Duke to Visit Whitehorse in Yukon on Air Tour
The duke will fly to Whitehorse Yukon arriving mid day August 17 after a 900 mile Vancouver to Whitehorse leg. He will tour the town and air base, view the Alaska highway skyline and visit the Whitehorse museum and Sam McGee cabin before departing by C-5 the next morning for the Northwest Territories.
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Duke
Canada
Goose Bay
Labrador
Whitehorse
Vancouver
St. Laurent
British Columbia
Yukon
Lake Bennett
Klondike
Alaska
RCAF
Thi Ka
Canal
Canadian Army
Northwest Highway System
Air Force
Main Street
White Pass
Dawson City
Pacific Coast
Yukon River
Goldrich Creek
Robert W. Service
Sam McGee
Service
Servicee
Northwest Territories
Canadian Quiz: Roald Amundsen fame and rail reach
A quick trivia item poses questions on Roald Amundsen shared Arctic achievement Canada’s city growth rider in the rail corridor home ownership rates and hospital insurance coverage since 1945. The answer appears in another column.
Tips and home remedies from a past page
A fragmented advice column offers household hacks such as steaming bread in a saucepan inside the oven to soften crusts, making sachet powder with lavender and cloves, tobacco-water plant spray for insect control, and enamel stain removal with garden mold solution.
Nesting project aids Goldeneye ducks in Saskatchewan
Regina reports a wildlife program to provide artificial nesting for Goldeneye ducks along Qu Appelle and Last Mountain lakes. Since 1952 barrels have been placed along the lake shore and six of 50 installed in March are occupied. Director Fred Bard notes the effort aims to boost duck numbers without impacting farmers.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Fred Bard
Qu’ Appelle
Silton
Gibbs
Bard
Qu'Appelle
Summer Accidents and First Aid Essentials
All kinds of accidents occur during holidays so ensure cottages and cars carry well stocked first aid kits. Include a first-aid instruction book for those without training to provide immediate care.
Rich Wedding Cake and Snowy Cream Frosting Recipe
Detailed instructions for a rich wedding cake batter and frosting. Includes measurements for butter sugar eggs flour and fruit such as raisins currants and almonds plus a three-pan baking plan and a Snowy Cream Frosting method with shortening sugar milk salt vanilla and egg white meringue guidance.
Western Canadian highway engineer wins CGRA scholarship
Gordon D. Campbell, a Winnipeg born Trans-Canada Highway Division engineer with the Department of Public Works in Ottawa, has been awarded a Canadian Good Roads Association scholarship for post graduate study in highway engineering at Purdue University next fall. The CGRA selection committee was led by University of Alberta dean R. M. Hardy and included engineers and ministers from several provinces.
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Ottawa
Gordon D. Campbell
Canadian Good Roads Association
United States
Scholarternational Road Federation
Washington, D.C
Campbell
Winnipeg
Department of Public Works
University of Manitoba
Purdue University
Lafayette
Indiana
CGRA
R. M. Hardy
University of Alberta
Alan K. Hay
Federal District Commission
Jacques E. Hurtubise
Ecole Polytechnique
Montreal
E. S. Jones
British Columbia
R. W. McColough
Opening of nursing home in Melfort
The Melfort Nursing Home for the aged will officially open on August 25 with Hon. J. H. Sturdy announcing and Premier T. C. Douglas as principal speaker. The 153 bed single storey brick and tile facility includes five wings and central dining and recreation areas, with open invitations to the public.
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Sturdy
Seaway plan discussed for Great Lakes access
Construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway to permit ocean-going vessels into the Great Lakes has been a subject of advocacy and debate for nearly a century among supporters seeking navigation expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Lawrence Seaway
Great Lakes
Tie Up All Loose Ends Before Leaving On Holiday
Vacationers are advised to prepare at home before departure. Plan with a travel agency for cruises or flights, service the car a week ahead, and pack wardrobe, toiletries, and casual wear to avoid last minute shopping and higher resort prices.
Praises Old Indian Culture by Alberta Official
G H Gooderham regional supervisor of Indian affairs for Alberta discusses precolonial Indian social laws and culture. He notes family focus, sun worship, public branding for infidelity, and clubs akin to service organizations while criticizing loss of responsibility under treaty governance and praising gradual self-welfare reassertion. He cites land and oil lease income and Blackfoot wisdom in Crowfoot's message Be wise and persevere.
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Calgary
G. H. Gooderham
Alberta
Mr. Gooderham
Crowfoot
Smile of the Week Tourist Finds Bare-Masked Man on Hill
A touring couple encounter a man wearing only a hat atop a hill. The tourist asks if he always goes about like that, and the man replies that no one ever comes up here. The traveler then wonders why he bothers, guessing someone might appear.
Oddities In The News From A Rural Wry Edge
A trio of odd reports from the North Country and Midwest feature a Tupper Lake fisherman who hauled in a 32 inch northern pike that had swallowed a half grown black duck. In Maine a hospital intern’s x ray revealed a missing key in a patient’s leg cast. A Michigan motorcycle mishap left Henry and Grace Benton hospitalized after a rear seat steering attempt.
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Joe Maroun
Tupper Lake
Jenkins Bay
Maroun
Frank J. Cipriano
Portland
Maine
Cipriano
Twin Lake
Mich
Henry Benton
Grace
Benton
English Boy Likes Mounties at Felixstowe Party
Six year old Terry Fry in Felixstowe wrote inviting all the Mounties to a home party. Insp. P. S. Osborne replied from Ottawa with a mounted trooper picture and RCMP work details, making Terry the happiest lad in town.
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Felixstowe
Suffolk
England
Terry Fry
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
RCMP
P. S. Osborne
Ottawa
Terry
Felixtowe
Answers to Quick Quiz Five Facts on Canada
Answers summarize five facts: about 12.5 million Canadians insure themselves for hospital, surgical or medical expenses. 68 years since 1886 CPR completion. 1906 Amundsen first to sail the Northwest Passage from Atlantic to Pacific. two thirds owner-occupied housing. 124 incorporated cities at the 1951 census.
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Roald Amundsen
Canada
C.P.R
Amundsen
North-West Passage
Atlantic
Pacific
Quick Canadian Facts
Pocket Annual
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Viscount Alexander
Gallant Fox
Lucien Chartrand
Blue Bonnets Racetrack
Fox
Pauline
Tallahassee
Fla
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