Estevan man returns from two year stay on Baffin Island
Victor Lundin elder son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Lundin of Estevan recently returned from a two year term at Clyde River Baffin Island where he was officer in charge of the Rawinsonde station. He will soon join Canadian Government ship Stone Town in Victoria BC to continue similar atmospheric observations for weather forecasting.
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Victor Lundin
Arthur Lundin
Estevan
Clyde River
Baffin Island
Rawinsonde
Department of Trans- Clyde
Arctic Circle
Victoria
Stonetown
Aleutian Islands
Lundin
C.D. Howe
Van
Edmonton
Rawindsende
Dept. of Transport
American Airforce
RCMP
Hudson's Bay
William Hall Formely
Scott, Sask
Hall
Bert
John
C. D. Howe
Brimful of ideas 1954 Needlecraft Catalog
Alice Brooks offers a 1954 needlecraft catalog with embroidery crochet sewing and color-transfer designs plus four patterns. The book promises ideas for gifts bazaars and fashions and asks readers to send 25 cents for a copy. A note mentions dust on a light bulb can cut efficiency by up to 20 percent.
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Alice Brooks Needlecraft
Bought loyalty and love for a simple pup
A whimsical poem suggests buying loyalty friendship love and happiness with a small price, noting a brown eyed pup with a wagging tail as a metaphor for affection and devotion.
Esterhazy Observer Change of Ownership
Jim Budgh, longtime managing editor, purchases the Esterhazy Observer from Bert McKay of the Moosomin Spectator. It marks the fourth ownership change since 1945 for the weekly newspaper.
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Esterhazy, Sask
Esterhazy Observer
Jim Bdugh
Bert McKay
The
Moosomin, Sask
Spectator
New homes record set in Canada in 1964 first half
The Canadian Bureau of Statistics reports 41 572 new homes completed January to June 1964, up five percent from 39 491 a year earlier. Starts for the period fell to 46 398 from 46 746, while housing units under construction at mid year reached 64 262. June completions declined over 10 percent to 6 047. Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia show rises, while Newfoundland and Quebec post declines.
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Canada
Bureau of Statistics
Maritime
Prairie Provinces
Newfoundland
Quebec
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
CanadaRises to Third in World Trade in 1953
Canada again ranked third among global trading powers in 1953, behind the United States and Britain. U S imports and exports totaled 27.604 billion dollars, Britain 16.89, Canada 9.458, with West Germany 8.16 and France 7.795 billion. Canada accounted for about 6.3 percent of non Soviet world trade.
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Canada
United States
Britain
Bureau of Statistics
France
U.S
West Germany
Belgium
Luxembourg
Poor Fishing Day Yields Derby Winner in Burnaby
In Burnaby British Columbia 17 fishermen competed a half-pound grilse nearly tossed back was the largest fish caught at the derby awarding a fishing rod to Orville Forrest the winner.
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Burnaby
B.C
Orville Forrest
Canada’s tallest elevator climbs 468 feet in Toronto
The Canadian Bank of Commerce building in Toronto houses Canada’s highest elevator rising 468 feet. The feature showcases the tower’s height and modern electric lift system serving offices.
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Canada
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Toronto
Home Workshop Patterns for Matching Chest Set and Lamp
Patterns offered for two chest sizes and a bevelled wood lamp in a three piece set. Drawers use block-front straight cuts, shellacked or painted finishes suggested. Patterns cost 35c each or 1.50 for Bedroom Furniture Packet including two chests and lamp patterns.
Kitchen Handies pattern guides simple shelf gadget
A Home Workshop Pattern Service packet offers pattern 232 for a kitchen gadget project. Includes tracing saw lines, painting outlines, and assembling parts with step by step directions. Pattern costs 35c, packet price 1.50 postpaid, order via Department P.P.L. Vancouver B C. Candied grasshoppers are eaten in certain places in the Orient.
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Department P.P.L
Home Workshop Pattern Service
West Fifth Avenue
Vancouver
B.C
Orient
Basic cheese dough and bread sticks recipe segment
A partial recipe describes shaping half a dough batch into a loaf, proofing, and baking at 375 degrees for about 40 minutes with browning controls. It also outlines a marmalade nutmenta filling folded jelly roll style, braiding, and forming oblong strips for cheese bread sticks baked at 375 for about 10 minutes.
New Disease Control Regulations Apply Across Canada
New regulations tighten control of communicable diseases with fewer reportable conditions and altered isolation rules. Polio, measles and chickenpox rules change, while some diseases drop from reporting and placarding lists. The regional health officer notes alignment with federal guidance and provincial adoption.
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D. Cc. F. W. Hames
North Battleford
American Public Health Association
Canada
Cadet Lost Across Border Lands in Montana Wheat Field
A Regina air cadet veered off course during a flight over Southern Saskatchewan and unintentionally crossed into Montana. A farmer fed him, then drove him to town while police alerted Regina to arrange another plane to retrieve him. The incident highlights border realities amid ongoing mutual anxieties.
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Saskatchewan
Regina
Montana Wheat
United States
Financial Post
Smoked Eggs Found in Wild Duck Nest Near Saskatoon
J B Lorrimer reported a curious stove trouble at his camp 25 miles from Saskatoon. He found five smoke tinted eggs tucked in a wild duck’s nest inside the chimney and the mother duck had disappeared.
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J. B. Lorrimer
Saskatoon
Mother Duck
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Dept
Bai Aide OT Ltd
Is Rickrack
P.P.L
Household Arts
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Fleischmann
Chuck Thurston
Peggy
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