Travel tips for packing during trips
Practical packing guidance for travel including how to load two suitcases, folding dresses flat with tissue between layers, using cardboard inserts, sealing toiletries in bottles, and packing light nylon stockings for hats. Tips cover luggage organization, garment care, and item placement to keep clothes wrinkle free. Includes Prairie Publishers Cosme Ltd address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Publishers
Cosme Ltd
Scarth St
Hegina, Sask
Awnings and shelters pattern details and price
Pattern 345 provides actual size cutting guides materials and directions for awnings and shelters made of slats or roofing on a framed structure. The pattern is available in the Home Improvements Packet No. 29 along with three other patterns for 1.75 dollars from Home Workshops Patterns Department P.P.L. Vancouver.
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Department P.P.L
West Ltd Ave
Vancouver
Saskatchewan wells add twelve new producers in week ending July 21
The Saskatchewan department of mineral resources statistics division reports twelve new oil wells started producing in the week ending July 21. The weekly drilling and land report notes the gain amid ongoing exploration activity and highlights continuing industry expansion in the province.
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Saskatchewan
Department of Mineral Resources Statistics Division
Across Puzzle Clues Mixed From A Themed Page
A set of cryptic style crossword clues covering themes such as malt beverages mish hook SHp and other partial terms. Answers hint at passages about war vessels melodies and directions with playful puns and misprints.
Princess Margaret Buy Maternity Dresses From Small Shop
Princess Margaret chooses a local shop over royal dressmakers for maternity clothes. Mrs Hetty Russell notes first dress batch delivered and plans to send sketches for more. The shop offers pastel dresses and ready to wear pieces from £3 7s 6d, with a notable clientele.
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Margaret
Hetty Russell
Kensington Palace
Norman Hartnell
Princess Margaret
Bond Street
Viscountess Boyne
Carey Basset
Rosemary French
Viscountess Lambton
Mary Whitley
Fisheries in British Columbia Fall in 1960 Landings
The bureau of statistics in Ottawa reports large decreases in herring and salmon landings in British Columbia in 1960. The province's fisheries value dropped 19.5 percent to 53,982,700 dollars from 67,067,500 dollars in 1959.
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Bureau of Statistics
Ottawa
British Columbia
Athletes peak between ages twenty seven and twenty nine
The article states that athletes as a group are believed to reach their best performance in the 27 to 29 age range, highlighting a common view about optimal athletic prime. This belief reflects general consensus rather than a definitive scientific finding.
Sunday supper sandwiches rise in popular favor
The Consumer Section highlights three hearty supper sandwiches ideal for informal entertaining. Each blends diced chicken, celery, green pepper and almonds with mayonnaise, served on large hard rolls. Diners can assemble fillings themselves for portions suited to appetite, paired with milk or iced tea and Canadian wines.
Petite Smorgasbord and Gourmet Open Face Sandwich Ideas
A cook’s guide outlines petite smorgasbord open face sandwiches with varied breads and toppings, including rare beef tomatoes and anchovies, plus a ham or luncheon meat plate with cole slaw. Also describes a Poor Boy with mustard butter and luncheon meats.
Fresh Vegetables Buying and Cooking Points for Five Summer Vegtables
Canada Department of Agriculture outlines selection and cooking tips for five summer vegetables. Details cover snap beans broccoli cabbage cauliflower and corn including quality checks, trimming, and precise cooking times to preserve color texture and value.
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Canada Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Atomic weather station sails to Arctic frontier
The Canadian government ice breaker John A. Macdonald carried the world’s first atomic powered automatic weather station to Graham Island 750 miles south of the pole. Built by Glenn L. Martin Company under a U S Atomic Energy Commission contract the unit records and transmits temperature wind and pressure data filling a gap between Resolute Bay to the south and Eureka to the north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John, A. Macdonald
Arctic
Graham Island
North Pole
Glenn L. Martin Company
Baltimore
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Montreal
Resolute Bay
Cornwallis Taland
Eureka
Ellesmere Island
Canada Opens Biggest Micro Wave Network Project
The largest micro wave project in Canada opened July 22 by Canadian National Telecommunications. A 1,200 mile line runs from Grande Prairie Alberta to Mount Cave on the Alaska Yukon border. The undertaking cost 25 million dollars and includes 42 stations spaced about 30 miles apart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Canadian National Telecommunications
Grande Prairie
Alberta
Mount Cave
Alaska-Yukon
June bush fires worst since 1929 in Canada
The federal forestry department reported 2,870 forest fires in June 1961, burning over 2,000,000 acres. It was the worst June on record since 1929, with Newfoundland and central and west central Canada hit hardest. Many blazes remained active at month end.
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Federal Forestry Department
Canada
Newfoundland
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Madeleine
Army
White Sands
N.M
X-Word
Swift Horse
Pekce
Eee
Scarth Street
Regina
Sask
Wingey
Quint Has
Twins
Cecile
Dionne
Atomic Weather Station
Baby
Household Arts
Front Street
Toronto
G.M.C
Chevrolet
G.mc
Patterson Motors Ltd
Main ST. N
Moose Jaw, Sask
G.M. Dealers
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