Pattern Sale Promotes Needlecraft Books
Prairie Publishers Limited advertises TEN COMPLETE PATTERNS for embroidery crochet and print work in the Alice Brooks Needlecraft Book. It urges sending 25 cents now and requests the buyer to supply name address and pattern number plainly at 60 Front Street W Toronto.
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Prairie Publishers Limited
Front Street W
Toronto
Alce Brooks
Cleaning and stain removal tips from a household guide
A faded domestic guide offers methods to clean tiles with kerosene and warm water, treat woollens with hydrochloric acid, remove tea or coffee stains with glycerine, and stiffen net curtains using cum arabiac starch. The note ends with a catalog-like entry numbered 3068.
Autumn Casserole Recipe With Tomatoes And Corn
A recipe outlines layering sliced tomatoes with corn and seasonings in a casserole. It uses onions marjoram parsley canned corn and mashed potatoes with grated cheese baked at 375 degrees until golden. Includes steps to peel slice and arrange tomatoes then top with cheese and potatoes.
British Columbia oyster seed experiment shows promise against imports
In Pendrill Sound near Bute Inlet, 130 miles northeast of Vancouver, baby oysters spawned successfully in an experiment by the Pacific Oyster Seed Company. About 25 larvae settled on each shell, with next spring’s harvest expected at 5,000 cases, reducing Japanese imports of 60,000 cases. The effort relies on natural spawning in the sound and labor from fishermen’s communities.
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Vancouver
Pendrill Sound
Bute Inlet
Here
Pacific Coast
Japan
British Columbia
Puget Sound
Pacific Oyster Seed Company
Sound
Ladysmith
Fannybay
Crescent
Honey crop outlook shows nationwide drop in 1953
This year’s honey crop is 26,174,000 pounds, down 5,000,000 from 31,230,000 last year and the smallest since 1946. Ontario falls to 9,801,000 from 14,900,000, Quebec to 3,352,000 from 4,398,000, Alberta to 3,608,000 from 4,900,000, while New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island also decline. Manitoba rises to 4,830,000 from 3,360,000 and Saskatchewan to 3,075,000 from 2,500,000. British Columbia climbs to 1,178,000 from 800,000.
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Ontario
Quebec
Alberta
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Wool Digest notes rise in Canadian sheep shearing 1953
More Sheep Shorn reports 1953 Canadian sheep shorn 895700 versus 828600 in 1952 an increase. Average fleece weight fell from 7.7 to 7.4 pounds. Sheep shorn higher in all provinces except Manitoba. Averages ranged from 6 pounds in Nova Scotia to 8.2 pounds in Alberta.
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Wool Digest
Canada
Manitoba
Nova Scotia
Alberta
Quick Canadia Quiz highlights and questions
Quick Canadia Quiz asks for the Yukon and Northwest Territories total population, the industry supplying about a third of Canada's labor income, the five year period with over 1,500,000 immigration grants, the year personal income tax was introduced, and which Great Lake has the largest Canadian area. It notes World War II conscientious objectors included members from over 30 religious bodies.
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Yukon
Northwest Territories
Canada
Great Lakes
Saskatchewan and Ontario notes and stray Canadian items
A mosaic of small items from Saskatchewan and across Canada. Pranks at Kennedy incur 155 dollars penalties. a cougar encounter near Ebenezer. a Barred Rock pullet hatch and an early Indian billiard ball claim. church caretaking volunteers at Spy Hill. a $400 wager for sleeping outdoors at Drumheller. a bear encounter near Bonnyville ending with a knife. cribbage oddities in Macleod. a white red blooming cactus in Orillia. a homecoming in Kamloops marred by robbery. police week commentary in Barrie. editorials on CPA TCA controversy, mining strikes in Northern Ontario and Quebec, and opinions on dumping and government services.
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Saskatchewan
Kennedy
Hallowe'en
Ebenezer
Clarence Hoffman
Wadena
United Church
Spy Hill
Alberta
Drumheller
Clint Smith
RCAF
Bonnyville
Steve Twerdochlibout
Macleod
H. Perkins
Orillia
Ont
J. A. Jamieson
Archie Pete
Kamloops
B.C
Korea
Barrie, Ont
Examiner
CPA
TCA
Ottawa
Boissevain, Man
Recorder
Camrose
Alta
Ontario
Quebec
Canada
Barrie
Britain
Japan
Germany
Hartland
N.B
Film Board
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