Manitoba Institutes New Regs for Religious and Patriotic Exercises
The Manitoba department of Education advisory board announced revisions to religious and patriotic exercises in public schools. Grades 1-4 require weekly Bible readings, Grades 5-6 readings three times weekly, with two authorized Bible story volumes. Rural teachers read selections from both grade groups weekly. Patriotic exercises must occur 1 to 4 times monthly, with a revised booklet covering Crown in the Commonwealth, Canadian Citizenship, and Citizenship Day.
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Manitoba
The
Department of Education
Hurlbur
Schoolland
Marian
Douay
Hurlburt
British Commonwealth and Empire
Canada
Spooks In Home Prompt Family To Sleep In Car
A Passaic New York family of four fled their five room apartment saying it was inhabited by spirits. Police found no ghosts after investigating and the family returned to their home. Father Manislaw Deraiczuk said they had slept in their car for several days due to nightly tapping and strange noises. The family had moved to the United States from Europe three years earlier.
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Passaic
N.Y
Manislaw Deraiczuk
United States
Europe
Fables and Foibles in a Quick-Read Gossip Page
A round of old time jokes and wry quips opens with a playful blessing about twins then shifts through a driver’s panicked brake line to a country girl’s earthquake joke. Other bits include a murder trial bribery gag and a sly jab at a Communist orator ending with a stolen bicycle tease.
Heifer Calf Project Added To Manitoba 4-H Beef Club
Manitoba 4-H Beef Clubs will add a heifer calf project to their program. Frank Muirhead says the add on can supplement or replace current red calf and market calf projects, joining 1 725 members in 125 clubs. The project aims to develop breeding stock and stronger herds, with discussion planned at the Provincial Beef Club Leaders Conference in Brandon on November 3.
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Manitoba
Frank Muirhead
Muirhead
Beef Club
Brandon
J. F. Muirhead
Extension Service
Winnipeg
Pattern Shop Crochet Rose Chair Set Pattern 7247
Crochet pattern notice offers Pattern 7247 Rose chair set in three dimensional design. Chair back 11 by 15 inches and armrest 6 by 8 inches requires No 30 mercerized cotton. Request asks twenty five cents in coins sent to the provided address.
Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalogue Offer
An advertisement from Department P.P.L. Household Arts at 60 Front Street W Toronto promotes the ALICE BROOKS Needlecraft Catalogue. It invites readers to send 25 cents for a copy featuring knitting crochet embroidery iron-ons toys and novel ties and asks for name address and pattern number to order.
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P.P.L
Front Street W
Toronto
Alice Brooks
Must have jumper with its companion blouse pattern 4780
Pattern 4780 offers a two piece set a jumper and blouse for Misses sizes from 12 to 42. It features a step in style with simple graceful lines tested for fit and includes complete illustrated instructions. Send 35 cents in coins with size name address and style number.
Home Workshop Pattern Service offers doll house patterns
The advertisement describes Pattern 273 for the doll house and Pattern 274 for furniture, with interior wall pieces and windows cut from the pattern. Each pattern costs 35 cents, plus 2 cents for first class mail or 5 cents for air mail, and orders should be sent to Home Workshop Pattern Service 44533 West Fifth Avenue Vancouver BC.
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Home Workshop Pattern Service
Department P.P.L
West Fifth Avenue
Vancouver
B.C
Canada Dairy Trends Show Shift Toward Cheese and Evaporated Milk
Canada’s milk output rose by about one billion pounds in five years to roughly 17 billion. Ontario and Quebec dominate production and processing, with cheese, evaporated milk, and dried skim milk gaining per capita use while fluid milk and butter lag. World markets for butter soften, cheese remains firm, and dried skim milk faces a shortage, shaping a balanced industry strategy for export and domestic needs.
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Ontario
Quebec
Netherlands
New Zealand
Australia
Pacific Coast
National Dairy Council of Canada
H. A. Derby
Dairy Products
Canada Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Information Service
Department of Agriculture
Hereford Veteran Oliver Treherne Celebrates 100th Birthday
Oliver Treherne of Hereford and formerly with the Shropshire Light Infantry marked his centenary. He quipped that his longevity comes from illiteracy, saying he never learned to read or write and thus never had to use his head like others.
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Oliver Treherne
Hereford
England
Shropshire Light Infantry
Montrealer crafts new national flag design
Andre Barbeau a 25 year old Montrealer unveils a simple eye catching flag after 12 years of study and about 5000 hours. The flag features a green maple leaf on white with vertical red blue and white borders symbolizing unity and Canada's diversity.
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Andre Barbeau
Barbeau
Province of
Canada
Prince of Wales
Edward VI
Credit Department
Montreal
Century-Old Calgarian Christening Gown Worn Again
A three-manual old baby girl gown worn by Moira Elizabeth Parnham in Calgary links to 1835 Dumarton Scotland christening of Janet Watt. The hand sewn lawn heirloom, tied to Janet Watt Brown who moved to Edmonton in 1910, passes to Mrs. Parnham’s kin through William Brown’s widow who died last March.
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James Watt
Moira Elizabeth
Douglas Parnham
Janet Watt
Dumbarton
Scotland
Janet Watt Brown
William Brown
Canada
Edmonton
Parnham
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