Saskatchewan links with Manitoba and Alberta in microwave setup
Saskatchewan Government Telephones conducts the first step in testing a microwave system to connect with Manitoba and Alberta. Tests will run from Moosomin to Regina and onward toward the Alberta boundary along the Trans-Canada route, using three towers and relocatable gear from Bell Canada.
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Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
Muirhead
Ohio Physical Engineering
Saskatoon
Regina
Bell Telephone Company of Canada
Great Lakes
Bell Company
Miamitoba Telephone
Trans- Canada Telephone System
Manitoba Telephone System
Reaper
Man
Moosomin
Telephone Exchange
Whitewood
Grenfell
Sintaluta
McLean
Craven
Findlater
Craik
Bladworth
Hanley
Exchange
Home Workshop Pattern 298 Stencil Techniques 1800s
Revival of softly shaded metallic stenciling in early American decorative arts. Describes restoring Boston rockers Hitchcock chairs trays and other tin and wood antiques and decorating modern pieces with pattern 298. Includes needed materials methods and notes pattern price 35e.
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Boston
Weekend furniture pattern for home workshop project
Too many home workshop projects are time killers unless couples collaborate. The sketch demonstrates straight cut hand saw frames and a sofa built from three chair units with added ends. Pattern 369 guides stock sizing and upholstery choices with large step by step illustrations. suitable for ordinary weekend builders. postpaid 35 cents to Department P.P.L. Home Workshop Pattern Service Vancouver B C.
Civic turnout hits 95 percent in aluminum center election
Keen interest in civic affairs marked the new aluminum center election as 95 percent of registered voters cast ballots. Voter turnout reached a high level, with strong participation across wards and anticipation of policy changes.
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Ritimat
B.C
Recipe for a Happy Day Card Style
A quirky set of instructions for mood care. It advises friendly words patience time and warmth, adding humor and personality. It treats happiness as a shared recipe with measured care and careful mixing for a calm, personal enjoyment.
Alberta farmers win 27 Soil Awards in Save-the-Soil drive
Twenty seven Alberta farmers receive Save-the-Soil certificates for high scores in the 1954 campaign, recognizing efforts to stop soil erosion weeds and disease and to foster shelter belts, good farming practices and crop yields. Notable awardees include Chris Rosendale Picardville Alphonse House Morinville William Flyn St Albert G M Clark North Edmonton R Rigney Bon Accord John Komerniski Waugh S J Melville Fort Saskatchewan R K Banister A Harke A W Deretzke South Edmonton G L Macdonald Carvel Hugh Campbell Edmonton Walter Courser Victor Courser Harold Stretch Leonard Johnson Ivan Lewis Allan Lewis Ponoka Ed Skocdopole Roy Graham Ingrid Anderson W J Platt Alfred Christensen Stumpf Brothers Spreeman and Sons Olds Ken Darling ton Hespero Robert Smith Eckville.
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Alberta
Chris Rosendale
Picardville
Alphonse House
Morinville
William Flyn
St. Albert
G. M. Clark
North Edmonton
R. Rigney
Bon Accord
Alfred Christensen
The
Stumpf Brothers
Spreeman and Sons
Olds
Ken Darlington
Hespero
Robert Smith
Eckville
Apple Yield Variances Across Canadian Provinces in 1951
The average yield per bearing apple tree in 1951 ranged from 5.7 bushels in British Columbia to 3.3 bushels in Ontario Quebec and New Brunswick and 2.1 bushels in Nova Scotia.
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British Columbia
Ontario
Quebec
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Edmonton refinery expansion boosts capacity to 45000 bpd
Edmonton reporters note that the current expansion of the refinery area will raise the capacity of all Edmonton refineries to 45000 barrels per day. A second sentence mentions medieval knights with 16 foot lances as a tangential wartime fact.
