Goats Island Rapids At Fundy Tide Draws Tourists
The St John river in New Brunswick becomes a dramatic battleground of tides and rapids near Saint John. Goats Island marks the foaming center while three local youths survived a perilous upstream ride in a 22 foot skiff watched by thousands. A new $65,000 tourist information centre opens beside a bridge linking the river to Lancaster and plans for a park with a Goat Island connection.
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Fredericton
Fundy
St. John
Atlantic
St. Lawrence
New Brunswick
Maine
Saint John
Goat Island
Ron Beckett
Harry Tippett
Ken Doherty
Lancaster
Three Weeklies Awarded in Canadian Association Honors
The Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association annual convention honored three members. Mrs. George Murray of Pictou Nova Scotia won Mrs. Weekly Editor of the Year. Barbara Lee Aylesworth of Watford Ontario was named Miss Weekly Editor and Sam Wynn of Yorkton Saskatchewan earned Mr. Weekly Editor of the Year.
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Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association
George Murray
Pictou
N.S
Barbara Lee Aylesworth
Watford
Ont
N. Wynn
Yorkton
Sask
Pictou Advocate
The
Advocate
Barbara
Guide Advocate
London
William C. Aylesno
Opera
North Battleford
Irwin McIntosh
New
Optimist
Sam Wynn
World
Palmerston, Ont
West Toronto Tripune
CWNA
Wynn
Board of Trade
Yorkton General Hospital
Saskatchewan Hospital Association
Paint Helps Safe Descent Into Dim Basement
A weekly tip advises painting the lower cellar step white to prevent missteps in dim basements. The guidance emphasizes high contrast for safer stair navigation and fewer accidents in low light.
Quick Canadia Quiz on Canada's House of Commons and railways
A clipped trivia item asks two questions about Canada: number of House of Commons seats and the region with narrow gauge railways. It notes CBC spending about $26 million this year and sales tax impact on manufactured goods around $100 million, with answers in another column.
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Canada
House of Commons
CBC
Ottawa
Dragonfly Gaze: Imagined Cipher Puzzles and Odd Facts
A fragmented column lists items including Yanks National Mt Washington Longer Brazil Queen Elizabeth Hy grometer Sunshine Crystal Krone. It notes a dragonfly has more than 30 000 eyes, prompting puzzling, lighthearted commentary on language and science.
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National
Mt. Washington
Brazil
Irv Noren
Yanks
Giants
Oy Stan Musial
N. H
Chio
Paraguay
Florida
Denmark
Sideglances on Grooming Salaries and Royal Pets
A column discusses barber instructions and British grooming finesse, notes wage shifts since 1939 and the real value of income rising to 173 weekly for parity. It covers a bantamweight clash, unusual prize guarantees, aprons for his and hers, ancient Egypt gender roles, and three corgi dogs at Buckingham Palace.
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James Brunot
Alfred Butts
Buckingham Palace
Susan
Sugar
Honey
Prince Charlies
Harvey
Record set for largest pike in Canada
Francis Willard Chick Terry of Stony Rapids Saskatchewan set what is believed to be a new Canadian record for Great Northern Pike with a 42 pounds 12 ounces catch from Lake Athabasca Axis Harbour near Stony Rapids on July 19. The 43 inch long 24 inch girth fish battled for 15 minutes before landing with No 314 Gibba ruby eye wriggler on 20 pound test line. Terry plans to enter US contests and may be ineligible for Saskatchewan angling derby guidance. The world record remains 46 pounds 2 ounces by Peter Dubuc in 1940.
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Prince Albert
Francis Willard
Chick” Terry
Stony Rapids
Saskatchewan
Lake Athabasca
Terry
Delaney Lake
Ontario
Harry Bed
Axis Harbour
R.C.M.P
Kenneth Preece
Hunting and Fishing
Canada
United States
Peter Dubuc
Sacandaga Reservoir
New York
Saskatchewan minister attends Nairobi Commonwealth conference
Regina Hon W. H. Lloyd Saskatchewan's minister of education is a Canadian provincial delegate at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association biennial conference in Nairobi Kenya. He is attending at the expense of host branches Kenya and Rhodesia. Delegates tour East Central Africa before Victoria Falls finale. The gathering includes parliament representatives from Commonwealth nations and many state and provincial legislatures.
