Saskatchewan Produces Walkers and Crutches for Disabled
Equipment such as walkers, crutches, and other special devices are now being manufactured in Saskatchewan. Handicapped trainees at the Vocational Rehabilitation Centre in Saskatoon produce these items on special order, offering significant savings over imported designs and providing token pay to trainees. The program, still experimental, may grow into a major service as more skilled workers join.
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United States
Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Stas
V Rehabilitation
Leap year history and the switch to the Gregorian calendar
The long 46 BC year earned the label year of confusion as two months were added to align lunar and solar years. Julius Caesar with Sosigenes created the Julian calendar, making every fourth year a leap year. Over centuries errors accumulated, prompting Luigi Lilio and Pope Gregory XII to craft the Gregorian reform, adopted gradually from 1582 to 1918. The Gregorian rule removes some centurial leap years while keeping every fourth year as leap year, except centuries not divisible by four.
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Julius Caesar
Sosigenes
Verona
Italy
Luigi Lilio Ghiraldi
Chiraldi
Gregory XII
Edible sawdust as cow feed explored in atomic-energy tests
Oregon State College researchers propose irradiating sawdust to break carbohydrates into soluble forms for cow digestion. Experiments with canned and bagged sawdust yielded soluble sugars after irradiation, suggesting potential energy feed but requiring large scale tests to assess feasibility. The piece notes the palmetto as South Carolina’s state tree.
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Oregon State College Agricultural and Forestry
Maple Creek Old Timers Museum Highlights A Farm Table
An article notes Maple Creek's Old Timers Museum at 800m et al where a large circular farm table sits as a centerpiece. It symbolizes an era of mechanization and social change affecting Canadian prairie life, sport, and fitness in the community and nation. It emphasizes how sport and physical fitness link to cultural evolution and national resilience.
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Maple Creek
Prairies
Sports Ilustrated
F. R. Rogers
Canada
North
Possessive Polly Mothers Puppies on Watts Farm
A parrot named Polly, kept by Mr and Mrs Orville Watts of Oklahoma, becomes a gentle pup-sitter for six puppies from a pointer on the Watts farm. She scolds misbehaving dogs with a sharp patter and even confronts a truck driver who pokes near her brood.
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Poy
Orville Watts
Oklahoma
Watts
Needham firm distributes underwear to employees again
The Witham Carter Co. made its annual distribution of underwear to its employees, a long standing custom enjoyed by recipients and viewed as a sign of good employer employee relations.
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Needham, Mass
Witham Carter Co
Seeing Toes Incident Sparks Stride of Wit
Mrs. A W Havelka of Omaha helps her 30 year old niece Nancy during a dressing mishap with odd slippers. Nancy jokes that the slippers let her toes see where they are going, a comical exchange amid the scene.
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A. W. Havelka
Omaha
Nancy
Havelka
Prove Saucers Can Fly
Vancouver Gas Model Club members run five machines each spending about 150 dollars yearly on hobby. Miniature engines cost six to thirty dollars, while a 30 inch nylon covered saucer uses a .6 hp engine and can reach sixty mph. Next project seeks jet powered model to beat 160 mph speed record.
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Jack Barnes
Vancouver Gas Model Club
U.S. Air Force
Avro Canada
Vancouver
Glen
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South Carolina
Wiliam D. Ross
Field Represervative Fitness and Recreation Disisten
Amateur Athletic Union of Canada
Polly
Glen Holm
Fgd
Holm
Barnes
National Film Board
Jack Long
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