Virden builds new track and beautifies town for 75th celebration
The Virden Agricultural and Recreational Centre track is completed with interior and exterior low-type fencing. A new foot bridge on Ninth Avenue replaces a flood-threatened bridge. Virden, tagged as a beautiful town, sees blooming gardens and refreshed streets ahead of the 75th Celebration opening on July 21.
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Virden
Ninth Avenue
Ron Ferguson
Virden Empire Advance
Alexandra
Rains Douse Raging Fires in Grande Prairie District
Overnight rain cooled a string of early spring fires in the Grande Prairie forestry division Alberta. Forestry Superintendent Ray Smitland directed two hundred men in fire suppression with crews to be rested if cool weather holds. Firefighting recruitment aided the effort and as conditions improve, mopping up is expected to continue.
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Alberta
Grande Prairie
Ray Smitland
Forestry Department
Herald Tribune
Alta
Early Growth in Garden Exibits Ahead of Fair
R XOrder reports first harvest from this year's garden crop. Mr Stroeder shows green onions and radishes as proof. Garden planted April 22 contains 21 rows of vegetables and is in excellent condition for exhibits at the Agricultural Fair on July 9 and 10.
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Arden
R.X. Oeder
Lions Club to sponsor named orchestras this season
At the Wakaw Lions Club meeting members decided to sponsor only five or six dances this season with a named orchestra, including Gene Cloughy, replacing regular weekly dances to attract patrons and reduce member work. The note appears in The Recorder Wakaw Gask May 23 1957.
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Lions Club
Wakaw Lions Club
Gene Cloughy
The
Recorder
Wakaw, Gask
PFRA Pasture Probable Near Runnymede
The PFRA pasture near Runnymede was foreseen in a government announcement by Hon. J. C. Nollet Saskatchewan minister of agriculture. The Saskatchewan department of agriculture will ask the PRA to investigate establishing the pasture. The PFRA acts under the federal agriculture department led by Hon. J. G. Gardiner.
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PFRA
Runnymede
J. C. Nollet
Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture
PRA
Federal Department of Agriculture
J. G. Gardiner
the Times
Kamsack
Sask
Home remedy to lubricate a stiff lock using graphite
A simple home fix for a hard turning lock is to coat the key with graphite from a soft lead pencil and turn it in the lock several times. Powdered graphite from hardware stores can also be used, blowing it into the lock through the keyhole. The tip appeared in The Home Craftsman.
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SONAS
Anryt
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YMCA
Canada
Province of
Quebec
St. Hyacinthe
Cian
Europe
la Folie Nationale de Lausanne
Switzerland
National Film Board of Canada
Gar Lunney
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