S W N A reports march for Sask Weeklies
S W N A notes a Saskatchewan weekly papers delegation to Ottawa to press prairie farmers concerns. Beriwtt, editor of Wolseley News and pioneer editor of Branatche, leads the group with Kes Midler, Walter Migerwaky, Hen Mayhew, Tom Oamd, Kevin Hoon attending as delegates. Wolseley News recorded past marches in 1910 and 1942 and expects a 1959 repeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tobieher
Wolseley News
Braanatchecan Waa
Sarswatchewan Weekly
Ottawa
Peastie Farmers
Ken Midler
Senate
AWTA
Wayter Migerwaky
Maple Creek
Hen Mayhew
York
Beriver
Dress Pattern 4766 For Children Size 2-8
Ad lists Simplicity pattern 4766 for a cotton printed dress for children sizes 2 4 6 8. Includes easy jiffy-cut design with printed directions. Send 40 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Toronto for pattern number 4766.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jiffy
Cains
Anne Adams Pattern Dept. Department P.P
Front Street
Toronto
Montreal CBC strike sparks questions on 1200 workers
A reader questions the necessity and cost of CBC staff during the Montreal strike. He notes skeleton crews handled most TV programming, wonders what the 1200 non crossing workers did, and asks if wages worsen CBC deficit while Montreal viewers missed hockey and Quebec films.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CMC
Montreal
CBC
Plouffe
Portage la Prairie Student Wins Namak Humor Award
A 21 year old University of Manitoba first year architecture student from Portage la Prairie receives the Gerald B Namak Award for humorous fiction. The manuscript The Tribulations of a Social Cat explores the beatnik generation and juvenile delinquency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Manitoba
Portage la Prairie
John Arbuthnott
J. Arbuthnott
Dufferin Avenue East
Gerald B. Namak
Arbuthnott
A. O. Barnes Publishing Co
New York
Daily Graphic
Man
Farmers plan grasshopper control campaign across districts
A panel of farmers led by Morley Crowle discusses cooperative grasshopper control. Members including Art Irwin and Harold Siggelkow highlight past success from community spraying, early tillage, and aviation spraying on pasture. They push for uniform chemical pricing and robust RM support for 1959 efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Irwin
R.M. No. 6
Torquay
John Lautermilch
R.M. Gravelbourg
Bill White
R.M
Weyburn
Harold Siggelkow
R.M. Coronach
Fred Thibault
Ponteix
Morley Crowle
Irwin
Agriculture Committee
Crowle
Lautermi
Manitoba Biologists Use Capture Gun For Deer Marking
Manitoba game biologists acquire a capture gun to immobilize deer with a narcotic liquid delivered by a needle-equipped projectile. The immobilization lasts about three to five minutes for tagging and data gathering on distribution, movement, and age. The device works from around fifty yards, aiding planning of hunting seasons and preserve placements.
Young named assistant deputy minister of Saskatchewan resources
J W Churchman announces the appointment of R G Young as assistant deputy minister of the Department of Natural Resources filling the vacancy from A T Davidson's resignation. Young will oversee four regions and the Field Services and Conservation branches while the headquarters move to Regina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Young
Department of Natural Resources
J. W. Churchman
Department
A. T. Davidson
Churchman
Young
Hudson Bay
Prince Albert
Meadow Lake
Saskatchewan
Museum of Natural History
Regina
Mr. Young
Toronto
Ont
Royal Canadian Navy
Banded Mallard Shot by Mike Brenda in 1958
Mike Brenda shot a male banded mallard on September 20, 1958 in section 31-46-4-4. The bird bore band No 567-83392, banded January 9, 1955 at Lake Murray near Ardmore Oklahoma by the Oklahoma Game and Fish Department. Verification from the US Interior Fish and Wildlife Service in Laurel Maryland was dated February 1959. Records track intercountry migration of game birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Brenda
Lake Murray
Ardmore
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Fish and Game Department
United States Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service
Laurel
Maryland
Viking
Alta
Diefenbaker says no to pressure groups in prairie farming clash
The Financial Post reports Prime Minister Diefenbaker firmly rejected Western farmers and others pressing for deficiency payments and related subsidies. He argued countervailing duties would backfire, warned the U.S. would react, and urged farmers to leave with answers. His firm stance contrasted with a polite, homespun justification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diefenbaker
Ottawa
Mr. Diefenbaker
A. V. Roe Co
Malton
Comepany
Saskatchewan
U.S
Treasury
The
Financial Post
Regional coaching clinics scheduled in five prairie locations
Five regional coaching clinics are set this spring across Fort Saskatchewan Owen Tabor Forest Lawn and Camrose. Sponsored by the Community Recreation Bureau Cultural Activities Branch Department of Economic Affairs the programs focus on track and field instruction for all ages with sessions on conditioning form analysis and large group teaching. Weekend schedules run three hours Friday night and all day Saturday to 5 00 pm with instructors including Herb McLachlin Audrey Carson Clare Drake H Miller Gleischen Bill Fayter and Doug Kyle. A nominal one dollar registration is required and meals or lodging are not provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Recreation Bureau
Department of Economic Affairs
Fort Saskatchewan
Owen
Tabor
Forest Lawn
Camrose
Herb McLachlin
Audrey Carson
Clare Drake
Physical Education Department
Look Both Ways Before You Cross The Street
A safety reminder urges pedestrians to look before crossing amid heavy traffic. The rule stresses proactive caution at the curb, warning that danger comes once a person steps off the sidewalk.
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S.W.N.A
Sask
By Ken. Hasim
Oeleine
Portager
I. C. Nollet
Minister of Agriculture
H. M. Siggelkow
R.M. No
Corenacht
Rep
Farmer
Gravelbourg
Art Irvin
Gov’t
Sask. Gov't Photo
CY Voeltz
Jasmin
Lloyd Southwick
Ridgeville
Camp Petawawa
4 Regiment
R.chla
National Defence
Manitoba
Canadian Pacific Railway Co
Prairies
Fleischmann
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