Canada cold weather sports boom spurs ski schools and curling clubs
Canadians embrace winter as thousands take to slopes and rinks across provinces. Training classes start early, inspired by Anne Heggtveit and Olympic success. Ontario and Quebec see heavy participation. cross-border trips to New England rise. Fashion and fabrics fuel outdoor sports culture nationwide.
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Canada
Vancouver
Halifax
Anne Heggtveit
Canadian Amateur Ski Association
B.C
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
New England
Maritimes
Vivian Wilcox
Resolutions for 1961 Encourage health and safe living
The piece urges yearly wellbeing actions from health checks to dental and eye care. It promotes swimming lessons and lifesaving training, driving safety, and avoiding driving when unwell or intoxicated. It also advocates outdoor exercise, interest in nature, and eco therapy as accessible for all ages.
Westview High Pupils Trade Stamps for Bus
In Hollis Oklahoma 34 students at Westview Home pushed their aging school bus to start it then began collecting trading stamps. They redeemed over 4 000 000 stamps to buy a new bus valued at about 6000 dollars and drove away.
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Westview
Hollis
Okla
New Fabrics Boost Ski Wear Performance and Style
Fabrics for ski pants illustrate a wide range of wind and weather-proof, lightweight, easy care options. Continuous improvements in performance, color, texture, and weave keep pace with the growing sport.
Hollywood Rrs And Vows Of Tal Fabulous Movie Ten
Beeman cites a booming year for film with epic productions and colorful color and sound. Pepe stars Cantinflas with a star-studded cast, featuring crossovers with Bing Crosby Zsa Zsa Gabor and many others. The article praises Pepe as family entertainment and highlights locations from Mexico City to Las Vegas and Hollywood.
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Suzie Wong
Pepe
Can Can
Charlie Chaplin
Cantinflas
Bing Crosby
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Maurice Chevalier
Dan Dailey
Bobby Darin
Andre Previn
Las Vegas
Jimmy Durante
Frank Sinatra
Peter Lawford
Joey Bishop
Debbie Reynolds
Kim Novak
Hedda Hopper
Donna Reed
Jay North
Jack Lemon
Ernie Kovak
Tony Curtis
Janet Leigh
Edward G. Robinson
Cesar Romero
Mexico City
Acapulco
Hollywood
Fresh frozen mullets and fish prices advertise local market
A historic newspaper clipping advertises guaranteed fresh frozen mullets and various dressed fish with prices per cwt, plus other seafood items like jackfish and carp. The ad mentions Winnipeg and Manitoba connections and includes mentions of Canadian coins and collectibles for sale, reflecting period market notices.
Burns Hanley Company 1963 religious goods catalog
Regina Sask catalog entry for religious goods by Burns Hanley Company listing Catholic prayerbooks rosaries and religious articles with free gift department.
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Gilles
Rosaries
Catatogue
Burns Hanley Company
Gornwed Greet
Regina
Sask
Progress in Construction South Saskatchewan River Dam
Construction at the South Saskatchewan River Dam proceeds through winter with three active phases. The downstream diversion tunnels portal structures near completion using a Mole tunneling machine. Stage 2 Embankment continues, weather may halt later work. A drainage conduit and 12 relief wells in the downstream toe are being poured with heated concrete. Public interest remains high, with many information requests to PFRA director G L Mackenzie and talks for organized groups in Regina.
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South Saskatchewan River
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration
G. L. Mackenzie
Tun
Mackenzie
P.f.ra
P.F.R.A
Motherwell
Regina
Graceful half size afternoon dress pattern ad
Printed Pattern 4566 offers a side draped afternoon dress with no waist seams and a belted look. Includes half sizes and yardage details for 39 inch fabric, instructs to send fifty cents in coins to Anne Adams Pattern Dept. at 60 Front Street Toronto for pattern 1614 and related numbers.
