Life Ain't That Dull at the Canadian Weekly Awards
The annual national convention at St Andrew's-by-the-Sea New Brunswick honors weekly newspaper publishers across Canada for quality and improvement. Judges praise honest critique, local focus, and the role of weeklies as spokesmen for grass roots communities, noting humor and brightness as essential to life anywhere.
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St. Andrew’s - By-The - Sea
New Brunswick
Canada
Manitoba
Yesteryear
Weekly Press of
Slack Boys
CWNA
Prizes to be Awarded at Rivers Fall Seed Show
The Rivers agricultural fair will offer first to third prizes for wheat varieties Lee Redman Thatcher and Regent with the National Grain trophy for best overall. Similar prizes await Ajax Vanguard Exeter and Roxton for United Grain Growers trophy. Barley classes Montcalm and A.O.C 21 offer top awards, plus a Pool Elevator trophy and prizes in feed barley. Flax section offers a trophy. Redwood Cheyenne and Rocket classes award placings. The fall fair runs with the light horse show.
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Lee, Redman
Thatcher
Regent Wheat
National Grain
Rivers Arena
Cats
Ajax
Vanguard
Exeter
Roxton
United Grain Growers
Montcalm
A.O.C
Rivers Agricultural Society
Agony columns reveal human longing and hidden messages
The article reflects on agony columns in major newspapers, noting their mix of humor and genuine personal pleas. It cites examples of entanglements, companionship seeks, and even wartime trade shifts, including Canada’s steel import drop from 60 percent to under 25 percent.
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Canada
Tarbolton social notes highlight bridal event and gathering
Miss Evelyn Johnston was guest of honor at a Tarbolton gathering at Mrs. J Alte man. Sandra Graham and Terry Lamb arrived as bride and groom bearing a decorated wagon bed with gifts. An address was read by Mrs. Lloyd Wood. Mr. and Mrs. Grant Wade and daughter Caren visited from Winnipeg. Tarbolton WA met at Mrs. T Hammond with 15 members and nine visitors, planning a fowl supper.
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Evelyn Johnston
J. Alteman
Sandra Graham
Terry Lamb
Lloyd Wood
Grant Wade
Caren
Winnipeg
John Mawer
London crowd watches safety boot test on street bus
George Denton deliberately placed his foot in the path of a double-deck bus to test a new British standard industrial safety boot. The bus wheel passed slowly over his toes and Denton withdrew unharmed, demonstrating the boot's protective capability in a public setting.
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London
England
George Denton
George
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Portags la Prairie Saskatchewan Avenue
Winni
THE
Manitoba Power Commission
Tarbolton
Tarbolton WA
George Samson
Roy Murray
Amerock
Darrel Harris
Atoe
Borden Motors Ltd
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