Neighbors Share Wry Notes From Broad Rural Districts
A meandering roundup from September 29 1957 highlights whimsical tales from various Canadian towns. A hunter laments eight captures but his dog returns thirty, church men boast cooking skills, and exceptional vegetables appear across Prairie communities. Tales of births, anniversaries, enduring trades, and travel lore mix with humorous vignettes and a skunk on a farm step. Nearby towns include Kinistino Portage la Prairie Delburne Vita and more, celebrating oldtimers, auctions, and family milestones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rimbey Record
Ailta
Martin Blondin
Canora Courier
Sask
Fred Osachoff
Kinistino Post
Cecil Hobbs
Barry Chytyk
Delburne Times
Alta
A. Federishen
Esterhazy Observer
A. Ponscok
Stockholm
E. Sletmoen
Rainy River
Ont
Vita
Man
Carillon News
Walden
Saskatchewan
Anna Glenn
Naco
James Ramsay
Macgregor
T. E. Pye
Red Deer
Richard Williams
Melita
J. N. Coolidge
Saskatoon
D. A. Shaw
Low
Robert Nurse
Eston
Janet Wilson
McAuley
J. Sigurdson
Grandview
Humboldt Journal
George Stokes
Old Dobbin
Wakaw Recorder
J. J. Weixel
Brandon
Portage la Prairie
CPR
D. C. Mackintosh
Anglican Diocese of
Toronto
Anglican Church
Regina
Dimsdale
Indoor Shuffleboard Game Pattern and Kit Ad
Shuffleboard is an old favorite for indoor play with a canvas or permanent court. Pattern 408 provides court dimensions disks cues and score board and includes gadgets for two other games. Rumpus room game packet offers five patterns with directions for one big game and two small games for 1.75 dollars.
Skyway Pattern Pack Offers Home Workshop Guides
Skyway patterns provide luminous paint guides and a angelic child mounting upward. Pattern 398 gives actual size cutting guides and directions. Packet 34 includes eight jig saw projects with largest being a what not forty four inches high. All for 1.75 with a 10 cent service charge on orders under a dollar. Send orders to Home Workshop Patterns Vancouver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department P.P.L
West Ltd Avenue
Vancouver
B.C
Town crew cleans up fall debris and street work
The town engineer told council the crew spent the week mowing weeds and tidying streets. Railway Avenue requires regrading, with more work to be debated within budget. Sidewalks on 4th St West near the new school were completed, culverts will be installed, and a Main St leak repaired using a protective disk blade cap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
4Th St
New School
Main St
Tractor safety hazards on farms and child riders
Farmers recount the deadly risks of tractors with overturns and injuries. Children often ride or operate the machines, sometimes long before they can legally drive. Safety urges keeping kids off tractors to prevent tragedies.
Anglican Diocese Launches Four-Area Parish Canvass
The Anglican Diocese of Qu'Appelle launches an every parish canvass to raise 775000 for new churches, education, and travel funds. Ralph Bamford and Dr. R E Rodger lead the effort with 120 lay sol icitors across four areas centered at Moosomin Regina Moose Jaw and Swift Current. The canvass runs October 11 to 30 with a Loyalty Dinner October 10 at The Trian Regina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anglican Diocese of
Qu’Appelle
Qu'Appelle
Ralph Bamford
Moose Jaw
R. E. Rodger
Regina
Manitoba
Medicine Hat
U.S
Saskatoon
Moosomin
Swift Current
Trianon
St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral
Canvass
Coleman
Dean Noel
R. L. Bamford
D. E. Rodger
J. A. Jameson
G. J.buck
R. C.C. Hodsman
J. S. Ink
J. O. Clarke
G. W. Pickett
Moosemin
Estevan to Host Fall Minor League Baseball Meeting
Enthusiasts note the 1957 fall gathering of the Minor League Baseball Association set for October 19 at 1 00 pm CST in the Estevan Elks Lodge. Delegates will receive postmeeting refreshments and a banquet. Local boom demands quick delegate accommodations. The piece ends with an unrelated maple syrup fact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association
Estevan
C.S.T
Elks Lodge
A New Kind of Halloween for UNICEF
Canada’s youths are urged to transform Halloween fun into a fundraising drive for UNICEF. The program, Shell Out for UNICEF, collected $42,000 last year from about 750 groups and aims to reach $100,000 in 1957 by collecting pennies to dollars. Organize through clubs or teen groups, get supplies and publicity kits, and send funds via a provincial representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Unicef
Hallowe'en
United Nations Children’s Fund
United Nations
Unicef Hallowe'en
Focal Paper
Also Mentioned on This Page
CBC
Westiock News
Kinistine Post
St. George's Church
W.A
Charlie Dodd
Yorkton Enterprise
Cecil Straker
Waldron
Strakers
James Straker
Abergavenny
Monmouthshire
England
Lloydminster Times
8S. T. Phillpota
Lloydminster
British Columbia
Bolton
Lancashire
Ed Rogers
Camrose
Hattie Simonson
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Alex Johnson
Kamsack Times
Moone
Eny Drug Counter
Weaver
Sedicin
the Times
Wetaskhwin
Wetaskiwin
50 Avenue
Clarion
Kindersley
Bishop Coleman
Canaduan Unicef Committee
Bloor Street West
Ontario
Unicef Committee
Westgate Ave
Manitoba Unicef Committee
Curry Building
Winnipeg 2
Alberta
Edmonton
Bloor St. West
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