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Features: Royal New Zealand Air Force; No. 14 Squadron, RNZAF; NZ Operations in the West; Liverpool Airport; Portuguese A.F. Serials; Swedish Airforce; Olympic Airways; Scottish Fighter Base; PZL - P.37 Los; Fighter Pilots; Strong Aircraft Industry; Seaplanes in Sweden; A singular Swede; Slingsby Sailplanes; Germany might have won in 1918; Martinair; Beaufighter restoration; Exeter Airport; Britten-Norman Islander; RAF's first 50 years; Albatros in Australia; First to Australia - the RAF Far East Flight 1927-28; 'Nipping and Eager Air'; The Sopwith Rotaries; Royal Netherlands Air Force; Boeing 737; Southend Airport; Swissair History - I; The Beverley Retires; Mitchell-Proctor Kittiwake; Finland's Air War - I; Hannover Highlights; Swissair History - II; SEPECAT Jaguar; Finland's Air War - II; No. 1 Squadron, R.A.F.; Relics in Bulgaria; West Australian Airways; From Hind to Hunter; Aerobatic Teams; Italy's Aircraft Industry; Development of Commercial Aviation in Italy; Royal Review at Abingdon; Aircraft at Abingdon; The Piaggio Story - I; PZL-104 Wilga 32; Britain's Aircraft Industry - Over the Crossroads?; British Military Aircraft; The Piaggio Story - II; Beagle Pup Air - Test; Gatwick Airport; Advanced Engine Technology; Britten-Norman BN-1F; Merchant Aircraft Carriers; Hawker Siddeley 748; Nationa Air Guard; R.N.A.S. Brawdy; The Nighthawk Family; Rollason D.62 Condor; Farnborough Report; Navy Days at Farnborough; Farnborough checklist; But for the Armistice; Merchant Aircraft Carriers; Cessna F-150 and F-172; Polish Air Force; Skyvan on a Strip; Finnair History; Danish Catalinas; Air Forces Gulf; Swiss A.F. Championships; Bristol Fighter; and much more. Index laid in. Tight and clean with gilt lettering to front board and backstrip. A quality copy. Book
568 pages. General index. Family index. Contains many dozens of wonderful archival photos. Text is divided into the following sections: Historical Development; Indians, Homesteaders and Settlers; The Towns and Settlements; For King and Country; Social Life; Sports Throughout the Years; Family Histories - Blackie, Herronton, Mazeppa, Frankburg; Miscellaneous. Gift greetings, dated 1970, upon front free endpaper else clean and unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Printed upon glossy stock. A sound copy of this excellent compilation. Book
Features: Cover illustration of roller skate accident by Richard Priest; Colour Shredded Wheat ad inside front cover; Victory Bond ad; Editorial - Maclean's declaration of Faith and Purpose; Nice ad for Parker Vacumatic Pens; Commandos Attack - Highlights from the inside story of the Commandos - the first official account of the daring exploits of Combined Operations - with photos; Article on taking care of our feet; Arctic Ordeal - C.B. Wall describes an amazing story of endurance after three men crash a plan in Greenland - David Goodlet, Arthur Weaver, Al Nash - with photo; Miss Sherlock Holmes, by Thelma Lecocq - Verda Vincent is Canada's only woman criminologist; Lolly was a Lady - fiction by Ed. Zern; They Kill U-Boats - "Not only must they battle wind and weather but bomb with split-second accuracy - and bring back actual proof of their 'kill'" - by Arch Whitehouse, with photos; Beverley Baxter in London explains how war damages family life; Cross-Canada news bits including bootleg food in B.C.; Greece Fights Back - despite atrocities unsurpassed in the history of tyranny Greek guerillas wage a bitter, stubborn warfare against their Axis foes, by Betty Wason, with photos; Field Marshall Jan Christiaan Smuts of Africa - few men living today have had a more eventful and extraordinary career than this famous warrior-statesman - with photos; The Raiders - fiction by Norman Collins; Troop Troupers - the C.W.A.C. revue that's bringing glamour to Army camps across Canada, with photos; Work and Wages, by S.E. McGorman; Northern Electric Victory Bond ad; Fleischmann's Yeast ad with caption "In Wartime eat one more slice of bread each meal!"; Fascinating full-page military-themed ad by Hiram Walker & Sons explains how their alcohol is used in a multitude of military applications; Two-colour full-page Kodak ad shows two Canadian sailor receiving snapshots from back home; Modess ad shows young lady working on a plane; Nice two-colour ad for Van Camp's Pre-Cooked Beans; Full-page Ford Motor Company ad with illustration of Canada's mechanized army at war; Nice colour ad for Quaker Corn Flakes; Rare Colour Coke ad on back cover includes several images of military men. Address label on front cover. Moderate wear. Short openings to and chips from bottom edge of front cover. A sound copy of this significant wartime issue. Book
