Fires kill many children in Canada warning and advice
The All Canada Insurance Federation warns that fires claim many young lives with children under 15 most at risk. It cites lack of fire knowledge and leaving kids alone, urging precautions such as not leaving children unsupervised, keeping the fire department number handy, using mature babysitters, clear fire escape routes, closed doors, and at least one fire extinguisher ready.
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All Canada Insurance Federation
Apple Crop Prospects Bright In British Columbia
Provincial horticulturist William Baverstock says the apple crop outlook is excellent. Mcintosh apples are at peak bloom in the Okanagan valley, the main crop of the district.
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Vernon
B.C
William Baverstock
Okanagan Valley
Air condition on wheels promises easy room cooling
A portable air conditioning unit mounted on a cart can be wheeled to any room for cooling. Installation at temporary locations is described as quick and easy and requires no tools.
Classified cosmetics price list from Home Ho Shelly Ride
Vancouver listings show a cosmetics price list for face creams powders lotions and shampoos from Home Ho Shelly Ride in British Columbia. Contact number 50 3144 48 appears in the ad.
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Vancouver
B.C
Crochet roses in color 3-D doily pattern 7327
Alice Brooks describes color crochet rose doilies in three dimensional form. Pattern 7327 offers larger 22 inch and smaller 13 inch sizes using No 30 mercerized cotton and requires twenty five cents to obtain the pattern by mail.
New Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalog 1955
Advertisement from Department P P L Household Arts at 60 Front Street West Toronto promoting the 1955 Alice Brooks needle craft catalog. It urges readers to send 25 cents for a copy, touting wonderful new designs and even mentions giraffes.
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P.P.L
Household Arts
Front Street W
Toronto
Alice Brooks
Saskatchewan Children Still Eligible for Salk Vaccine
More than 26 000 Saskatchewan children born in 1949, about 19 percent, have received the first dose of Salk vaccine. Health officials plan organized regional follow ups to reach the missed children and will administer the first dose to those who were absent. Roads and other factors delayed many on the original vaccination day while nurses will return for second doses and vaccinate those missed. Officials emphasize the vaccine is safe, with hundreds of thousands of doses already given without ill effects.
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Saskatchewan
T. J. Bentley
Bentley
Department of Public Health
Canada
Approved poultry flocks increase in Saskatchewan
Regina Saskatchewan's approved poultry flocks grew during the 1954 banding season 1024 flocks with 228889 birds up from 1120 flocks and 212201 birds in 1953. Average flock size rose from 196 to 212. Light Sussex led breeds at 33.7 percent, Barred Rocks 22.8 percent, New Hampshire 14.2 percent and White Leghorns 13.2 percent.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Frank O.E. Payne
Mr. Payne
New Hampshire
Hazards of Raw Milk at Country Camps
Raw milk without pasteurization poses risks of undulant fever typhoid and paratyphoid fever or septic sore throat. If pasteurized milk isn’t available heat to 140 degrees F then cool quickly to render it safe. A few minutes of heating protects campers from serious illnesses.
Saskatchewan Golden Jubilee Choir Joins Chicago Rotary Event
Seventeen Saskatchewan singers from Regina schools formed the native born contingent of the Saskatoon Golden Jubilee Choir. The group performed before 20,000 Rotarians from 90 countries in Chicago and later appeared on Don McNeil's Breakfast Club. The roster included members from Birsay, Lumsden, Avonlea, Moose Jaw, Saskatoon, and other towns. Saskatchewan MPs attended the Ottawa concert.
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Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Golden Jubilee
Rotary International
Chicago
Regina
United States
Birsay
Lumsden
Avonlea
Moose Jaw
Saskatoon
Fort Qu'Appelle
Lemberg
Weekes
Quill Lake
Melfort
Vanguard
Earl Grey
Aring
Kandahar
Caragana
Wadena
Wan
Neil Harris
Jubilee
Winnipeg
Emerson
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Rotary
Don McNeil
Breakfast Club
Toronto
Ottawa
Saskatchewan Alumni Association
Portane Plow Meet Attracts Large Crowds And Notables
The Portane championship plow meet drew 8 006 spectators last year with a Grand Challenge Cup competition. This year’s event, at Russell Metcalfe’s farm, will feature ministers and mayors in novelty matches. Manitoba figures including A H McDonald and four MLAs will compete or challenge, while Medicine Hat’s Mayor Weiner defends his title and may wrestle other mayors. A Manitoba 4 H Club contest with $200 in prizes is new.
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Prairie
Russell Metcafe
A. H. (Hammy) McDonald
Saskatchewan Liberal Party
Manitoba
R. D. Robertson
Robertson
Gildas Molgat
M.L.A
Ste. Rose du Lac
Rodney Clement
Russell
Ray Mitchell
Gilbert Plains
R. W. Bond
Health and Public Welfare
Rockwood
Harry Weiner
Weiner
R.C.H.A. Band
Canadian Provost Corp
Metcalfe Farm
Wopni Press of
Portage
Joe Forbes
Plowing Match Association
Forage crop seed orders rise across season
Forage seed orders exceed last year as 3,300 farmers received supplies this year. The average order covers 17 acres, with about 55,000 acres to be sown from 400,000 pounds of seed already shipped. Officials expect up to 4,000 more orders, seeding about 70,000 acres, nearly matching last year’s 72,000.
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Mr. McKenzie
McKenzie
Fires in the Home booklet available in Saskatchewan
Regina reports the Department of National Health and Welfare Ottawa issued a new booklet Fires in the Home for the Canadian Civil Defence Corps. J. O. Probe announces its availability in Saskatchewan. The illustrated guide covers fire causes, spread, home protection, small fire fighting, escape, and disaster chapters. Copies are free from Probe's office and it has provincial approval. Yellow light attracts insects less than white light.
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Regina
Department of National Health and Welfare
Ottawa
Canadian
Civil Defence Corps
Saskatchewan
J. O. Probe
Civil Defence
Department of Social Welfare
Probe
New 5c stamp marks Alberta and Saskatchewan jubilees
On June 30 1955 a new 5c postage stamp will be issued across Canada to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Alberta and Saskatchewan. Designed by Laurence Hyde Ottawa the blue horizontal stamp measures 1 1 2 by 1 inch and is printed by the Canadian Bank Note Company Ottawa. It will be sold at principal post offices and issued in panes of 50 with orders from the Philatelic Section Ottawa. The commemorative stamp will not be re ordered or overprinted with G for federal use.
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Canada
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Laurence Hyde
Ottawa
Canadian Bank Note Company
Philatelic Section
Financial Branch
Post Office Department
Ontario
Canadians high oil users on the rise
The Financial Post reports Canadians are the world’s second highest oil users per person and third largest overall consumer. One third of homes heat with oil and vehicle ownership trends show demand rising as domestic production lags behind consumption.
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Canadians
Financial Post
Leduc
Home Workshop patterns for rural mail boxes and furniture
Patterns show an adaptive covered wagon mail box and portable outdoor living room set. Includes oxen wheels tracing, bird cut out mail door, and periodical arms. Each pattern 35c individually, or all five for $1.50 postpaid. order address provided.
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Portane
H. L. Henderson
U.S
Medicine Hat
Ag. Reps
Plant Industry
Department of Agriculture
Peggy
Bos
Chuck ThursTon
Sain
Bea Z
Akin
P.P.S
West Fifth Avenue
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