Mossbank Sask Largest Village In The South Country
Mossbank Sask is promoted as the biggest little village in the south country. The article recounts its growth from 1907 settlement through wartime boosts from No. 2 Bombing and Gunnery School to a modern postwar community with a hospital, schools, shops, and rail lines. It highlights Lake Johnston area hunting, local industries, and a long street, boulevards, and flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mossbank
Sask
South Country
Lawrence Quinn
Jim Quinn
C.P.R
Reycraft
Main Street
No. 2 Bombing and Gunnery School
RCAF
Lake Johnston
New York
California
Legion Hall
R.C.M.P
No. 102
Sutton 103
Mazenod
Ettington
Wantage
Ardill
Mitchelston
Expanse
Bishopric
Alfred Wyldman
Canada Will Not Change Christmas Date This Year
Ottawa reports that Canada will not shift Christmas despite New Zealand announcing a Monday celebration on December 27 due to Christmas falling on a Saturday. Government officials stated the Canadian holiday will remain on December 25 each year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Ottawa
New Zealand
Western Briefs from Western Canada News Clippings
A roundup of short notices from Western Canada including the Ma deal creamery closure in Midale due to farm shifts toward grain, Manitoba power expansion plans to 10 000 farms, Churchill export plans via Hudson Bay Route, Athabaska oil sands test plant near Bitumont yielding 400 barrels daily, Ceylon Sask crops yield per acre with summer fallow care, a Fraser River crossing campaign by Lower Fraser Valley group, missing 15 year old Rowina Svenson found in hospital without tonsils, and BC Electric's Jones Lake power plant plan to ease upper Fraser Valley power issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alberta
D. B. MacMillan
Athabaska River
Bitumont
Alta
Winnipeg
Rowina Svenson
Chilliwack
B.C
B.C. Electric
Jones Lake
Lorne R. McPhee
Upper
Fraser Valley
Canada Gets 80 000 Immigrants in Eight Months
Ottawa reports that nearly 80 000 immigrants arrived in Canada during the first eight months of 1948, totaling 79 336 compared with 32 808 in the same period of 1947. Britain and Ireland contributed 31 191. northern Europe 11 916. the United States 5 023. and 31 206 came from many other countries from Australia to Armenia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canada
British Isles
Sweden
Holland
Germany
France
Switzerland
United States
Australia
Armenia
First Alberta butter shipped from Dunvegan in 1840
The town of Dunvegan in northern Alberta claims to have produced Alberta’s first butter. A Fort Dunvegan trader’s journal notes shipping three kegs to Chipewyan in 1840, marking an early dairy milestone for the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunvegan
Alta
Alberta
Fort
Chipewyan
Country Summer Tension Between Parents Over Elderly Guests
In a rural family scene, Dad pressures to send away Cousin Minnie Uncle Jeb and Sil while Mom resists and plans outings to visit Mrs Frazer Lynn. The elderly Mom and Mrs Lynn contrast fatigue and renewed purpose as summer guests linger under the heat of July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha
Cousin Minnie
Dad
Mom
Sil
Cousin Min
Lil
Jeb
Uncle Jeb
Amica
Frazer Lynn
Min
Mary
Nora
Mrs. Lynn
Miller
Millie
Lake Air
Mil
City
Minnie
Lakeview
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
Europeans Toss Fruit at Newlyweds Ceremony
A report details a wedding custom observed by some European guests who replace traditional rice with fruit. The event highlighted cultural tastes and regional practices from the ceremony in question.
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Hunters
Wood Mountain
Robert Jolly
Alec Jolly
John Clarke
Robert Walker
Rainy River
Moose Jaw
Mr. Jolly
CNR
C.N.R
Sutton-Lake Johnston Union Hospital
Mewsbank
Chase
Carter
Chuck Thursion
Peggy
Sandy
Pegn
Western Briefs
Midale, Sask
Manitoba Power Commission
D. L. Campbell
Manitoba
Saskatoon
Churchill
Hudson Bay Route Association
Ceylon
Vancouver
Fraser River
Woodwards Landing
Ladner
Lower Fraser Valley Crossing
Little Vicks Va
Vicks VA
Allen & Hanburys CO
Lindsey
Ontario
London
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