Contents: Boeing ad boasts of their record coast-to-coast flight by a C-97, 6 hrs, 3 min, 50 sec.; Reo Truck ad; Full-page ad for a radio show called "Breakfast in Hollywood" with Tom Breneman on the Blue Network (ABC); Fisher Body color ad; Allies strike at Rundstedt's finest after 8-day race to the Rhine - Wehrmacht escapes disaster but loses heavily in pulling out and blowing up the bridges - great map; Sample of a 'safe conduct' pass showered down on Germans, as well as a humorous satirical German response; Two photos taken during the Bataan death march (stolen from the Japanese); News from Iwo Jima; Eighteen-year-olds fight and die as nation debates their status - European and Pacific wars were speeded by using youths Stimson says in defense; Photo of Erich Gimpel and William C. Colepaugh as they are led into court prior to being hung as Nazi spies; 67 Army nurses captured by the Japs on Bataan and Corregidor return the the US; Troubled return of vets - Mr. Jobe in Chicago; Britain accepts the Yalta Charter but U.S. keeps fingers crossed - F.D.R.'s report to Congress is received with reservation despite its urgent tone; Poland - scores to settle - General Anders; White Truck ad in color; Canada Calling - new CBC 50,000 watt short-wave transmitter; America's join in Alliance to keep hemisphere peace - the Inter-American Conference on Problems of War and Peace, in Mexico City; Interesting ad for Bituminous Coas - presents its varied military uses; Coal owners are unlikely to sign UMW contract calling for pertentage on each ton; Kansas corn piled outside for lack of freight cars; Vintage color Borden's ad featuring Elsie the cow and her family; Photo of 26-year-old Frank Sinatra with details of his draft classification; Wacs at work; Photo of Martin (The Blimp) Levy, a 640 pound wrestler; Studebaker color military ad inside back cover. Average wear. Address label atop front cover. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Contents: Ford ad (color) inside front cover; Boeing B-29 ad; Plymouth car ad; Nice color Borden's ad featuring Elsie the cow and family; International Trucks ad; War election proves to world America's faith in democracy - campaign hottest in years but politics stop at the borders of nation united in arms; Wehrmacht wages bitter fight to prolong war through winter - but British storm Walcheren, opening way to use of Antwerp as supply base for Allies; Photo of Red Army soldiers parading through Belgrade; One man's fight against corruption - the story behind the Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell Incident; Risque ad for Samson card tables features stripper (?) standing on table while soldiers look on with pleasure!; Heavy Going - Japs fight hard in Leyte Caves but defense lacks organization; De Gaulle's sway over France challenged by turbulent reds; Lucky Strike - nice color ad; Goodyear color centerfold ad shows the 'Rubber Railroad'; photo of soldiers outside an Italian showing of Charlie Chaplain's "The Dictator"; Photo of Greek money changer - inflation forces him to carry a literal armload of paper drachmae - with text; Mackenzie King names McNaughton to Cabinet - may avert showdown over Zombies; Jack Miner passes away - Canadian Goose man; Britain asks a helping hand to regain vital export trade - wants modified lend-lease and joint reconversion timing after victory in Europe; Kuppenheimer clothing ad - in color; Horse racing and betting popular; Homer P. Rainey booted out of the University of Texas; Brooks Atkinson's Chinese Drama; A.J. Cronin - doctor and craftsman; Great Northern Railway ad shows refrigerator cars for apples being pre-cooled with large blocks of ice; embarassing ad for Kreml Hair Tonic; Chesterfield cigarette color ad (nice) on back cover. Average wear. Address label atop front cover. Unmarked. 2" X 1" chip from lower corner of front cover. A sound copy. Book
32 pages. Features: Charming full-page colour photo ad for Softique bath oil and Caldwell towels features three lovely young ladies; Artistic full-page black and white photo ad for Sarong bras; The Boat Who Wouldn't Float - Farley Mowat describes his nautical adventure; The Old Are Fading Away - Family Farms are rapidly becoming a thing of the past - Great feature article on the Coulchard family of Perth County, four miles south of Stratford; Two Women Can Beat Three Men Any Old Day, by Gregory Clark; Feature Article on Superbus which travelled across Canada in the making of the Gerald Potterton-directed Superbus film to be shown at Expo '70 in Osaka, Japan; Fantastic half-page colour ad for the 1970 Dodge Charger; Super full-page colour photo ad for Mercury snowmobiles; Two-page Lady Pilot fashion photo feature by Doyle Klyn with photos by Beverley Rockett; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice vintage copy. Magazine
