Portage area notes and community highlights
Casual town roundup with social events and personnel changes. W L Hammerstedt hosts Pioneer Store staff picnic at Portage Lodge and local residents including Stella Halliday Irene Park Ted Wood Dan Malyk and family attend. Kay Arsenault joins Manitoba Air Service replacing at Beaver Lumber. Eddie Malyk placeholder. Bob Parkyn and Bob Parkes report local activity plus a bear seen by Parkes and Kolesar. Community curling efforts and seasonal harvest notes close the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pioneer Store
W. L. Hammerstedt
Portage Lodge
Stella Halliday
Irene Park
Ted Wood
E. McLeod
Dan Malyk
Phil Masso
Kay Arsenault
Eddy Malyk
Manitoba Air Service
Kay
The
Beaver Lumber Company
Mable Sydorko
Eddie
Beauty At Home Answers For Everyday Skin Care
A home advice column covers fever blister care with cleansing and zinc ointment, nose camouflage with foundation shades, oatmeal mask, oily skin tonic, rouge techniques to slim the face, making liquid shampoo, removing calluses, correcting dye jobs with hot oil, darkening lashes with clipping and petroleum jelly, and a hand whitening mix with glycerine bay rum bergamot oil.
Low Hemline on Parachutes
The new extended skirt parachute with a 28 foot diameter will become standard US equipment for pilots of jet and other high speed aircraft in early 1950. It reduces opening shock and provides a more stable descent for fliers who bail out of fast moving craft.
Declaring Plausibility and Relegate in Historical Quote
The text defines plausibility as the quality of seeming likely and gives an example about an explanation containing an element of plausibility. It also explains relegation as exile or banishment and mentions a quote about not relegating religion to obscure municipalities.
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Burke
Lesson In English Words Often Misused
A compact guide listing proper usage and pronunciations for common terms. It defines turbulent as violent agitation, perfunctory as mechanical, gratuity as a free donation, and prone as having a natural inclination, with examples and tips for clearer speech.
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Zimmerman
Citrus for Health The Case for Daily Citrus Juices
Daily intake of fresh or canned orange or grapefruit juice best meets the body's vitamin C needs. Other popular fruit juices offer variety but do not match citrus for economy or vitamin C content.
Bolivia and Paraguay Lack Seacoast in South America
The article notes that Bolivia and Paraguay are the only two South American nations without any coastline. It highlights their landlocked status and contrasts them with coastal neighbors in the continent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolivia
Paraguay
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A. Rosen
Lac du Bonnet
Lake View Hotel
Lac du Bennet
Alf. Hallick
Mgr
Richard Giesbrecht
Whitemouth
W. S. Kennard
Bob Parkyn
Pete Frank
West Coast
Mrs. Queish
Henfield
Sussex
England
Mrs. Campbell
Bob Parkes
Bob
George Kolesar
A. W. Brown
St. John's Anglican Church
S. Richardson
Allan John
Sam Tomftinson, Jr
Sam
Royal Naval Academy
Arvid Byman
Churchill
Lloyd Moxley
Fort Garry
Curling Club
Tom Park
Ruben Swezey
Bird River
G. F. Teare
Sec.-Treas
Man
Beauty
By Lynn Carter
Princess Elizabeth
London
Clarence House
W. L. Gordon
Chicago
Denmark
Citrus For Health
John Deere
Nick Pocalyko
Brookfield
Albert S. Wener
Optometrist
Boyd Building
Winnipeg
Pine Falls
Manitou Lodge
Roy Wold
Walbec Theatre
Smith
Alan Ladd
Robert Preston
Julia
Walter Pidgeon
Greer Garson
Main Street
G. M. Amrose
McClary
Tom Quong
Eagle Cafe
Leonard L. Portnoy
Springman
Beaver Lumber.co
Bonnet
Art Brown
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