My Experience With A Brahma Bull
A narrator relates a tense escape from a mad Brahma bull on a farm. After an unsettling encounter near the pasture, cousin Ray helps calm the animal with a pole while the narrator guides horses to safety. The ordeal ends with a shaken but safe retreat to the farm yard, noting the bull’s swift, dangerous nature. The story preserves rural peril and family aid in a first person reminiscence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray
Trigger
Dauphin Herald
Taber Coal Mine To Be Abandoned In Taber Alta
Omer Male will abandon the Taber Coal Co. mine at the old White Ash site due to low demand in the last two winters. All machinery will be removed and the mine closed on April 15. Vancouver leads Canada in hotel numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taber
Alta
Omer Male
Taber Coal Co
White Ash
Growers urged to plant suitable potato varieties
Ottawa reports Saskatchewan farmers should plant only the most suitable potato varieties for local districts to maximize yields. Experimental Station Scott lists Warba and Irish Cobbler as recommended due to cooking and storing quality, with Warba preferred in northern areas for earliness.
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Ottawa
Saskatchewan
Scott, Sask
Rodney and Garry Oat Varieties Show Large Promise
Rodney and Garry oat varieties, now official Foundation Stock, yielded high in 1953 across fifteen Western Canada stations. Rodney averaged 83 bu/ac and Garry 78, outperforming Simcoe Abegweit Ajax Exeter. Both resist smut and rust, with Rodney showing large plump kernels and Garry maturing 2-3 days earlier.
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Rodney
Garry Oat
West
Garry
Canada
Simcoe
Ajax
Exeter
United States
Winnipeg
Oil Drilling Advances Near Valley Centre in Sask
Commonwealth Drilling Rig from Calgary has moved four miles west of Valley Centre Sask and is about 500 feet down after six weeks. It has drilled two wells for Tidewater Oil, both abandoned after surpassing 3,000 feet. A nine mile south and one mile west well yielded oil traces of poor quality and was abandoned. The modern outfit has 30 workers on 8 hour shifts, with a 130 foot tower and a steam boiler powering the camp.
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Rosetown
Sask
Commonwealth
Valley Centre
Calgary
Tidewater Oil Company
Biggar
No Extra Fee For Non-Resident Anglers In Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan allows visitors from other provinces to fish for the same licence price as residents. Fisheries Director A H MacDonald spoke at Flin Flon about Amisk Lake fisheries management. Biologist F M Atton noted Amisk's dominant species whitefish and cisco, with pike and pickerel underfished, and projected annual fish production over 300 000 pounds. Lake trout up to 45 pounds have been caught. sounding maps will be shared with anglers.
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Saskatchewan
A. H MacDonald
Flin Fion
MacDonald
Amisk Lake
F. M. Atton
Atton
Amish Lake
Amisk
Amish
Plans for Alberta 50th Anniversary Celebrations
Premier Manning announced in the legislature that a special cabinet committee is drafting plans to celebrate Alberta’s 50th anniversary as a province next year. The initiative seeks event coordination and community involvement across the province.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Manning
Chocolate etymology from Aztec choclat roots
The term chocolate derives from the Aztec word choclat. This origin reflects how cacao-based beverages and treats were named in Mesoamerican cultures before spreading to Europe and beyond.
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Choclat
Federal Grant Aids Saskatoon Diagnostic Services
Ottawa announced a federal grant of 127000 dollars under the National Health Program to Saskatchewan to equip the New University hospital in Saskatoon with modern X ray and lab facilities. The hospital will be the University of Saskatchewan Medical School teaching hospital, adding 550 beds and commencing outpatient services in April with bed admissions to follow.
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Ottawa
National Health Program
Saskatchewan
Paul Martin
Martin
University Hospital
Saskatoon
University of Saskatchewan
Weather Balloon From U S Drops Near Camrose
A U S weather balloon instrument from Great Falls Montana was found near Camrose by Art Lyseng and Phil Anderson. The unit, attached parachute and antenna, could rise to about 16 miles. A similar Edmonton drop recently damaged a car by $25, marking the first recorded traffic-area fall.
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Camrose
Alta
U.S. Meteorological Bureau
Great Falls
Montana
Art. Lyseng
Phil
Anderson
Northwell
Edmonton
Manitoba’s Oldest Resident Celebrates 107th Birthday
Mrs. George Thomas, Manitoba’s oldest resident, turned 107 on March 15 at her son-in-law and daughter’s home in Traverse Bay. The Northland centenarian recalled youth pemmican, outdoor life, and strong memory. Surrounded by 65 to 70 relatives and friends from lakeside districts, the event featured a Red River jig, violin music by Sam Ateah, and cut flowers from Selkirk connection Jack Orvis. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth sent a congratulatory telegram last year.
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George Thomas
Manitoba
William Orvis
Traverse Bay
Lake Winnipeg
Selkirk
Jack Orvis
Thomas
Margaret Knott
Red River
Sam Ateah
Victoria Beach
Orton Orvis
Brochet
St. Jean Baptiste
Hudson's Bay
Moose Factory
York
Peter
Philip
Joseph
Nancy Guimond
The
Selkirk Enterprise
Pony League ball formed in Carman Manitoba
Sixteen boys including two from Myrtle attended a Legion Hall meeting to promote Pony League baseball for 1954. With about 20 former Little Leaguers ineligible by age, a four or five team league was proposed with teams from Sperping Myrtle and Miami. Delegates from the towns will meet Carman officials to lay plans.
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Carman
Peresons
Myrtle
Legion Hall
Sperbing
Miami
Plana
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Sylvia Telpesh
Berketen, Man
Sylvia
Tibull
States
Vancouver
North Battleford
Ernie Paynter
Lou Schnack
North America
Lou
Battlefords
Saskatchewan Fish and Game League
Saskatoon Diagnostic Services
Peggy
U.S
Chuck Thurston
Elsie McKay
P.P.L. Household Arts Department
Front Street W
Toronto
Alice Brooks
Egypt
Crown Brand
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