40 pages. Features: Canada Lies in the Path of a Solar Eclipse - full-length article with illustrations; Nice full-page colour-photo ad for Campbell's Soup features man lifting spoon to mouth; From Japan to Hollywood - Can Eiko Taki Capture the West? - brief article with photo; Emily Sartain - Painter of Canada's Wild Flowers; Barry Corbet - B.C. Boy Scout on Mount Everest - article with photos; British Track Coach Geoffrey Dyson Sees Canada in Top Ten in the world by 1973; Fantastic full-page colour photo ad for BA gas stations features traveling family in Ford station wagon - with no seat belts in use; Douglas greeting card ad on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Book
432 pages. Black and white archival illustrations. Includes military honour roll and index of family stories. "The district described in this history is the entire Township 31 and te south-half of Township 32 in Range 27 plus a one-mile strip along the east side of this area in Range 26. This area is the Lone Pine District so named because of the Lone Pine Creek which meanders through... We take in four school districts (or portions thereof) namely Poplar Creek, Berlin (Jutland), Burnside and Stuart." - from page 13. Chapters include: The Lone Pine Story; Towns and Local Government; Schools; Clubs and Organizations; Reminiscing; Family Histories. "Dedicated to the Pioneers who, with their bucking poles and other haying equipment, put up hay for Burns, and to the women, who sold or traded butter for groceries in order to provide a living for their families." - from Dedication page. Prior owner underlined some familiar names and added the occasional interesting marginal note. Light to moderate wear. Binding sound. Partially rubbed gilt decoration and lettering upon black front cover. Quality copy. Book
322 pages. Printed upon glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of archival black and white photos. A detailed history of the district with a particularly detailed treatment of local family histories. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Minor lean to spine. A quality copy of this precious genealogical reference. Book
334 pages. Index. Glossary. Profusely illustrated in black and white. Signed and dated by both author's atop title page. Handsome presentation bookplate across from title page. Nicely illustrated endpapers. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Brilliant gilt lettering and decoration upon forest green boards. Appears unread. A beautiful copy. Book
283 pages. Index. List of illustrations. Brilliant gilt lettering upon navy backstrip and front board. Externally clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Occasional yellow highlighting to contents. Prior owner's name inside front board. Adhesive used by binder to affix both fixed endpapers has allowed colour of underlying layer to be visible. A sound copy. Book
60 pages. Features: Ford ad inside front cover shows Canadian troop being welcomed home; On To Berlin - final days of the European war; Colour Canada Dry ad; Memorial photo of FDR; One-page GM ad features colour preproduction of rural fall leaf scene by Fred H. Brigden; They Stuck To Their Posts - article on Westerners who resisted the Japanese, including Emily Sprott of Ysabel Island and Archdeacon S.R. M. Gill of New Guinea; A Token for Tokyo (short story); Crime Behind the Front - photo-illustrated article on crime in Italy; Dog for Sale (short story); A Girl, A Bet and a Sailor (short story); Front Line Padre - wonderfully photo-illustrated article on Canada's men of the cloth who marched side-by-side with her troops - with photos of H/Major Cyril Stone of Vancouver, H/Capt. Rabbi Samuel Cass of Vancouver, H/Capt. E.C. Royle of Montreal, Captain George A. Harris (the only Canadian Jumping Padre) plus a group photo taken in Belgium of twenty-one Canadian Army Padres (too many names and ranks to list so please inquire for details); Adam Does a Job (short story); A Children's Charter - photo-illustrated article on Canada's new family allowance payments; Victory Bond ad; Victory Bond centrefold ad contrasts pastoral home scene with war-torn European scene; Health for Children - an ounce of prevention; Woodbury Soap ad features photos of newlyweds Mary Elizabeth Graham of "Greenacres", Aylmer and Gustave Eduardo Leguizamon, Chancellor of the Legation of Argentina; 1/3 Canadian Ice Foundation ad shows man carrying large block of ice; Colour Gold Seal Salmon ad features Walt Disney illustrations; Chase & Sanborn ad is colour Charlie McCarthy comic; Nice photo of Diana Barrymore in Arrid ad; Illustrations of Hollywood patterns; Should Women Return to the Home?; Nice colour illustration of Gloria De Haven in Woodbury Powder ad; Portrait of Mrs. Charles Boyer in Tangee ad; World Sayings; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A lovely vintage copy. Book
