A Little Business Sparks a Fort and Museum Dream
Uncle Joe and Sandy Smith invest in land near an old fort by the swamp hoping to turn it into a museum or roadside stop. Aunt Martha and Reverend Morrison clash over the plan while Joe envisions logs, a gas station, and a cannon hunt. The minister agrees to advise as the duo pursue plans with a detector and maps.
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Joe
Martha
Mooney
Sammiy Smith
Sandy
Joe Quinn
Sandy Smith
Mr. Morrison
Uneleore
Morrison
Soe
Uncle Joe
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
Two Saskatchewan places named for war hero and pioneers
North Saskatchewan names Millar Lake in Pelican Lake area to honour Fit.-Sgt. George Ronald Millar RCAF who died in 1942. his parents live in Bethune. Millar received RCAF Operational Wings posthumously for gallantry over St Nazaire. Island name Loveridge Island honors Albert and Loveridge residents of Grenfell. he nears 92 and farmed 70 years. location in Nistowiak Lake area.
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Saskatchewan
Canada
Grenfell
J. H. Brockelbank
Millar Lake
Pelican Lake
Fit
George Ronald Millar
RCAF
Thomas G. Millar
Bethune
Sask
Millar
St. Nazaire
England
Pelican Narrows
Prince Albert
Loveridge
Albert John Loveridge
Mr. Loveridge
Nistowiak Lake
Lac la Ronge
Youngest girl radio amateur wins licence in Canada
Judy Kannegiesser of North Bay Ontario, age nine, has earned the government licence to operate as VE3ERJ. She mastered radio theory and electricity, drew a three-tube radio circuit, and sent three words per minute in code in three months. Her mother also qualified as VE3DUZ the same day.
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Judy Kannegiesser
North Bay
Ont
Judy
Gordon Kannegiesser
Early pulp veteran Ernest Kitchum dies in B C
Powell River B C Ernest P Dad Kitchum longtime pulp and paper worker dies aged after retiring in 140 following 28 years as groundwood superintendent in the industry well known in the district.
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Powell River
B.C
Ernest P
Dad) Kitchum
Year-round fishing allowed on B C mainland lakes
British Columbia eases fishing rules to permit year round angling on mainland lakes not iced over. Mainland streams and Vancouver Island lakes are excluded. The trout size limit drops from eight to six inches across about 50 waters, aiming to boost catch rates. About 100 000 anglers are affected, including a third non residents.
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British Columbia
Vancouver Island
86 year old Pioneer Tracts 1600 Mile Calgary Trip
Walter Forsyth known as Watty, 86, drives his 1946 Massey Harris tractor from Rapid City to Calgary for the 1954 exhibition, planning stages, daily postcards to home, a custom two wheel trailer as living space, and possible return by the States. The trip marks his long standing pioneer status in western Manitoba since 1884.
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Rapid City
Walter Forsyth
Little Saskatchewan Valley
Forsyth
Manitoba
Calgary
H. G. Westwood
Birkinshaws
Massey-Harris Company
Bert Gray
Harold Westwood
Watty Forsyth
Saskatchewan zones split into 49 for wildlife management
Regina reports Saskatchewan is divided into 49 management zones by the Game Branch to aid hunters and officials. Zones align with highways and railways to track hunting pressure, habitat changes, and disease. Maps, free from license vendors, RCMP, or municipal offices, help identify open areas for season planning.
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Sask
Regina
Saskatchewan
Department of Natural Resources
E. L. Paynter
Game Branch
RCMP
Edmonton Girl Signs Film Contract for The Gabriel Horn
Edmonton native Dianne Foster has signed a film contract with Hecht-Lancaster for Burt Lancaster's The Gabriel Horn a technicolor frontier drama. Foster will play an indentured servant freed by Lancaster the film's star and director. She began acting at 13 on radio in Edmonton and later appeared in English films and at London's St James Theatre. Her recent films include Rough Company with Barbara Stanwyck and Glenn Ford and Drive A Crooked Road with Mickey Rooney.
