West Indies cruises rise in popularity despite cost
A Travel Weekly of New York survey of 500 cruises shows over 95 percent will visit the Caribbean this season. Budget options let travelers cruise for about $20 daily including transport, room, meals, and ship amenities, compared with costs at winter resorts in the U S and abroad. The Cunard Line praises the Indies for sunshine, music, and leisure, noting island charm and a diverse mix of cultures from British, French, Spanish, Dutch, Africans, Indians, Chinese, and Arabs.
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Travel Weekly of
New York
Caribbean
Rockefellers
du Ponts
Morgans
West Indies
California
Arizona
Honolulu
Mexico
North America
Cunard Line
Montreal
Indies
Les
Columbus
Antilles
One out of ten should not spend life in mental hospital
A Canadian advocacy message urges support for the Canadian Mental Health Association to fund vigorous scientific research aimed at reducing mental illness. It stresses that research helps fade illness from communities and that donors aid the search for a cure.
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Canadian Mental Health Association
Memory Lane walk ends in a poet’s warm reminiscence
This reminiscence by Granny Adams of Fitch Bay Que. recalls childhoods, seaside days, and river cliffs, blending past joys with present solitude. The writer reflects on growing older yet staying mentally young, scribbling verses by memory and imagination in the cold winter.
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Rock Island
Stanstead
Quebect
Memory Lane
Devonshire
Diet of Eggs Could Slow Artery Disease, Doctor Hopes
Dr Louis Horlick M D associate professor of medicine proposes altering animal diets to curb human cholesterol rise and arterial hardening. He and J B ONeil fed hens with sunflower seeds then tested eggs on volunteers seeking to lower blood cholesterol. Current results are inconclusive but research continues with nicotinic acid trials. The goal is to reduce the incidence and pace of artery hardening.
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Louis Horlick
Horlick
University of Saskatchewan
J. B. O'Neil
University
Poultry Husbandry Department
England
Railways seek new grain collecting system in prairies
Dr. O M Solandt of Canadian National Railways urged Manitoba engineers to study a future grain handling network. He described Western Canada’s 5300 small country elevators feeding main lines to terminals at Lake head, West Coast or Churchill. He argued for fewer, larger elevators and longer farm hauls in an evolved system.
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O.' M. ‘Solandt
Canadian National Railways
Association of Professional Engineers of
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Solandt
Canada
Lakehead
West Coast
Churchill
Prairies
Solanut
Lunchbox Hygiene and Cleaning Tips
A school or worker lunchbox should be kept scrupulously clean. Wash thoroughly, rinse with clear water and a little baking soda, dry, and leave open to prevent musty odors. If wax paper lines the tin or wax leaks into seams, crumbs are kept from collecting.
Leap Year Moves Woman to Take The Dating Lead
Leap year prompts women to propose while men may be turned down without penalty. The piece traces historical laws from Scotland and France that once punished unwed suitors, notes changing norms, and concludes few men could resist allowing women their four year chance to woo.
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Scotland
France
Europe
First Ontario newspaper site plaque delayed to Niagra
The Signal-Star notes its 113th year and recounts Ontario’s early papers. It cites Niagara as the likely home of Upper Canada’s first newspaper, The Upper Canada Gazette or the Canada Constellation, both late 1790s. The Ontario Archaeological and Historic Sites Advisory Board will unveil a plaque later in spring or early summer at Niagara to mark the site.
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Signal-Star
Huron Signal
Upper Canada
Niagara
Upper Canada Gazette
Canada Constellation
Ontario Department of Travel and Publicity
Ontario
Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association
Hamilton
Television in schools in Lacombe area to air CBC telecasts
Lacombe schools will receive national educational telecasts through CBC in January February and March. Topics include Children of Other Lands The Mystery of Lightning The World of Sound and How an Aeroplane Flies. A teacher’s contact with students aids learning though TV lacks human interaction.
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Lacombe
CBC
Old Man's Beard: Spanish Moss Shaped by Gray Hairs
Spanish moss shows scaly gray hairs that absorb moisture, earning the nickname old man s beard for its shaggy appearance and drooping growth habit observed in the article segment.
Profits Down For Canadian Manufacturing in 1958
Canadian manufacturing profits before taxes fell to 1 360 million in 1958 from a 1 645 million peak in 1956, signaling a downward trend in earnings for the sector over the late 1950s.
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Glor Glebr and
Flail
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Regina
L. J. Chase
Recorder
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Ww.c. Rennick
Rabban
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W. F. Burtwell
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