New Broadway School Opens in Melfort
About 20 people gathered for the official opening of the new Broadway school a $114000 structure built by Dier Construction in Prince Albert on the site of the old Broadway. The ceremony featured the Melfort Junior Band, speeches by local officials, and the principal accepting the building keys as community pride in education was extolled.
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New Broadway
Dier
Prince Albert
Old Broadway
Melfort
Dietrich Weigel
Lomedale
Freischer
Caskey
Selon
Lonsdale
Swift Current
Meifort
Lonadale
MeMort
A. Mahoney
Broadway
Thos. McCosh
Burke
Brunswick
George Newfeldt
C. G. Willis
Public Works
M.L.A
Melfort-Tisdale
William Dier
John Egnatoff
Journal
Melfert, Sask
Easy pattern for a 15 inch puppy toy
A 4 ounce skein of worsted yarn and a single pattern make a 15 inch puppy toy. Pattern 9372 is kid friendly and requires 35 cents in coins for the order form. Send name address pattern number to Household Arts Department Toronto.
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Household Arts Department
Department P.P.L
Front Street
Toronto
Crochet pattern 7816 chair set and accessories
This 1957 needlecraft item offers filet crochet patterns for a chair set in mercerized string. It includes an easy K-stitch chart and directions, plus additional embroidery and huck weaving ideas. Print name, address, and pattern number for copy.
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Alice Brooks
Smile of the Week Married Couple Payday Punchline
Smith weds and alternates giving his wife most of his wages. On the first payday he splits 40 to 5, then on the next he keeps 40 while his wife gets 5. She protests how to manage on five dollars, and he replies it’s her turn after a rotten week for him.
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Smith
John
Television Set Owners Lead in Playing Cards
Television set owners play cards more than non owners. The observation notes a social pattern among households with TVs showing higher card activity and engagement in common leisure games.
Saskatoon policy aims to improve turkey flocks in province
The Saskatche wan Department of Agriculture announces a hatchery supply policy to provide reliable breeding stock and better market turkeys. Frank Payne, poultry commissioner, notes applications must be mailed to Regina by October 1 and that flocks require 25 banded females and annual pullorum testing to protect flocks and buyers. Air poultry must test for pullorum, while other poultry follow general policy tests.
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Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture
Frank Payne
Mr. Payne
Poultry Commissioner’s
Regina
Saskachewan
Grande Prairie Transplant Replants Oak as City Icon
A rare Peace River oak uprooted from a new Grande Prairie subdivision was replanted in Jubilee Park at the request of Mrs. Percy Newton. Assistant Town Engineer John Miedema, a Forestry graduate, supervised the operation and suggested naming the tree the City of Grande Prairie Tree to mark the town’s upcoming city status on January 1.
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Peace River
Grande Prairie
Jubilee Park
Percy Newton
John Miedema
City of Grande Prairie
New oil plant to start operations by fall at Altona
Co op Vegetable Oils Ltd in Altona plans to use a $300 000 solvent extraction plant to raise daily capacity from 50 to 80 tons. The plant will accept rapeseed sunflowers and soybeans with initial payments set for 1957 crops and deliveries from farmers to be coordinated through the Co op Vegetable Oils or Manitoba Pool Elevator. The Times Morden Man August 28 1957.
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Co-op. Vegetable Oils Ltd
Altona
F.O.B
CVO
Co-op
Manitoba
the Times
Morden
Man
Christmas tree plantations emerge in Saskatchewan fringe areas
Forestry officials announce a first venture in Christmas tree growing near Parkside west of Prince Albert by W. H. Collins. About 5000 nine inch white spruce transplants from Big River Nursery were planted using a Lowther machine. Plantings show potential for sizeable growth and export demand.
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Saskatchewan
W. H. Collins
Parkside
Prince Albert
Natural Resources Department
Extension Forestry Service
Big River
Canada
Road Nearing Completion Links Coderre to Highway 43
A new road south of Coderre nears completion amid occasional breakdowns including a serious accident that damaged a big car. Residents anticipate an open road this winter and view the link to Highway 43 as beneficial for emergencies and business in Moose Jaw Saskatchewan.
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Coderre
Mairfiner
Coderre News
Moose Jaw
Sask
Sask Pools opens 75 000 bushel elevator at Brock
The official opening of Sask Pools new 75 000 bushel grain elevator at Brock was held Saturday evening with 140 in attendance. James Petrie chaired the committee and welcomed guests. J F Friesen outlined construction details and the investment of about 56 000 dollars. Earl Clendenning brought in the first load of grain as Thomas Broughton cut the ribbon. Charles Gibbings spoke on Sask Pools expansion and future markets. The Clarion Kin dersley Sask Sept 5 1957.
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Pool Elevator
James Petrie
Co. Cowell
Wilson Parker
J. F. Friesen
Earl Clendenning
Friesen
Thomas Broughton
Parker
St. Lawrence Project
Charles Gibbings
Sask
Pools
the Clarion
Kindersley
Special crops best Echo survey shows favorable outlook
The Echo survey indicates special crops fared best through this summer's adverse weather. Beet loaders start September 23, earlier than past years. Gretna Altona area suffered heavy losses from rains and hail, with at least 1,000 acres flooded or bailed in July, while 3,500 acres remain in good condition and may yield heavily in parts.
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The
Echo
Gretna-Altona
Gretna
Red River Valley
Altona
Man
Growth slower for Vanagas leading manufacturing groups
Growth of Vanagas leading manufacturing industries slowed postwar due to reliance on domestic demand. Four sectors dominate output meat packing butter and cheese bread and bakery products and miscellaneous foods.
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Vanagas
Fall inoculation program to begin with Asiatic flu vaccine
Manitoba plans a national inoculation program with federal cost sharing. About 20 000 doses expected by late September will be distributed per capita starting with essential workers in hospitals health centres fire and police services. Health officers across provinces are making plans for the rollout as Dr Morley Elliott announces.
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Toronto
Manitoba
Morley Elliott
Asia
Elliott
Empire Advance
Virden
Man
Work Progresses at Local Campus
Summer activities at the Junior College Campus include moving the boys dormitory basement to a new site and ongoing canning cleaning and painting by the Ladies Auxiliary. Custodian repairs and garden care continue while two major projects advance finishing touches by September 25 with dormitory relocation planned due to congested living quarters. Rosthern aims for a renewed campus on the western outskirts, pending smooth execution.
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Junior College
Rosthern
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