Virden farmer plans to stay as oil wells produce income
Bill Skinner, who farms 320 acres near Virden Manitoba, will remain on his farm as three free flowing oil wells operate on his land. A fourth well is being drilled, with royalties projected around 35 a day. He retained 12 percent royalty and sold half his share before oil discovery.
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Virden
Moon
Bill Skinner
Manitoba
Roests
Heroe
Bors
Bill
Tve
California
Florida
Provincial Conservation Board
Skinner
Virden-Roselea
Winnipeg
Daly
Rooney
Giles
London
Home Workshop Desk Pattern Project for Students
This sketch shows a desk design for a student room built from plywood. It guides beginners and advanced students through each step from material list to finished desk. Patterns 224 204 401 301 and 301 wood frame shown cost 35c each or all five for $1.50 postpaid.
Alphabet pattern with DIY home workshop projects
This item describes an alphabet guide included with designs for a magazine rack waste basket bookends and a letter or napkin holder. It notes suitable wood thickness from one quarter to three quarters inch and suggests initials cut from frosted acrylic copper brass or aluminum to personalize wood or metal objects.
Paper commits gravest error in Christmas issue
The Times admits a grave mistake in its Christmas issue by omitting the Rabinovitch Bros. advertisement. Milton Rabinovitch is mentioned as the one to apologize to, noting the error was forgivable.
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The
Times
Rabinovitch Bros
Milton Rabinovitch
Morden Times
Glass Coloring in Stained Windows by Melt Pot Oxides
A historical note explains that glass used in stained glass windows acquires its color during production by tinting the molten glass with metallic oxides. The method highlights the role of metal oxides in achieving greens reds blues and ambers in early glassmaking.
Appetizing Recipes Sweet and Sour Spareribs
Sweet and Sour Spareribs recipe prepared with spareribs pineapple peppers garlic and cherries. Ribs are roasted then simmered with a pineapple syrup sauce and served in six portions. Includes steps to brown cook and thicken with cornstarch and soy sauce.
Five Pedigree Ayrshires for Alberta head to Chestermere Farms
Five pedigree Ayrshire cattle travel from Glasgow to Alberta led by Dudley Beck of Darland Hall Denbighshire. The herd includes a bull Lessnessock Certified and four heifers from the same sire, with two by Lessnessock Leo. Beck previously shipped Darling Highland Henge to Alberta in 1951, a winner of the 1953 Calgary Edmonton exhibition grand championship.
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Ayrshire
Glasgow
Alberta
Dudley Beck
Darland Hall
Denbigshire
Chestermere Farms
Forest Lawn
Lessnessock
Lessnessock Leo
Beck
Calgary
Edmonton
Metrovick Lands Canadian Boiler Contract in Calgary Deal
The Calgary Power Company awarded a UK firm a contract exceeding 1.5 million dollars for a 66 000 kW steam turbine generator set to be built in Manchester. The unit, a two cylinder turbine driving a 13 800 volt hydrogen cooled generator, will form the first power station unit at Wabamun near Edmonton. The purchase comes amid stiff competition and marks a major Canadian order.
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U.K
Calgary Power Company
Canada
Manchester
Wabamun
Edmonton
Manitoba Reports 1953 Driver Suspensions Exceed 4000
Manitoba registrar reports 4 162 drivers suspended by year end 1953 down to 2 708 in 1952. Of 1953 total 2 167 were for serious convictions under the Highway Traffic Act and Criminal Code. Insurance lapses 1 554. Accidents and violations include impaired driving 729 and intoxicated driving 452. Majority, 2 195, reside in Greater Winnipeg. reports originate mainly from RCMP and Winnipeg police.
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Manitoba
PR. B. Baillie
M. V
Winnipeg
R.C.M.P
St. Boniface
Brandon
Cypress Hills to gain modern tourist cabins in 1954
A Campbell announces Cypress Hills Provincial Park will add 18 modern light housekeeping cabins by 1954. Eleven cabins are under construction now, four duplex, with 23 non modern cabins and a lodge with 16 rooms existing, all with electricity.
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Cypress Hills Provincial Park
A. Campbell
Parks
Saskatchewan
Cypress Hills
Yorkton Receives First BC Apples by Truck
Yorkton Sask on December 31 wholesale firm received the first truck shipment of apples from British Columbia to reach this far east. The 740 boxes travelled non stop from Kelowna after noon Monday and arrived Wednesday evening in excellent condition. The article notes the raft as the earliest boat type.
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Yorkton, Sask
Yorkton
British Columbia
Kelowna
B.C
How To Save Money and Get Fast Cough Relief
An old home remedy promotes a fast acting cough syrup using sugar water maple syrup or honey and PINEX CONCENTRATE mixed into a 16 ounce bottle. The ad claims pleasant taste quick relief for the whole family and a money back guarantee if PINEX does not help.
Humorous Snippets From Daily Life And Anecdotes
A collection of light jokes and brief stories featuring misheard words in a florist shop, a deaf punchline exchange, golf humor in St Andrews, a riverside bungalow mix up, prizewinners at a social, and a remark on a Korean civilization dating back thousands of years.
Veteran Printer of Alta Passes On
Tom Clarke longtime Fort Macleod printer dies at Camrose rest home after months away from the town. He set type by hand before Linotype and edited The Macleod Advance with help from a deceased brother. Clarke remained active past 80, ran a small press, shared old photos, five years with the North-West Mounted Police, early Calgary Herald work, and contributed to the Lethbridge Herald about Alberta life. He came from Ipswich England to Meaford Ontario, trained as a printer, later served as a constable then aided Calgary Herald, lived quietly yet engaged with neighbors and local firms through the years.
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Fort Macleod
Tom Clarke
Camrose
Macleod Advance
North-West Mounted Police
Calgary Herald
Lethbridge Herald
Alberta
Ipswich
Suffolk County
England
Meaford
Ont
H.T.H
The
Macleod Gazette
Smart thrift home crafts from Prairie Publishers ad
A colorful ad promotes iron on patterns for home linens and gifts. It lists Pattern 7336 and six iron out designs, with dimensions and instructions. The ad, from Prairie Publishers Limited in Toronto, encourages writing the name and pattern name clearly and offers ten complete patterns plus more patterns by sending 25 cents.
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Prairie Publishers Limited
Front Street W
Toronto
Alice Brooks
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W.king Pharmacal Corp Ltd
Fox
Walkerville, Ont
Dodd
Home Workshop Pattern Service
West Fifth Avenue
Vancouver
Metropolitan Vickers
Peggy
Wwe
Chuck Thurston
Daphne
St. Andrews
Scotland
Brown
Alta
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