Canadian trade and price trends in 1955 weekly review
The weekly review notes a 10 percent rise in Canada’s exports driven by forest products metals and chemicals with strong U.S. demand and gains overseas. It cites higher wholesale prices up about 3 percent year over year, farm prices down, rising department store sales, milk production up, butter consumption up, railway carloads and oil pipeline deliveries up, and TV radio sales hitting a peak. Jericho in Jordan is described as the world’s lowest town at 840 feet below sea level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
United States
Bureau
Jericho
Jordan
Prairie Christmas Bird Count Draws 53 Species Across Saskatchewan
Saskatchewans Christmas Bird Count gathered reports from 20 localities, tallying 53 species amid severe winter. The Blue Jay magazine features the results detailing notable finds including a Great Grey Owl at Beaver Creek and egrets nesting records extending into Manitoba.
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Saskatchewan
Skull Creek
Somme
Prairies
Beaver Creek
Qu'Appelle
Try And Stop Me by Bennett Cerf
A collection of vignettes and humorous anecdotes unfolds as Mr Sweeney observes a man teaching a wife to park outside a church and other misadventures with slick card players and a reminiscent colonel in a bar. Witty exchanges pivot on pride, irony, and light flirtation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennett Cerf
Mr. Sweeney
Trust fund aids Saskatchewan cadet programs and rural education
In 1965 the Local Committers of the Lord Strathcona Trust Fund under Gra ndeer H W Love donated 1531.42 for physical education and drill at Royal Canadian Army and Air Cadet units in Saskatchewan. Four hundred Rural Schools books were purchased and 400 more planned for 1956 distribution. Awards of 50 to four teachers and 25 to several cadet units were given to support physical training and drill, with an Air Cadet squadron in Yorkton receiving 50.
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Lord Strathcona Trust Fund
H. W. Love
Saskatchewan
Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps
Royal Canadian Airforce
Province of
Department of Education
Strathcona Trust
Joan R. Williams
Patricia Corpus
James I McIntosh
Robert M. Davis
Radet Corps
Les Cadets de
St. Pierre
Gravelboug
Moose Jaw
St. Joseph's College
Yorkton
C” Troop
Indian Head
Shellbrook Legion Cadet Corps
Shellbrook
Semans
Invermay
Prince Albert
Foam Lake
Fort Qu’Appelle
Estevan
Civil Defence Courses Offer Valuable Hobby For All
The notice promotes Civil Defence courses for men women and older children to learn emergency skills useful to the community. It invites interested locals to contact the local or provincial Civil Defence organization to meet new friends and learn disaster response practices.
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Civil Defence
Resort Becomes Permanent Home for Easter Seal Camp
The Saskatchewan Council for Crippled Children and Adults announces Camp Easter Seal will use Chalet at Manitou Lake near Watrous as permanent summer site. About 200 campers are expected from July 1 to late August under Miss M L McColl with doctors nurses and therapists supervising. Attendance is free for handicapped children and the program funds via the Easter Fear campaign.
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Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Council For Crippled Children and Adults
J. W. B. Bremner
Regina
Bremner
Natural Resources Department
Manitou Lake
Watrous
M. L. McColl
Fuse Blowers Warn of Squirrels in Attics
Hans Kames an electrical contractor says squirrels nest in attics can trigger fuse blows and cause fires. He found squirrels nibbling at wires in a downtown Toronto home where fuses kept blowing out.
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Hans Kames
Toronto
Elmer Fox Writes From Regina Address
Elmer Fox of 1053 Gladmer Park Regina sends a brief note from his Blue Jay column about local letters and community updates. The item highlights civic happenings and nearby events for readers.
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Ing the
Blue Jay
Elmer Fox
Gladmer Park
Regina
Garden notes guide to planning and planting for any location
Garden notes describe turning any space into a productive garden with soil and light. It covers shade loving plants like begonias and lily of the valley, sun lovers such as portulaca and alyssum, rock gardens on slopes, and careful seed and nursery stock practices.
Unbreakable Fibreglass Axe Handle Hits Market
Smith and Stone Limited of Georgetown Ontario offers a fiberglass reinforced plastic axe handle designed for Arctic conditions. It resists -60 F without shrinking or warping, mimics a Hickory feel, is 28 inches, and features bright red permanent coloring for easy locating in snow or bush.
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Department of National Defence
Arctic
Smith and Stone Limited
Georgetown
Ontario
Shortest U S Presidential Term Ends After Inauguration
President William Henry Harrison died one month after taking office, yielding the shortest presidency in American history and leaving John Tyler to assume the duties of the presidency.
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William Henry Harrison
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Canadian Statistics Report
Thomas Ryan
Michael Pittson
Saint John
N.B
Mississippi
State Penitentiary
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