Potatoes sales soar for B C Coast Veg Board
Victoria BC reports four months into fiscal year 547000 sacks of potatoes sold and gross sales of 1544000, surpassing 1944 annual total. Calgary talks ongoing on coal development for Highwood district with Eastern Canadian group. Moose Jaw designers unveil brush cutter claiming 18 inch timber clearance and productivity equal to 50 bushmen. Manitoba Power Commission cuts rates for domestic and farm users to under one cent per kilowatt hour above 150 kWh monthly.
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Victoria
B.C
B.C. Coast
Moose Jaw
Winnipeg
Manitoba Power Commission
Newfoundland student joins Ontario dairy course record
Guelph Ontario reports that about seventy students from across Canada including fifty war veterans enrolled in a three month dairy course at the Ontario agricultural College. For the first time in its 52 year history a student from Newfoundland is registered.
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Guelph
Ont
Canada
Ontario Agricultural College
Newfoundland
Unfinished Road Toronto Oshawa Draws Traffic
The four lane highway from Toronto to Oshawa has remained unpaved between Highland Creek and Oshawa since the war start yet many motorists favor the straight gravel lanes of the new route over the narrow twisting No 2 highway.
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Toronto
Oshawa
Ont
Highland Creek
Reopen Mining School Quebec Plan Announced
The provincial mining school at Val D'or in northern Quebec will reopen at an undetermined date, announced by provincial secretary Omer Cote. It had been closed at the outbreak of war and was operated under a federal provincial agreement. Glace Bay, N S reports a reseed suet revealed base suede.
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Quebec
Val D'or
Omer Cote
Old Controversy Comes Up Again Lac du Bonnet Meeting on Village Incorporation
The Lac du Bonnet Village Committee urges ratepayers and households to attend a January 21 meeting at the Municipal Hall to decide on petitioning the Municipal Commissioner for incorporation. Postwar plans and sewer water service studies, funded 50 50 by municipality and provincial government, shape the issue. Engineering survey by J C D Taylor underpins the discussion, with final accountability resting on village residents.
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Lac DU Bonnet
J. C. D. Taylor
Taylor
Acmng
Manitoba Jackpine Output to Rise by 630000 Says Commission
Herbert Cottingham of the Manitoba Power Commission reports farm electrification boosts Manitoba jackpine use for poles and construction. With red cedar scarce, jackpine offers longer life with preservative treatment and could exceed 1.5 million yearly if expansion continues. A 1946 contract lets 30,000 poles be cut by Provincial Gravel and Coal Co. of Winnipeg.
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Manitoba
Herbert Cottingham
Manitoba Power Commission
British Columbia
Provincial Gravel and Coal Company of
Winnipeg
Obituary of Jacob Zikalowsky Pioneer of Lettonia
Jacob Zikalowsky 87 died Christmas Day at his daughter Mrs John Alksne Lettonia after emigrating from Latvia in 1852 and settling in Cleveland before moving to Lettonia in 1909. Funeral services were December 29 at Lettonia cemetery officiated by John Ennin. Pallbearers were Oscar Langs din Arnold Sarapu Theo. Sarapu E. Donin W. Lagsdin V. Sarapu. Surviving are Mrs John Alkine Lettonia and Mrs P Pilskal Cleveland.
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Jacob Zikalowsky
John Alksne
Lettonia
Mr. Zikalowsky
Latvia
Cleveland
Ohio
John Ennin
Oscar Langsdin
Arnold Sarapu
Theo. Sarapu
E. Donin
W. Lagsdin
V. Sarapu
John Alkine
P. Pilskal
Local man boasts of massive lemon grown in Massachusetts
Wallace Merek of Thompsonville claims a brobdingnagian lemon grew on a tree he brought from Florida last year. He moved it indoors when frost arrived and says he is proud of the unusual fruit.
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Thompsonville
Mass
Wallace Merek
Florida
Springfield Soldiers Return Home From Queen Elizabeth Voyage
Winnipeg reports the Queen Elizabeth brought 12 000 Canadian Army soldiers to New York harbor, 1282 en route to Manitoba and northwestern Ontario. Seven will visit Great Falls and other Springfield towns for the weekend. Listed names include J Habinski, J Prnowek, D Cousins, G Weiss, R Tinant, O Halflidson, J Sokoloski, H Gauthier, J Zalesky, and Corporal Schultz of Seven Sisters Falls.
