Eskimo receives carved upper denture from Cape Dorset
Dr. R. S. Robertson, a Cobourg dentist serving eastern Arctic Eskimos, repaired and reinforced a carved walrus tusk upper plate for a Cape Dorset native. The one piece denture, matching the plaster cast, will be sent to the University of Toronto Dental School.
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R. S. Robertson
Cobourg
Ont
Arctic
Cape Dorset
Foxe Peninsula
Baffin Island
Robertson
Howe
University of Toronto Dental School
Home Workshop Patterns Offer At 35c Each
The article advertises PA Home Workshop patterns for furniture and a Swan Rocker. It explains tracing patterns directly to material, multiple sizes, upholstery instructions, and requires 35c per pattern with postpaid option 1.50. Additional notes mention mailing, shipping, and a Vancouver address.
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P.P.L
Home Workshop
West Fifth Avenue
Vancouver
B.C
Alberta man wins top Canadian conservation award
Henry Stelfox a 71 year old game warden from Rocky Mountain House Alberta won the Julian Crandall conservation trophy at the 22nd Canadian Tourist Association meeting for four decades of work on the eastern Rockies boosting beaver and buffalo herd numbers. Ralph R Moore accepted on his behalf with Leo Dolan presenting. A waterfowl project at International Peace Gardens near Boissevain will be carried out with Ducks Unlimited and provincial governments sponsor group awards for children in the east and west to learn conservation firsthand.
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Windsor
Ont
Henry Stelfox
Rocky Mountain House
Alta
Canada
Julian Crandall
Canadian Tourist Association
Rockies
Stelfox
Ralph R. Moore
Association
Alberta
Leo Dolan
International Peace Gardens
Manitoba
Boissevain
Ducks Unlimited
Quebec
British Columbia
Uranium City population seen near ten thousand in decade
Prince Albert figure H J Fraser, former Kiwanis governor for Western Canada, predicts uranium mining boom will lift Uranium City from about 700 residents to around 10 000 within the next ten years.
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Prince Albert
Sask
H. J. Fraser
Kiwanis
Western Canada
Uranium City
Good Fishing Year in Vancouver Halibut Boom
Canadian and United States fishermen split 11,000,000 on the 1954 halibut catch. They boasted a record 7,000,000 pounds of fish representing 75 percent of the world catch.
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Vancouver
United States
Bus Driver Says His Job Is One of World’s Most Interesting
WHITEHORSE Yukon Territory Donald Ferguson known as Fergy, drives a bus from Whitehorse to Dawson Creek B C, delivering mail and packets, selling money orders and stamps. He makes weekly winter trips and biweekly summer runs, stopping 42 times along a route with about 1,000 residents nearby. The Alaska highway hosts cafes, cabins, lodges and maintenance camps every 100 miles, with 100 vehicles daily in winter and traffic five times higher in summer.
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Whitehorse
Y.T
Donald
Fergy) Ferguson
Dawson Creek
B.C
Alaska Highway
Fergy
Duck lays eggs on Alberta farm over 182 days
W M Ross of Busy Duck Black Diamond Alberta reports a duck that began laying on February 20 and has laid 178 eggs in 182 working days. The bird paused July 12 and resumed August 1.
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Black Diamond
Alta
W. M. Ross
Conversion to national dialing soon
Edmonton discussion among four western provinces Ontario and Quebec and Trans-Canada Telephone System outlines steps to national dialing. First direct city to city dialing by operators, then customer direct dialing with no operator aid. No completion date given. Edmonton already tests direct dialing to Calgary Winnipeg and other western centers. New Toronto area equipment will enable direct dialing there soon.
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Edmonton
Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Arnold Groteau
Trans-Canada Telephone System
Groteau
Calgary
Alberta
Winnipeg
Toronto
Dessert Yeast Dough Variations For Buns And Loaves
Step by step recipes for a Chop Suey Loaf and two fruit buns. Includes dough shaping, rising times, and baking at 350 degrees, with sugars, butter, maraschino cherries, pecans, and a simple frosting.
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Mae
Funny and Otherwise A Collection of Light Humour
A set of short humorous anecdotes from travel mishaps and social miscommunications. A Swiss mountain guide warns with a pun about falling and enjoying the view. A cricket captain funds a farewell train joke. A post office quarrel over a Brighton postmark leads to a domestic mix up. A dollhouse gift prompts a cheeky child’s rent joke. A husband’s six month absence pairs with a high electric bill. A twin love story ends with a moustached brother as the punchline.
Canoeist Plans 800 Mile Rockies Trip
Maurice L. Jubb of Vancouver, 21, will travel solo by canoe from Calgary to Vancouver. He seeks a sponsor for an estimated two month or longer journey through the Rockies, aiming to cover about eight hundred miles.
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Calgary
Maurice L. Jubb
Vancouver
Rockies
Horse Likes Cake Portails Fort William
Rex the milk wagon horse was found with his head in a bread truck, helping himself to baked goods. Sid Wamboldt must watch where he parks Rex after the morning incident at Fort William.
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Fort William
Sid Wamboldt
Rex
Saskatchewan born wife of Iraqi premier speaks in Calgary
Mrs. Mohammed Fadhel Jamali, Saskatchewan born wife of Iraq's former premier and current foreign minister, spoke at the University Women's club in Calgary about Iraq's rapid economic growth and education reform. She noted 98 percent of schools are government run with free textbooks and no entry fees, funded by oil profits. The 70 percent royalty allocation funds the Iraq Development Board, with 1953 royalties totaling $100 million.
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Calgary
Iraq
Mohammed Fadhel Jamali
Weyburn, Sask
Chicago University
Washington
Calgary University Women's Club
Jamali
Iraq Development Board
U K Teachers Placed in Manitoba Centres
The United Kingdom teachers have been placed in nine Manitoba centres this year. Six teach in Winnipeg with one each in Souris Hartney Deloraine Brandon Crystal City Morden Oak Point and West Kildonan. Recruitment was conducted by the federal immigration department through the provincial education department.
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United Kingdom
Manitoba
Department of Education
Winnipeg
Souris
Hartney
Deloraine
Brandon
Crystal Cuy
Morden
Oak Point
West Kildonan
England
Federal
Immigration Department
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Loretta Kaiser
Monrovia
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Loretta
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Fleischmann
Switzerland
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Brighton
Betty
Jill
Saskatchewan
U.K
Barry Yarns Dept
Montreal
Peggy
Chuck Thurston
Marilsi
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