Altona Sunflower Crop Buoyed by 1954 Prospects
In Altona Manitoba the Sunflower Capital farmers through Co op Vegetable Oils Ltd expect higher profits from a record 1954 crop. First deliveries average 993 pounds per acre with oil used for shortening salad oil and oleo margarine, machinery lubrication, and meal as cattle feed. Last year’s crop was 3 500 acres worth $117 000.
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Altona
Man
North America
Sunfower
Co-op Vegetable Oils Ltd
Co-Op
Winnipeg
Manitoba
More Buying Canada Bonds Beats Previous Sales Records
Canada Savings Bond sales surge since the Oct. 19 kickoff, with the 3.75 percent 12 year issue promising $145 per $100 and $1,450 per $1,000 at maturity. Bonds available in $50 to $5,000 denominations, cashable at full purchase price with accrued interest.
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Canada
Banking
Bond House
Dominion
Saskatchewan
Canada Savings
Always Home Swift Current Dentist Moves House Twice
Dr J M Van Olm, a Dutch immigrant dentist, carries his house with him on moves. He built the house in The Netherlands, dismantled it, and re erected it in Vancouver and Edmonton. He plans to repeat the feat when he relocates to the present area soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift Current, Sask
J. M. van Olm
Netherlands
Vancouver
Edmonton
Kitchen Meditations by Jane Dale
A concise verse urging readers to live with purpose and direction. It counsels planning, using gifts, and pursuing steady effort through the seasons, warning of regret if time and talents are frittered away. The poet emphasizes perseverance and making each day meaningful toward a chosen goal.
The Editor Tells His Fish Story
Bashaw Alta resident Mr. Otto Johnson pressed editor T M Brinsmead of The Bashaw Star to recount his July fishing trip. Brinsmead recalls a trip with a Lac la Biche friend, rapid catches at Beaver Lake, and a lone fish asking where the editor’s brother was, concluding with a humorous note on the missing companion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Johnson
Bashaw
Alta
T. M. Brinsmead
The
Bashaw Star
Star
Lac la Biche
Beaver Lake
Canadian Cities Population and Weddings Quiz
Question prompts ask for the share of Canadians living in cities, the month with the most weddings, the largest all Canadian, Ottawa payroll today, and population growth in the first half of the century. Answers appear in Another Column.
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Canada
Ottawa
Minnesota doctor says tolerance boosts art pleasure
Dr. Dimitri Tselos of the University of Minnesota told a Winnipeg audience that if you cannot sympathize with modern art you can at least be tolerant of it. He argued that a congenial atmosphere for the artist enhances everyone’s enjoyment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Dimitri Tselos
University of Minnesota
Early Tomato Developed at Lethbridge Station
The Dominion experimental station at Lethbridge Alberta reports an early ripening tomato strain now undergoing improvement to seed a potential commercial canning industry in southern Alberta. The Soldier’s Song is cited as the Irish national anthem.
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Lethbridge
Alta
Dominion Experimental Station
Alberta
Williams River Named After Northern Pilot Ted Williams
Regina Resources Minister J H Sprockelbank announced a wide river north of Island Falls in Northern Saskatchewan will be named the Williams river in memory of Ted Williams a popular former northern pilot for the Saskatchewan Fish Marketing Service. Williams flew for many years and later for Queen Charlotte Airlines before being lost at sea. The river will appear on new maps and lies about 20 miles north of Island Falls connecting several lakes. Williams was born in 1920 at Melville, Saskatchewan, and moved with his family to Regina where his father P G Williams worked for the Canadian National Railway.
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Regina
J. H. Sprockelbank
Pelican Narrows
Saskatchewan
Williams
E. Cc
Ted” Williams
Saskatchewan Fish Marketing Service
Mr. Williams
Fish Marketing Service
West Coast
Queen Charlotte Airlines
Brockelbank
Island Falls
Mokoman
Scimitar
Pauline
Guilloux Lakes
Melville
P. G. Williams
Canadian National Railways
Victoria
B.C
Consort to Illuminate Its Streets
The village council approved beautification and street lighting plans. Holes are being dug along the sidewalk for new poles to support colored street lights from the Royal Bank to the Co op Store. Neon signs by stores could enhance Consort’s main street further.