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Winnipeg
New York Harbor
Manitoba
Ontario
Great Falls
Springfield
M.D
J. Habinski
Cook’s Creek
J. J. Preednowek
J. Prnowek
Beausejour
D. Cousins
A. H. Cousins
Whitemouth
G. Weiss
A. Weiss
Lac du Bonnet
R. Tinat
H. Tinant
O. Halflidson
J. Halflidson
Bissett
J. Sokoloski
I Sokoloski
Pine Ridge
H. Gauthier
I Gauthier
Grek Falls
J. S. Zalesky
M. Zalesky
Schultz
Seven Sisters Falls
Whitemouth Notes On Drag Line Arrival And Local Visits
The new municipal drag line arrived drawing town interest as workers unloaded at the railway siding. Dr. Jim Bartley homed from overseas visiting his parents. W.A. hostesses held weekly whist through winter with proceeds aiding the association. Geraldine Isaacs and R. Latta family visits noted among several returning servicemen and coastal trips to Vancouver and Vancouver Island.
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Jim Bartley
Mrs. J. Bartley
Wardrop Named President of Whitemouth LA Ladies Aid
The Ladies' Aid of the United Church met January 10 with twelve members present. Officers elected: President Mrs D M Wardrop Vice President Mrs A Husins Secretary Treasurer Mrs W Winter Work Committee Mrs P R Paulsen and Mrs Carlson Sick Committee Mrs F F Anderson. Next meeting at W J McLean home.
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Ladies’ Aid of the United Church
D. Meerop
A. Husins
W. Winter
P R. Paulsen
Carlson
F .F. Anderson
W. J. McLean
Silver Tea for Polish Relief at Pointe du Bois
Mrs K Wengel hosted a January 9 Silver Tea to raise funds for Mobile Hospitals aiding Poland's Polish Reef Fund. Hostesses included Mrs Swanson and Mrs MacDonald, with others assisting. total raised $68 plus $40 donated by Slave Falls Construction staff and others.
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K. Wengel
Polish Reef Fund
Wengel
Swanson
MacDonald
Brownell
Burbidge
B. Holliday
Malmer
Spirito
Slave Falls
Poland
Brooks
Pointe du Bois
F. H. Brooks
Major Brooks
Lieut. MacDonald
France
UK to make wartime milk and vitamins schemes permanent
The United Kingdom Ministry of Health announced that wartime milk and vitamin schemes will become a permanent peace time feature. The decision guarantees essential vitamins for expectant and nursing mothers and children under five, marking a major government step for maternal and child health.
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London
United Kingdom
Ministry of Health
Lac du Bonnet Swears In New Reeve And Councillors 1946
Lac du Bonnet Manitoba at the first council meeting for 1946 Reeve Edward Wojciechowski and councillors Joseph Mazur and John Bietting took office. Witnesses included Julian Bilan A Arsenault and Clerk G F Teare. Delegations addressed tax remission for Eric Frank on SE 8 15 11 E with denial. Snow fence needs on Brookside Road were approved along with private snow plow use. Grants discussed for Children’s Aid Society and road drainage issues along with arrears on Crown Lands leases.
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Lac DU Bonnet
Edward Wojciechowski
Joseph Mazur
John Bietting
Julian Bilan
A. Arsenault
G. F. Teare
Eric Frank
Frank
Bietting
Arsenault
I. M. Peterson
Messrs
Larson
Champagne
Brookside Road
Raymond
J. Goossens
Children's Aid Society
Council
M. Galay
P. Frank
Wociechowski
Arsenaut
Mazur
Coun
R. M
Bilan
F. Bruneau
Beaver Lumber Co
W’pg. Electric Co
M. Kabaluk
H. G. Park
C.P.R
G&b Transport
D. Lavoie
Seed Planting Quickened by Planes in Cove Oregon
Former service pilots aid speedy seed seeding in Cove Oregon. Merlin Johnson notes a plane planted mixed grass seed on 160 acres in 35 minutes, a task that would take hours with an old fashioned drill.
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Speedy Seeders
New Revolvers for Halifax Police Force
Halifax police will receive 36 brand new revolvers after existing service weapons proved faulty from improper care over the previous year. The measure follows evaluation of firearm condition and a plan to standardize equipment across the force.
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Halifax
Beer ruin hits Saint John freight train in Nova Scotia spill
A freight car carrying 18,000 quarts of New Brunswick beer bound for Nova Scotia liquor stores was damaged when struck by another train at Truro. Beer and broken bottles spilled on a rail way siding but most of the 1,500 cartons were salvaged.
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Saint John
N.B
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Truro
N.S
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