Humorous Potatoes and Overseas Gags Mark Winter Recall
A light column mixes jokes and reminiscences as readers are urged to note their own faces and memories. Gordie Grant from overseas shares Army Show wit, while winter, army service and birthdays of notable figures are recalled in a brisk, era tone.
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Gordie
P.M
Gordon
Jack Price
King Edward SI
Abe Lincoln
Sandy” Boyle
Tommy
Teough
Inglewood
Head Hunters of Borneo Fight Jap Invaders
Capt. R K Cheng of Vancouver and Lillooet led Canadian and Allied forces in jungle guerrilla campaigns in Borneo. He praised the Dyaks for courage and marksmanship, described their training, head collecting as a rite of status, and noted supplies, patrol tactics, and the fall of Japanese forces by V J Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borneo
R. K. Cheng
Lillooet
Vancouver
B.C
Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
South Pacific
Nippon
Cheng
Capt
McGill University
Montreal
Directorate of Electrical Communication and Design
Ottawa
Orient
CSM
James Shiu
San Francisco
Cal
Roy Chan
Victoria
Louis King
Norman Low
Canada
Labuan
David Hornell
Girls Take War Time Logging Roles On Vancouver Island
Three young women Laura Mayea Thelma Emblem and Joyce Lundahl from Lake Cowichan Lady Smith and Duncan join loggers near Shawnigan Lake Vancouver Island as whistle punks. They ride to woods in trucks each morning wearing caulk boots denim jeans plaid shirts and mackinaws and operate whistles to relay foremen orders to engineers.
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Shawnigan Lake
Vancouver Island
Laura Mayea
Lake Cowichan
Thelma Emblem
Ladysmith
Joyce Lundahl
Duncan
Window view tips and a Fort Erie retirement note
A window vignette offers kitchen tips such as cooling burnt food with cold water, damp cotton to pick glass, and coffee flavor tweaks with salt. The Fort Erie item reports Warren Lee quitting as customs officer after 12 years of four am alarm routines and early trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Erie
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Toronto
Winnipeg
Spud Murphy
H. V. Kaltenborn
Gordie Grant
Manitoba
American Hide & Fur Co
Rupert
Man
Rew
Poultry Bulletine
Beausejour
RUMAR
H. Rycar
Amee
Pioneer General Store
Buchan
D. Wenzoski
Buck
N.c.o.'s
Winnifred Fair
Peter Fair
British Overseas Airways Corporation
Mrs Fair
Engand
A.T.A
Bar-Del
George A
Phoenix
Manitoba Barley Improvement Committee
O.A.C
Manitoba Bailey Improvement Committee
Legislative Building
Movern
Darriss
Boniface
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