Two-thirds town girls boost at Studley college farm courses
The college founded in 1897 reports a 25 percent rise in students over five years with 104 on full time courses. The principal, Miss Elizabeth Hess, notes overcrowding as courses start in summer 1966. Studley trains 18 or 19 year olds in dairy farming, management and more, with graduates finding teaching, lab work, or farming roles.
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Countess of Warwick
Elizabeth Hess
Studiley
Africa
Studley
Princi
Canada
Canadian Style Cuts Leaner Pork For Northern Ireland
Colin Baxter assistant manager of a Portadown pork factory visited Canada representing the N L Pigs Marketing Board. He found Canadian producers expect more lean cuts and returned to Ulster to train workers in new cutting methods for a 510 000 pork order.
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Northern Ireland
Canada Packers Ltd
Colin Baxter
Canada’s Richest Property and Forest Ownership
Over 90 percent of Canada’s forests are publicly owned. Provincial governments administer most timberlands on behalf of the people of Canada, shaping ownership and use across the country.
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Canada
People of
Crossed Wires and Quips in Odd Workplace Anecdotes
A quirky newsroom transcript features a caller claiming to be Pete Myers’s mother, a movie fan defending Cleopatra boycott on moral grounds, a joke about a B-29, and remarks on incompatible marriage and earthworms. The lighthearted snippets reveal humor in everyday miscommunications.
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Pete Myers
Cleopatra
Costumes Create Versatile Wardrobe Options for Women
Fashion note highlights suit and blouse ensembles with long coats and matching skirts as a capsule wardrobe. Emphasizes matching color relationships between linings and coordinated dresses to preserve the costume look and maximize wearability for busy women.
Magna Carta echoes in Manitoba Act’s law heritage
On a stormy day 750 years after Magna Carta founded individual rights, the Manitoba Act of 1870 enshrined supremacy of law in Manitoba joining Confederation. The text links King John’s charter to Manitoba’s provincial identity and later Canadian nationhood.
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Runnymede
John
Macaulay
Red River
Manitoba
New Technique Aids Hidden Tumor Detection
The American Cancer Society reports that gamma globulin tagged with radioactive iodine concentrates in brain tumors after venous injection. Researchers are testing whether this method can locate tumors elsewhere in the body.
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American Cancer Society
Kitchen Cabinet Pattern No 739 Offers Simple Modernization
A Prairie Publishers carpentry pattern advertises a Kitchen Pattern No. 739 that guides planners to design modern kitchens and build cabinets to fit available space. Step by step directions cover material lists and tool use with no need to relocate appliances. An 80 cent extra catalog illustration programma promotes 300 additional DIY projects.
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Carpentry Dept
Prairie Publishers
Maitland ST
London
Ont
Road to the Red River: 1869 relief work near Fort Garry ends early
Mid June 1869 reports describe bush fires east of Fort Garry threatening a relief road to the North West Angle of Lake of the Woods. Charles Mair oversaw bridge protection as superintendent Snow was away. The project employed at most 40 men, built five tamarack bridges, and cost 27 273 dollars before stopping December 18 1869 amid labor disputes and changing political control. Thomas Scott faced fines and violence in the strikes, and Mair was whipped by Mrs. Bannatyne for his views on Red River women.
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Fort Garry
St. Anne Des Chenes
Lake of the Woods
Charles Mair
Canada
Mair
John A. Snow
Red River
Whitemouth
Snow
River Seine
A. G. B. Bannatyne
Wall to wall Bookcase Pattern No 719
A reader profile describes a young couple completing a year of woe and a wedding anniversary by building a wall to wall bookcase. The project strengthens partnership, gains from a sabre saw and a lumber dealer gift, and offers satisfaction and cost savings. Send 80¢ for Pattern No 719 to London Ontario.
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Maitland St
London
Ontario
Prairie Publishers
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All Girls Agriculture School
Airforce
Mary Sue Miller
Dryburn Hospital
England
Gulbenkian Museum
Durham University
Peter Rawson
Department of Oriental Art and Archaeology
Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd
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