Tear Out the Grass On A Hard Farm Job Story
Albert Harrison arrives at a sun baked farm as a layoff victim seeking work with Max Stone the farmer. He endures harsh toil and urban memories while Mrs Stone orders him to tear out the grass. A sudden gallbladder operation for Stone shifts Albert toward unavoidable labor and a stark rural life.
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Lbert Harrison
Max Stone
Albert
Stone
Petter
Mr. Stone
Prince
Mrs. Stone
Max
Dr. Fisher
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
Ergot Infestations Hit Saskatchewan Rye Crops
Saskatchewan agriculture reports heavy ergot infestations in harvested rye. Ergot lowers price by about 18 cents per bushel for grades above 1 third of one percent ergot. McKenzie warns ergot bodies are poisonous and can cause abortion in livestock. advises seed cleaning, salt solution treatment, deep but not too deep seeding, crop rotation, and removing source grasses to curb spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture
R. E. McKenzie
Department
McKenzie
Old Street Car Converted Into Church
An interdenominational church car built from Calgary streetcars is part of a Bragg Lake holiday motel. Sixteen abandoned cars form cabins around a central outdoor pool, with one car serving as a church and organ. The project, by Cliff Butler and Fred Fry, began from community interest for a Sunday school space.
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Calgary
Bragg Lake
Cliff Butler
Fred Fry
New Strains Of Poultry Said To Resist Disease
VANCOUVER Poultry breeders are producing new chicken strains resistant to leucosis a disease with no known cure Dr F B Hutt of Cornell and colleagues report after 12 years of work at the Poultry Science Association conference Isolation for six to eight weeks is advised for newly purchased chicks as a preventive measure Dr Leslie R Card of Illinois notes no test or antidote exists and natural resistance is the only defense
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Vancouver
F. B. Hutt
Cornell University
The
Poultry Science Association
North America
Hutt
Leslie R. Card
University of Illinois
Old Age Security reachs 701,565 recipients in July
Canada’s old age security program surpassed 700,000 recipients in July reaching 701,565 as of the latest monthly tally. The payments, funded entirely by the federal government, exceed 28 million dollars monthly, with Ontario and Quebec featuring the largest shares and Newfoundland smallest. More than 5,000 new applicants were paid in July, about 900 could have been paid earlier if timely applications had been made.
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Ottawa
Canada
Federal Welfare Department
Newfoundland
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Ancient lotus seed blooms briefly at Hamburg exhibition
A lotus or water lily flower grown from a 2,000 year old seed bloomed for a few hours at an international gardening show in Hamburg. The seed was discovered last year in an earthenware jug unearthed near Tokyo during an archaeological dig.
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Hamburg
Germany
Tokyo
Answers to Quick Quiz Answers Text
Edmonton Halifax Regina Saint John. Primary textile mills produce fibres yarns fabrics and hosiery. A beluga is the white whale found in Hudson Bay. 46 000 passenger cars 180 000 freight cars. 45 000 children under 18 53 000 women 66 000 men. Material supplied by editors of Quick Canadian Facts handbook.
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Edmonton
Alta
Halifax
N.S
Regina
Sask
Saint John
Hudson Bay
Quick Canadian Facts
Canada
Hail Claims in Alberta May Hit Record
Alberta farmers will collect at least 3,500,000 from the Provincial Hail Insurance Board for storm damage to about 1,000,000 acres of grain crops. Board Chairman Glen Elder said 4,672 hail damage claims were filed in 1953, with totals likely to reach the 5,506 claims recorded in 1947.
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Calgary
Alta
Alberta
Provincial
Hail Insurance Board
Glen Elder
Winnipeg Twins Make Fine Strides
Winnipeg brothers Don and John, identical twins with cerebral palsy, transformed from nonverbal patients at the Winnipeg Children's Hospital Cerebral Palsy Clinic to grade one students. After six months of physio and speech therapy, they walk with canes and speak in simple sounds, guided by Mrs Lyle McDonald. They greeted Kiwanis luncheon attendees and now attend a regular school class with good marks.
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Winnipeg
Don
John
Winnipeg Children’s Hospital
Lyle McDonald
Kiwanis
Foghorn to Warn Mariners Near Lookout Island
The west coast of Vancouver Island will gain a $13,000 automatic horn at Lookout Island to sound warning during autumn fogs. The upgrade aims to reduce danger in coastal waters and marks a notable improvement in navigation aids along the coast.
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Kyuquot
Vancouver Island
Lookout Island
Oddities In The News items from around the world
A police chief in Picher Oklahoma chased a suspect then found his car stolen. A London shop adds a men's sock department to appease spendthrift shoppers. A 14 year old pubkeeper’s daughter finds 157 pounds in a Leicester tavern roll, life savings intended for an elderly woman. A pigeon returns from a cross country race, likely misdirected from the north. Alf Radford builds a home auto in his parlor, needing a window removal. A Shawville Quebec woman regains a wedding ring lost 47 years ago after it surfaces in the family garden.
