Manitoba Implements Prearranged Funeral Services Act
Manitoba enacts the Prearranged Funeral Services Act with June 5 effective date. From June 6, contracts for prepaid funerals require provincial licences for sellers and funeral directors or agents. Payments go into trust funds and are paid to the chosen funeral home after service. Contracts may be cancelled with a refund minus a three year cancellation penalty.
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Manitoba
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Beetles Emit Foul Secretions to Ward Off Enemies
Bome beetles defend themselves by releasing a harsh smelling secretion. The defensive chemical acts as a deterrent against predators and rivals in their habitat.
Penny bias tape crafts pattern 7330
Promote bias tape trims for towels clothes and bibs with pattern 7330. Includes seven motifs sized 34x5% to 12 inches. Send 35 cents to Household Arts Department PPL 60 Front Street W Toronto. Include name address and pattern number. Coins only.
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Department P.P.L
Front Street W
Toronto
Smart spring dress pattern with matching jacket
Printed pattern 4978 for a dress and jacket set with easy sew instruction. Sizes 14 to 16 include yardage 4 yards for the dress and 2 yards for the jacket. Anne Adams Pattern Department, 68 Bro Street, W. Toronto.
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Anne Adams Pattern Department
Bro. Street
Toronto
Grasshopper and Cutworm Chemical Shortage in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan faced an unprecedented grasshopper and pale western cutworm outbreak with extreme June conditions. Stocked chemical supplies totaling 100,000 gallons, enough for 3.2 million acres, were rapidly shipped, half to farmers for cutworms and 30,000 gallons in a single day, underscoring the urgent demand.
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Saskatchewan
Cecil Says Spitting Image Quip About Feeding Cereal
The column quotes Cecil remarking that the phrase spitting image is best illustrated by offering cereal to a baby. The wry line highlights a humorous comparison between likeness and parental feeding routines.
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Cecil
Fatness blamed on over eating not heredity says doctor
Dr Elizabeth Chant Robertson told the Health League of Canada's 41st Annual Meeting in Toronto that obesity is caused by excess eating and inactivity as people age. She cautioned against glandular causes, urged moderation, and offered dieting tips including lean meat, skim milk, and using Canada’s Food Rules to keep calories down.
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Elizabeth Chant Robertson
Health League of Canada
Toronto
Robertson
Hospital For Sick Children
Canada
Shade loving shrubs for shaded gardens guide
The article lists shade adaptable shrubs suitable for low light. Hydrangea arborescens Hills of Snow thrives in shade and foundation plantings with large snowball blooms. Spice bush forms a tall shrub four to twelve feet high with early spring yellow green flowers and aromatic foliage. Jet bead is hardy and vigorous, flowering with white four petaled blooms from late May into summer.
Canadian corporate profits in 1960 show decline
The 1960 profits of all Canadian corporations totaled 3200 million dollars, down six percent from 3401 million in 1959. Manufacturing industries led the decline with an 11 percent drop.
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Canada
Bridge Work Suspended Near Saskatoon Ferry Site
Rising North Saskatchewan River levels halt construction on a 1000 foot steel girder bridge at the Petroska Ferry site, located 40 miles northwest of Saskatoon, delaying the project.
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North Saskatchewan River
Petroska Ferry
Saskatoon
In the Home Workshop Grill Work
A jigsaw is used to cut lumber for an effective grill work. Railing comprises cut-out panels with spindles and posts. Each porch trim section features precise joinery and finishing details.
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West Sth
Vancouver
Blow-in floods shaft at Continental Potash mine near Unity
A blow-in in the Blairmore formation sent about 12 feet of water into the 1800 foot shaft at the Continental Potash Co mine near Unity Saskatchewan. All workers were evacuated as plans called for a plug and drilled concrete approach. Operations expected to restart in four to six weeks once Blairmore passage is drilled and the shaft reaches potash deposits. The caisson method used differs from other mines in the province.
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Continental Potash Company
Unity Sask
Blairmere
Unity
Saxkstoon
Sask
Blairmore
Blairmore Foundation
Tt Unity
Hong Kong Reclaims Sea Land for 16 Acre Housing
The British colony intends a 16 acre housing project by reclaiming land from the sea to house its rapidly growing population. Hong Kong has absorbed nearly 400 000 refugees from Communist China in the past five years.
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Hong Kong
China
Saskatchewan scholarship awarded to Thera for commerce track
John Robert Ambrose Thera of Kipling Sask won a $100 University of Saskatchewan scholarship awarded by the Western Daily Newspapers Advertising Managers' Association. It honors the most distinguished second year student in any option other than accounting, with Thera finishing second year in the College of Commerce.
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John Robert Ambrose Thera
Kipling
Sask
University of Saskatchewan
Western Daily Newspapers
U. of S
Crossword Clues Solve Daily Puzzle Unit Parrot and Nickname
Short list of crossword hints with numbers 40 41 42 and 44 across. Entries include single unit, a NZ parrot, a common man's nickname, and depart. Puzzle prompts use concise synonyms and regional spelling for brevity. The page presents quick wordplay clues typical of a daily newspaper feature.
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