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OIL Industry
Edmonton
Potatoes Offer Nutrition Beyond Calories
A Alberta nutrition specialist notes potatoes supply vitamin C and B vitamins plus iron, with moderating fat and calories when prepared wisely. Wet season soggy potatoes reduce quality. pricking skins before baking helps moisture escape, and draining mashed potatoes prevents sogginess while preserving appetite.
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Wise
Joyce Lewis
Alberta Department of Agriculture
Kiwanis to Turn 11 Acres Into City Park
Regina Kiwanis Club began converting 11 acres in the southwest part of the city into a park. Plans include picnic grounds, a football gridiron, a cinder track, a baseball diamond and a band shell.
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Regina
Kiwanis Club
Lethbridge Telephone Subscribers Tripled in a Decade
The city of Lethbridge now has 9,572 telephone subscribers, a threefold increase over the past ten years reflecting rapid communications growth.
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Lethbridge
U.S. Dairy Surplus Seen Shrinking in 1955 Outlook
The Agriculture Department reports 1955 milk production near 124 billion pounds and domestic usage around 121 billion. Surplus dairy stocks are expected to fall if export shipments exceed two billion pounds, with ongoing Section 416 program disposals likely reducing stocks by year end though ten billion pounds remain.
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Federal Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
U.S.D.A
Appetizing recipes for cookies and print designs
A recipe set describes creaming fats with brown sugar then eggs and milk, folding in dry ingredients, chilling optional, shaping dough into small balls, and stamping prints. It notes variations and yields 70 cookies for Mrs Westmore and about 45 for the author, with flour dusting and hot oven baking.
Local farm councils form to guide Manitoba agriculture
Local farm councils will advise agricultural representatives and identify key farm and home problems. Volunteers of 10 to 15 members will include leading farmers and 4 H club leaders. Problems reach research institutions at Manitoba universities and findings return to farms via extension services to boost farm profitability.
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University of Manitoba
Faculty of Agriculture and Home Economics
Experi
Robertson
Manitoba
Kitchen Meditations by Jane Dale
Wanda and Billy and Kenny and Sue visit grandma for a treat and stay an hour. A pretty wind up toy plays gay music in grandma's front room, drawing all three children to listen intently before they promise to return another day.
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Wanda
Billy
Kenny
Sue
Enquiries Rise at Canadian Travel Bureau in 1954
The Canadian Government Travel Bureau reports 397,594 individual enquiries in the first eight months of 1954, up 15.5 percent from the same period in 1953. This reflects growing public interest in international travel and government resources.
BC Salmon Industry Earns Forty Million Annually
Needler of the Pacific Biological Station in Nanaimo says regulations enforceable to let salmon reach spawning beds are under study. Last year BC caught 9.5 million sockeye, 8 million in the Adams River run. Freshwater diversions threaten production. ambergris found at Vancouver Island station. Also notes on helping trout fishing in urban areas and Arctic Oceanography work near Franklin.
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Needler
Pacific Biological Station
Nanaimo
British Columbia
Adams River
Fraser River
Coal Harbor
Vancouver Island
Canadian Joint Committee On Oceanography
Arctic Circle
Franklin
Navy
Labrador
U.S
Establishment of Manitoba Vegetable Marketing Board Discussed
Vegetable growers will hear arguments for and against creating a vegetable marketing board in Manitoba during the opening night of their second annual convention. Meetings run January 26 to 28 at the Government Building Winnipeg with panel chair E S Russenholt and six speakers: Nebozenko Portage la Prairie Wilson Oakville Chuckry Bird's Hill Brown Norwood Grove Guenther Steinbach and Praznik St Andrews.
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Manitoba
Vegetable Growers’ Association of Manitoba
Government Building
Winnipeg
E.S. Russenholt
Canadian Co-op Wheat Producers
W. S. Nebozenko
Portage la Prairie
A. G. Wilson
Oakville
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Ramsay Company
Bank Street
Ottawa
Canada
Paris
Department
P.P.L. Home Workshop
West Fifth Avenue
Vancouver
BIG
Jane Dale
Peggy
Chuck Thurston
Atlantic Biological Station
St. Andrews
N.B
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