Barracombe Wins Bridge Fix After Wet Foot Debate
In Varralice the town council debate over repairing the creek bridge ends with Barra combe's men defeating the mock effort as a crowd watches a dry foot victory. Myron Halliday bets on fix while Roy Manseld and others discuss costs and duties. The completed bridge carries dry feet for Barracombers in the final walkover.
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Varralice
Roy Manseld
Warrallee
Myron Halliday
Barracombe
Bob Spaulding
Myron
Roy
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
King Edward Cake and Applesauce Dessert
A recipe combines King Edward Cake batter with a fragrant applesauce garnish. Instructions cover mixing butter sugar sour milk flour molasses and spices, baking, then preparing apples with butter honey and lemon juice for a tasty accompaniment.
Prairie Producers Seek 200000 B C Turkey Eggs
In Cloverdale B C the Fraser Valley Turkey Producers Association plans a survey of turkey breeds to judge if 200000 eggs can be produced for the prairies in 1948. Prairie producers say B C eggs are superior to imports and the group is aiming to grow this market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cloverdale
B.C
Fraser Valley Turkey Producers Association
This Gets The Votes Pattern 4906 Dress Appeal
This pattern for an easy-make dress with flare skirt and back jacket is promoted as stylish and easy to sew. It lists Jr Miss sizes 11 18 15 17 and requires 3 yards of 14 inch fabric per size, with 25 cents to order and mailing to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Expansion Proceeding at Estevan Power Plant
Regina report states the Saskatchewan Power commission is halfway through its Estevan plant expansion begun in 1945. Chairman H F Berry announced progress and outlined remaining steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina
Saskatchewan Power Commission
Estevan Power Plant
H F. Berry
Western Farmers Face Drought Threat in 1949
Western Canadian farmers face anxiety over markets for wheat and uncertain growing conditions. Canadian Wheat Board Chief Commissioner George McIvor remains hopeful Canada can sell its wheat next year, while farmers fear a large drought unless winter snow and spring rains bring moisture. The fall drought left topsoil cracked and rye seeding limited, following a as-good-as-last-year crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Canada
George McIvor
Canadian Wheat Board
Just Plain Folks in Rose town Saskatchewan
An editorial from The Rose Town Saskatchewan celebrates rural life. It recounts visiting a Rosetown resident who left a note on his door saying he would fix the clothes line by 3 pm. The piece praises the shared quiet humor and the “common touch” of rural neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy
Myron
Rosetown
Sask
Fagle
Fat goose mistaken for skunk ends in homeward tale
Western briefs report a goose seen in grass by a farmer on his way home for supper proved to be a skunk. The tale closes with the farmer's pants drying on the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coronation
Alta
Chicken paralysis and polio not connected says Alberta doctor
Dr. J. A Gillett, Alberta director of communicable diseases, states no link between poliomyelitis frequency and chicken paralysis. He notes chick en deaths in New Brigden district and eight polio cases are coincidence. Doctors had speculated a connection.
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Edmonton
J. A Gillett
Alberta
New Brigden
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