Wilkie Board of Trade awards CWNE Trophy to editors
At the Wilkie and District Board of Trade annual meeting in Rex Café banquet room sixty five attendees heard the Wilkie Press win the Canadian Weekly Editor trophy for editorial writing. E N Carter accepted on behalf of the co publishers, with praise from John Pinckney and Mayor W J Clements for community service and small town journalism. Special guests included railway officials and editors from Unity, North Battleford, Kindersley and other towns.
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CWNE
Wilkie Board of Trade
Wilkie and District Board of Trade
Rex Cafe
Vancouver
E. N. Carter
Wilkie Press
Canada
John Pinckney
Rosetown
Saskatchewan
Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association
Pinckney
Board of Trade
W. J. Clements
Carter and Wilson
Wilkie
J. C. Brigham
C. Wheatley
H. Hopkinson
BE. N. A. Sewell
C. M. Thompson
Jim Finley
J. Denhoff
Unity Courier- Herald
C. I. McIntosh
The
North Battleford News-Optimist
R. Reid
Kindersley Clarion
M. A. Wilson
Sask. Div
CWNA
Walter Bieber
Home Workshop Pattern for Modern Coffee Table
The article describes a flush door design with block-front drawers, a 46 by 42 inch cabinet, and a coffee table with a thirty inch top. It guides amateur woodworkers to use hand tools or send to a neighborhood shop, and references patterns 223 and 230 with pricing for pattern and pattern packets from Department P.P.L., Vancouver.
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Department P.P.L
Home Workshop
West Fifth Avenue
Vancouver
B.C
Paper bags debut in May 1867 era of practical packaging
The historical note marks the invention of paper bags in May 1867, highlighting a milestone in packaging. This brief item records the creation month and year, noting the emergence of a durable, reusable carrier later adopted widely.
Weed control schools set for three Saskatchewan centers
Regina reports weed control schools to run February 22 to March 17 at Swift Current Saskatoon and Weyburn with T W Beck in charge. Topics include cultural and chemical control identification Noxious Weeds Act and district programs. Schools aim to train municipal inspectors and farmers to cut Saskatchewan weed losses exceeding 50 million dollars annually.
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Saskatchewan
Regina
R. E. McKenzie
Department of Agriculture
Saskatoon
Assembly Hall
Experimental Station
Swift Current
Convocation Hall
University of Saskatchewan
Weyburn
T. W. Beck
McKenzie
Two More Federal Health Grants For Saskatchewan
Ottawa announces two new federal health grants for Saskatchewan. Kipling Memorial Hospital receives 5500 for a nurses residence housing 11 nurses, while Lucky Lake Union Hospital gets 3250 for a nine bed nurses residence.
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Ottawa
Paul Martin
Saskatchewan
Kipling Memorial Hospital
Kipling
Lucky Lake Union Hospital
Lucky Lake
Four Huckweave Motifs Pattern Distributed for Home Craft
Price Brookes offers four new huck weave motifs for aprons towels baby bibs and potholders. Pattern 7249 includes charts and directions. Send 25 cents to Household Arts Department Toronto for pattern and Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalog with four patterns and gift ideas for bazaars.
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P.P.L
Household Arts Department
Front Street W
Toronto
Alice Brooks Needlecraft
New hope for arthritis sufferers via new steroid drug
Dr Joseph J Bunim of the US National Institute of Health spoke at a Montreal meeting about metacortandracin, a synthetic steroid four times as potent as cortisone, under investigation in the United States and Canada. Early results show marked improvement in rheumatoid arthritis patients, but risks include duodenal ulcers and mood changes. the drug may pave the way for an even better medication.
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United States
Canada
Montreal Medico- Chirurgical Society
Queen Mary Veterans’ Hospital
Joseph J. Bunim
National Institute of Arthritic and Metabolic Diseases
National Institute of Health
Bunim
Alberta to screen Canada film tour series nationwide
Alberta unveils a 41 film tour of Canada presented as one hour programs in 11 weekly shows. It features Alberta favorites Wardens of Waterton and Rocky Mountain Trout and Alberta Vacation and Gift of the Glaciers. The project, organized with the Alberta Department of Economic Affairs and the National Film Board, aims to educate and promote inter provincial travel.
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National Film Board
Alberta
N.F.B
Canada
228 Canadian soldiers listed on memorial
Ottawa reports 228 Canadian soldiers with no known graves will be named on a Hong Kong Saiwan Bay Cemetery memorial to be unveiled February 20. The roll covers units across Royal Canadian Armoured Corps to Corps of Military Staff Clerks, while 2nd Battalion Queen's Own Rifles of Canada will attend with Brigadier Cameron B Ware among senior officials.
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Ottawa
Saiwan Bay
Hong Kong
Army
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada
Korea
Cameron B. Ware
DSO
Calgary
Far East
Tokyo
Royal Canadian Armoured Corps
Royal RiNes of Canada
Winnipeg Grenadiers
Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
Royal Army Service Corps
Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
Corps of Military Staff Clerks
Aoe
Manitoba crop insurance plan urged by federation
The Manitoba Federation of Agriculture and Co operation proposed a two fold crop insurance plan to the Manitoba Crop Insurance Commission in Winnipeg. Led by J D Wilton of Carman MFAC president, the brief calls for an actuarially sound provincial coverage financed by a compulsory one percent levy on all grains with optional individual coverage based on area yields and weighted premiums. The province would cover initial administration costs and MFAC seeks continuation of PFAA until a more adequate program is developed.
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Manitoba Federation of Agriculture and Cooperation
Manitoba Crop Insurance Commission
Winnipeg
J. D. Wilton
Carman
M.F.A.C
Citrus Boost May Help Fend Off Colds
Readers are advised to bolster infection resistance by rest and a citrus rich diet. The piece notes vitamin C fruits including oranges lemons limes tomatoes and claims bioflavonoids like hesperidin aid capillary function to reduce cold severity.
Musical Firemen in Yorkton Change to Water Bucket Drills
Yorkton's brass band formed the town's first fire brigade years ago and remains music conscious. The council offered an annual grant to band members on the condition they switch to water bucket drills when a blaze breaks out.
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Yorkton
Sask
Council
Alberta pensioners dental care program offers free treatment
Alberta’s pensioners dental service, operating since June 1947, provides free dental treatment to over 35 000 residents including government pensioners, the blind and their wives, widows, those on mothers' allowances, and means-tested Old Age Security pensioners. Administered via monthly per capita grants, patients choose a dentist who follows reduced fees. emergencies require no prior authorization.
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Alberta
Alberta Dental Association
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