Groundhog on CPR Tracks Delays Inspection
In Kemptville Ontario a puzzled groundhog wandered on the CPR right of way five miles west of town during a routine inspection by Fred O Rourke and Dick Bradley. The animal appeared dazed and would not move off the tracks, requiring the men to lift it aside to resume their work.
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Kemptville
Ont
Fred O'Rourke
CPP
Bedell
Dick Bradley
CPR
Here
Fred
Canada’s first woman judge appointed in Burnaby 1927
Canada’s first woman judge was Mrs John Jamieson named Juvenile Court judge at Burnaby British Columbia in 1927. The holly tree is among the world’s slowest growing trees.
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Canada
John Jamieson
Burnaby
B.C
LIVESTOCK AND MACHINERY AD OFFERED IN ALBERTA AND SASKATCHEWAN
Good Stock Farm advertises registered shorthorn cattle including bulls and ewes from breeds Suffolk Hampshire Southdown Cheviot Rana Landrace Swine. Wording mentions used machinery and grain delivery. William Ruate of Wetaskiwin Alberta lists delivery. Symon’s Specialized Services proclaims welding and metalwork mastery in Rocanville Saskatchewan offering repairs and long service restoration.
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Bulls
Suffolk
Hampshire
Southdown
Cusan
William Ruate
Wetaskiwin
Alberta
Symon
Rocanville
Saskatchewan
P.O
Man Versus Socks Daring sock puzzle challenges
Doakes faces two puzzles with socks. First, from 12 pairs in a jumble he must pick the smallest number of single socks to guarantee a matching pair within 15 seconds. Second, among 24 socks one of each variety is inverted in three horizontal rows, and he must identify the odd sock in each row.
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Doakes
Crossword by Eugene Sheffer Horizontal and Vertical clues mixed
Puzzle contains a dense list of crossword clues with mixed readability including numbers, foreign terms, and partial phrases. The text references various topics from dog actors to chemical symbols and regional nicknames, but key entries are incomplete and several words are garbled or cut off.
Golden Rice Casserole for Hearty Dinners
A family friendly one dish meal uses rice, tomatoes, mushrooms, green pepper, onion and cheese. Layer and bake 350 degrees for 30 minutes, with egg wedge garnish and parsley for showy presentation. Serves 4 to 6.
Cunard Line reports 1960 ship traffic rise in transatlantic cruise
Bookings since January 1 show heavy steamship activity for Cunard Line in 1960 with Saxonia and its three sister ships plus 22,000 ton liners Carinthia Ivernia and Sylvania making 43 sailings from Montreal and Quebec to UK and Continental ports. Regular calls to Liverpool and Southampton via Le Havre, and Montreal to Glasgow sailings by Laur entia and Lismoria. Also notes winter services from New York via Halifax and new world cruise Maurentania and Caronia itineraries.
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Cunard Line
St. Lawrence River
Saxonia
Montreal
London
Carinthia
Ivernia
Sylvania
Quebec
U.K
Continental
Liverpool
Greenock
Southampton
Tilbury
le Havre
Glasgow
Donaldson Line
Laurentia
Lismoria
Centralized Traffic Control speeds rail traffic in Canada
More than 1,100 miles of Canadian railway are now under Centralized Traffic Control enabling dispatchers to set signals and operate switches remotely. CTC speeds traffic and lowers accident risk while letting a single track carry about 75 percent of the throughput of a standard double track.
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Canada
C.T.C
Manitoba maps and new anti discrimination act noted
Manitoba releases its 1960 highway map with a larger scale, more paved roads, and color coded municipal sections on the back. The same "new look" as the 1939 map appears, with a Winnipeg Rim perimeter route and the shift of many highways to solid lines. The province also announces a Fair Accommodation Practices Act to ban discrimination in public services. A new probation officer from England joins Manitoba's Attorney General staff, and fisheries biologists attend a Great Plains conference in Wyoming. Manitoba fish win top spots in Field and Stream 1959 contest, including lake trout from God's Lake and God’s River, while the overall largest Chinook was from British Columbia.
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Manitoba
Swan River
Greater
Winnipeg
Winnipeg Rim
England
Ayrshire Education Department
London
Middlesex Quarter Sessions
Enfield
Cumberland Joint Probation Committee
God's Ake
God's Lake
God's River
British Columbia
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