What Oil Means to Canada
A detailed overview of Alberta oil fields near Edmonton, tracing the Leduc discovery and its impact on self sufficiency. It explains gas drive, reservoiring D-2 and D-3 wells, Golden Spike recovery, and Blairmore, with production figures for 1,274 wells and recoverable reserves. It compares Canada US exploration, costs, and revenues, underscoring vast oil potential and economic gain.
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Golden Spike
Leduc
Blairmore
Saskatchewan
Lloydminister
Canada
U.S
Alberta
Rior
Western Canada
United States
Develo
New Homes Built in Medicine Hat Rise Again
For eight years Medicine Hat with a population of about 17 000 has average nearly 200 new homes built annually. The peak was 288 units in 1948 and last year 250 were constructed. The article notes the origin of badminton from Badminton England.
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Medicine Hat
Funny Bits from a Drowsy Pub to a Dark Night
A string of quick humor pieces travels from a weary marching band past a cozy pub to a bickering boxing manager, a medical officer's joke about eating fruit, a street fight over pocket change, and a scales gag. The banter spans soldiers, lovers, and sly social zingers.
Totem Pole Sent to Wales from Vancouver
A five foot totem pole carved by Indian woman Ellen Neel is shipped over 6000 miles from Vancouver to Welshpool in Montgomeryshire, to be erected on Clive company grounds for local boy scouts. Neel, mother of six, has works in France and Korea, and was presented to Queen Elizabeth in 1951.
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Vancouver
Welshpool
North Wales
Clive Company of
Boy Scouts
Montgomeryshire
Ellen Neel
Queen Elizabeth
Canada
Princess Elizabeth
France
Korea
Provinces adopt novel schemes to raise highway safety
Canadian provinces push new highway safety plans as road deaths and motor registrations rise. Nova Scotia targets high school drivers. Quebec launches a June safety blitz. Ontario tests radar and enforces yielding rules. Manitoba uses a legislative committee on safety. Alberta uses ghost patrols and harsher penalties. Saskatchewan tightens licensing after offences. Alberta introduces jail terms for suspended drivers and fines for speeders. Provincial efforts come as last year 2,800 plus deaths and 3.5 million registrations signal growing traffic.
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Nova Scotia
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Vancouver
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Home Workshop Duck and Flamingo Pattern Guide
A detailed description of making wooden lawn birds using patterns. It covers wheel size, shaft length, cutting, fitting, painting guidance, and material lists. Patterns include ducks and flamingos with prices 35c each and a six-pattern Outdoor Play Equipment Packet for $1.50. Patterns offered by Pattern Service in Vancouver BC.
Vancouver Island holly shipment rises 13 tons last Christmas
Reports show 13 tons of holly shipped from Vancouver Island to eastern Canadian points during the last Christmas season, an 86 percent increase over the prior year. In ancient times taxes and tithes were often paid in wines.
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Vancouver Island
Alberta Premier urges all out highway safety war
Premier E C Manning addressed the Premier's Highway Safety Conference noting auto accidents maim far more than polio and kill many beyond epidemics. He urged non drivers and drivers to act responsibly, praised youth guidance, and called for stronger public awareness and enforcement to prevent deaths and maimings on Alberta roads. He highlighted media attention gaps and the need for a united effort to save lives and limit injuries this year.
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Alberta
E. C. Manning
Manning
Canada
Courageous boy scout wins Cornwall badge
In Edmonton 11-year-old James Mathieson died after sustaining burns from a playmate’s accident with an excavation flare. He was posthumously awarded the Cornwall Badge for courage shown during five days of hospital pain. The award was presented to his father, Scoutmaster Ian Mathieson, by Lieutenant Governor J. J. Bowlen of Alberta.
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Edmonton
James Mathieson
James
Ian Mathieson
J. J. Bowlen
Alberta
Chair Back and Arm Rest Crochet Knit Pattern 7131
An old chair gains a new look with JIFFY-KNIT pattern 7131. Includes chair back 14 by 9 inches and arm rest 61 by 13 inches in heavy 4-ply cotton. Features chain loop edging crocheted. Send twenty five cents in coin to obtain pattern.
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A. W. Hanes
Badminton
England
Peggy
Chuck Thurston
Mary
M.O
Totem
Wales
Dusseldorf
West Germany
P.P.L
West Fifth Avenue
Vancouver, B.C
Courtary Consden Rod Chere Cae le
Alice Brooks
Household Arts Department
Front Stree W
Toronto
Alice Brooks Needlecraft
Seyi Ro
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