Regional library plan urges action in Turtle Mountain area
Under the Public Libraries Act a regional library can be set up by multiple municipalities in Killarney area. Petitions with at least 8 percent of electors must be presented before nomination day for a bylaw to establish the library. Grants total 12 thousand dollars plus local taxes. one central librarian would supervise branches. Residents are urged to petition councils promptly.
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Public Libraries
Killarney
Turtle Mountain
Psychology goes to market in Castlegar
The News analyzes shopping habits of women and offers tips to reduce food bills. Avoid shopping hungry and impulse buys, make a written list and stick to it, shop less often, and plan a single weekly shop for essential needs.
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the News
Castlegar
B.C
Gas service expands as Steinbach signs 225 customers
Inter-City Gas Limited reports 225 domestic and commercial gas signups in Steinbach, with a goal of 400 customers and a projected 550 by year four. Pipeline work nears completion, drawing gas from the Trans-Canada line north of Ste Anne. Mayor Barkman says home connections are underway and rates are lower than Winnipeg.
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Steinbach
K. R. Barkman
Echo
Winnipeg
Barkman
Red River Valley Echo
Altona
Man
Block Plant Set to Open in Estevan City Limits
Estevan gains a new aggregate block manufacturing plant by Plan-It Construction Co set on highway 47 in the valley south of Estevan but within city limits. The firm will install an England imported interlocking block maker, first of its kind in Canada, with 1000 blocks in 8 hours and an 8 hour curing process. Ken Vail and two sons partner with Allan Block Co of Regina in a father son operation.
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Estevan
Plan-It Construction Co
Highway 47
England
Canada
Ken Vail
Louis
Norman
Allan Block Co
Regina
The
Mercury
Sask
Early masonry arch bridges traced to ancient China
The article notes crude masonry arch bridges appear first with the Chinese and prehistoric Hittite and Pelasgic tribes along the Mediterranean. It mentions later refinements by the Etruscans and Romans.
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Mediterranean
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