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New York
Dianne Foster
Edmonton
Hecht-Lancaster Organization
Burt Lancaster
Gabriel Horn
Miss Foster
Lancaster
Dianne
London
St. James Theatre
Bianca
Barbara Stanwyck
Glenn Ford
Mickey Rooney
Ford
Canada
Quebec City
Manitoba girl 23 earns life saving diploma youngest Manitoban
Elizabeth Burdeny of Winnipeg Welland Court 23-year-old teacher at Rockwood school becomes the province's youngest recipient of the Royal Life Saving Society diploma and the first to win its Distinction award. She trained at HMCS Chippawa and credits Red Cross swimming instruction while teaching at Sherbrook pool YMHA Winnipeg Winter Club and Chippawa adding post polio classes.
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Ethelbert
Royal Life Saving Society
Elizabeth Burdeny
Welland Court
Winnipeg
Rockwood School
Elizabeth
Michael P. Burdeny
Society
Hmcs Chippawa
Naval Reserve
Miss Burdney
The
Red Cross
Sherbrook Pool
YMHA
Chippawa
William LeBlanc
Helpful Home Fixes and A Simple Dry Shampoo Recipe
Quick kitchen and grooming tips include dissolving four pounds of coca peras in two quarts of hot water to clear sink pipes, repeating if needed. A soda and vinegar mix can loosen grease. A dry shampoo uses cornmeal ground finely with pulverized orbs root, applied to the scalp and brushed out after a few minutes. Stiffening starch uses gum arabic and baking soda dissolved in water added to one quart of starch.
Vancouver actress Barbara Kelly tops British TV fame pace
Vancouver born Barbara Kelly, wife of Bernard Braden, shines on London's stage and TV. The vivacious actress draws large press attention for her green eyes and earrings. She stars in the panel show Whats My Line and plans a TV comedy of her own while balancing theatre work in Angels in Love and film projects like Love in Pawn.
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London
Barbara Kelly
Vancouver
Miss Kelly
Bernard Braden
Savoy Theatre
Bradens
Britain
Desert Dwellers Drink No Water Says Scientists
Two American scientists described desert animals that never drink, the kangaroo rat and pocket mouse of Arizona, which derive water from dry seeds and stay underground by day. They note humans face harsher desert life as Sahara summers scorch whites and winters chill blacks, while oxford researcher J S Weiner cites black skin protecting sweat glands from UV.
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Royal Institution
London
Arizona Desert
Desert
Edmond Sergent
Algiers
Sahara
J. S. Weiner
Oxford
Strange odor wafts from Nanaimo pulp mill to West Vancouver
Building Inspector John Proud reports persistent strange odors reaching West Vancouver from across the inlet when winds favor the direction. He believes the fumes originate from a Nanaimo pulp mill, drawing citizen complaints.
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West Vancouver
John Proud
Nanaimo
Oily Fish Trade Among British Columbia Indians
Oil pressed from a smelt like fish was once a major trade article among British Columbia Indians, reflecting historical commercial practices and regional natural resources.
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British Columbia
Edmonton Sees Record Building Permits In Boom Year
Edmonton officials report over 1,000 building permits issued in a single month for the first time since June 1 as the city hits a boom era. A new daily high of 305000 dollars in construction permits was recorded, pushing total year permits about 4.5 million dollars above the 1953 level.
Young plow champ Vortage la Prairie winner
Seven judges debated over two hours before selecting 14 year old Gerald Lyttle of High Bluff as winner of the Manitoba and Western Canada plowing championships. He faced 45 competitors in the field of plowmen.
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Vortage LA Prairie
Gerald Lyttle
High Bluff
Manitoba
Western Canada
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French National Leather Council
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Wes
David Kent
Denvy
Colo
Donald Mitchell
Lewes
Dela
U.S. Coast Guard
Dauphin Herald
Gilbert Harding
Mary Bullough
Canadian
Northland
Prince of Wales
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Lei CarOl
Jim Turner
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