Highway Fatalities Rise on Saskatchewan Roads
Saskatchewan drivers face rising highway fatalities with 44 deaths this year by May compared with 37 the prior year. Through May there were 3,218 accidents, 966 injuries, and $1,254,000 in property damage, per the Provincial Highway Traffic Board. Chairman J A Christie urged motorists to Slow Down and Live amid improving weather and sun seeking speeds.
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Saskatchewan
Saat
Highway Traffic Board
J. A. Christie
Christie
Reservoir plan eyed for Whalley district water needs
Reeve R M Nesbitt proposed a 1.5 to 2 million gallon reservoir to solve North Surrey water problems. He said financing this year may be possible aided by a larger provincial sales tax grant than budgeted, with rough cost around 30000 dollars.
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R. M. Nesbitt
North Surrey
Nesbitt
Surrey
Cloverdale
B.C
Plan to Clean Taber Streets Says Council
The Town of Taber council on June 3 discussed keeping hard surfaced streets clean. It decided to secure two hand operated carts and deploy workers for street cleaning. The fire chief position was left to the Taber Volunteer Firemen, who named John Malinsky acting chief, appointment approved by the council.
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Taber
John Malinsky
Times
Alta
Salted Meat Preservation Facts
Salt preserves meat by drawing out water and forming a solution that inhibits bacterial growth, creating a hostile environment for microbes and extending shelf life.
Farm safety urged as farm fatalities rise in Saskatchewan
Study of 1955 and 1956 farm fatalities shows carelessness and fatigue as major factors. Dr. Roth of the Department of Public Health notes 40 percent of tractor deaths occur on roads. Police co operate in data collection, with 57 investigated fatalities over five years. Emphasis on safe habits during Farm Safety Week July 21 to 27 and community support for rural safety programs.
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Saskatchewan
F. B. Roth
Roth
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Department of the Attorney-General
Clude
Department of Public Health
Hard Metal Corundum Ranks Just Below Diamond
Corundum is described as the next hardest mineral after diamond with a relative hardness in the nine to ten range.
North Saskatchewan Crown Lands Open for Cottage Leases
An endless choice of cottage sites is offered in northern Saskatchewan, with crown lands leasable nearly anywhere in the north except certain power site reserves. Islands in Lac La Ronge and the Churchill River System are available for cottage sites. Leases in surveyed subdivisions run 33 years and renew. outside, lake and river front parcels lease for 10 cents a foot frontage for private use and 20 cents for commercial, with 10 year terms and renewal option. Shoreline within 66 feet requires annual permits. lessees must participate in future development and follow sanitation, health, fire prevention, and timber and game protections. Crown lands may be leased by both residents and non-residents of Canada.
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Saskatchewan
A. T. Davidson
Las la Ronge
Churchill River
Davison
Canada
Altona considers cost for town sewer project
Altona council heard a report from engineers estimating the sewer system at 238,500 dollars. The plan would serve densely populated areas over about 33 000 feet, extending from the collegiate area to the former Highway 14A and from the co op Vegetable Oils plant to Fifth Avenue SE.
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Altona Council
Haddin, David and Brown
Winnipeg
Collegiate
Co-Op Vegetable Oils
Fifth Avenue SE
Red River Valley
Altona
Man
Wappa gee Daily Gazette Social Bliss and Household Jokes
A collection of humorous vignettes and local notes featuring a school orchestra misread as Page Nine, a car joke about a missing wife, and social bits from the Odd Fellows picnic. anecdotes cover classroom gags, Easter Bunny misstatements, and light wartime style humor about advertising and marriage dynamics.
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Wappagee Daily Gazette
Odd Fellows
Mississippi lakes resort area grows in Eastern Ontario
One of the rapidly expanding tourist zones in Eastern Ontario lies along the Mississippi lakes, spanning nearly 11 miles from Carleton Place to Innisville. The waterway attracts fishermen and cottage seekers, becoming a popular relaxation retreat.
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Ontario
Mississippi Lakes
Carleton Place
Innisville
Ont
Asphalt program starts in August
City Engineer C. W. Pool says no work will begin on the 1957 asphalting program until early August. The Sun notes the postponement aims to avoid July 1st celebration traffic, reflecting inquiries from concerned ratepayers. Accidents cause the death. More children than do diseases.
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C. W. Pool
Sun
Winnipeg officer named commander of Prairie Cadet Camp
Lt Col Lloyd E Kenyon of Winnipeg has been named commander of the Prairie Command Army Cadet Camp at Dundurn Saskatchewan for the summer. After training ends in late August he will take over as commander of Saskatchewan Area in Regina. Kenyon served in World War II in staff and regimental roles and later served as Canadian military attache to Central Europe and as quartermaster general in Winnipeg.
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Lloyd E. Kenyon
Winnipeg
Prairie Command
Dundurn
Sask
Kenyon
Saskatchewan
Regina
Good Accommodation in Prince Albert Park Ranges Wide
Accommodation in Prince Albert National Park ranges from luxury hotels to bungalows chalets lodges cottages and cabins designed to suit almost every taste and purse.
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Prince Albert National Park
Ferry Service Opens At Ile a la Crosse Settlement
A temporary ferry operates on Lee Ile a la Crosse in northern Saskatchewan to aid settlement access until De la Crosse road access is available later this year. Landing near Burnouf's mink ranch by Canoe river mouth, access is via a narrow bush road. ferries depart 3 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays and 1 30 p.m. Fridays MST. 1956 charges apply for vehicles and freight. charters cost 5.00 per trip plus 2.00 per hour waiting. A telephone link between Burnouf's ranch and De la Crosse facilitates scheduling.
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Lee le A la Crosse
Saskatchewan
de A la Crosse
Burnouf
Mink Ranch
Canoe River
Buffalo Narrows
Modnday
de la Crosse
Prayer Guiding Meats Over Sweets
A brief, reflective verse urges self control at mealtime. The speaker asks for divine guidance to choose meat over cake or sweets, seeking restraint and gratitude in daily eating.
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