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Anne Adams
Department P.P.L
Front Street
Toronto
Pussy Willows Picked in December in Renfrew
In Renfrew Ontario Mr and Mrs Allan McGregor noted an Indian Summer day as their children went for a walk and returned with pussy willows for their mother The unseasonable warmth gave way to near freezing temperatures midweek as the local mercury fell. The Advance reports the scene from the Ontario town.
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Renfrew
Ont
Allan McGregor
Canada Tops Global Imports Of Finished Goods
Canada has become the world's largest buyer of foreign manufactured goods. Comparative per capita imports show Canada at 236, with the United Kingdom at 48, West Germany 46, and the United States 32.
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Canada
U.K
West Germany
U.S
London Wife Divorces Principal Over Schoolroom Discipline
Mrs. Cecil Wilson Shacklock of London filed for divorce from her husband, principal of Dews bury Technical College, after years of harsh discipline. She described writing lines, forced apologies, and removal of her wedding ring for a week as mechanisms of punishment. Judge Constantine Gallop granted the divorce on grounds of cruelty.
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Cecil Wilson Shacklock
London
Eng
Dewsbury Technical College
Shacklock
Regina firm to manufacture soap products in Saskatchewan
Grier Manufacturing Chemists Ltd plans to build a Regina plant to produce waxes detergents cleansers and disinfectants for commercial use under the Sky Products brand. Construction began in late November for a $35,000 operation in Regina Saskatchewan.
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Grier Manufacturing Chemists Ltd
Saslkeatchewan
Regina
Sky Products
Cure for snoring by jaw and tongue exercises
Health League of Canada reports British doctor devised simple exercises to fatigue jaw and tongue muscles. Three methods include biting a pencil for ten minutes, pressing the chin and pushing the tongue forward, and opening the mouth while uttering a sound to tone throat muscles. Early results suggest help, not a guaranteed cure.
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Health League of Canada
Britain
Flack
der. Flack
Maple syrup fame and dairy boom in Alberta
Canadian maple syrup flavor inspires European attempts to transplant the maple tree while Alberta builds a robust dairy sector with 250,000 cows contributing to a $47,000,000 industry.
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Canada
Alberta
Songstress by Horizon tainted by Carol's glow
The fragment lists clues and answers across a crossword style puzzle. It references a songstress image framed with editorial notes and a long chain of partial words and numbers suggesting intersecting entries. The scattered items hint at themed entries spanning music, chemistry, geography, and language.
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Ubed Oil Furnauves
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Furneeman Ltd
Saek
E Bay Street
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Ceaters
Soak
Hat
Manitota
Terma
Booneaus
Gravelbourg
Pepper Drugs
Youetter
Llth Avenue
Tuems
America
Heacon
Boston
Mass
U.S.A
Home Movie Makers Club
Movie Makers Club
Cox
Elliot Lake
Interprovincial Accounting Sask. Ltd
Somerset Elk
Mhone
Uggs F.U.B
W. J. Sharp & CO. Ltd
Broad Street
Co-Op Creameries
Co-op Creamery
Baskatchewan Co-Operative Creamery Association Ltd
Symons
Rocanville
P.O
Quebec St
Hambley
Haanbley
Hambdey Slatcheries
Winnipes
Brandon
Saskiteen
Edmonton
Portage
Dauphin
Swan Lake
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Musun City Ou
Iowa
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Griggs & Stratton, Johnson & Clinton
Scarth &T
Laven Street
Regiva
Farmers Studio Depp
Saskatoon
Ami
Almig Farner
Madeleine
Levalon
Tommy Jje
Beeman
Cecil B. DeMille
Steve S. Sass
Winnipegosis
Man
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Bareata Distries
Winnipeg
Palerman
Wily Harcourt
Newroundeand
AL Corns
Furcatte, DL Os
Fine Falls
Pd Shell
Vitornelis Budgie
Airlines St
Wine Bipes Tt
Magutoba
Electric Motors
Westinghouse
G.E
A.P.M
Prairie Publishers Co-operative Ltd
Scarth St. Regina, Sask
Family Doctor
Harvey Flack
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