Gus Ryder Renews Honorary Chair for Muscular Dystrophy Drive
The renowned swimming coach Gus Ryder announces a 45th honorary chairmanship of the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Canada supporting a 1957 campaign. With Douglas Phelps and Dr. David Green present, the effort has raised nearly 500000 through Canadian fire departments and volunteers to fund research across sixteen projects in Canada and other institutions. Ryder’s work highlights hope for a cure and continued clinics aiding MD victims.
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Gus Ryder
Douglas Phelps
David Green
Toronto
Canada
Transfer of motifs 4% inches needlecraft pattern 7315
The notice promotes a 1957 needlecraft pattern 7315 featuring summer flower embroidery for bedspreads and tea cloths. It instructs sending thirty five cents to the Household Arts Department in Toronto for the pattern and offers a bonus free patterns print in the Alice Brooks Needlecraft Book for 1957 plus a new needlecraft book for twenty five cents.
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Household Arts Department
Department P.P.L
Front Street
Toronto
Alice Brooks
Lengthy Fence The Great Wall spans fifteen hundred miles
The Great Wall of China was built to defend against barbarians and stretches about 1,500 miles, illustrating ancient national defenses and monumental engineering.
Alberta Observes National Farm Safety Week
Alberta joins National Farm Safety Week efforts urging farmers to inspect both farm and home hazards and fix at least two unsafe conditions. Six months to June 30 saw 11 tractor deaths and over ten rural fire deaths, with many injuries from machinery mishaps highlighting the need for planning and cooperation to improve farm safety.
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Alberta
Alberta Safety Council
Safety Council
Crown Corporations Seen Challenging Private Enterprise
The Leader relays a symposium report noting Crown Corporations in Canada pose a major challenge to private enterprise. Business Monthly cites 34 existing Crown Corporations split into Departmental Agency and Proprietary types, many subsidized and duplicating private functions. A few arose from special wartime or emergency needs, but public understanding and cost analysis are lacking. The piece argues for thorough study to curb government expenses.
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Business Quarterly
University of Western Ontario
School of Commerce
Business Monthly
Simple graceful dress pattern for half sizes 14 to 24
The advertisement promotes Printed Pattern 4875 for half sizes 14 to 24 with four sleeve versions and slimming tucks. It notes fabric yardage for size 16 is 3 3/4 yards of 35 inch cloth and asks readers to send 50 cents plus their name address and size number to receive printed directions.
Editorial argues Golden Boys Band recall draws mixed reviews
The Star editorial notes readers mocked last week’s piece urging a Boys’ Band in Golden B C. It praises Invermere’s band and argues the prewar effort, though not musically flawless, succeeded by engaging youth, reducing pinball lure, and giving teens a constructive outlet.
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The
Star
Golden
B.C
Golden Boys
Invermere
Junior Athletic Association
Cromer dam project urged to curb Pipestone floods
The Recorder reports Pipestone and Wallace councils back a proposed dam across the Pipestone northwest of Cromer to protect unprotected valley sections, supply water in dry years, and reinforce the existing flood control system. Officials urge PFRA action and access plans to Butler.
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Cromer
the Recorder
Reston
Manitoba
Pipestone Valley
Pipestone
Wallace
Butler
P.F.R.A
Kipling Marsh
Reeve J
A. Donald
Council of
Manitoba Oil Search Faces Disappointments And Hopes
The Manitoba exploration week notes only three major fields found in five years with 44 wildcat wells planned this year. Companies face high costs with uncertain returns while promising areas remain untested beyond geophysical work. The Virden Roselea field example shows oil may lie where surveys predict nothing.
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Manitoba
Daily
Iill
Saskatchewan
Virden-Roselea
Highway dangers urge pedestrians to seek safer paths
A Canadian newspaper column warns pedestrians along highways face increasing fatalities and injuries. It advocates strict rules on hitchhiking near highways and emphasizes using safe walking areas to reduce exposure to fast traffic and weather hazards.
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Innisfail
Alberta
Taking a New Look at Ottawa After the Federal Vote
The Leader notes the election's lasting attention and predicts steady focus in the coming months. Canadian voters will need a refresher course in how they are governed as Ottawa's daily work becomes an exciting exercise in writing current history.
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Ottawa
Parliament Hill
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Wwe
Canadian
RED Cross
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National Farm Safety Week
the Globe
Lacombe
Reston, Manitoba
St. James
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