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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 24, 1960
Page
5
A fragmented game description outlines a tray style alphabet activity with 930 letters on cards used to form geographical names. The piece hints at a competitive play where players draw letter tiles, place them, and aim to assemble long names, with disputes over spelling and harmony amid an informal household setting.
A beginner friendly project offers a five patch quilt using scraps or four fabrics. Pattern 7089 provides charts pattern pieces and yardages for single and double beds. The simple design yields a decorative star motif that enhances any bedroom and earns compliments.
A playful vanity note invites crafters to make a fluffy 15 inch puppy as a cheerful mascot. It mentions using a single six ounce skein of worsted and highlights simple two-piece construction suitable for children.
A 20 inches tall doll with straw yarn hair offered by Thrifty pattern 7266. Includes doll, clothes pattern pieces, face transfer and directions. Send thirty five cents in coins with name address and pattern number to Household Arts Department P.P.L. Toronto.
Sew easy and smart pattern ad promotes Printed Pattern 4915 for Misses' sizes 12 to 20. It touts little fabric use and low cost with yardage details and a request to mail size name address and pattern number to Anne Adams Pattern Dept at 60 Front Street, W. Poronte.
Craft notes show how to fit a platform to the bottom of a mail box and trace oxen and wheel sizes from a pattern. A mail jetter box with a bird cut out on the door and holding arms is intended for home use. Copies of pattern 238 are available to readers sending in.
Pattern 455 offers a deep laundry bin and a shallow potato onion bin with an material list and actual size guides plus illustrated steps. Part of four full size patterns in the Kitchen Planner Packet No 51 priced at $1.75. Orders to Home Workshop Patterns 44 Weet Sth Arcade.
A 20th Century Fund study led by J. Fredence Dewhurst examines Europe’s agricultural setup. F. Lamartine Yates argues reforms are needed to shift labor from farms to industry, noting small farm sizes, low mechanization, and subsidies that sustain incomes. The blueprint targets 1970 and stresses deliberate job relocation to boost prosperity.
The 1666 census of Canada marked the first modern census anywhere and recorded a population of 3 215 excluding Indians and Eskimos. This historic count highlights early demographic efforts and colonial context.
Mr. Jones waits at Bloomfield Junction for a bus to Springfield Manor. A Lin coln sign on the first arriving bus misleads him as he has a $1 50 fare and is late. The story outlines routes to Springfield Manor Harrison Mount Vernon Bellevue Liberty and Lincoln with varied fares.
Beatrice Iddell notes a shift from the myth of the typical woodsman to a mass march into the outdoors. Canadians expect more parkland, beaches, and waterfront reserves, plus government programs to boost fitness. Growth in clubs, guided outdoor activities, and sales of sporting goods signals a broad outdoor trend.
The Calgary area sees a new cooperative relation between farmers and hunters led by Rockyview municipality. The MD sues on behalf of farmers to resume hunting rules and courtesy, inviting hunters to respect farmers and regulate behavior. Calgary Fish and Game Association president Gordon Cummings welcomed the gesture.
A three day seminar for parents of mentally retarded children will be held at the Saskatoon Training School Moose Jaw from February 21 to 23, 1961. It aims to help parents handle related challenges and requests applications with a $3.00 registration fee to Mrs H B DeGroot Regina by January 15, 1961, with rural residents given priority.
The article discusses vitamins as minute organic substances vital for life and growth. It notes they occur in natural foods and some can be produced chemically. It emphasizes a wide variety of common foods in meals to ensure adequate vitamin supply per Canada’s Food Rules.
Principal farm cash income in Canada in 1959 came from livestock totaling 929 million dollars. Dairy products contributed 514 million, wheat 422 million, and poultry and eggs 279 million.
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