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Consort
Alta
Board of Trade
J. Skinner
Royal Bank
Co-op
Humorous Gossip From a Bygone Social Scene
A collection of light anecdotes and quips about honors, law, cocktails, travel, horse racing, marriage, and editors. Jokes feature a thrifty lawyer, a cocktail party misstep, African warlord necklaces, a stale nag trainer, and a jokey newsroom “we” from an editor, all with dated social humor.
Calgary pheasant hunters ride in bus bivouac
A party from Calgary seeking pheasants found hotels full and set up bunks in a special bus. They traveled to various fields, sleeping aboard the vehicle as makeshift lodging during the hunt in Alta.
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Bassana
Alta
Calgary
Alberta highway tests soil mixtures for cheaper heavy-traffic base
Seven miles of Highway No. 18 west of Clyde Corner to Westlock are trialing soil cement and soil asphalt bases. The project uses a stabilizer machine with diesel power and a tank truck to feed oil or water as needed. Soil cement dries quickly and can bear weight the next day.
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Alberta
Department of Highways
Clyde Corner
Westlock
Edmonton
United States
U.S. Air Force
Canadian Army
Chennells Construction Company
N H L Notes Highlight Rookie Record and Captains
Detroit’s Earl Reibel set an NHL rookie record with four assists in his first game as the Red Wings beat the Rangers 4 1 in Detroit. Ted Lindsay became Detroit’s all time point leader with 469 points. Ray Gariepy earned a long awaited Bruins debut after five minor seasons. Six NHL captains remain the same as last season: Bouchard, Lindsay, Schmidt, Kennedy, Gadsby, Stanley.
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Seis
Earl
Reibel
N.H.L
Detroit
Red Wings
New York
Montreal Canadiens
Hockey News
International Hockey Weekly
Canadiens
Detroit Red Wings
Boston Bruins
Toronto Maple Leafs
Chicago Black Hawks
New York Rangers
Ted Lindsay
Toronto
Lindsay
Sid Abel
Red Wing
Wings
Ray Gariepy
Hershey Bears
Lynn Patrick
Boston
Bruins
Patrick
Galiepy
N.hl
Butch
Bouchard
Milt Schmidt
Ted Kennedy
Bill Gadsby
Chicago
Allan Stanley
Answers to Quick Quiz Answers
The text presents five quiz answer lines: five facts about Canada. It lists population urbanization eight and a half million, Great Bear Lake, weddings peak in July, about 160000, one in ten Canadians urban residents.
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Great Bear Lake
Quick Canadian Facts
Handbook of Facts About
Canada
Saskatchewan road deaths rise in September statistics
Saskatchewan Highway Traffic Board figures show 77 persons killed by September end, including eight drivers in September and 21 total passenger deaths in 1953. Injuries total 2,275 for the year with 397 injuries in September, while Saturday night remains the peak crash period between 11 p.m. and midnight.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Highway Traffic Board
J. A. Christie
Traffic Board
Bridegroom Carried Over Threshold From Ancient Times
The practice dates to antiquity when a groom would seize his bride by force, a custom that evolved into today’s bridal tradition of carrying the bride into the home.
Tourist traffic to P A Park hits record
Prince Albert National Park set a record for tourist traffic with 117,899 visitors to Waskesiu, up 12,000 from 1952 and 32,000 from 1951. Lac la Ronge drew about 7,500 visitors, 1,500 more than last year, with total park admissions around 30,480 Canadian cars and 1,292 U.S. cars.
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Prince Albert
Saskatchewan
Board of Trade
Prince Albert National Park
Waskesia
Lac la Ronge
Prince Albert Park
United States
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Home Workshop Pattern Service
Prairie. Publishers Limited
West Fifth Avenue
Jane Dale
Clifford H
Nick) Chamberlain
Chateauguay Heights
Quc
Canadian Credit Institute
Credit Institue
Africa
Jobber
Bill Johnson
Dad
Wildroot Ltd
Fort Erie
Rocket
Montreal Forum
Rocket Richard
Richard
Sugar’ Henry
Murray Murdoch
Billy Dea
Day
Murdoch
New York Ranger
Rangers
National Hockey League
Dea
Howard
Edmonton Eskimos
Peggy
George
Pecey
Chuck Thurston
Peres
P.A. Park
Servel
Reed
Graham Bros. Ltd
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