Saskatchewan to experiment with classroom television programs
Saskatchewan plans an eight episode TV teaching experiment in schools to test TV as a learning aid. Four Saskatchewan schools will participate with receivers loaned by the Canadian Radio and Television Manufacturers' Association. Programs air at 3 00 pm MST on CKCK TV Regina and CFQC TV Saskatoon from November 9 to December 1, featuring CBC and National Film Board productions.
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Saskatchewan
Atchewan
Murray
Canada
Canadian Radio and Television Manufacturers’ Association
Herchmer
Regina
Grand Coulee Village
Pleasant Hill
Saskatoon
Bainseville
Ckck-Tvv
Cfqc-Tv
MST
Columbus
Starbuck Valley
House of History
Iron
Save Our Soil
Toronto
CBC
National Film Board
Brimful of thrifty gift ideas from Alice Brooks Catalog
The Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalog offers 82 embroidery crochet and sewing designs with four patterns printed in the book. Send 25 cents for a copy to spark gift ideas, bazaars, and fashions.
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Alice Brooks Needlecraft
Department
P.L
Household Arts Department
Front Street W
Toronto
Canada 4-H membership reaches new high in 1954
Canadian 4-H Clubs report record growth with 68 713 members across 4 788 clubs in 1954. Girls total 33 459 and boys 35 354, average club size 14.4, average member age about 13.5. Includes 4 003 members from Jeunesse Agricole Quebec.
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Canada
Jeunesse Agricole Clubs
Quebec
Ontario farmer wins plowing Canadian championship
Ontario dairy farmer Joseph Tran, 38, of Claremont, won the Canadian plowing match at Ballantrae with 83 points, edging Ivan McLaughlin of Stouffville and 14-year-old Gerald Lyttle of Portage la Prairie. The victory earns Tran the right to represent Canada at next year’s international match in Sweden.
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Ontario
Joseph Tran
Claremont
Ballantrae
Ont
Ivan McLaughlin
Stouffville
Gerald Lyttle
Portage la Prairie
Man
Mr. Tran
Canada
Sweden
Buckingham Palace Largest English House With 2000 Rooms
Buckingham Palace is described as the largest house in England with more than 2000 principal rooms. It is noted that the palace corridors would require about 12 miles of carpet.
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England
Buckingham Palace
Palace
Photographs of Early Indian School Exhibit in Saskatchewan Library
Display in the Saskatchewan legislative library shows photos from 1891 to 1910 of a non reserve school at White Farm near Regina. Donated by James and Mrs. Quigley of Belleville Ontario, the two story brick building housed dormitories and staff quarters and could hold 150 pupils. The site later served as an industrial school for boys and burned in 1948.
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Saskatchewan Legislative Library
James Quigley
Belleville
Ont
White Farm
Wascana Creek
Regina
Archives Division
Legislative Building
Final oats pool payments announced for 1953-54
Ottawa reports the oats pool managed by the Canadian Wheat Board closed as of October 15, 1954. Final distribution totals 5,631,130.40 dollars from 89,725,291 bushels delivered, with a net average payment of 6.2759 cents per bushel after deductions. Cheques begin November 9, 1954.
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Ottawa
Howe
Canadian Wheat Board
Beaver Population High in Manitoba Plagues Local Areas
Manitoba reports beaver numbers at a high level south of the 53rd parallel with flood damage to crops and roads from damming creeks. An open season runs November 15 to April 23, led by Minister C. E. Greenlay, urging trapping to prevent next year’s losses. Trappers must obtain permission from landowners before trapping on private property.
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Manitoba
C. E. Greenlay
Red Wings beat Maple Leafs to start 1954 55 season
The Detroit Red Wings won 2-1 over the Toronto Maple Leafs at the Detroit Olympia in the season opener. It extended Detroit’s 15 year run without a loss in opening games, a stretch that includes 14 wins and one tie.
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Detroit Red Wings
Toronto Maple Leafs
Detroit Olympia
Wings
Skein
Red Wings
More Bread Bakeries Post Strong Half 1954 Output
Canada bread bakeries report output of 138.45 million dollars in the first half of 1954, up seven percent from the same period in 1953.
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Canada
Tiny donkeys and sewing kit patterns spark home craft
A sewing kit features a compact donkey themed button popper and a full pack saddle with rip and tear tools. The pattern 233 includes cutting and painting guides and a folding stand with decor for large sewing tasks. Included in the Sewing Corner Packet with prices and Vancouver address.
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Department P.P.L. Home Workshop
West Fifth Avenue
Vancouver
B.C
Christmas Yard Art Pattern 260 for Santa and Reindeer
Holiday decoration pattern 260 offers a 101 inch Santa and sleigh with 9 inch reindeer for indoor centerpieces or a 42 inch lawn display. Material options include thin plywood or tempered hardboard with color tracing directions and mailing options 35c plus postage.
Canada Accepts Belgium Invitation to 1958 Brussels Fair
Canada agrees to participate in the 1958 Brussels Universal and International Exhibition. Trade Minister D Howe announced the government’s pleasure at joining the first postwar World’s Fair in Brussels and the goal of promoting understanding and harmony through Canada’s participation. He met with Baron Moens de Fernig, Belgium’s exhibition commissioner, to convey best wishes for the event’s success.
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Ottawa
C. D. Howe
Canada
Belgium
Brussels
Howe
Baron Moens de Fernig
Manitoba forms crop insurance feasibility commission
The Manitoba Legislature established a commission led by G. W. Malaher of Searle Grain with members Ralph Hedlin and F. W. Crawford. The panel will study whole field crop insurance viability and report findings to the legislature.
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Manitoba
G. W. Malaher
Searle Grain Company
Ralph Hedlin
The
Country Guide
F. W. Crawford
University of Manitoba
Malaher
Pasnick Hole in One Birdie After Pheasant Fatal Shot
Art Pasnick in Buffalo shows luck with a golf club on opening pheasant day as his 160 yard drive at Lan caster Country Club hits and kills a pheasant marking a double birdie on the par three 13th hole while he completes the hole in two strokes.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Art Pasnick
Pasnick
Lancaster Country Club
Canadian Scouts Seek Funds for World Jamboree
Currency restrictions hinder overseas Scouts from bringing dollars to the Eighth World Jamboree at Niagara on the Lake next August. F. J. Finlay, chief executive commissioner of Canada's Boy Scouts, asks Canadian groups to raise 50 dollars per Scout to cover the 30 dollar jamboree fee and 20 dollars spending money for at least 1,000 international participants.
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Niagara-on-the-Lake
F. J. Finlay
Canada
Boy Scouts
North America
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Alaska
Beverly
Alta
Ontario Farmer
University of Alberta
CNR
London
School of Agriculture
Vermilion
Alberta
Winnipeg
Hedlin
University of Saskatchewan
Federal Department of Agriculture
RCAF
Crawford
Western Canada University
Manitoba Agricultural College
University of Manitoba Board of Governors
Manitoba Livestock Credit Company
Niblick Nimrod
Dodd
MacDonald
Cunard
Britain
Europe
Bank of Toronto
Portage Avenue
Peggy
Chuck Thurston
Tricy
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