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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 07, 1960
Page
3
A disputed report recounts remarks by the Jordanian committee on repairs to the Dome of the Rock and a theology head’s claim that Solomon’s Temple may have stood at the site. The piece notes beliefs about Solomon’s mines and Muhammad’s ascent.
A reflective note observes how many people rush to judgments or actions without first considering consequences or reflecting on options. It contrasts impulse with measured thought across everyday scenarios.
advertisement for Anne Adams Printed Pattern 4929 offering a square neck dress with side buttons in red green and blue checks for child sizes 2 4 6 8 10. states fabric 35 inches for size 6 and pattern parts with printed directions. requests 40 cents payment and mail order from Department PPL 60 Front Street W Toronto with size name and address.
A decorative bed display uses bright poinsettias as a glowing centerpiece. The pattern features a large flower and leaves in a pieced block of four triangles with applique. Send thirty five cents for pattern 7438 with name address and pattern number to the Housewived Arts Department at Front Street WW Foronto.
Sewing pattern 4927 offers a softly flaring relaxed dress with back-interest pleat and bow. Choose lower-fresh rayon blend or cotton print. sizes 14 through 22 require varying yardage and price sent by mail to Anne Adams Pattern Dept. at 60 Front Street, Wooster, Ohio.
The Royal Canadian Navy reached a peacetime peak with 62 warships in commission by mid-December 1959. The fleet included Bonaventure, seven St Laurent and seven Restigouche class destroyer escorts, 18 frigates, 10 mine sweepers, two repair ships, six smaller craft, plus Royal Navy submarines in Halifax. Five new anti-submarine escort ships Gatineau Kootenay Terra Nova Columbia and Chaudiere joined. Cape Scott and Cape Breton returned to service in new roles as repair ships. Three modernized anti submarine frigates Cap de la Madeleine Victoriaville Inch Arran were commissioned. There were progress in anti-submarine airpower and Banshee intercept capability. Total personnel on Dec 1 stood at 19 933 with 9 831 at sea, about 49 percent of the fleet serving afloat, plus 3 550 naval reserve personnel. The year featured the Royal Tour and Seaway Year celebrations, with NATO exercises andGreat Lakes visits, and plans for a 22 000 ton tanker supply ship and two Repeat Restigouche class escorts underway.
W R Merryweather, formerly assistant director of the Conservation and Development branch, has been appointed director of Saskatchewan's new home and farm improvements branch. He began his duties November 23 after serving since 1951 in his previous post. Born 1916 in Paynton, he pursued agriculture at the University of Saskatchewan, served in the Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, overseas in 1943, and was discharged as a captain in 1949.
The new $3,000,000 government ice-breaker Alexander Henry sailed into Port Arthur harbor and dropped its one-ton anchor. Skin divers search Lake Superior bottom for the anchor as the ship stays moored at the dock.
The article notes that due to inflation the Canadian dollar has lost purchasing power, now equaling what 75 cents bought in 1949 and what 50 cents bought in 1939, highlighting eroded value over time.
The Plant Protection Division reports 43,461 acres of potatoes passed field inspection for seed certification in 1959, down 12 percent from 1958 but only five percent below the five year average. Sebago accounts for almost 45 percent of total seed acreage with seven varieties making up 94 percent of all acres. Green Mountain is losing ground while Bliss Temph and Ones remain notable varieties.
A doll in a two year old’s dress, 30 inches tall, patterned with 7468 pieces. The maker, Mice Breck Pid, invites readers to mail 35 cents in stamps to Household Arts at 60 Front Street W. Poronto for the pattern, indicating it is thrifty and fun to make and costly to buy.
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