School Drop Outs Urged To Continue Studies
Winnipeg NES prairie director W. C. Stewart urges potential drop-outs to return to school to finish secondary education. He warns that unemployment and slow advancement are rising for the uneducated and unskilled as employers favor graduates and tech trained workers in a changing business world.
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W. C. Stewart
Winnipeg
Prairie
National Employment Service
Stewart
Canada
NES
Mystery objects blamed on toy balloons and green fingers
A lighthearted rundown notes that many UFO sightings were toy balloons from science-curious kids. Jokes on aging judges, garden tales, and puns mix with a line about the Beatties raising $100,000 in Toronto for a one night stand.
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Toronto
Decastich prize and quirky street banter from the West
A New Brunswick centennial decastich contest offers a $1000 prize while readers share jibes about public drunkenness a Winnipeg arrest and a Quebec bylaw banning shorts. The column roasts politicians, bylaw zeal, and a parade of garden names as a playful snapshot of 1967 chatter.
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Winnipeg
Fredericton
N.B
St. Regis Rotunda
Bob
Yare
Quebec
Quebec City
Bermuda
Portage Avenue
Canada CN to install 570 reflectorized crossing signs
Diary notes CN safety drive across Canada with spark arresters on diesels and water tanks at strategic sites. Reflectorized level crossing signs to be placed at 570 locations in prairie region including 34 in Ontario, 406 in Manitoba, 700 in Saskatchewan along with maritimes totals, as part of 1,250 signs nationwide this year. Citizens urged to STOP LOOK LISTEN to prevent accidents. Women’s Institutes praised for safety advocacy.
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Canada
Tec Railway
Women's Institutes
Board of Transport Commissioners
Prairie
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Maritimes
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Newfoundland
Women’s Institutes
Traffic to surge on Labour Day weekend in Canada
The Canadian Highway Safety Council estimates 6,000,000 cars will be on Canadian roads over Labour Day weekend, more than half the vehicles since 1904. Canada has 500,000 miles of surfaced roads, about 12 cars per mile, raising fears of giant jams and hazardous conditions. Ex director W Arch Bryce urges constant alertness and quick action to avoid danger.
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Canadian Highway Safety Council
Canada
CHSC
W. Arch Bryce
Council
Bryce
Horticultural Prize Winners List of Flower Classes
The article lists prize results across many flower categories. Awards name winners: Asters Begonias Calendula Candytuft Carnations Clarkia Cornflower Cosmos Dahlia Gladiolus Marigold Nasturtiums Petunia Phlox Pinks Salpiglossis and Salvia with multiple winners such as Mrs. L. S. Sanders Mrs. Nowosad Mrs. Fatteicher and others.
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Asters
L. S. Sanders
P. Nowosad
J. R. Mitchell
Begonia
P. Baumung
Robert Arnott
Nowosad
H. Fatteicher
Emma McDonald
Edith Carnachan
D. Syke
Fatteicher
Clarkia
Baumung
Mitchell
Sanders
C. Tummon
Orecia Bodnaruk
Murray Syko
Syko
Marigold
Tummon
Nasturtiums
Nimesia
Petunia
Arnott
Petunia Large
Jory
Phlox
Garden Show Winners List Large and Local Exhibitors
A detailed catalog of entries and winners in the garden show. Floral centerpieces, baskets, and fruit collections are listed with exhibitor names such as Mrs. Kelso Mrs. Laird Miss McDonald and Mr. Bayn. Prizes include the Mitchell Trophy and several plaques for best grounds and farm grounds.
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Kelso
Geo. Kelso
Mrs. Laird
Mrs. Nowosad
Laird
E. McDonald
P. Nowosad
Arnott
Mrs. Tummon
Miss McDonald
Mrs. Sanders
Tummon
G. Kelso
Sanders
Jory
Nowosad
Harold Kelly
Edith Carnochan
Mitchell
W. Laird
Syke
Emma McDonald
P. Baumung
Schrader
Baumung
Fatteicher
Murray Syke
Chas. Kelly
Mrs. Syke
Miss E. McDonald
Linda Zimmer
Arlene Agar
J. C. Arnott
J. C. Arnnott
Heyers
Dale Simpson
Mrs. Arnott
Orecia Bodnaruk
T. Bayn
G. L. Mitchell
J. J. Wardle
H. Andres
F. L. Skinner
Mel Bowley
M. Kozmennik
Paul Galatiuk
van Drecht
H. Olson
L. Lietz
Bill Keay
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Roblin
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Wilson
Municipal Act
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Makaroff
Board of Trustees
Royal Bank of Canada
Montreal
Makaroff Hall
Consolidated School District
M. W. Beaven
Shell River
Reggie
G. Jory
Vi Laird
Wm. Evans
Cross
J. Mitchell
Douglas Coutts
T. L. Dillin
Jessie Anderson
Dillin
Wm. Shiner
L. Sanders
Edith Carochan
Edmonton
Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association
B. Ford
Lacombe
Rita
Joe Maynard
100 Mile House
B.C
John Morris
Prescott
Ont
TNS
Diary of A Vagabond
Dorothy Barker
THE
Manitoba Teachers’ Society
Portage Ave
Royal Bank
Roblin Branch
L. H. Cook
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