Switzer resigns as Saskatchewan Fire Commissioner
R A W Switzer steps down from the Saskatchewan Fire Commissioner post to become Assistant Dominion Fire Commissioner in Ottawa. Minister C C Williams lauds his service, citing lower fire loss and premiums, with William’s staff and guests at a Prairie Lily Cafeteria dinner. Deputy Fire Commissioner William Carson to succeed him.
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A. W W. Gwitzer
Saskatchewan
C. C. Williams
Labour
Gwitzer
Dominion Fire
Ottawa
Williams
Switzer
Dominion
Wiliams
Dominion of Canada
Canadian Fire Marshalls Association
National Fire Protection Association
Canadian Standards Association of
Underwriters Laboratories of Canada
Willam J. Carson
Mr. Switzer
Manor
Carson
Regina
Laugh of the week pun from The Touchwood Times
A humor brief from The Touchwood Times in Pun nichy Saskatchewan quotes a joke about neighborly disputes. It features a homeowner who sent back a tin of oil intended for a lawnmower and a retort about using it on a wife’s singing at night.
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Touchwood Times
Punnichy, Sask
Ree Aaeiee Fearn Deen . Freat Arrest. W. Terente
A local arrest fact appears with misspelled names. W Terente is named in connection with the incident as the subject taken into custody by authorities. Details are unclear due to OCR errors but indicate a police action and a named individual.
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W. Terente
Seldom-used method revives drowning boy in river rescue
Edson Alberta reports a nine year old, Reginald Pollock, saved after being pulled from the McLeod River. Elmer Fossheim, a CNR yard foreman, jumped in and performed a rare artificial respiration method by removing water from the lungs and delivering air to the mouth. Breathing returned after the rescue.
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Edson
Alta
Fella
Reginald Pollock
McLeod River
Elmer Fosshelm
CNR
Reginald
Fossheim
Garden fights couch grass and giant vegetables
Garden note from Unity Sask reports Mike Gerein battles couch grass invading his yard and uncovers a potato with the weed growing through its center. Mrs Van Den Brule on return from Belgium Holland and Germany reveals a non stop garden producing a 2% pound carrot. Mrs Mike Young finds a potato weighing three and a half pounds on Third Ave East.
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Mike Gerein
Second Avenue West
van den Brule
Unity
Belgium
Holland
Germany
Mike Young
Third Ave. East
the Herald
Unity, Sask
Premier Douglas forecasts greatest expansion for Saskatchewan
Premier T. C. Douglas told about 200 Chaplin attendees that Saskatchewan stands on the threshold of its greatest period of industrial growth. He cited the sodium sulphate plant’s success as proof of diversification, noting $1.5 million in royalties and profits since 1948 and payrolls boosting Chaplin’s population from 150 to nearly 500.
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Saskatchewan
T. C. Douglas
Chaplin
Lur Baby
Douglas
Bishopric
Editorial coincidence with district sign request
The Bulletin reports the Board of Trade received over a dozen directional signs for Dinosaur Park on the Red Deer River and Kinbrook Park at Lake Newell. The Alberta Motor Association in Calgary supplied the signs and Brooks businessmen show district interest.
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Bulletin
Board of Trade
Dinosaur Park
Red Deer River
Kinbrook Park
Lake Newell
Alberta Motor Association
Calgary
Shutters pattern offered in home stead packet
Pattern 389 demonstrates various shutter styles with actual-size guides for applied and open-work decorations. It is one of five patterns in Home stead Improvement Packet No 30, priced at 1.75, from Home W PPL at West Sud Avenue, Vancouver B C.
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West Sud Avenue
Vancouver
B.C
Civil Defence proves vital as Balcarres saves water supply
In Balcarres Saskatchewan a dry spell nearly drained the town and hospital’s water. Civil Defence Director L D Keith and Provincial Co-ordinator J O Probe secured pipe from the University of Saskatchewan and 2,000 feet loaned by Prairie Pipe Manufacturing Co Ltd. Transport costs and fittings completed the line to bring water from a nearby slough to the reservoir, ensuring a reliable supply. Saskatchewan industry backed the effort showing civil defence on the ball in emergencies.
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Minda
Balcarres
Balcarrés
L. D. Keith
Civil Defence
J. O. Probe
Probe
University of Saskatchewan
Calgary
University
Saskatoon
Regina
Prairie Pipe Manufacturing Co., Ltd
Saskatchewan
Diocesan Bishop Kurose Profile From Japan Mission History
Bishop Kurose born in Yamaguchi and baptized at 22 in Tokyo. A noted liturgy and pastoral theology scholar, he led Central Theological Seminary Tokyo as principal after serving as rector Mobara parish and teaching at the seminary. He studied at Trinity College Toronto and contributed to translations for the Japan Bible Society. his children pursue education in Canada and Japan.
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Kurose
Yamaguchi City
Yamaguchi
St. Francis Xavier
Japan
St. Andrew's Church
Tokyo
St. Paul's University
St. Paul's
Central Theological Seminary
Bishop Kurose
Trinity College
Toronto
England
Hart House
Japan Bible Society
Anglican Women's Training College
Woman's Auxiliary
Anglican Church of Canada
Harvest Special Trains Evoked A Wistful Prairie Memory
Nostalgic reminiscence recalls Western harvests in the era before mechanization when Eastern Canada bound trains carried workers across the prairies. The piece notes mealtime feasts, varied riders, and a later crackdown by police on criminal shortcuts, ending with a nostalgic sigh for simpler times.
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Canada
Prairies
Parking metres in Lacombe a nuisance not a fix
Town council debated trial parking metres with two councillors open to the idea. The piece argues metres burden motorists, generate police overtime, and threaten downtown shopper goodwill. It says Lacombe lacks space and urgency for meters and should leave them to larger cities.
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Lacombe
Premier Duff Roblin Sends Golden Wedding Congrats
Premier Duff Roblin wrote to Rt Hon Winston Churchill and Lady Churchill congratulating them on their golden wedding anniversary. He signed the letter on behalf of Manitoba people. Sir Winston and Lady Churchill celebrated the milestone in early September amid recent photographs.
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Duff Roblin
Bir
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Manitoba
Sir Winston
Lady Churchill
Mr. Roblin
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Canadian Joint Air Training Centre
Rivers
Man
Joe Thibodeau
Yarmouth
N.S
W. H
Nick) Nicholls
Nanaimo
G. F. Miller
J. H. Brockelbank
Saskatchewan Minerals
T. GC. Douglas
Man- Bose Ese Pt
Brooks
The
Ishutter Designs
Diocesan Board of Missions
Paul Yasuo Kurose
Mid-Japan
Psuedo
Walter Osborne
Ives
Moose Jaw
Combine
the Globe, Lacombe
Egypt
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