Port Churchill Busy in 1962 Shipping Season
The CN reports near record grain shipments from Port Churchill in 1962 with 49 ships clearing the port, total cargo 21,525,204 bushels, and about 2,400 grain cars en route. CN hauled 6,500 tons of nickel from INCO Thompson and trans shipped ore from Rankin Inlet to Fort Saskatchewan. Inbound goods included curling stones, confectionery, motors, machinery, glass, liquor and general merchandise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CNR
Churchill
INCO
Thompson
Rankin Inlet
Fort Saskatchewan
Prairie Provinces
Canadian Poultry Consumption Sets Records in 1961
Canadians consumed a record 23.2 pounds per person of fowl and chicken meat in 1961, up 1.2 pounds from 1960, with turkey at 7.7 pounds per person. Total poultry meat output reached 430.7 million pounds, 27 percent above 1960, led by broilers 226.5 million and turkeys 118.9 million.
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Turkey
Markets Information Section of Agriculture
Poultry Market Review
Women Reach 30 Percent of Canada's Civilian Labour Force
Women now constitute 30 percent of Canada's civilian labor force, totaling about 2.04 million workers. The share reflects shifts in employment and participation across industries, with ongoing policy and social changes affecting workforce dynamics.
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Canada
Music Lessons for Children From The New School
Max Aronoff counsels that start age varies with readiness and that strong desire signals readiness. He stresses disciplined study, avoiding talent myths, and choosing quality teachers. The column urges piano early plus string studies, parental encouragement, and surrounding a child with fine music to foster progress and cultural growth.
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Curtis
Embroidery Pattern 7312 Promises Bright Linen Decor
Colorful cross stitch design to decorate linens and apparel. Features four large and six small squares suitable for pillows scarves cloths and aprons. Pattern 7312 offered for thirty five cents with mail order to Household Arts Dept PPL 60 Front St W Toronto Ontario Name and address required.
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Household Arts
Dept. P.P.L
Front St. W
Toronto
Ontario
Save $50,000,000 A Year From Efficient Government
The first volume of the royal commission on government organization estimates that at least 50 million dollars yearly could be saved by more efficient operation of Canada’s federal government machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Commission On Government Organization
Canada
Special CN tour to Royal Winter Fair from Winnipeg and Saskatoon
Canadian National Railways offers an all inclusive package to the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto departing November 9 and returning November 17. The tour includes return rail fare on the Super Continental five nights at the Lord Simcoe Hotel six nights? Actually six nights in Toronto, daily fair admission, reserved Royal Horse Show seat, two Toronto Niagara Falls sightseeing tours, and meals. The fair showcases champion livestock field and dairy produce and numerous horsemanship displays.
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Canadian National Railways
Toronto
Winnipeg
Saskatoon
Lord Simcoe Hotel
Niagara Falls
Curling season beckons with tips and humor
The author greets the new curling season and invites reader questions. He recalls the Van couver carbonspiel winner Merv Mann and predicts he may dominate Saskatchewan in 1963. The column notes summer bonspiels, Nelson B C as top in the west, and suggests practical prep like broom and shoe care before sweeping hard to shed summer gains.
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Vancouver
Merv Mann
Saskatoon
Mann
Saskatchewan
Ernie Richardson
Nelson
B.C
Dawson Creek
Tor
Star. Syn
Hollywood couples clash over travel and a film in Alberta
Carolan Jones and Aaron Spelling resist overseas travel with Aaron delaying trips due to work. Westland Productions begins filming The Naked Flame in Alberta with Larry Matansky producing, Dennis O Keefe among the cast. Charles Laughton, 63, treated for a collapsed vertebra and cancer in lower back remains in fair condition after surgery. Frank Lovejoy, 50, found dead from a coronary thrombosis at Hotel Warwick. Agatha Christie signs to write screen version of Bleak House for a Hollywood company. Eddie Cantor announces a TV fundraiser for the Salk Foundation, with a lineup including Benny, Kaye, Berg en, Shore, and Crosby.
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Westland Productions, Limited
Alberta
B.C
Larry Matansky
Dennis O'Keefe
Charles Laughton
Cedars of Lananon Hospital
Charles
Laughton
New York
Memorial Hospital For Cancer and Allied Diseases
Frank Lovejoy
Warwick
McGraw
New Yorker
Eddie Cantor
Salk Foundation Institute
la Jolla
California
Jack Benny
Danny Kaye
Polly Bergen
Dinah Shore
Bing Crosby
Folding toy chest and play table pattern feature
In the Home Workshop notice describes a folding toy chest on wheels with a top that doubles as a play table. Pattern 252 provides assembly directions and a full-size stencil design, priced 50 cents. It is part of four patterns in the Child Pleaser Furnishings Packet No 47 for $1.75.
Door Stop Pattern 247 Gift Idea Pack Sale
Amusing door stop patterns offer actual size cutting and painting guides for three designs. Made from scraps, they hold doors firmly yet lay flat. Price 50 cents. Included in Useful Cut-Out Packet No 57 for 1.75 dollars from Home Workshop Patterns, Department P.P.L., 4433 West Ltd Ave, Vancouver.
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Department P.P.L
West Ltd
Vancouver
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Carl Wittke Humteldt
Beck
Ariel
Proce
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Gryffite
Casipe
Ding Steele
Taltera
Expresa
Palmer
Cote de Lirase Road
Lachine
Quebec
Marifolm
Jebus
Edmorton
Alta
Hebbert
Lac Duc Bonnet
Manitoba
Victor Comptometer School
Scarth Street
Regina
Deslera
Western ON Co
Moose Jaw
Sask
Loshack
Prince Albert
Wire Food Mart
Campbell River
Boar
Mason City
Iowa
Newfoundland
Church St
Montreal
Sharpe
Broad St
Fairford St. W
Co-Op Creameries
Co-op Creamery
Saskatchewan Co-Operative Creamery Association Ltd
Bosch, Roosa
CGAY
Electric
Scarth St. Regina
Ularanteed
Farmers & Contractors
Quebec ST . Ph
GANK
Spathiong Dimatiuets Coy
fYuebec
House Trailers
Apedas
Port Churchill
THE
Canadian Arthritis and Rheumatism Society
Northern Crown Building
Regina, Sask
Symon’s
Trock Houstuss
Rocanville
P.O
Pall Mail
London
Smooth Fox
Ter Fier Fine
Alee Ameorivan
Foxteninds
Ian Breakey
Breaheswalle
Gentle Wash Gees Mes Adbert
Peruier
Fop
North Battltorm
Efaern
Carnegie Ave
Ostawa
Sasekratchewan
Saskatches Wal
Deterpromeial Accounting Sask, Ltd
Packy
United States
Portland
Ore
Mama Belle
al Tucker
National Baby Care Council
Max Aronoff
New School of Music
Philadelphia, Pa
Winter Fair
Jacqueline Jeanne Mayer
Sandusky
Matt Baldwin
Carolan Jones
Aaron Spelling
Aaron
Hollywood
Carolyn
Tony Curtis
St. Tropez
Paris
Jean Barthet
Seth Wyeth
Spears
Reggies
International Peace Garden
North Dakota
Henry J. Moore
Kew Botanical
International Peace Gardens
North America
Turtle Mountain
No. 10
Brandon
Information Courtray of Mondtobo Travel and Convention Association
SG Regis Hotel
Site Street
Winnifeg
Whirlhall
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