Early car freeze-ups reported across country in October
The Rimbey Recorder notes garage owner Jim Duncan recalls the first car freeze-up on September 26 after Cliff Cunningham reported radiator trouble. Similar reports have since come in from other regions. A Lachute Watchman brief and a Grenfell Sun reflection comment on moral conduct and the law.
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Jim Duncan
Cliff Cunningham
Approved oil burners may be resold in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan households may sell used oil fired furnaces if the burner or furnace carries a recognized testing laboratory approval label. Minister C. C. Williams urged buyers to verify safety and consult licensed installers, noting permits are required and a valid label on the unit is essential for a safe resale.
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Saskatchewan
C. C. Williams
Williams
Building costs up and labor driving higher prices
Previous estimates that higher labor costs alone will raise construction costs by as much as 2 percent this year may be revised upward. Prices are already pressured by wages, though many increases are absorbed. Full impact expected next spring in Atikokan Ontario according to Progress.
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Ont
Progress
Sealing Wax Through the Ages
Modern sealing wax typically lacks wax while medieval seals used turpentine mixed with beeswax.
Wordplay on Spelling and Synonyms
A playful note defines a synonym as a word used when spelling the other term is uncertain, framing it as a light linguistic joke rather than a factual article item.
Manitoba Premier Seeks Major Air Centre Bid
Premier Douglas Campbell reopens the national air service question in a letter to Prime Minister John Diefenbaker dated October 18, urging an immediate re examination of the system to position Manitoba as a premier world air transportation hub.
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Manitoba
Sipiwesk
Hudson Bay
Thompson
International Nickel Company
J. L. Charles
Canadian National Railways
John Diefenbaker
Winnipeg
Europe
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Canada
Campbell
TCA
Fisheries director on UN assignment in Australia
Saskatchewan Fisheries Director A H MacDonald leaves Prince Albert to join a six week FAO assignment in Australia. He will be associate director of the FAO Australia Fishery Cooperative Training Centre in Sydney and Adelaide from December 15 to February 1. He noted about 35 cooperative officers from several Asian regions will attend. The FA C course will cover cooperative credit unions and fish market trading along with fisheries administration.
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A. H. MacDonald
Prince Albert
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
Australia
FAO
Sydney
Adelaide
MacDonald
Ceylon
United Maritime Fishermen
Halifax
Pakistan
India
Singapore
Burma
Indonesia
Thailand
Malaya
F.A.C
Aid sought to check erosion of Red River bank
St. Vital Council plans to ask the provincial government for aid to finance an erosion stopping project along the Red River bank on the west side of St. Marys Road. A committee and the Municipal Engineer will invite Hon. R. D. Robertson to inspect the bank, and East Kildonan has agreed to share costs as 3.4 percent by the province 75 percent by the municipality and 25 percent by residents. Dated Winnipeg October 24 1957.
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Red River
St. Mary’s Rd
St. Vital Council
R. D. Robertson
St. Vital
Winnipeg
Man
Neighbors News 1957 Oddities and Local Snippets
Necklace of small-town tales from across Prairie provinces recounts old debts paid, found wallets and coins, extraordinary hunting luck, a pet deer, harvest produce records, and family weddings all amid lighthearted notations and community notes.
Fire destroys barn on John Cardinal farm near Imperial
A blaze roared through the loft of the John Cardinal farm barn east of Imperial during supper hour on Wednesday, consuming the structure and its winter feed. Cardinal cleared most livestock. neighbors arrived promptly but could not save the barn housing about 4000 bushels of wheat and 400 bushels of flax, with flax recently harvested. Some insurance covered the building. The Review Imperial Sask October 24 1957.
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North Battleford News-Optimist
Harry Jacques
Hillside
Fred Brandon
N. D. Cairns
Calgary
Harvey Hodgson
Birch Hills
Sask
St. Walburg Enterprise
Frank Nowlan, Jr
Frank
Yorkton Enterprise
Lawrence Bilokreli
Theodore
Canora
Yorkton
Hunter
MacLeod Gazette
Alta
Albert Brown
Pinder's Lake
Kipling
Sa&sk
Percy Burdette
Handsworth
Patricia
Percy
Kinistine Post
Julius Pederson
Carillon News
Steinbach
Man
Tolstoi
Tim
Tim the Deer
Elmwood Herald
A. M. Daily
Elmwood
Daily
Martine Jensen
Stonewall
Victor Bourlet
Vancouver
Sacred Heart Church
Winnipeg
Chris Jensen
Simone la Hale
Mark Madill
Neepawa
Frank Smith
Foam Lake
William Watson
Kamsack
George Cameron
Haney
British Columbia
George Coppin
Elrose Review
Bobby Pittman
H. Pittman
Bobby
J. David
Lac du Bonnet
A. Andrews
Dover
Etta Young
Outlook
Carson Peters
Grandview
Mary Cunningham
W. Fellows
Riverhurst
Emma Carlson
Wash
Elizabeth Lee
Valparaiso
E. Oke
Maidstone
Lucas
Radville
Charles Smith
Pincher Creek
Virden Empire Advance
Canada
Joseph Jopko
Virden
John Diefenbaker
Diefenbaker
Ottawa
Jopko
Lost and Found
Ethel Lobb
Thatch Creek District
Melfort Journal
Betty
Leslie Lobb
Tom McRae
Slough
No. 3
Lester Schmidt
Harvey Lobb
Tisdale Recorder
John Cardinal
Imperial
Cardinal
John
Mechanical damage drives railroad tie replacements
mechanical damage, not decay, is cited as the main reason for replacing railroad ties, highlighting the wear and stress factors affecting track stability and maintenance operations.
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