Alberta highway construction progress in 1958 program
The Honourable Gordon E. Taylor reports the 1958 Alberta highway plan is over two thirds complete with best seasonal progress in years. More than 155 miles of new grade and 181 miles of stabilized gravel base have been laid, plus 171 miles of asphaltic surfacing and 132 miles of seal coat. Weather improved, fewer rain losses than last year, boosting completion prospects.
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Gordon E. Taylor
High Ways
Air traveler sight distance at high altitude
A person with normal vision can discern objects about 39 miles away from an airplane at 1,000 feet under clear visibility conditions.
Irrigation Proves Worth in Manitoba Farm Trial
Peter Dyck of Burwalde district northwest of Morden reports 145 bales of alfalfa from one irrigated acre versus 70 bales from an unirrigated acre. He used 40,000 gallons in a single application with a 1,000 foot aluminum sprinkler system costing about 1,000 dollars in 1954. He plans to irrigate beans and sweet corn next, believing irrigation will become standard farm equipment.
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Peter Dyck
Mr. Dyck
Pete
Peter B. Dyck
Burwalde
Morden
Charles Walker
Dominion Experimental Farm
Dyck
Schanzenfeldt
J. F. Moore
Campbell Soups Company
T. & T. Seed and Implement Company
Winnipeg
the Times
Man
Nursing awards for University of Saskatchewan graduates
The 1958 graduating exercises of the University of Saskatchewan nursing program awarded honors to the 1958 diploma class. Shirley Collinge won the Gold Medal and General Proficiency Scholarship. Patricia Baird received the Bedside Nursing prize, with Lorraine Thibodeau earning Medical Nursing, Patricia Hodgson Operating Room, Carroll Fennel Pediatric Nursing, Barbara Coleman University Study scholarship, Katherine Goos Team Leadership, Charlotte Bayne Obstetrical Nursing and University Study scholarship.
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Shirley Irene Collinge
Quill Lake
Sask
Patricia Baird
Saskatoon
Lorraine Marie Thibodeau
North Battleford
Patricia Hodgson
Calgary
Alberta
Madison, Sask
Carroll Barbara Fennel
Birch Hills
Barbara Joan Coleman
Glen Ewen
Katherine Goos
Prince Albert
Charlotte Anne Bayne
Moose Jaw
The sense of smell is the first sense developed
The article notes that among humans the sense of smell is the earliest to develop, preceding the others in infancy and shaping early sensory experiences.
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Peter Pyck
Dead Horse Creek
Nursing Awards
University of Saskatchewan
Rome
Simonetta
the Journal, Langenburg, Sask
Predinchuk
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