Diamond D Curling Event Crowned Kimberly Team
Saskatchewan’s Joyce McKee led the Saskatoon rink to defeat on day two as Kimberly British Columbia won the Dominion Diamond D. Saskatchewan had led early with a 7-1 record before the Kimberly upset and eventual supremacy. British Columbia finished undefeated after the pivotal round robin, with media coverage sweeping Western Canada.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Joyce McKee
Miss McKee
Kimberly
B.C
McKee
Dominion
Dominion Stores of Canada Ltd
Saskatoon
Ian Hanson
Canada
British Columbia
Quebec
Alberta
Ontario
New Brunswick
Manitoba
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Novel kitchen apron pattern promotes cheerful rooster pocket
A playful pattern 7225 offers a cheery apron decorated with roosters and bright trim. The design features a handy pocket and colorful accents for daily use. Send order details including name address and pattern number to Household Arts in Toronto.
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Rooster
Printed Pattern 48638 Misses Sizes for sewing
Pattern advertisement lists Misses sizes 10 12 14 16 18 20 with yardages included. Includes request to send fifty cents in coins to Name Item Number tor Department PP.
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Tor Department
Front Street
Toronto
Concentration camps tied to Boer war policy
British military authorities in the Boer War established concentration camps in 1901 to dishearten fighting troops by gathering noncombatants, reflecting a harsh tactic of the era.
B C hunter bags 18 cougars
John Carson of Grand Forks B C bagged a near record cougar reported by Bud Hood of the Forestry at Beaver del February 8. The animal 5 feet long weighed 200 pounds. The North American record was 227 pounds shot by President Roosevelt in 1937. Carson’s 18th cougar this winter extends from Arrow Lakes to Princeton and he uses six dogs trained for this work. He sighted Wolverine tracks at Pass Creek on the Granby and a bobcat near Seabrooks on the North Fork.
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John Carson
Grand Forks
B.C
Beaverdell
North America
President Roosevelt
Arizona
Bud Hood
Forestry
Beaverdel
Jack Carson
Arrow Lakes
Princeton
Carson
Pass Creek
Seabrooks
North Fork
the Gazette
Italian Order Expands CAE F-104 Simulator Program
Italy becomes the fifth NATO nation to order CAE F-104 simulators, with Defence Production Minister Raymond O’Hurley announcing on February 16 that CAE is authorized to start immediately. The deal, valued around $2 million with an option for more units, standardizes Italian training with Canada and European partners. Approximately 30 simulators are planned across NATO orders.
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Republic of Italy
NATO
CAE
Defence
Raymond O'Hurley
Canada
West Germany
Holland
Belgium
Little Faith in Lights in 1905 Aberystwyth
Albert Zeamer and family found a Cambrian News issue from October 13, 1905 in Endiang Alberta. The paper notes the Aberystwyth promenade being lit by electricity with many lamps failing and smouldering, arguing electric lighting is costly and inefficient and urging small districts to heed the warning. An ad also seeks a male uncertified teacher at 55 pounds per year.
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Albert Zeamer
Endiang
Aljacently
Cambrian News
Welsh Farmers’ Gazette
Aberystwyth
Hanna-Herald & Mast
Central Alberta News
UBC Gals Win Speed Swim Title at Meet
British Columbia captured the Western Canada Intercollegiate Athletic Union women’s speed swimming title at a meet with Alberta Edmonton and Saskatchewan. UBC led with 74 points, Alberta 44, Saskatchewan 16. UBC won eight races and set four WCTAU records. Alberta also won the synchronized event, while Saskatchewan took the team title. Heather Russ of Alberta swept the stroke, figure and solo events with Janet Koenig of Saskatchewan placing third in figures.
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British Columbia
Western Canada Intercollegiate Athletic Union
UPC
Universities of
Alberta
Edmonton
Saskatchewan
UBC
Ube
Heather Russ
Janet Koenig
Elegant Silk Chiffon Dress For Evening Cruise Wear
A stylish late day into dinner dress features silk chiffon with matching pale gray or beige lace. It includes a separate lace jacket with intricate back toning. The skirt is encrusted with lace and re embroidered for a refined, well bred look.
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Dominion Stores
New York
Regina Club
Househol Arts
Department P.P.L
OTN
Fox
Ki Rete
Wario
Duffy
Nancy
Belmont Park
Ed Haviland
Aqueduct
Lyn Glenn
John Glenn
Washington
Shrine Circus
Windy Blow, Jr
England
Lyn
Arlington
U.S
Khrushchev
Nikita Khrushchev
Communist Party Central Committee
Kremlin
Frad Kozlov
Fidel Castro
Havana
Castro
Moscow
B.C. Hunter
Italy
U.B.C. Gals
Batiste
SKATE
Paul Enok
Jamar
Norway
Anton Huiskes
Noreos
Muggs and
Skeeter
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