Ghosts of Barkerville A Ghost Town Remains Of Cariboo Gold Era
Abandoned Barkerville in British Columbia preserves a hundred years of mining fever. People live nearby while Wells supplies workers as 19th century shacks and hotels fade. Billy Barker sparked the rush in 1861 and the Cariboo Road linked Yale to Barkerville.
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Wells
Oerall
Gilenc
Wellson
Jack of Clubs Lake
Billy Barker
Yale
Vancouver
Barkerville
Nichol Hotel
Nichol
British Columbia
Oddities In The News
A Spanish hotel fines Rita Hayworth for not stating her age on the register. Regina firemen assist housewives with washer blockages after high winds cause 49 calls this year. Japan plans snow making to augment winter mountain water. Tokyo geisha memorialize 80 000 cats killed for instrument skins. Rhodesia man returns 3800 year old Mesopotamian deed brick found 36 years ago.
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Spain
Rita Hayworth
Malaga
Regina
Tokyo
Balisbury
Rhodesia
Mesopotamia
Bright new look ideas for a tired room pattern 7068
Readers are invited to obtain pattern 7068 with 20 motifs in pink and green for home textiles. Send twenty five cents to Household Arts Department Toronto with name and address. The 1952 Alice Brooks Needlecraft Book offers ninety one illustrations and easy patterns for twenty five cents.
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Household Arts Department
X Union
Front Street W
Toronto
Alice Brooks
Answers to Quick Quiz answers and Canadian facts
The note lists quiz answers: 5. Brazil 3 8400, 1. Ont Que and BC, 8&8 pairs, 2. The beaver. Material from editors of Quick Canadian Facts about Canada.
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Que
The
Canada
Improvement Of Lazy Figure Is Will Power Expertsays
LEEDS England Women with a lazy figure can ruin a couture design by sagging upper torso and failing to move properly Cecelia Hewlett a Leeds department teacher says improvement is largely a matter of will power Many rely on foundation garments to shape the body and prevent droop but effort is needed to change the posture and presence.
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Leeds
England
Cecelia Hewlett
Miss Hewlett
Canadian Gift to Coventry Cathedral Over Subscribed
The fund by the Canadian College of Organists to cover the Coventry cathedral organ cost has been over subscribed with $40,000 turned over to the Cathedral Reconstruction Committee.
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Canadian College of Organists
Coventry Cathedral
Smile Of The Week Money Wanted
A thug emerged from behind a tree and held a gun to a victim demanding money. He threatened to shoot if refused. the citizen replied with calm defiance and did not surrender funds.
Be Alert For Rabies Disease In Saskatchewan
Prince Albert reports no immediate danger of Alberta rabies outbreak spreading to Saskatchewan. Provincial Game Commissioner E L Paynter urged residents near the boundary to watch for signs of rabies. Wolves foxes and skunks are main wild carriers. dogs are highly susceptible and outbreaks have spread to domestic animals. An Ottawa circular notes all warmblooded animals including humans are vulnerable. Rabies has three stages and infected animals should be isolated with veterinary notice.
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Prince Albert
Alberta
Saskatchewan
E. L. Paynter
Saskatchewan-Alberta
Paynter
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Montana
Ottawa
Health of Animals Division
Department of Agriculture
Farmers More Likely Own Cars, Survey Finds
A survey of Canadian automobile owners shows farmers own cars more often than urban residents. The car is described as a genuine necessity for farmers, serving as a labor saving device that saves time and boosts productivity.
TRY AND STOP ME By Bennett Cerf
Sol Lesser recalls a Tarzan film shoot where elephants were to run amok and charge a barricaded Zulu village for the climax. The risky scene demanded a single take as elephants trampled huts and Tarzan supposedly escaped, but the herd tangled tails and circled instead.
