Saskatchewan Historama aims to preserve province history
The Saskatchewan Historama Committee builds on 1955 to 1959 school projects to create picture histories using photographs. Schools gather images, mount them on panels, and accompany minimal text. Entries due May 30 to Western Development Museum Saskatoon. top project wins all expense trip to Pion-Era and the Phelps Trophy.
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Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation
Western Development Museum
University of Saskatchewan
Department of Education
Saskatchewan Historama
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan Historama Committee
Barr
Lloydminster
Kamsack
Blaine Lake
Wynyard-Elfros
Sintaluta
Kindersley
Estevan
J. L. Phelps
Thornton School
Regina
Phelps
Pion-Era
Mounted Police
Riel
Motorists warned watch for bikes in spring traffic
Hon John B Carroll Manitoba minister of public utilities urges drivers to take care as spring brings cyclists. He cites 164 injuries in 1958 involving bikes and cars with three deaths, notes higher than 1957. He warns motorists to watch for inexperienced riders and to cyclists to ride safely with lights and single occupancy.
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John B. Carroll
Public Utilities
Carroll
Manitoba
Bank prank nets $69700 deposit at Yorkton depository
A Yorkton bank opened with a grand $69,700 deposit shown on a typed slip and assorted bills. The bank staff smiled not at the sum but at a practical joke signed Wyatt Earp for Bat Masterson's account.
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Yorkton Bank
New Street
Wyatt Earp
Bat Masterson
Enterprise
Yorkton, Sask
Help Your Child Love Music Through Practice Habits
A guide for mothers to support young music students between lessons. Avoid practicing when tired, and integrate meaningful daily routines. Emphasizes that paying tuition alone may not ensure progress and urges active parental involvement.
Piano Lessons as Family Duty and Trust
A teacher argues teaching progress relies on supportive home attitude toward practice. He recalls a girl named Jenny slowed by punishment through piano practice and notes mothers shaping habits improve performance. Encouragement at home, listening to children’s playing, and avoiding conflict with teachers builds confident musicians and better tone. The War Cry notes Canada among four nations with the world’s lowest tuberculosis death rates.
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Jenny
Jennny
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Canada
Quebec
Suzanne Tremblay
Suzanne Blais
Pierre Manseau
Lise St. Louis
Andre Leblanc
America
Lay Mle
Monique Bourdeau
National Film Board of Canada
Gar Lunney
Historama
By Maynard Woollard
By Erik Leidzen
Denmark
Holland
United States
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!