Quilt top by 100-year-old woman on display
HE NEWS Wadena Sask report a log cabin quilt top displayed at a Homemakers convention attracting much interest. The handmade piece has over 1600 pieces in slim strips forming each block. The centenarian quilter Mrs Andrew Heverson threaded her needle unaided by glasses at age 102, living in Manvil North Dakota and mother to Mrs Elmer Headington of Kellington.
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Andrew Heverson
Elmer Headington
Kel Wington
Hoverson
Manvil
North Dakota
Largest Island Next to Greenland and New Guinea
The text notes that the largest island after Greenland and New Guinea spans about 312,329 square miles. It identifies a vast landmass as the world’s third-largest island by area.
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Greenland
New Guinea
Spaniel off to school for three months of training
Skipper the one year old English Cocker Spaniel left North Battleford for Benson Sask southwest of Weyburn to attend three months of training under Delmar Smith of Edmond Oklahoma. Smith has won national field trials with a Brittany and Skipper’s owners the Cliffords run The White Spot drive in. Skipper learns sit up lie down roll over and how to fetch food at various floor spots while Mrs Clifford breaks it into pieces. Graduation day and a diploma are anticipated after three months of obedience training
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Skipper
North Battleford
Benson, Sask
Weyburn
Delmar Smith
Edmond
Oklahoma
Mrs. Clifford
United States
Mr. Clifford
Canada
Doctor Chwelos Named Medical Director for Alcoholism Bureau
Dr. Nick Chwelos, researcher in psychiatry, is appointed medical director of the Bureau on Alcoholism within the Department of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation. His work with LSD 25 and alcoholism research, partnership with Dr. D. Blewett, and reports to Washington highlight his selection for part time duties guiding medical services, treatment policy, and future research while based in Weyburn and Regina.
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Nick Chwelos
Department of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation
T. J. Bentley
Chwelos
Bureau
N. Chwelos
Bureau of Alcoholism
University of Saskatchewan
University of British Columbia
D. Blewett
Saturday Night Magazine
Chivelos
North American Association of Alcoholism Programs
Washington, DC
Bureau On
Department of Public Health
Weyburn
Regina
Bluebird Crochet Patterns Offer Pineapple Design
Alice Brooks presents patterns for crochet chair and buffet sets in No 30 mercerized cotton, featuring pineapple motifs and lacy centers. Easy projects in white or pastels, with patterns 7207 and 7096, require sending thirty or thirty-five cents in coins to Household Arts Department, Toronto addresses, for pattern copies.
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Bluebirds of Happiness
Household Arts Department
Department P.P.L
Front Street
Toronto
Front Street W
Monarch Butterflies Tracked by Urquhart for 20 Years
Dr F A Urquhart of Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum has studied Monarch butterfly migration for two decades. A volunteer network across a continent tags about 20,000 Monarchs annually to map patterns. The research findings have now been published.
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F. A. Urquhart
Toronto
Royal Ontario Museum
Drurquhart
Urquhart
Toronto Museum
National Film Board of Canada
Gar Lunney
Brick plant to start production soon
The Star & Times reports a Swan River Manitoba brick plant near Swan Hover, led by Henry Maitre of Winnipeg and John Fearside. They form New Manitoba City Limited, renovate old buildings, overhaul a brick press, add conveyor belts to kilns, and plan oil-fired tunnel kilns with electric power. The firm aims to supply Manitoba construction bricks locally, with strong clay deposits and expanding operations, employing about ten workers.
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THE
Star & Times
Swan River
Swan Hover
Henry Maitre
Winnipeg
Maitre
John Fearside
New Manitoba City Limited
Martre
Manitoba
Tibet
Nee To
Hoeadson Bay Mining and Sroeitung Company
Texas
Ottawa fiscal expert to join Manitoba treasury post
Ottawa fiscal expert Ronald Havins Burns, known across Canada for fiscal mastery, is named Manitoba’s deputy provincial treasurer. Premier Duff Boblin, provincial treasurer, announced Burns will fill the post vacated by J. Stuart Arcetsen, with duties in regional offices. The report also notes Burns’s navy ties and his recent focus on government finance.
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Ronald Havins Burns
Department of Finance
Ottawa
Canada
Manitoba
Premer Duff Boblin
Bilings
J. Stuart Arcetsen
Ander
Ts Pony
New York
Barns
Af Fuams
Uiis
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Wadena
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Ted Clifford
Gramt
Saskatchewan
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Alice Brooks
Army of Butterfly Banders
Treasury Hero
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