Tower Ma'am Overlooks Forest Fires From 80 Foot Lookout
Ethel Bergren serves ten summers as a lookout atop an 80 foot steel tower in Kinistino area Saskatoon. She began in 1950 after husband Axel moved from Fort House to patrol and she took over. She climbs daily for hours spotting smoke and has assisted in extinguishing a small blaze half a mile away. She sews knits and keeps busy at the post while watching for fires. The Bergren family summers at Fort House tower with Geneva and Donald joining their parents for outdoor time.
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Gronlid
Sask
Ethel
Saskhitchewan Department of Natural Resources
Kinistino
Axel
Fort House
Geneva
Donald
Fort House Tower
Bergren
Sleeveless sheath and smart jacket set pattern notice
Misses pattern 4532 by Anne Adams Patterns offers a sleeveless scoop sheath with a coordinating jacket. The dress sizes 10 to 18 and jacket size 4% yards 35 fabric costs fifty cents in coins, with pattern name and address for ordering in Toronto.
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Anne Adams
Department P.P.L
Front Street W
Toronto
Maternity Tops Pattern 7347 for Sewers
Pattern 7347 offers two tops to pair with skirts or slacks, one casual and one for dressier wear, with embroidery details. Transfers printed in sizes 12 14 16 18 20. request by sending 35 cents and name address to Household Arts PPL Front Street W Toronto.
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Household Arts
PPL
Front Street W
Toronsts
Ottawa faces $1.855 billion health and welfare bill
Ottawa will spend 1.855 billion dollars on health and welfare next year without changes to existing health and welfare laws. Excluded is 754 million dollars needed for old age security pensions.
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Ottawa
Water and paint odor relief in a freshly painted room
A pail of water placed in a newly painted room helps remove lingering paint odor. The method offers a simple, practical step for improving air quality after renovation.
Never promise more than you can perform
A compact adage attributed to Publilius Syrus warning against overcommitting and urging realistic commitments. Emphasizes restraint in assurances and reliability in action.
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Publilius Syrus
Home Workshop Pattern for Barbecue Table Pit
Instructions describe a low round table that covers a barbecue and can split into two sections for building a condense concrete block pit. Pattern 456 details stock sizes and step by step guidance. Included in Aids for Outdoor Dining Packet No 58 priced at $1.75 from Home Workshop Patterns.
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Department P.p.cgl
West Sth
Red Shield drive underway for 1963 Canada Appeal
The Salvation Army launches the Red Shield Appeal with a national objective of 3,015,651 for May. Hon. Leslie Frost chairs the National Advisory Board and says the drive supports expanded social and character building services while promoting self-sustainment where possible and covering deficit costs.
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Salvation Army
Canada
Leslie Frost
Salvation Army National Advisory Board
Frost
Farm cash income rises as farm workers decline
In 1946 to 1962 Canada’s total farm cash income grew from 1.7 to 3.1 billion dollars while the number of farm workers fell. Average cash income per farm worker increased from 1,371 to 4,833 dollars over the period.
IMC to begin second shaft at Esterhazy mine
International Minerals & Chemical Corporation plans a summer start on a second shaft at its Esterhazy Saskatchewan potash mine and plant. The $9 million expansion aims to lift capacity to about 4 million tons annually, with a second refining facility possible to meet growing demand. Completion projected for 1967-68 fiscal year.
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International Minerals & Chemical Corporation (Canada) Limited
Esterhazy
Saskatchewan
T. M. Ware
IMC
Regina
Sask
Meeting Civvy Street No. Major Hastings Coaches Jenner
In a sunlit avenue Jenner, newly wealthy, spots Major Noel Hastings from World War II days. They share whiskey, cigars, and old loyalty as Jenner offers money to learn from the famed officer. Hastings contemplates mentoring him while concealing a personal clipping of the job notice.
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Enner
Noel Hastings
Harold Jenner
Major Hastings
Army
Jenner
Lewis Stone
84Th Armored
Dufferin and Haldimand
Civvy Street
Jennings
Cairo
Iran
G.G
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Shook
Sandra Dee
Twentieth Century-Fox Studios
Sandra
Ware
Associated Mining Construction, Ltd
A.mlc
Hastings
Cendrennimus Crandeman
Beauchamp
Louis Arthur Cunningham
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