Seed Cleaning Co operative Formed at Lashburn Saskatchewan
A meeting of about 90 farmers in Lashburn establishing the Lashburn Seed Cleaning Co operative Association Ltd approved forming a cooperative to build a seed cleaning plant in Lashburn. Share pledges totalled 15 000 with a 17 500 cash goal before construction, provisional directors elected, and a first board meeting set for March 8.
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Lashburn
Paynton
Lloydminster
J. K. Jackson
Kindersley
Board of Allrectors
Hans Nielsen
R.M. of
Wilton
Adrian Metherell
A. Harbin
J. Richards
C. Ryder
H. More
Lashburn Seed Cleaning Co-operative Assn. Ltd
Provisional Board OF Directors
P. McCormick
R. Lundquist
Maidstone
Roy Wells
Don Rogers
C. Garrett
Alan Harbin
M. Babcock
Marshall
Strictly Fresh A G I party kicks up laughs on leave
A GI on leave pleads to stay for a party of sixteen women, claiming the gathering will break up if he leaves. A series of light one liners follows, including a timber wolf story and a double parked joke. The humor shifts from military life to dating, a nervous teacher, and a Palm Springs psychiatrist.
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G.I
Sarge
B C Electric begins natural gas plan for Surrey
The Surrey Leader reports B C Electric will outline a plan to distribute natural gas in Surrey at the upcoming Municipal Council meeting. With an April 1 deadline for municipal action, the utility’s distribution certificate becomes valid locally. Details to resolve include line locations, road-digging rules, and a target date to supply gas to Surrey households as construction progresses in the Fraser Valley.
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Surrey
Surrey Municipal Council
B.C. Electric
Fraser Valley
Cloverdale
B.C
Bring Them In Says Wind Blows Benefit For Canada
Campbellton newspaper editorial argues that European troubles could yield thousands of new Canadian citizens in the upcoming months, urging welcoming policy as a national gain. The piece frame mentions Canada benefiting from immigration amid upheaval in Europe.
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Canada
Campbellton, N.B
Tribune
Banner immigration year for Canada lifts hopes in 1957
Welcome news reports Canada will see a strong immigration year in 1957 driven by British austerity after the Suez crisis and Hungarian refugees fleeing Soviet forces. Most migrants are in their twenties, promising labor for developing regions as the nation expands.
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Canada
Britain
Hungary
Maple Creek considers forming a community band Friday
Citizens of Maple Creek will meet in the Community Hall banquet room on Friday night to discuss organizing a local band. The Rotary Club will underwrite costs, requiring children to form the band and instructors to manage details. Parents and interested residents are urged to attend for support and planning.
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Maple Creek
Rotary Club
Wind chill adds new twist to cold reports
A Lacombe Globe reader critiques weather forecasts that add wind chill to simple temperatures. He mocks the shift from plain below zero to wind chill figures and jokes about future heat ray equivalents when summer temps rise.
Life as a funny proposition in a cynical meditation
A reflective and satirical meditation on life’s contradictions. The speaker notes that a person is praised as a child but scorned as a grown adult, praised or blamed for wealth, politics, and religion, and treated differently in life and death. The piece ends with a wry acceptance that life is a funny road we all travel.
The Passing Locomotive Relics of a Bygone Era
A reflective piece laments the loss of steam locomotives in North Battleford, praising their sound smell and character. It contrasts the roaring past with the silent modern train and the vanished engineers who waved from throttles. It wonders how children now imagine railroading.
Powerful impact of a cand life on Baden Powell memorial
A reminiscence from Saskatoon readers about the memorial service for Lord Baden Powell at St John’s Cathedral. The piece reflects on his universal respect and the lasting influence of the Scout and Guide movements in shaping peaceful, purposeful lives worldwide.
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Saskatoon
St. John’s Cathedral
Lord Baden-Powell
Bolden-Powell
New approach to obscene literature by Indiana judge
A Juvenile Court judge proposes charging magazine dealers with contributing to the delinquency of minors to combat obscene literature. He will send a probation officer to investigate reports of such material and act on findings, arguing this avoids the difficulty of defining obscenity while facilitating enforcement. The method may be pursued in Canada.
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Indiana
Canada
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Goh Kong Tai
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Tan Siew Eng
Singapore
Malaya
Ong
the Comet
Lashburn, Sask
Chas. Townley-Smith
Fred Bird
Jack Atkinson
Jack Pinder
Strictly Fresh
Palm Springs
the Herald Tribune
Grande Prairie
Alta
Mangle Creek
the News
Sask
the Globe
Lacombe
Alfa
the Herald
Thomisville, Ont
Earth
the News-Optimist
North Battleford
the Clarion, Kindersley, Sask
Antigonish
Nova Scotia
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