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Bennett Cerf
Sol Lesser
Tarzan Pictures
Tarzan
Kelowna Positioned as Region Speedboat Race Site
Dr Gordon Wilson commodore of the Kelowna Yacht Club envisions Kelowna as a secondary Pacific Northwest speedboat racing site behind Seattle Sea Fair He urges affiliation with the American Power Boat Association and the Canadian Power Boat Association to attract more entries and official times He cites Seattle Sea Fair and Kelowna Regatta as key dates for racers.
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Kelowna
B.C
Pacific Northwest
Gordon Wilson
Kelowna Yacht Club
Seattle Sea Fair
Kelowna Regatta
Room Rates For Coronation Spark London Debate
London hotels reportedly seek up to £1000 for a single room during the Coronation week. Labour member Elaine Burton urged the government to require hotels to publish Coronation period rates in the House of Commons. London hotel owners denied the report.
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London
Elaine Burton
House of Commons
Sausage and Apple Stacks Recipe
A tested mix of whole wheat shreds cereal milk egg beef pork pepper onion and apples. Form twelve thin patties, place apple slices between pairs, bake at 375 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes until meat is done and apples tender. Serves six.
Young Rangers Top NHL Age Record Through 1952-53
The New York Rangers boast the youngest NHL team in history with 11 rookies and 9 sophomores, averaging 23.5 years. Toronto’s 1946-47 Cup winners were previously the youngest at 24.1 years. Bruins trainer Hammy Moore introduces neutral sticks, removing left or right designations.
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New York Rangers
Boston Bruins
Chicago
Freds
Bills
Als
Jims
Gus
Rangers
Broadway Blueshirts
Toronto Maple Leafs
Lord Stanley
Hammy Moore
Moore
Boston
Kitchen Meditations Two Minutes Silence
Two minutes silence. What does it mean To those who dance to pleasure's tune? Something to be over with quickly today So they can be off again pleasuring soon. To those whose dead lie over there? It is the time to hold communion. And dim memories of the past repair, To those who stand with head bowed low, Briefly they live those long years again, Seeing their comrades into eternity.
Canadian Quiz Columns Pose Population and Price Questions
A quiz item asks which provinces exceed one million population and names several economic figures for manufacturing plant costs. It also queries the water loving squirrel related animal, hosiery use by Canadian women, and upcoming airline links with a large South American country.
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Canada
World Happenings Briefly Told
Thirty three tons of Jerusalem stone to enhance the gardens outside the new United Nations building in New York has been shipped from Haifa. A new stadium costing at least three million dollars with capacity of eighty thousand will be built for the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. The largest marine diesel engine in Scandinavia, designed for ten thousand five hundred horsepower, has been tested in Oslo for a future cargo liner.
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Jerusalem
United Nations
New York
Haifa
Melbourne
Australia
Scandinavia
Oslo
Norway
Helpful Household Hints From a Bygone Page
A compact roundup offers home tips on stain removal with emery boards for suede, plant light substitutes using a 100 watt bulb, yeast activation with warm water and sugar, dough rising improvements, and baking soda to freshen coffee.
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Port Credit
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Central Preas
National League Hockey
Woody Dumart
N.H.L
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Schmidt
Dumart
Bruins
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Elmer Lach
Billy Reay
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Schmitt
Reay
National Hockey League
Jim Henry
Jim McFadden
Butch Bouchard
Chuck Rayner
Max Bentley
Maurice Richard
Jim Conacher
Bill Quackenbush
Hal Laycee
George Gee
Bill Mosienko
Jim Peters
Ken Mosdel
Leo Reise
Detroit Red Wings
Leswick
Mighty Mouse
Tony Leswick
Tiny Tony
Chicago Black Hawks
Petes
Pete Conacher
Pete Babando
Fred Hucul
Fred Glover
Bill Gadsby
al Rollins
al Dewsbury
Gus Bednar
Gus Mortson
Gay Tay
Junior
By Jane Dale
Seoul
Gerald Vernon
Fineden
Laurence C. Tombs
American Society of Travel Agents
Society
Miami, Fla
United States
U.S
Japan
Immigration Board
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