Winnipeg Free Press

Saturday, January 30, 1954

Issue date: Saturday, January 30, 1954
Pages available: 36
Previous edition: Friday, January 29, 1954

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 30, 1954, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press saturday january 30. 1954 Page 11 the Home Garden by Walter g. Hand select established varieties while the Home Gardener is perusing his seed catalogues and selecting those vegetables he intends to grow in 19a4, he must always keep in mind the All important last that Only those varieties which have been experimented with by experts and found suitable for use in his part of the country should be considered. Nowhere Savoy chieftain Savoy. Cauliflower types snowball a perfection Early snowball a Odania late Snowdrift. Carrots types nates. Danvers half Long types. Celery Golden Golden plume Cornell 19 Green Utah types Citron red seeded. I Corn Sweet very Gill s Early Golden Sweet Gill s Early Market for Bantam Gol Den Bantam hybrids sugar Rince Golden rocket Marcross Carmel Cross. Cucumbers slicing Early rus Sian very straight 8, mar Keter for Hook hybrid Cubit the importance of selecting right varieties More vital than in the Prairie West. In this territory the Short growing season often accompanied by Long periods drouth makes it imperative that Only varieties which will withstand these set backs should he found a place in he Home Gar Don. Lute maturing varieties can not be trusted to reach their prime before Early frosts strike. Experts recommend the follow varieties Given in order of desirability As the most suitable Foi use in Prairie gardens those marked c being especially suit Able for Quick freezing Mary Washington Vineland Eden. Beans Green podded tender Green pod very Early Green string less Wax podded Pace pickling or Dill. National pickling Vlinch Early russian. Eggplant Black Bountiful new Hampshire hybrid. Leeks giant Musselburgh giant Charenton. Leaf. Grand rapids types Early curled Simpson heart. New York lakes Penn Lake types great and Progress Transcona notes a parents night is to be held at the Maple Leaf Community club at 8 . Friday. An important feature of this event will be the presentation of life memberships to or. And mrs. J. Greengrass or. And mrs. S. H. Phillips and or. And mrs. H. H. Wakeman in appreciation of their work in helping pro vide recreation for the Young people of the Community. In Addi Tion there will be whist Community singing dancing and refresh Jents. The sunday school teachers and officers of St. George s Church will meet tuesday in the Guild Hall. Rev. T. D. Conlin will hold a teachers training class starting . Miss Lilian Bridges will be hostess. The senior w. A. Of St. George s will meet in the Guild Hall at . Wednesday. Imperial types cos Paris while. Muskmelon North very Honey Gold. Onions from seed yellow Sweet Spanish types for trans round pod kidney Wax yellow Globe Danvers no. Pod Black Wax baking or dry Shell Grainer Johns Rainy great Northern Michiline Broad Beans Broad Windsor Long and Short pod varieties pole Beans Kentucky won Der Green and dutch 1 Case knife Early Blue Lake edible soybean Agate Blackeye. Been Early wonder dark red types. Green sprout ing or Calabrese. Brussels sprouts improved the Home of of Etc Toni blk doors add a , fresh a drool in i of Ai Ottle mule size it Diu hid wire electrical san Tai and dept. A tort Dwarf Long Island improved cabbage Green Early Golden acre Viking Golden acre very Jersey Wakefield Green mid season Copenhagen Market Green acre in Khuyen glory Green Winter danish Baldhead Penn. State Baldhead Roundhead drier red red acre plumbing. Heating wire and steel products slow season Sale coloured bathroom fixtures 5 it. Coloured a it Iron it Cross both Complete with Chrome platen Over rim tub fillers Shower re Rome trip action waste and Over How. Compact closet of vitreous with coloured seat. 18x20 vitreous China lavatory Basin Complete with Chrome plated combination taps and pop up waste less trap. Salt Price Complete coloured set As described sales and installations remodel new Liber a Trade in Volue for your old plumbing lures. For free estimates Call our contract dept. Pressure i Lere coi Orea 11, Brigham s yellow Globe Eben Ezer for red. Red Wethers Field perennial White Welsh egyptian pickling. Silver skin. Parsley Paramount. Parsnips intermediate Guern sey half Long. Hollow Crown Short thick for heavy peas Early Little Marvel , Wisconsin Early Sweet very mid season Lin Coln Laxton s Progress Merit Onward late stratagem Alderman edible pod ded Mammoth luscious sugar dried for soup Arthur dash away yellow Bluebell. Peppers Sweet Penn wonder King of the North hot Cayenne Hamilton mar Ket California won Der potatoes Early Warba red Warba mid season Irish Cobbler Early Ohio late Pontiac. Colum Bia russet Green Mountain. Pumpkin Cheynne Bush Small sugar Connecticut Field. I radish Sparkler Comet French breakfast. White icicle Cherry Bell Winter Black Span so. The Home and school association held their january meeting in the Central school. The program consisted of Folk dancing and Folk music also a display of handicraft. Those taking part were Sonja music and Irene Kat ukrainian Folk dance Lynn Merrian sword dance Ericka Vander Veen dutch song Frances Giesbrecht