Saskatchewan talent hunt awards scholarships to music students
Ten Saskatchewan radio stations launch a province wide talent hunt with $1600 in scholarships. Swift Current’s CKSW begins a June 2 talent show, auditions to select three contestants for major awards. A 10 week broadcast series runs from April 10 with $50 scholarships per centre. Finalists compete for a $300 piano violin and vocal prize plus $200 for best contestant. Applicants aged 13 to 21 study piano violin or voice. Enquiries to local radio stations.
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Saskatchewan
Swift Current
CKSW
Saskatoon
the Sun
Sask
Baked Onions Perfect With Pork Roasts
Parboil medium onions for ten minutes and add to pork roast pan forty five to fifty minutes before the roast finishes. Baste two or three times to make them glisten and enhance flavor.
Saskatchewan University Origins and Key Leaders Told
A synopsis of the early development of the University of Saskatchewan from 1903 to 1913, highlighting Premier F. W. Haultain, Chief Justice Edward Wetmore, James A. Calder, and Premier Walter Scott. Details on convocation, senate formation, inaugural events, and the push for a state university free from political interference.
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Emmanuel College
Prince Albert
F. W. Haultain
Northwest Territories
Legislative Assembly
Saskatchewan
Senate
Edward Ludlow Wetmore
Haultain
D. P. McColl
Education
Regina
University
Territorial Legislative Assembly
Territories
Ottawa
James A. Calder
Calder
Walter Scott
Wild geese Return to Manitoba Sanctuaries on March 24
Reports say more than 40 wild geese, many banded, arrived at Alf Hole Wild Goose Sanctuary in Rennie on March 24, with others seen in the Interlake area and near Lake Winnipegosis. Ducks also flew into southwest Manitoba. The Rennie sanctuary, started about 20 years ago by Alf Hole, now hosts around 500 birds and the geese are being fed as they grow in number.
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Manitoba
G. W. Malaher
Lake Winnipegosis
Rennie Sanctuary
Alf Hole
Polar bear cub moved from north to Grandby Zoo
A 20 pound seven week old polar bear cub was trapped near Southampton Island in the Keewatin district about 400 miles north of Churchill and sent by Canadian National Express to the Grandby Quebec zoo for care and display.
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Southampton Island
Keewatin
Churchill
Canadian National Express
Zoological Gardens
Grandby
Que
Welfare transfers in Canada rise 152 percent 1948 to 1957
Between 1948 and 1957 Canada saw welfare service funding surge across federal provincial and municipal transfers increasing by 152 percent. The growth reflects expanding social support programs at multiple government levels during the postwar period.
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Canada
Swift Current unit library becomes a book supermarket
The school unit library serving 84 schools within 50 miles transforms into a weekly book market each Saturday. Teachers borrow 20 to 50 books, then exchange last month’s supply. an up to 600 books are taken on busy days. The library holds 6000 books and 800 filmstrips, with 15000 loans last year.
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Swift Current
Margaret Tjeltveit
Sask
Lbrary
Prairie fire near Lawn threatens farm home extinguished
A first prairie fire of the season started Tuesday afternoon when a burn-off flare from an oil well south of Lawn touched off dry grass. The blaze, aided by a southwest night wind and a fire crew, was stopped about 75 yards from the Gordon Schetzle home with no serious damage reported.
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Gordon Schetzle Farm
Schetzle House
Enterprise
Consort
Fellow publisher on honors list
The University of Alberta will confer a Doctor of Laws on four prominent Canadians, including Phil Galbraith, publisher of The Red Deer Advocate, and Elmer Roper, head of an Edmonton printing firm. The note admires Galbraith’s past to present, and humorously muses on addressing him posthumously titled.
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University of Alberta
Phil Galbraith
Red Deer Advocate
Elmer Roper
Edmonton
Andrew Stewart
U. of A
CCF
Alberta
Advocate
Canada
Phil
Viscount Galbraith
Red Deer
Blindman Valley
Galbraith
Howdy
Francis Phillip
Bulletin
Brooks
Love Apple Tomato Journey From Poisonous Delicacy to Food
The tomato once seen as dangerous and poisonous, named love apple for its color, gradually gained recognition for its edible value. Scientists confirmed its nutrition, ranking it high among good foods. It offers vitamin A and C in fresh, canned, or juice forms.
SEW EASY Misses Pattern for Mix and Match Separates
Misses' pattern 4559 offers fashionable summer separates in sizes 10 through 20. Includes a top, shorts and skirt with yardage in 33 inch fabric and a printed pattern guide. Send 50c to Anne Adams Pattern Dept. in Toronto with size name address and pattern number.
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M. E. Andal
Canada Department of Agriculture
University of Saskatchewan
Carlyle King
A. S. Morton
University of Toronto Press
Peterson
McGill
Hutton
University College
Toronto
Bland
Wesley College
Winnipeg
Wetmore
College of Agriculture
Murray
James Clinkskill
Board of Governors
U. of S
Carlyle A. King
Man
Duncan P. McColl
A. Forrest Angus
North Battleford
John Dixon
Maple Creek
Andrew MacDonald
Arthur Hitchcock
Moose Jaw
Liberal Party
Archie P. McNab
Scott
W. J. Bell
James MacKay
K.C
Sir Wilfred Laurier
Levi Thomson
Wolseley
Polar Bear
Melville, Sask
Woody Woodpecker
Rotary
Rocket
Lynn Finnie
Donald Mihaichuk
By Jonna Polos
Anne Adams
Department
PBS
Front Street
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