Easter Means Many Things to Many People
Donna Nordquist reflects on Easter as a diverse festival: religious forgiveness and renewal, family gatherings, springtime imagery, and personal memories from school, university, hospital internships, and service in Canada. The piece highlights varied experiences across generations and roles.
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Kiantine
Christ
Minot
N.D
University
Saskatchewan
University Farm
Vancouver General Hospital
Queen Elizabeth Park
Rockies
R.C.A.F
Quebec
Motto and mileage quiz and 1962 federal spending query
A fast quiz covers the motto on Canada’s Arms, distance from St John’s to Victoria, federal spending figures for 1939 and 1961-62, 1961 Canadian vehicle production, and the profit rate of 1960 manufacturing firms. Answers note Latin motto A mari usque ad mare meaning from sea to sea, about 4400 miles, $7 188 million, 389 744 vehicles, and 11 772 profitable firms to 4358 at a loss.
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Canada
St. John’s
Victoria
B.C
Pattern instruction notes for Misses 4852 outfits
Pattern 4852 offers two skirt styles a slim skirt and a gored skirt with varied sleeve lengths. Jacket with ring collar is new and smart. Choose tweed or a biend fabric and consult yardages in the pattern.
Fashions in insult labels mirror changing trends
A columnist argues fashion shifts in social labels like conformist beatniks and racist or anti labor jabs. Advises avoiding terms such as square, racist, anti labor, sophisticate, peace nut, and anti intellectual while noting tastes evolve and new insults will arrive.
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United States
The Innocent Man's Release From St. Michel Archange
Jobin Ladouceur, once condemned for theft and embezzlement, is released under Department of Justice oversight. He returns to St Berthold de Carrington amid ecstatic townspeople, a public cairn honoring him, and lingering questions about the missing fortune tied to his alleged crime.
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Department of Justice
Jobin Ladouceur
St. Michel Archange
Johin Ladouceur
St. Berthold de Carrington
Alfred Dreyfus
Monte Cristo
Zenda
Robin
Durance
Jobin
Jobin Ladoudur
Calvary
la Banque Imperialie
S J. Berthold de Carrington
la Banque Imperiale
Anid
Monsieur Jobin
Montreal
Mademoiselle
Mimi Laforge
St. Berthold
Bienvenu L‘'Innocent
The
Switzerland and Columbus facts quiz review
The quiz notes Switzerland has 25 cantons with Italian French and German regions. It states Columbus was born in Genoa and sailed in 1492. It defines a palindrome and places the Mozambique Channel between Madagascar and Africa. It explains the saxophone’s name from its inventor Adolphe Sax.
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Chistopher Columbus
Mozambique Channel
Madam
Abel
Elba
Indian Ocean
Madagascar
Africa
Adolphe Sax
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Northern Crown Building
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