Canadian Premiere of The Story of Creative Capital film
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce staged the Canadian premiere in Montreal of The Story of Creative Capital a technicolor education film by Du Pont Canada. It explains capital origins and its role in Canada’s economy using animation and practical examples of work and taxes. Premier showings will occur across provinces over the next two weeks.
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Canada
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Montreal
Creative Capital
du Pont Company of Canada
Ada
Sim
Chambers
Hailstorm Causes Minor Crop and Property Damage
A mid afternoon hailstorm hit Somer set Miami and Roland causing little crop loss. D L Fletcher says crops are far enough along to avoid serious damage though some window damage occurred in Miami and a grain bin toppled near Roland. A TV antenna was blown from a house and hail lay five inches deep in Somerset. Windshields at an auction near Miami were broken.
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Somerset
Miami
Roland
D. L. Fletcher
Carman
Harry Janick
Dufferin
Man
Modern flush door cabinet pattern 223 design
Describes a flush door cabinet with no edge mouldings and block front drawers. The piece stands 46 inches high and 42 inches wide, can be cut with hand tools or by a local woodworker, and uses 3 dimensional sketches for assembly. Bed room patterns include bed, dressing table, bedside stand and two drawer cabinets in a packet priced at $1.75, pattern 223 included at $2.00.
Smart Chaise Pattern and Instructions for Home Workshop
Handsome chaise pattern uses stock lumber sizes. Includes five adjustable back positions and actual-size cutting guides in Pattern 385. Packets 28 offer five porch and terrace patterns for 1.75 dollars. 10 cents service charge on orders under 1 dollar. Order to Home Workshop Patterns Department P.P.L. 4438 West 5th Avenue Vancouver B C.
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Department P.P.L
West 5Th Avenue
Vancouver
B.C
Local artist wins provincial painting award at Saskatoon meeting
At the Annual Convention of Homemakers Club in Saskatoon last week Mrs. D. N. Harold, via Melfort View Homemakers Club, won the Provincial James Competition for all types of painting. This marks her second consecutive win, following last year’s water color Tweedsmuir victory in Saskatchewan. The winning piece will enter the Dominion Tweedsmuir Competition held biennially.
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Homemakers Club
Saskatoon
D. N. Harold
Melfort View Homemakers Club
Pop and Son Exchange Humorous Horse Sense Comment
Junior asks what horse sense means and Pop replies that it is what keeps horses from betting on people. The playful exchange centers on a simple, witty definition of common sense through a horse analogy.
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Junior
Pop
Fibre glass car dream built by Swift Current maker
Ervin Bingham, 27, of Swift Current, builds a fibre glass car over two years. The model, styled like a European sport and 1957 luxury car, uses a 1955 Ford chassis and a 1954 Monarch engine with no bolts or screws. He moulded the body by hand to reduce weight and increase strength. The Sun. May 31, 1957.
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Bingham
Sask
Scientist Predicts Rain by Coin-Peened Telescope
A Mt Wilson astronomer, peering through a large telescope, claims rain will come because his coins hurt in the eyepiece. The dental office scene features Abel Green arguing over bills and a joke about silent film days. Scorpions reportedly can live a year without food.
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Mt Wilson Observatory
GROOM TRACKS Tidy town works and sewer progress noted
Town supervisor George Pitt reports on grounds cleanup and grading across town. Work includes seeding cairn area, brushing, manhole repairs, garbage removal, street grading and scarifying, cemetery and fair grounds maintenance, and 500 feet of 6 inch sewer main laid on Houghton street. Dry weather may trigger water restrictions. The News Indian Head Sask June 13 1957.
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No. 1
George Pitt
Grand Avenue
Cemetery
Memorial Park
Fair Grounds
Houghton Street
Victoria Avenue
News
Indian Head
Sask
Sewer mains underway in Carlyle Saskatchewan project
Concrete Products of Regina began digging and laying Carlyle sewer mains this week. The project aims to install the town’s long awaited sewer system with completion expected by October 15, as reported by The Observer in Carlyle Saskatchewan.
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Carlyle
Regina
Carllyle
Sask
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RED Cross Safety
The
Carillen
Stetetach
TOR
George Harland
Manitoba
Marchand
Steinbach
Mans
Triumph
Ervin Bingham
Swift Current
Canada Department of Agriculture
Fredericton
N.B
Department of Agriculture
Bessie
Abel Green
Variety
Green
Higgins
Jeane Alan
Anne Adams
Front Street
Toronto
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