Paratrooper Expert Shines in BC Rescue Squad Heroic Parachute Jumper
Sgt. Red Jameson, para rescue specialist at Sea Island BC, leads BC rescue efforts with 79 parachute jumps and a 103 pound medical pack. He and team members from Comox and RCMP coordinate flights and ground support to locate survivors after plane crashes in rugged wilderness across British Columbia.
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Red” Jameson
Jack
Sgt J. WiRed
Jameson
B.C
Sgt
RCAF
Sea Islare
RCMP
Webb
Ted Braidner
Dick) Wynne
Jack Strachan
Jack Austad
Wynne
Strachan
Comox
Toronto
Braidner
Mt. Hozemeen
Penticton
Grace Woodman
Florida Everglades
English Bay
Sgt. Jameson
Wilds
Unprotected Back Doors Tempt Burglars
A nationwide survey finds homeowners and shopkeepers neglect rear doors. Front entrances receive locks alarms and windows while rear basement doors remain largely unprotected, inviting break ins despite investments in front door security.
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Police Department
New Record Expected for Alberta Car Licenses
Officials forecast motor license sales in Alberta will top 200 000 by year end with April 5 issuance exceeding 100 000 plates. A deadline of April 10 prompted police province wide to seize old plates and enforce compliance.
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Alberta
Emerald Oil Promises Swift Itch Relief At Grog Stores
The advertisement touts Moone's Emerald Oil as a stainless antiseptic that quickly relieves severe skin itching. It claims eighty percent penetration and urges use twice daily for a week with safe, rare failures and a money back guarantee.
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Canada
Moone
Humorous Quick Reads From Everyday Misadventures
A jumble of light jokes and anecdotes. An old lady jokes about climbing stairs after a cast. A boy taunts a fly fisher. A train delay sparks a ticket agent quip. Couples, horses, owls, and a drunken bed-fire quip close a string of one liners.
Footloose sow finds freedom near Clairbank farm
In Clairbank Sask a sow owned by J Bartole and M Fiddler broke loose from a Bartoles enclosure after loosening a board. She was chased to the barn door twice, fled northeast, and after two days appeared at the Ed Nelson farm about seven miles away with no injuries. The crossing of the dam remains a mystery.
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Clairbank, Sask
J. Bartole
M. Fiddler
Bartoles
Nelson
Foam Lake Conservation Area Officials Chosen
J A Arnot announces Foam Lake Conservation Area No 12 officers including John Goodman as Chair and L M Heistad and H J Helgason as members. The group will study two drainage options for 4395 acres fodder irrigation with a Milligan Creek dam as a possible flood irrigation site. Further surveys planned this year to compare drainage methods.
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Regina
Sask
Foam Lake
J. A. Arnot
John Goodman
Leslie
L. M. Heistad
H J. Helgason
F. N. Smith
Milligan Creek
Quill Lakes
Duck Lake
Fishing Lake
Arnot
Conservation and Development Branch
Trellises and garden features from Home Workshop pattern
The Home Workshop pattern shows four trellis styles and three designs for flower boxes to enhance exterior charm. It includes door side seats and a garden gate with detailed sketches and practical DIY guidance. Pattern 314 costs 35 cents and the Homestead Improvement Packet 1.50 postpaid includes four other improvements.
Selkirk Wheat Helps Farmers Fight Rust War
Manitoba and Saskatchewan receive 172000 bushels of Selkirk rust resistant wheat distributed under Canada Grain Act. McMurahhy’s seed lineage from 11 kernels saved by mice led to the rust resistant strain developed from McMurachy wheat cross breeding. West’s 23000 farmers join push against stem rust Race 15 B with Selkirk seed sold under government price.
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Selkirk
A. B. Masson
Federal Laboratory of Cereal Breeding
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Canada Grain Act
McConnell
Malcolm S. McMurahhy
Mr. McMurahhy
United States
Winnipeg
C. A
Pat) Sherlock
Petersfield
Charlie Carter
Sherlock
California
Pinchers Lend Name Through California Seeded Crop Heritage
A fragment notes Pincher Creek in 1953 sourced its name from a pitchseed incident in Alberta. It mentions 150 bushels sown in California and harvest returned to Canada in May, with the town supplying 6,000 bushels of Alta. The passage hints at a prospector era and a lost pinchers tale that shaped local naming.
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California
Canada
Pincher Creek
Alta
Patt
Whole Wheat Bread Leaves Baked in Leaf Pans
Instructions for making yeast bread using Fleischmann's Active Dry Yeast with many steps. Mix sugar and salt in warmed water, bloom yeast, combine flours, knead until smooth, let rise, punch down, divide into four, shape into leaves, place in leaf pans, rise again, bake at 400 then 350 for about 40 minutes.
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Fleischmann
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Jady
Peggy
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Ean
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West Fifth Avenue
Vancouver
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Selkirk Wheat
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