Hunters urged to protect rare Whooping Crane birds
The Provincial Game Commissioner warns that 24 Whooping Cranes died from 1950 to 1952, about 45 percent of all deaths since 1938, averaging eight per year. A crane shot in Saskatchewan last year died later at Aransas Refuge. He urges hunters to report sightings to a Conservation Officer or RCMP.
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Griffin
Saskatchewan
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Texas
Paynter
The
North Dakota Outdoors
Aransas
Canadian
Mir. Paynter
Mrr
Blue Bonnet Margarine Ad Mimics Vintage Styles
Suzanne Lamport endorses Blue Bonnet Margarine as the best tasting all vegetable margarine. The copy touts nutrition and cost savings with Brus Boxxet budget help. Appeals to upscale buyers echoing a Toronto mayor’s daughter and aspirational language about color coded packaging and yellow bag options BT-83.
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Suzanne Lamport
Toronto
Corn Magic for Tender Buttered Roasted Corn
A simple method for moist roasted corn. Dehusk each cob, brush with melted butter, season with salt pepper and paprika, wrap in foil, and bake at 400 degrees for about 30 minutes. The steam and butter flavors soak into each kernel, keeping cleanup minimal and servings hot and buttery.
Sexsmith Sentinel Marks Fifth Year of Publication
Sexsmith Alberta marks the fifth year of the Sentinel with Sept 2 issue. The paper notes Volume 1 Number 1 launched Sept 1 1949 and reflects on progress, thanking advertisers and subscribers who support Wednesday morning editions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sexsmith Sentinel
Sexsmith
Alta
Beaverlodge
The
Sentinel
Alberta to switch to single license plate system
Alberta will revert to an annual single license plate for motor vehicles next year, as announced by the provincial secretary’s department. The previous two-plate tabs system was intended as permanent but has proved unsatisfactory in several respects.
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Alberta
Pheasants Released in Vegreville Area
About 400 pheasants were collected at Brooks Hatchery and released in Vegreville and Hilliard districts. Roughly 200 birds were released in each area under the Vegreville Fish and Game Association with Alberta Association cooperation. Hunters urged to take only cocks and to return bands to John Kinniburgh for release records.
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Vegreville
Alta
Brooks Hatchery
Hilliard and
Vegreville Fish and Game Association
John Kinniburgh
Miniature barn project for outdoor use pattern 242
A 43 inch by 28 inch barn is described built from weather proof panels without framing. Color it barn red with white scalloped cornices. Pattern 242 costs 35 cents, with other outdoor features in the Home Improvement Packet priced at $1.50 postpaid.
Rugged deluxe junior pickup truck pattern
A durable wood scrap build with eight inch rubber wheels may become a derby winner. The pattern shows all parts and assembly for a sturdy pickup that lasts as a child grows. Send 35 cents for each pattern to Home Workshop Pattern Service in Vancouver.
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Junior
Home Workshop Pattern Service
Prairie Publishers Limited
West Fifth Avenue
Vancouver
B.C
Funny and otherwise a joke packed crowd pleaser
A series of light anecdotes with marriage hopes, parental misunderstandings, a missing dog, and quips about shorthand and politics. The jokes hinge on misunderstandings and wordplay, including a groom proposing despite barriers, a father’s reaction to marriage, and a police station misdirection about a missing wife and a brindled bull terrier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gotg
Canadians Honored With Humane Association Certificates
The Humane Association awarded 34 certificates to Canadians by province. Ontario received 14, British Columbia 10, Nova Scotia 3, Quebec and Alberta 2 each, and Saskatchewan New Brunswick and Newfoundland 1 each. Western recipients include Vernon Black for attempted rescue in 1952, plus several others for drowning and accident rescues across British Columbia Alberta and Saskatchewan.
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Humane Association
Provinces
Ontario
British Columbia
Nova Scotia
Quebec
Alberta
Saskatchewan
New Brunswick
Newfoundland
Vernon William Black
Roberts Creek
B.C
Joseph Fortt
Albert Kuerbis
North Vancouver
Leonard Engler
North Vancouver Ferry
Leonard Joe
Sardis
Peter James
Hope
Fraser River
Norman Oddy
Vancouver
Mah Chee
E. G. Wilkins
Stephen Auks
Wrangell
Alaska
G. E Grant
New Westminster
Bruce McKenzie
John A. Mills
Michael Pulos
Shirley Thompson
Gordon Scott Brown
Hussar
Alto
Clifford Snyder
Grantley Briscoe
Calgary
Cecelia Hamilton
William A. Hill
Blucher, Sask
Yvonne LeBlanc
New Truck Clearing System Implemented at Emerson
Emerson Manitoba introduces a truck based clearance system allowing sealed closed vans to cross the border and deliver goods directly to inland bonded warehouses. Grenden ning Motorways and Royal Transfer coordinate moves to Winnipeg where trailers enter a bonded warehouse on Wall Street. The change shifts customs clearance away from Emerson and reduces local handling time but may reduce local business.
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Emerson
Man
Canada
Grendenning
Royal Transfer
Winnipeg
Wall St
St Walburg Enterprise Enters 21st Year Under Editor Vinge
The St Walburg Enterprise marks its 21st year with September 3 issue under editor A. Vinge. Vinge says the paper begins Volume 21 and remains strong after two decades of publication. A note recalls rabbits were unknown in England until central European introduction in the 12th century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Walburg Enterprise
A. Vinge
Vinge
England
Central
Europe
Car With Dutch License Visits Carlyle
Carlyle Sask. welcomes summer tourists and notes a new visitor from the Netherlands. A large white on black Dutch license plate was seen on a car, prompting local inquiries at RCMP and adding Holland to the list of visiting regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlyle
Carlyle, Sask
the Lakes
Canada
United States
R.C.M.P
Holland
Mosquitoes Drive Tourists From Kelowna Plans
A historical note explains that mosquitoes ruin vacations and a fog of kerosene and DDT sprayed by trucks keeps them down. Kelowna British Columbia on Okanagan Lake has used this spray for years and has not yet recorded a polio case, while the average beehive yields 17 pounds of honey annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelowna
B.C
Okanagan
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