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Regina
Lloyd
Saskatchewan
Nairobi
Kenya
Rhodesia
Woman cycles 30000 miles for relaxation across Canada
Sylvia Melson, a Toronto secretary, pedalled past 30000 miles on a bicycle while visiting British Columbia. Since joining Canadian Youth Hostels in 1939 she has treated cycling as leisure, touring England, Scotland, Europe, New England, the Rockies, Ontario and Newfoundland, planning more weekends and holidays on hostels routes amid a worldwide cheap and healthy travel ethos.
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Vancouver
Toronto
Sylvia Melson
British Columbia
Canada
Sylvia
England
Scotland
Europe
New England States
Rockies
Ontario
Newfoundland
Vancouver Island
Lower Mainland
Kitchen Meditations By Jane Dale Song of Joy
A short verse-like meditation urges embracing happiness and singing for joy. It contrasts fleeting happiness with daily gratitude and encourages dancing through life despite ups and downs. The piece emphasizes sharing joy with the world.
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Jane Dale
Answers to Quick Quiz from Canadian Facts
Quick Canadian Facts pocket edition notes a quiz with answers including total $600 million and $3 million plus $23 million from taxes. It mentions Newfound land, textiles as a major industry, and human heart rate about 75 per minute. It also states a bird’s heart about 1,000 per minute and spinning developed at least 3,500 years before Christ.
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Newfoundland
Quick Canadian Facts
Pocket Annual
Facts About
Canada
Christ
Mammoth Saskatchewan Frieze to Crown Museum of Natural History
Regina residents admire a 325 piece sculpturing frieze for the Museum of Natural History. The carvings, three by two and a half feet on average with one 15 foot figure, depict animals birds and fish in relief from bluff Tyndal stone. They overlap the wall surface, creating a jumping effect for some wolves. Architectural draughts were prepared by E. J. McCudden and Hubert Garnier of Winnipeg supervised by Fred G. Bard as curator. The museum, one of Western Canada’s finest, is set for completion April 1 1955 and will be unveiled to mark the province’s golden jubilee.
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Regina
Museum of Natural History
Saskatchewan
Bluff Tyndal
Manitoba
E. J. McCudden
Sata
Dra
Hubert Garnier
Winnipeg
Fred G. Bard
Department of Natural Resources
Western Canada
Weekly Bible Comment on Character and Gospel Living
The daily life of a man is shaped by character not chance. Jesus and the Old Testament saints fulfill and reveal the gospel as guidance for living, offering God's love, grace, and power to strengthen weakness. Knowing and living the gospel leads to a more abundant daily life.
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Jesus
St. Paul
September healthiest month in Canada says life office
The Canadian Life Insurance Officers Association reports September has the lowest death toll of any month across the population and policyholders. Over the last decade September death benefit payments run about ten percent below the yearly average, twenty percent under March peak, contrasting with historical mortality that favored September a century ago.
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Canadian Life Insurance Officers Association
Blocking fundamentals for football and weight gain tips
The article emphasizes blocking as essential for executing plays in football and outlines shoulder block technique and stance. It stresses staying on the feet, driving the defender, starting fast, and maintaining balance while hitting upward. It also covers weight transfer in a tennis analogy and advises muscle weight through proper foods and weight training for football players.
Aquatic Bird Puzzle Clues and Crossword Answers
A compact listing of crossword style clues with across and down entries. It includes hints for aquatic birds, abbreviations, and thematic terms such as statesman decay and sun god. The grid references suggest a dense puzzle with numerous short answers and abbreviations.
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E Burg . V. Darling
Robert Cohen
Algiers
Chamrern Songkitiat
Thailand
Bankok
Cohen
Ancient
Egypt
Willy Messerschmitt
Germany
Pepe
Eiver
Jacques Robin
Montreal
Paris
Cbc-Tv
Jacques
Weekly Bible Comment
IGRAM
Department of Sports College
Percival How
George
America
Great Lake
Edward
Virgil
By Len Kleis
Priscilla
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