Red Paint Sparks Farm Battle and a Final Rally
In a prairie farm domestic drama Marty Higgin s clashes with Ed over painting unpainted barns. Ed weakens as pneumonia nears, but Marty declares she will repaint the barns red and run the farm her way, a plan that excites her and pleases the loyal dog Rusty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Higgins
Barnes
Marty Higgins
Dee
Marty
Rusty
Praire
Eda
Barnes’ Hardware
Smiths
Oh-So Simple Pattern Dress Sale for Busy Mothers
One day dress pattern 4993 with panties included, sizes 2 4 6 8. No shoulder seams or side-skirt seams, two pattern parts plus collar belt and pep lum. Price 25 cents in coins, stamps not accepted. Send name address size and style number to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
This Visitor Was Not Welcomed By A Black Bear
Radi um Windermere residents recall an odd encounter when Mrs. E. C. Peatfield answered a late visitor at 10 30 p m and found a 300 pound black bear pushed into the doorway. Her husband and son John chased the intruder away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radium Hot Springs
Radium-Windermere
E. C. Peatfield
John
Moose Jaw pigeon race ends season tied to Elkhorn flight
Harold Porter won the Moose Jaw Racing Pigeon association final race with 111 birds in the 210 mile Elkhorn Manitoba to Moose Jaw Saskatchewan event. Cliff Stewart graduates from Royal Roads in Victoria and joins the permanent navy executive in England. Local women’s institute in Hamiota to publish Memories of Hamiota. Alberta farmers press surface rights deal to compensate oil exploration on farms. Mrs. B L Tanner of Assiniboia marks 80th birthday, settlers’ effects moved to Arcola. Texas oilman Roger Ferguson to explore oil in Alberta and Saskatchewan with drilling gear from Texas.
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Moose Jaw
Fillmore
Sask
Cliff Stewart
A. B. Stewart
Canadian Service College
Royal Roads
Victoria
Saskatchewan
England
Hamiota
Man
Women's Institute
Hakiota
Edmonton
Alberta Farmer
N. E. Tanner
Creelman
B. L. Tanner
Assiniboia
N.W.T
Texas
Roger Ferguson
Lone Star
Ma” Ferguson
Alberta
Ferguson
Alberta Irrigation Dream Nears Reality For Farmers
Lethbridge Alberta faces a $20 million plan to irrigate 500000 acres across the St Mary Milk river system. Work began 1946 with 120000 acres already irrigated. 300 to 400 workers build canals dams and mains under dominion and provincial supervision. The St Mary river dam, half built and to be completed next year, will be Canada’s largest earthen dam costing 5250000 and storing 320000 acre feet.
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Lethbridge
Alta
Alberta
St. Mary Milk
Medicine Hat
St. Mary
Dominion
St. Mary River
Canada
Magrath
Intensive Campaign To Keep Trained Canadians In Canada
The Labour Department launches an opening gun in an intensive campaign to retain university graduates in Canada. Deputy Minister Arthur MacNamara urges universities to warn alumni about job prospects and suggests alumni magazines highlight the issue. About 12,000 employers will be surveyed to gauge needs for university trained personnel and uncover job openings.
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Canada
Labor Department
Arthur MacNamara
MacNamara
Minister of Labor
Nurse shortage closes Red Cross outpost hospitals
Regina reports severe nurse shortage has forced the Red Cross to temporarily suspend operations at three of its eight Saskatchewan outpost hospitals with potential further closures if staffing does not improve.
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RED Cross
Regina
Saskatchewan
Traplines to be registered in Cranberry Portage plan
Trap Line inspector H. Wells traveled to Nor way House to outline a proposal for registered trapping lines for Indians and others. He noted Indigenous support for registering their lines and aims to attract part time trappers to the program.
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Cranberry Portage
H. Wells
Norway House
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By Kathleen Gilchrist
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
Alweys
Moser Burgess
Mall Pa Y
Western Briefs
Mya
Dolcin Limited
Toronto
Ontario
Peggy
Ean
Alrea
Chuck Thurston
Browndale
Misty
Ottawa
W. E. Parker & Sons
Watford
Ont
Hillcrest
Larry
John S. Hall
Northland
Mary Maxim Sifton
Manitoba
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