The Train Car Quirk with a Grandmother on Board
A narrator in a train story observes a dramatic scene as an English mother travels with her daughter to visit sons in Canada. The mother, robust in memory and talk, clings to family lore while the narrator tries to assist, only to lose her in Montreal where she prefers the men’s restroom seating, a moment both trying and humorous in retrospect.
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Nova Scotia
Mamma
Niagara Falls
England
Canada
Falta
Marma
Montreal
Toronto
Albert
Levis
Momma
Quaker on a Park Bench Teaches Friendly Hearts
In The War Cry tale two newcomers ask what kind of people reside here. The Quaker answers by implying the same selfish, narrow folk exist, then shows warmth and kindness reveal the neighbors are friendly, lovable, and helpful. The moral: carry a friendly heart to find friendliness among people.
Edmonton Show Draws Laird Gym Boxers
Regine boxers compete in Edmonton under Ken Goff at the Edmonton Boys' Boxing Club event. Chuck McLellan lost a close decision, Don Harvey won clearly, promising light middleweight, Chick Gilhooey claimed the trophy as most outstanding, Albert Karok won, while George Goff and Ed Landgraf lost.
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Laird Gymnasium
Ken Goff
Edmonton
Edmonton Boys’ Boxing Club
Chuck McLellan
Don Harvey
Harvey
Chick Gilhooey
Albert Karok
George Goff
Ed Landgraf
Canadian farm cash income hits record in first half 1959
Farm cash income in Canada for January to June 1959 totalled 1319 million dollars, up three percent from a year earlier and the highest first-half figure on record.
Roof Top Greetings Santa Cutout Pattern Sale
A life size Santa cutout pattern with chimney and 1d inch Merry Christmas lettering is offered for home decor. Includes mounting directions and five large pattern sheets, reusable yearly, pattern price 1.75. Also sells fabric painting patterns and an Indoor Christmas Decoration Packet 43 for 1.75 and 34c for Pattern 249.
Mechanic Toy Pattern Teaches Woodworking Skills
Scraps of wood and paint enable a young mechanic to start a business, tow cars, and rebuild. Pattern 211 provides actual size guides. 410c. Also offered are pull-toy dogs with wood canvas joints glue and paint for home workshops. Pattern 310 with guides is 33¢ and part of Tiny Tot's Toy Packet 42 for $1.75.
Jig Saw Pattern Guides For Christmas Tree Gifts
Pattern 376 offers actual-size cutting and painting guides for many jig saw projects to please homemakers and brighten holiday gatherings. Price 35e. Also in Jig Saw Packet 33 a parade of full-size patterns for unusual opensaw projects.
Christmas patterns for doorway decorations and figures
Greet guests with a gaily painted cut-out plaque and tall electric candles for the front door. Pattern 361 offers actual-size guides and candle directions priced 35 cents. Also in Christmas Packet No 48, pattern 414 includes three figures and a six foot lamp post, five sheets for 1.75 dollars.
Indoor Christmas Decoration Pack pattern 43 teaser
Family craft guidance for making wreaths and real holiday decor includes full-size patterns for a plywood Christmas card tree and a sled centre piece. Offered as one of five patterns in the Indoor Christmas Decoration Packet 43 for 175. Orders to Department P.P.L. Vancouver B C.
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Bsc
Winter works programme expands campgrounds and picnic sites
Resources Minister Alvin Hamilton announced a repeat of the winter works program to build and enlarge campground and picnic facilities across Canada from November 1959 to May 1960. The federal government will cover half the cost, prioritizing wages, with over 13 000 man months created and work in nine provinces surpassing six million dollars. The program complements the Trans-Canada Highway campsite initiative.
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Alvin Hamilton
Mr. Hamilton
Canada
Hamilton
Saskatchewan to test farm grain dryers nationwide
The Saskatchewan Agricultural Machinery Administration will immediately test four grain dryer models the Tox O Wick Cropyard New Holland and John Deere with collaboration from the Board of Grain Commissioners the Canadian Wheat Board and the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool. Tests aim to publish reports by December 1st after completing by November 1st and guide farmers amid wet weather.
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Saskatchewan Agricultural Machinery Administration
I. C. Nollet
Saskatchewan
Board of Grain Commissioners
Canadian Wheat Board
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
New Holland
John Deere
Ttas
The Convalescent Tuberculosis Patient Rest and Caution
The convalescence of a discharged tuberculosis patient should be slow and careful. Rest, diet, and prescribed exercise rules must be followed until the doctor deems the patient ready for social activities or resumed activities.
Film introduces hosiery education in 14 minute release
A 14 minute film "Hosiery Facts and Fashions" from the Canadian Association of Ladies Hosiery Manufacturers educates shoppers salesgirls and students on buying wearing and caring for stockings. Produced in full color with sound by Dt Pont of Canada, it features history manufacturing wear and care, a hosiery fashion show, and a plant visit with demonstrations.
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Canadian Association of Ladies Hosiery Manufacturers
Dt Pont
Canada
Hosiery Association
Omega Productions Inc
Montreal
Dick Jarvis
Vancouver
Ernest Reid
Remembrance and the Poppy in Canadian History
Five and a half million poppies bloomed in Canada last November and one third of Canadians wore the symbol of Remembrance. The article traces the poppy’s origins to Napoleonic wars and credits Lt. Col. John McCrae, a Canadian Medical Corps officer from Guelph, whose Ypres diary produced the verse that inspired the poppy as a symbol. It notes the 1921 Canadian adoption by the Great War Veterans Association, likely aided by McCrae’s famous lines about Flanders fields and the universal fear that soldiers’ deaths be remembered rather than forgotten.
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Canada
Flanders
John McCrae
Guelph
Ontario
Ypres
McCrae
Frent
Yser Canal
Flanders Fields
United States
American Legion
Great War Veterans Association
E. Guerin
France
Sunset Strip View Over Beverly Hills at Dusk
A vivid description of Sunset Strip from the hilltop overlooking Beverly Hills at sunset. Neon lights below resemble a constellation of diamonds while traffic threads the valley. The piece recalls classic film stars who once roamed and thrived in this glamorous era.
New goose roasting recipe from the Old Country
A curious adnotes a goose roasting recipe from a visiting or imagined source. It describes selecting a goose, cleaning plumes, soaking in buttermilk overnight, then baking in a medium oven for five hours, basting with cold beer every sixteen minutes, draining beer, slicing and tearing into the meat. The Herald quotes a dismissive remark about the method.
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Tfe
Apparentis
Annual Recreation Association conference discuss plans
The 1959 Alberta Recreation Association annual conference will be held at the YWCA building in Medicine Hat in November. Jointly sponsored by the Association and the Recreation Bureau, it will cover budgets for recreation programs, a proposed recreation course, director standards, and ARAC objectives. Delegates from Alberta may attend with a $0 registration fee. further details available from WIN Community Recreation Bureau in Edmonton.
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Alberta
YWCA
Recreation Bureau
Provincial Secretory’s Department
Community Recreation Bureau
WIN | Comimuncity Recreation Bureau
Department of the Provincial
Legisative Building
Edisoneton
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