Economic lubrication and Canada’s bandwagon of small shareholders
The Canadian Manufacturers Association survey shows 557,394 shareholders and 436,169 employees across 1 043 companies in 195$ illustrating that ownership outnumbers workers by over 100,000. It argues workers invest to build Canada, broadening ownership to fuel savings and prosperity, keeping the economic bandwagon well lubricated.
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Canadian Manufacturers Association
Primariy
Canada
Sunset Lodge Appeal Teaches Duty to End Debt
A Kindersley Clarion pledge poem praises Sunset Lodge funding as vital for shelter and meals, notes municipal and provincial support, and urges continued public effort to cover remaining debt. It recalls past hardships and warns donors of looming note due dates and the need for every citizen to contribute.
Licensing the boatmen and an RCMP safety push
The federal government plans a national licensing system for small boat operators after wartime growth in pleasure boating. Operators will likely need a driver's license and tests, applying similar to Toronto Harbour's decade old program. Safe boaters have little to fear, while reckless operators will be controlled.
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Ottawa
Toronto Harbour Commission
Canada
RCMP
Rehabilitation centers for the aged a regional need
The Bulletin discusses the rising elderly population and crowded hospitals. It highlights Lethbridge and Stettler efforts, Vulcan plans, and Brooks District attention toward a rehabilitation centre for partly self sufficient seniors to ease hospital crowding with federal and provincial grants.
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Lethbridge
Stettler
Vulcan
Brooks Municipal Hospital
End of the Big Top Affects a Way of Life
The Sun notes the decline of Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey and Clyde Beatty Shows signaling rapid lifestyle change. It laments the loss of old circus culture once central to community life and memories of pink lemonade calliopes and marching bands.
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Ringling Brothers
Barnum & Bailey
Clyde Beatty
Calliopes
Gypers
Are Americans becoming a nation of weaklings
John B. Kelly, former wartime Director of Physical Fitness, argues in Readers Digest that American youth are weaker than European peers. He cites Kraus Weber tests showing 57.9 percent of 7 to 16 year olds failing, worse than WWI-era findings, and urges calisthenics and calorie-burning sports to combat physical softness.
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John B. Kelly
Kelly
United States
America
Italy
Austria
Switzerland
Grace
Princess of
Monaco
Dividing Peonies Best Suited for Septembers Timing
Peonies seldom need division but long neglected clumps can reward with larger blooms after division. Do it in September after lifting plants, wash roots, cut into sections with four to six eyes, and plant shallow so eyes lie within an inch of soil surface. John Tyler was the first U.S. president born outside Britain.
Reconstruction completes No. 3 highway route near Kinistino
The No. 3 highway relocation between Kinistino and Hagen corner nine miles east of St. Louis is finished and traffic will resume. The new route shortens travel between Kinistino and St. Louis by eight miles and crosses only one railway track. Right of way is graded for 150 feet, allowing 25 feet setback for poles and fences. The project saves future costs for hard surfacing and widening. Traffic surveys guided the chosen path over seven options, balancing resident access with through traffic. LOSE A MINUTE- SAVE A LIFE.
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Kinistina
Hagen Corner
St. Louis
L. T. Holmes
Kinistino
Kinistine
Weldon
Brancepeth
Birch Hills
Away All Rockets The Terrapin Missile Test Flight
The Terrapin missile developed by the University of Maryland and Republic Aviation Corporation rises to 80 miles in altitude and 3 800 mph during a test. The craft stands under 15 feet and requires three operators, touted as economical among rockets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Maryland
Republic Aviation Corporation
Cash flow to Canadian farmers rises in first half 1956
The Canadian Bureau of Statistics reports cash into farmers pockets reached 1.188 billion dollars for January to June 1956, up 157.8 million from a year earlier. In the prairie provinces higher wheat sales drove gains, with Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta posting substantial increases.
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Bureau of Statistics
Prairie Provinces
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
Two Aims in Life and Lose a Minute Save a Life
A concise aphorism contrasts two life aims. It states the first goal is to obtain what one desires, while the second is to enjoy it. Only the wisest achieve lasting satisfaction, and the phrase Lose a Minute Save a Life adds a cautionary note about prudent action.
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Kindersley, Sask
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Morden, Man
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Brooks, Alta
West Berlin
Germany
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Hagen
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