German song Joan and Murray Rougeau accompanied by their Grandfather or. Irish dance group of Jrade -7 girls rendered two Folk songs directed by mrs Matheson. Mrs. Black of Winnipeg stressed the value of publicity for Home and school associations. Mrs. R. J. Carson program chairman for the Manitoba federation of Home and school associations installed the following officers for 1954 presi Dent mrs. C. F. Munton vice presi Dent h. Hatcher recording Secre tary mrs. W. Uhrich treasurer a. E. Sayer corresponding Secretary mrs. A. E. Sayer miss Millie Webster welcoming commit tee mrs. T. James social commit tee mrs. A. J. Price and mrs. A. Holgate membership a. Blumm and representative to District a v. E. Garner. Canadian government overseas awards third series the government of Canada will again use part of the blocked balances standing to its credit in France and the Netherlands to provide overseas fellowships and scholarships in those countries. About Twenty eight awards Are planned in 1954. Fellowships for twelve months Are intended for advanced study in the arts humanities social sciences sciences and professions. Candidates must be Over 30 years of age and must already have established reputations. No formal academic course need be Fol Lowed but applicants must submit a definite plan of study. Scholarships for twelve months Are intended for advanced study in the arts humanities social sciences and sciences. Candidates must have an . Degree or its equivalent from a University of recognized standing. In certain cases creative artists May waive the . Requirement. A Grant towards travel expenses will be provided from blocked funds. Reservations will be made by the awards committee. Inquiries and applications for forms should be addressed to awards committee the Royal society of Canada National research building Ottawa 2, Canada applications must be received before 15th March. Rhubarb Valentine Canada red not possible to grow a sped red variety from seed grown Only rom spinach longstanding blooms Dale King of Denmark Nobel Flat Eaverl Viking net zealand. Swiss Chard giant Lucullus. Squash Winter Greengold Buttercup Green and Golden Hub Bard types. Tomatoes non taking Early Chatham Monarch hybrid Bounty staking. Earliana for Home Stokesdale no. 4, or Early Stokesdale Bonny Best. Turnips swede or Rutabaga Laurentian Canadian Gem. Watermelon Sweet sensation extra new Hampshire midget Early Canada. Vegetable White Bush less commonly used vegetables Artichoke Jerusalem. White skinned types. Borehole or Green curled scotch. Chinese cab Bare Wong Bok Short Michilli. Corn Tom thumb Pinkie White Yulless. Ground Cherry novelties Golden and purple Husk Tomato. Herbs Anise. Balm borage. Caraway Catnip Chervil. Chives Dill fennel Garden Cress Hore hound. Lavender Marjoram mint. Pot Marigold Mustard Rosemary Saffron Sage. Summer Savory Sweet Basil thyme. Wormwood. Khol Tiabi White Triumph of Prague. Squash summer caste la mrs. D. Mclachlan and mrs. P. Glacken Are sponsoring a Valen Tine Tea in Honor of miss Mary Moore candidate for Queen of the East end Community club s Ith annual Winter carnival Date to be wednesday feb. 3, from. 2 to 4 . And from 7 to 9 . At the lome of mrs. L. Wylie 210 har Vard Avenue West. Announced. The Tea be held Yankee hybrid. Turnip summer Milan Golden Ball. Purple top new building ready by june for Calvin Church the annual meeting of Calvin presbyterian Church was held in recently with a meeting o the mothers auxiliary to the 1st and 3rd Brownie packs will be held in the town Hall at 2 . Tuesday. The executive of the Home and school association will meet at the Home of or. A. E. Sayer 804 Bond Street at 8 . Tuesday. The directorate of the women s Institute will hold its regular monthly meeting at 2 monday at the Home of mrs. A. Paul 121 Yale Avenue East. Arrangements will be made for the Valentine Tea to be held in the Castle Hall Mon Day feb. 15. A number of Transcona resident graduates of St. Boniface Hospital attended the nurses alumnae dinner held in Winnipeg. Those present included mrs. G. A. Law mrs. L. Mcmullen mrs. S. E. Tur Riff mrs. J. C. Everton mrs. W. Longden and miss Shirley Bligh. At the evening service sunday in memorial United Church four newly elected elders will be in ducted by Rev. Murray s. Thomp son minister of the Church. They Are f. J. Coppack . Hayward m. Gillies and George Anderson. The regular monthly meeting of the session will be held at 7.3c . Tuesday in the Church. The senior . Will meet in the Church parlor at 2 . Wednesday. The teachers and officers of the sunday school will meet in the Church at 7.45 . Monday. Hostess will be mrs. Black. Arrangements vill be completed to bring out the Winnipeg boys choir for a concert in Aid of the Church building fund. The Church Annex Rev. Dean Smith minister pre siding. James Paton was Secretary. Robert Brown reported on the Progress made on building of the new Church on the Corner of Paci fic Avenue and Keewatin Street. Construction started in september and it is expected the new Church will be ready by june 1954. The year s activities were out lined by James Hamilton j. M. Mcleod Alex Clarence Moore James Paton mrs. J. Meek mrs. A. Reid mrs. T. Mrs. P. Mclntosh miss Vickie Proctor miss e. Whittaker mrs. G. Lofy. Mrs. F. Muir and or. Smith. The 