Saskatchewan Golden Jubilee awards for artists and filmmakers
Saskatchewan artists and amateur filmmakers may enter competitions tied to the Golden Jubilee. Cash prizes exceed 3000 dollars across art, painting, and film categories with deadlines in September and October. Winners, chosen by a panel including the Saskatchewan Art Board and the Regina Film Council, become property of the Jubilee Committee for exhibition or reuse.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Art Board
Regina Film Council
Eycatchewan Arts Board
Saskatos+ Sets
Golden Jubilee Committee
Seeie
Fred McGuinness
Jubilee
What to Do When Poison Swallowing
A St John Ambulance guide explains rapid steps after poisoning. Call a doctor immediately and convey brief details, then pursue dilution with milk or water, avoid vomiting if unconscious or lips burned, and follow four rules: position the patient prone, start artificial respiration if needed, preserve vomit and poison, and avoid laxatives.
Wing Commander Jer Ruld G Wright Wins 1954 McKee Trophy
Wing Commander Jer Ruld G Wright of Liverpool Nova Scotia has won the 1954 McKee Trans-Canada trophy for meritorious service to Canadian aviation. The R Theta Computer navigation device, designed for jet fighters, is cited as Wrights significant contribution to air navigation.
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Jerruld G. Wright
Liverpool
N.S
McKee
WC Wright
RCAF
Air Force Headquarters
Suggestions to ward off attackers
Pound for pound we are no match for mosquitoes. One acre of swamp can yield a million early season mosquitoes and control is hard. Clear puddles, spray indoors, screen openings, seal cracks, and use effective insect repellent to reduce bites.
Picture Hanging Rules and Grouping Advice
This guidance notes hanging pictures about 12 inches above furniture in living rooms, matching size to furniture, and using groups of pictures over sofas or mantels. It suggests varying gaps when grouping matched frames for visual balance.
Animal Quilt Pattern 7209 by Alice Brookes
Vintage ad for Pattern 7209 Animal quilt by Alice Brookes. Em broidered motifs and applique transfers include circus farm and zoo themes. Size 52 by 44 inches. Requires twenty five cents in coins, stamps not accepted, to obtain pattern.
Wonderful 1955 Alice Brooks Needle Craft Catalogue
Plainly state your name address and pattern number for the new Alice Brooks Needle Craft Catalogue 1955. The advert invites readers to send 25 cents for the catalogue featuring exciting enchanting designs and urges ordering every wonderful design.
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Alice Brooks
Immense Clock Towers Over New York Skyline
A colossal four dial clock in the Metropolitan Life Insurance Building NYC stands among the largest timepieces. The clock rises three stories with four foot numerals and a 17 foot minute hand weighing 1000 pounds. The 13 foot hour hand weighs 700 pounds and each move jumps a foot. Electricity powers the mechanism with four bells chiming and nocturnal lighting that makes the dials visible from miles away.
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Harge
Metropolitan Life Insurance
New York City
Garden notes on keeping a healthy productive plot
A practical guide urges regular cultivation and weed control, consulting seed catalogs or government spray calendars, and staggered sowings into July to extend harvests. It recommends spacing, thinning, staking, and using brush supports to improve tomato and climber crops.
Do and Donts for cleanup and paint up
Cleaning and painting guidance covers ceiling first and across room width. Remove calcimine with warm water, mask along ceiling line, and use sturdy scaffolding. Avoid overloading brushes or rollers, keep paint in reach, seal plaster patches, remove ceiling screws, and use drop cloths to protect furnishings.
First Aid for Fainting Reflects Blood Flow Tips
The guide advises placing a fainting person flat with the head lower than the feet to restore blood flow to the brain. A seated person with lightheadedness should bend forward so the head touches the knees for relief. Today is yesterday's pupil.
Banner year for waterfowl in western Canada in 1955
The Ducks Unlimited report by Bert W. Cartwright notes early nesting two weeks ahead of prior years with Mallards Pintails and Canada Geese on schedule. Migration continues with Blue-winged Teal and Ruddy appearing. conditions are excellent and a positive outlook is projected for the breeding season despite some early fluctuation. Four Whooping Cranes were seen over Inglis Manitoba on April 28.
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Canada
Ducks Unlimited
Duckological
Bert W. Cartwright
Prairies
Inglis
Manitoba
Oldest Royal Throne Belongs to Japan
A historical note asserts that Japan houses the world’s oldest royal throne. The artifact is linked to imperial regalia and longstanding ceremonies. Experts emphasize its antiquity and cultural significance within Japanese history.
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Japan
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Devil’s
Benson's Or
Jane Ashley
Home Service Department
Canada Starch Company
P.O. Box
Montreal
P.Q
Bensons Corn
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