Willow Bunch Giant Rediscovered Pioneer Legend
Willow Bunch Saskatchewan, a village of 700, honors Jean Louis Legare, founder and early trader, who shaped local history as a friend to Sitting Bull. Legare, a key fur merchant and postmaster, guided Sioux interactions at Wood Mountain and built Willow Bunch into a diverse community before his death in 1918.
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Willow Bunch
Moose Jaw
Saskatchewan
Jean Louis Legare
Sitting Bull
Regina
Legare
Wilson Bunch
Edward Beaupre
Sady
St. Louis Exposition
Montreal
United States
Quebec
Oulellette
Wood Mountain
Assiniboine
Washington
Little Big Horn
Custer
Canada
U.S
West
Winnipeg
Home Workshop Patterns For Early American Chest and Wall Decor
Readable patterns offer an Early American chest with giant dove tail joints and a base built with dowel pegs. Pattern 397 priced at 35c includes full size layout and tracing from pattern for easy reproduction. Also offered is an Early American Packet with five full size patterns for 1.50. Pattern 398 provides a life like figure with instructions, priced at 5c. A moon and stairway wall shelf glows with phosphorescent stars, cut from quarter inch stock.
Saskatchewan increases cost of living bonus for superannuates
Regina reports the Saskatchewan cabinet approved raising the monthly cost of living bonus from 20 to 30 dollars to lift minimum pensions to 60 dollars per month, effective February 1, 1954, with widow and future voluntary superannuates affected and bonuses cut off at age 70.
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Regina
T. M. Spencer
Saskatchewan Public Service Commission
Alberta National Parks See Record Visitor Totals in 1953
Travel statistics show 1,178,360 visitors to Alberta National Parks in 1953, up 14.75 percent from 1952. Banff led with 653,600 visitors, Jasper 132,702, Elk Island 183,423, Waterton 206,587, totaling 1,178,360. Expenditure rose to 34,695,360 across 1,405,516 visitors in 1953.
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National Parks
Alberta
Banff
Elk Island
Jasper
Waterton Sks
Glacier Park
Montana
Bureau of Statistcs
Yorkton council bars Sunday house-to-house canvassing
Mayor Langrill and council told a Yorkton Ministerial Association delegation that no organization will likely be allowed another Sunday house-to-house canvass. Ministers argued the practice intrudes on individual rights and the Lord's Day protections. The issue followed a January 17 Pythian Sisters and Knights drive for the March of Dimes that raised 1500 dollars, which the association had protested but the council allowed due to the charitable nature of the cause.
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Yorkton
Sask
C. G. Langrill
Pythian Sisters
Knights and Friends
Ministerial Association
Butter production climbs in Manitoba in 1953 year
Manitoba dairy department reports production near 25 million pounds in 1953, the best since 1948. Exports exceed 10 million pounds and Winnipeg car lot prices are over 5 1/2 cents higher than 1952, signaling strong year for dairy and related markets.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Provincial Agriculture Department
Declining Wild Bee Population Discussed At Apiarists Meet
The Provincial Apiarists association of Canada and the Canadian Beekeepers Council meeting at the Airport Hotel in Winnipeg discussed the rapid decline of wild bees. They cited widespread insecticide and herbicide use as harming bees by poisoning nectar and pollen sources during January 15 to 20.
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Apiarists
Provincial
Apiarists Association of Canada
Canadian Beekeepers Council
Airport Hotel
Winnipeg
Woman Farmer Honored By Agricultural Group
In Cowichan British Columbia Miss Mary Walden elected president of the Cowichan Agricultural Society, breaking precedent. A longtime farmer and director for Cowichan Exhibition, Walden runs a mixed farm and is famed for her prize jersey cattle. She favors female labor and mechanical aids over hired men. The article also notes rising use of honey bees for pollination across provinces, with reports of increased fruit yields in New Brunswick Quebec and British Columbia and promising results on sunflowers in Manitoba and red clover in Ontario, while noting bee diseases are being kept under control and extension services focus on new methods amid beekeeper decline.
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Cowichan
B.C
Cowichan Agricultural Society
Mary Walden
Mary Waldon
Waldon
Mary
Mr. Waldon
New Brunswick
Quebec
British Columbia
Alberta
Manitoba
Ontario
Ottawa
Dominion
Macdonald Brier Tankard set for Edmonton finals
Officials await results from provincial playdowns before finalizing plans for the Canadian Curling Championship finals in Edmonton on March 15. Quebec’s Arvida rink leads after completing its playoffs, with divisional rounds under way across Ontario and other zones as a special train carries the Eastern contingent toward the world’s largest curling event.
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Montreal
Edmonton
Arvida Curling Club
Quebec
Kingston
Ottawa
Oshawa
Lindsay
London
Hamilton
Toronto
Orillia
Midland
Owen Sound
Guelph
Galt
Ontario
Sudbury
Port Arthur
Jim McCool
Manitoba
4-H Club Members Win Scholarships
Regina Michael Schenker of Glasnevin and Glen Hass of Hanley win Mantle Memorial Scholarships for 1954 worth 150 dollars each. Both 16, earned for top placings at Regina and Saskatoon Farm Boys Camps and scholasticPerformance. Scholarships fund Major A F Mantle memory. may be used for diploma or degree courses at Saskatchewan agricultural schools.
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Dundurn
Saskatoon Farm
A. F. Mantle
Major Mantle
School of Agriculture
College of Agriculture
University of Saskatchewan
Donald Letkeman
Rosthern
Harvey Skotheim
Spruce Home
Regina Farm
Elk relocation from Canmore to scarce areas
Nearly 100 elk are being moved from Canmore to other parts of the province where they are scarce. The Calgary Fish and Game Association is sponsoring the project.
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Calgary
Canmore
Here
Calgary Fish and Game Association
Red Cross At Work In Saskatchewan
A Saskatchewan Red Cross program trains sixty local volunteers at Prince Albert Civic Pool to teach water safety. The article highlights the nationwide water safety drive, community pool and beach efforts, remote trips by families, and broader humanitarian services from blood transfusions to veteran support, showing Red Cross reach across Canada.
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PHE
Saskatchewan
Red Cross
Prince Albert Civic Pool
Canada
D.V.A
Canadian Red Cross
Grandmas glimpse of modern water gadgets and taps
The article notes rapid advances from hand pumps to modern faucets and appliances. It highlights dripless faucets, single hot and cold mix units, aerators for fresh tasting water, thermostatic shower outlets, and the increasing ease of hot water access for washing and dish tasks while acknowledging older generations’ nostalgia.
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Canadian Institute of Plumbing and Heating
Boasting For Hardtop On Valley Roads Near Drumheller
The Drumheller Senior Chamber of Commerce in a letter to Hon. Gordon E. Taylor urged the black-topping of Valley roads. Signed by officials, the letter was read at the monthly meeting in the Silver Spike Grill, noting a study of road conditions is underway. He said keeping gravel roads serviceable during long dry spells is difficult.
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Drumheller
Easy Knitting Pattern 7099 and Pattern Offer
Ace Baneles presents a wool pattern for Misses sizes 32-34 and 36-38 using large needles and heavy worsted yarn. Includes instructions to mail 25 cents to Toronto for pattern 7099 and ten complete patterns from Alice Brooks Needlecraft Book. Also notes large red cedar trees in the U.S. reaching 18 feet diameter and 200 feet height.
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P.P.L. Household Arts Department
Front Street W
Toronto
Alice Brooks
U.S
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Pioneer
Alberta National Parks
Imperial Oil
Arcola
Curling
ELKON
Grandma
Grandmother
Peggy
Chuck Thurston
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