Quick Canadian Quiz on Elections and Fires in Canada
Summary of a quiz with answers on Centre Block values in Ottawa and national topics. It notes the 26th national election in April 1943 and includes figures: 1961 Canadian labor income $18.9 billion, transfers $3.4 billion, investment $2.8 billion. It cites 1960 fires by smoker carelessness 31,037 of 79,611, and electricity as major dollar loss at $14 million of $128 million. Factory wages rose 16 percent 1957–62, and the cost of living index rose seven percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canadsa
Bisto
Canada
Fraser’s naming of New Caledonia for BC coast
The explorer Simon Fraser reportedly named the British Columbia mainland New Caledonia as a poetic term for Scotland, a land Fraser had never seen yet believed resembled the west coast. The note ties his naming to his unfamiliar yet imagined Scotland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon Fraser
British Columbia Mainland
New Caledonia
Scotland
Fraser
Work Is the Yeast That Rises the Dough
A brief note asserts that work acts as yeast for dough, implying effort drives rising and growth in kitchen tasks and baking processes.
Burton separations and awards mark a celebrity roundup
Richard and Sybil Burton announce separation with lawyer Aaron Frosch stating divorce not discussed and all financial matters settled. Photoplay’s Gold Medal Party celebrates The Miracle Worker with Patty Duke accepting producer award. Rods include Barbara and Lindsay Crosby wed in 1960 and later separated, Louise Goulet’s divorce from Robert Goulet, Jane Powell’s divorce filing, and Ted Weems hospitalized though improving.
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Richard Burton
Sybil Burton
Aaron Frosch
Burton
Photoplay
Playbill
Bette Davis
Susanne Pleshette
Richard Chamberlain
Gary Clarke
Patty Duke
Fred Coe
Hotel Taft Offers Wheelchair Accessible Rooms
The Hotel Taft in New York City provides wheelchair friendly rooms with ramps wide doorways and adapted bathrooms. Train travel services include porter assisted wheelchair pickup from stations and delivery to trains and destinations. Similar facilities were checked at the Royal York in Toronto by CARSCOPE from Mobile Unit News Rhode Island ARF chapter.
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Taft
New York City
Carscope
Mobile Unit News
Rhode Island
The
A.R.F
Royal York Hotel
Toronto
Royal York
College paid by raising guinea pigs
Charles Yates, 20, of West Frankfort Illinois funds his college by raising guinea pigs. He walks 60 miles daily to Southern Illinois University at Carbondale to care for about 70 animals, selling roughly 400 pigs a month to laboratories at 90 cents to 1.35 dollars each. The earnings cover his college expenses and support his wife and 21 month old son.
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Charles Yates
West Frankfort
Southern Illinois University At
Carbondale
Yates
Hollywood learns new roles and life moves in the 1960s
Diane McBain joins Debbie Reynolds and Barry Nelson in Mary Mary at Warner Bros with Michael Rennie and Hiram Sherman set for film versions. Vivien Leigh stars in the New York musical Tovarich as a grand duchess of all the Russians. Jackie Gleason contemplates selling his Westchester home while living in a Manhattan hotel. Rumors tag Troy Donahue and Suzanne Pleshette marriage plans. Barbara Crosby wins an uncontested divorce with spousal support.
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Diane McBain
Parrish
Claudelle Inglish
Debbie Reynolds
Barry Nelson
Warner Bros
Michael Rennie
Hiram Sherman
Nelson
Jean Kerr
Vivien Leigh
Jackie Gleason
Westchester County
Manhattan
Jackie
Hollywood
A Good Idea to Treat Cattle for Lice Before Pastures
It's a good idea to treat cattle for lice before they go to summer pastures. Use about one gallon of spray material per mature animal or one pound of dust for three mature animals. Check labels carefully before applying.
Bird house pattern with five rooms and red chimney
A Home Workshop description promotes a model bird house with five rooms and a red chimney, framed by formal trees. It offers Pat tern 469 actual-size guides for 50c and Homes for Birds Packet No. 75 with eight designs for $1.75 from Home Workshop Patterns, Department P.P.CL., Vancouver.
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Department P.p.cl
West 5Th Ave
Vancouver
Flags of England Ireland and Scotland in the Union Jack history
The piece traces the flags linked to Canada and Britain from the 1497 St George cross to Champlain’s fleur de lis, the 1606 Union Jack roots, and 1763 Peace of Paris making the flag official for Canada, noting medieval crusader pennants as origins.
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John Cabot
England
Canada
Samuel de Champlain
France
Paris
Great Britain
Scotland
Ireland
Holy Land
Furlong Origins Describe Early Track Term Use
The furlong or 220 yards originally referred to the distance a play ran without stopping.
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Cousellacg County
Nuncy Rootin
Comptometer
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Reina, Sask
Bree
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Mason City
Sharpe
Fairford St
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Saskatchewan Co-Operative Creamery Association Ltd
Canada Packers Limited
Saskatoon
Commodore
Canada Packers
Pacific Avenue
Sussex
Saskatchewan
Grikgs & Stratton
Chiten and Johnson
Electric Motor Service
Searth St
Quebec ST
House Trailers
Slitte Ditbiners
Lapiter
Soran St
Deed Phone Daade
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Western Ui Co
Box 407
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Harris Hanowski
Waldrou
Sask
THC
At PLC
Grandview
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Revenue House
Caswell Hill School
Teachers College
Sion Academy
Bedford Road Collegiate
Jin
RW. Rowx
Alberta
Phillips
Phillips Beauty School Ltd
Witt
Hamilton St
SYMON
Rocanville
P.O
Lacon St
Joe& J Yank
11Th Avenue
Interprovincial Accounting Sask. Ltd
Albert St
Golden Mile Plaza
Inshey
Estevan
Davidson
Oro Box
Clwle Ile Searth Street
Resina, Sask
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Oulart
Wnhique
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Quebec
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Chow Chow
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Beechgrove Drive
Wet Hiu
Ontario
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Polkins
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Perth Ave
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Carmania
John Brown
Clydebank
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Barbara
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Tulsa
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Arthritis Research
C.A.R.S
Io International Research
Arthritis
Canadian Arthritis and Rheumatism Society
Northern Crown Building
Begina
Troy Donahue
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Suzanne
Barbara Crosby
Bird House
Reggie
Wedgewood Dining
Forest Room
Red River Room
Ment
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Prairie Publishers
Scarth St
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