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Pauline Stanton
Rifle Volunteer
Leicester
England
Paulin
Alf Radford
Swalwell- on-Tyne
A. Hodgins
Shawville
Que
Hail control claimed as problem solved in Manitoba
Lloyd McSorley of Weather Resources Corporation told a Winnipeg Kiwanis Club meeting that a five year two million six thousand dollar Denver study shows hail damage can be controlled. In Colorado experiments hail was reduced to mush snow and two major U S insurers showed interest. The firm runs a 400000 acre weather modification project in southwestern Manitoba and plans a 5000000 acre contract west of Saskatoon.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Lloyd McSorley
The
Weather Resources Corporation
Winnipeg Kiwanis Club
Denver
Colorado
McSorley
Saskatoon
Will of Winnipeg painter funds veterans charity gifts
The will of William H. Dimcock provides about 8 000 to be paid as 10 Christmas presents to South African War veterans in Manitoba. Between 100 and 120 veterans are eligible for the gifts, distributed annually for life.
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Winnipeg
William H. Dimcock
Manitoba
Rocky Mountain System Extends 2200 Miles
The Rocky Mountain system runs 2,200 miles from Alaska to New Mexico, outlining a vast mountain corridor. It connects major ranges and influences climate, ecology, and regional geography across the western United States.
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Rocky Mountain
Alaska
New Mexico
Life Is Free And Easy In Stony Rapids
In Stony Rapids Saskatchewan a free northern life shapes daily work and travel. Hudson’s Bay Co. factor Douglas Stevens enjoys independence. nurse Margaret Lewis tends a small hospital and treks by dog team or plane. Fred Erickson recalls a lifelong northward hunt for land and freedom. RCMP Corporal Walter Stevenson notes they are never bushed as a diesel launch ferries officers through a maze of lakes and rivers.
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Stony Rapids
Sask
Fond du Lac
Regina
R.C.M.P
Douglas Stevens
Hudson's Bay Co. Post
Stony Plain
Joneses
Margaret Lewis
Wales
Lewis
Fred Erickson
Sweden
Northwest Territories
Cpl
Walter Stevenson
Quick Canadia Quiz Quick Canadia Quiz
Answers in Another Column. A riddle style quiz questions about beluga location immigrant grants 1952 by group, Canada’s top manufacturing employer textiles products, railcar counts, and major cities in Alberta Nova Scotia Saskatchewan New Brunswick. Vultures feed on carrion guided by sight.
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Alberta
Nova Scotia
Saskatchewan
New Brunswick
Walter Ashfield Honored By Newspapermen
Walter Ashfield of Grenfell, a prominent Saskatchewan weekly editor, was made a life member of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers association at the 34th annual convention in Saskatoon. He has served as Saskatchewan division secretary-manager and on national association executive, and his Grenfell Sun won a top prize for best front page in a national contest for papers up to 1,500 circulation.
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Saskatchewan
Walter Ashfield
Grenfell
Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association
Saskatoon
Ashfield
National Association
Grenfell Sun
Report Cards Made Simple For Parents
Victoria British Columbia parents will receive guidance in interpreting report cards this term. Education Minister Tilly Rolston said cards will include notes to explain markings and how progress fits the child’s overall character, addressing concerns that current marks reflect native ability and environment rather than real development.
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Victoria
British Columbia
Tilly Rolston
Winners in Canada wide Tweedsmuir contest announced
Federated Women's Institutes of Canada held a board meeting in Toronto to announce winners in three divisions. Cups will be awarded to the victors. Essay on rural homes honored Mrs. Leigh de Long. group Tweedsmuir history by Glenmorris, Ontario with honorable mention to Pease, Saskatchewan. handicraft group Conquest Homemakers Club Saskatchewan won for an appliqued quilt. Frances MacKay of Winnipeg noted growing interest this year.
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Toronto
Women's Institutes of Canada
Leigh de Long
Kempt
N.S
Bruce Edie
Dugald
Man
Tweedsmuir
Glenmorris
Ont
Pease, Sask
Conquest Homemakers Club
Sask
Frances MacKay
Winnipeg
Holstein cow from Gull Lake touted as district calf-record candidate
Gull Lake Sask. A Holstein cow on Sven Persons and Son farm, raised by youth Tompkins, at 13 years old has produced 16 calves including three sets of triplets, three single calves, and two sets of twins, a potential district record.
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Gull Lake
Sask
Sven Persons
Tompkins
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Quilchena Golf Club
B.C
Kanawaki
Gordon Baxter Taylor
MacKenzie
Winnipeg Twins
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Picher
Okla
Sloane Square
London
H. J. Gent
Wellingborough
Eng
Young's Book and Stationery
MacDonald
Les Carroll
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