1954 members of i he Church session include j. Hamilton j. W. Macintosh and Clar ence Moore. Elected to the Hoard of managers were Alex Cambell chairman to. M. Mcleod Secretary treasurer James Paton Robert Brown Wil Liam Duguid Arthur Lorentz and Clarence Davidson. Auditors Are or. Hamilton and or. Campbell. A general meeting of the pirates Community club will be held in the clubhouse at 7.30 . Monday the regular social will take place on wednesday evening with whist on Friday. Under the auspices of the ruffs the ruffles the monthly Square dance social will be held this saturday evening in the club room of the East end Community club. A hike will also be held this evening from the Home of or. And mrs. S. Moore 401 Harold Avenue West starting at 7.30 . This event is being held in Honor of miss Mary Moore candidate for Queen at the club s Winter carnival. Today Marks the first of three saturdays devoted at the trans Cona bowl drome to a monster sponsored by Jack Shore and George Turner managers of the local alleys. A guaranteed first prize o f together with other valuable prizes ensures a bumper entry from the howlers of Winnipeg and District. This is a Handicap event. Confidence Rebekah Lodge no. 40 draped its charter at the meet Jan. 21 in memory of the late. About 85 per cent of Delaware a sister Harriet Davidson who died i total area is improved farm land. New York loads the . Ithe production of buckwheat. The great West life Assurance company invites policy holders and shareholders to attend the sixty second annual meeting to be held tuesday february 2nd, 1954 at 3 o clock in the company s head office Winnipeg recently. The next Lodge meeting will he held in the Castle Hall at s . Feb. 4 when a school of instruction vill be Given by sister Gladys Neau. All officers and staff Are re Quested to be at the Lodge i Oom by 6.30 . The 1st Transcona troop of boy scouts held a hike to an area approximately four Miles South of Transcona. Patrols Werr under the leadership of . Ken Homenick and q. S. Gary n Olcy. I the 1st Transcona b pack of cubs visited the troop and Star cub Bill Waksman came up into scouts during a ceremony in which the pack and the troop took part. The pack was under the leadership of cub master Royko Walski and assistants Marilyn Holland and Jean Adams. A social evening vill be held at the Home of mrs. O. Lamoureux 220 Yale Avenue East at . Wednesday in support of Shirley Patterson and Shirley Delorme Queen candidate and train bearer in the East end Community club s carnival. Sally Maka Danski and Maureen Durado will also be honoured at a social St the Home of mrs. J. Bali Chowski 504 Mel Rose East at 7.30 . Feb. 3. Starts monday f Wilson s february Sale of better furniture featuring reductions throughout store a Money saving Opportunity for f a m i i i e s who prefer of Nomes. Better 9 piece dining room suite by Pepper regular february Sale the Horn maker longing to have the Beauty of better guaranteed furniture will thrill of i Las cd Lugii 15 a a t win my at the sight of this february special. This Lovely suite designed in 18th Century style has a flawless Mirror like mahogany finish the nine beautifully made pieces include breakfront Buffet China Extension table one Arm chair 5 Side chairs. The chairs Are in shield Back design with Blue damask upholstered seats. Plan better Chesterfield chair suite by Coombe regular february Sale 5 suite will bring All the Beauty and Comfort your family Ever dreamed is a custom built unit by Coombe fashioned in a n Best Grade Brocatello. Shade available a Floral Pat termed Dusty Rose. This suite has the popular cutaway cushions and silk fringe outlines the base of both pieces. Trade in and budget terms can easily be arranged. To your Home this of. Pictured Here better 4-piece bedroom suite by Fitton Parker modern crafted in grained Aldao Wood shop at Wilson s monday to the Lovely modern Juite by Fitten we Are featuring for our tale. It s different Wood it i Ter is nut finish but having a Beautiful of is the reason Why. Resembling a Lighte grained pattern this suite will immediately to Beauty and lend its Charm and Good looks to your bedroom into spot of our or. And mrs. Dresser with full Width plate Mirror Large Chest of drawers bed Nite table regular feb. Sale s3i9 00 i regular feb. Sale better hostess chairs from our regular Stock we selected j Fine group of modern hostess chairs to for our february see. These Are Well built sturdy ind styled to fit _ into any modern decor. The covering material is High Grade damask and colors ire Green Gold Green Check red Rose Tangarine. Some shades1 available with Fine Gold metallic thread Woven into them. For Best color selection Mil in or phone Early monday morning. Mil Xinmin Nummi him Iima better Chrome Kitchen tables reduced these Art discontinued lines reduced to Clear do in our Salt. I Good selection to choose from those wonderful Arboite tops in colors of Blue yellow Grevl blonde or red All made by Well known Kitchen furniture. Regular from to feb. Sale to another Kitchen table sturdy White enamel tables with Blue red or Tan linoleum tops. Feb. Sale q our Sale consists solely of regular merchandise bearing genuine reduction tags Wilson furniture Ltd. 352 main Street South Telephone 92-5168 you la do better at Wilson s ;