68 pages. Features: Gorgeous cover art by John Phillips shows farmers forking straw in field with mountains in background; Color ad for the Parker '51' pen inside front cover includes endorsement of Vilhjalmur Stefansson whose photo and signature appear at top; Great one-page colour Coke ad shows train dining car scene with black porter serving family; Wonderful one-page colour ad for B-A (British American Oil Company) shows thir products in use in farm applications; Lovely colour one-page ad for 1948 Ford Meteor cars; Socialism in Labor Pains - photo-illustrated article on the British scene; What Happened at Magnolia River (short story); Rev. E.S. Lautenslager opens the Pre-Marriage Clinic; Down Will Come Baby (short story); All the Doors Were Open (short story); My Brother Sir Stafford Cripps - photo-illustrated article on the U.K.'s economic czar; Nice one-page recruiting ad for the Canadian Army entitled "Step Right In" shows three soldiers in Jeep; Spalding ad features lady football player fumbling the ball beneath caption "Football Isn't For the Fair Sex!"; Wonderful vintage ad for the Thistle Comet kiddie car manufactured by Lines Bros. of Montreal; Seven-page photo-illustrated feature on Leduc, Alberta and its billion dollar oil bonanza, with photos of John Rebus, John Przystow, Mrs. K. Manchak, Bill Sycz, Brian Wallace, Don Lougheed, Joe Gleddie, Bill Flegel, C. Siferd, Campbell Aird, Guy MAdson, Carl Kosier, Charles Stelck, George MacDonald, Don Bishop, Fred Greenwood, and Bob Mathewell; Half-page colour ad for Monarch Hand Knitting Yards features lovely young lady in reddish sweater; One-page colour ad for O'Keefe's features painting "The Nurse" by Charles F. Comfort; Nice one-page colour ad for the 1949 Ford Custom features a red two-door; Attractive one-page colour ad for Waterman's Pens features university students relaxing in soda shop; Back to school fashion photos; Nice one-page ad for GE (General Electric) presents twelve of their consumer appliances; Nice one-page colour-photo ad for Singer Sewing Centers features photos in comfy family home; Cooking article entitled "Daughter Becomes Kitchen-wise"; Half-page colour ad for McClary ranges; Rare and wonderful vivid colour-photo one-page ad for Burns meat balls, bologna and hamburgers; Half-page colour ad for Canada Dry shows young ladies in soda shop; One-page colour ad for Swift's Premium Bacon; One-page colour-photo ad for Nabisco Shredded Wheat; Charming breakfast in bed colour scend in Wabasso Cottons ad inside back cover; Sensational colour GWG (Great Western Garment) ad on back cover shows father and son strutting in their new Red/Strap overalls; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
52 pages. Features: Cover photo of Dorothy Vanstone boating in Honey Harbor in Georgeon Bay; Great colour ad for International excavating equipment inside front cover; The Family of the Palace - the Windsors live on a pedestal where their people want them; Los Angeles - The Wackiest Town in the World - article wiith photos; The Night of Mr. Waddy - story by Will F. Jenkins - illustrated by W.A. Winter; Would You Live Better in the U.S.? - a detailed test to see if our lower prices make up for lower wages - not quite, but we're catching up; Runway to the World - Edmonton is the most air-minded town in Canada; Don't Get Queasy, Just Take it Easy - Tips for Travel Sickness; He Lured Success - Red Edgar and the Lucky Strike Bait Company of Peterborough, Ontario - article with colour photo of Mr. Edgar; Molson's ad gives kudos to Mr. Leslie Butcher of Windsor Ontario - a member of Canada's 1936 Olympic basketball team; The Bugs Strike Back - insects are adapting to our DDT and germs are gangin up on the 'wonder' drugs; You and Nothing Else - story by Paul Barbour - illustrated by W. Book; Career Girl Without Clothes - Helen Gaskin models nude for artists - story with photos; Royal Canadian Navy Recruiting ad; Full-page ad for Hertz car rentals inside back cover; Front cover photo is incorporated into Johnson outboard motor ad on page 52. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
72 pages. Features: Lovely cover illustration of young lady painting chair; Colour ad for the Parker '51' pen inside front cover; Colour Ritz Cracker ad; Three Problems of the Month - India, Russia, Spain (with photo of Field Marshal Lord Harold Alexander and his family at "The Vale" in Windsor Forest; One-page ad for the Trans-Canada Telephone System shows men from nine provinces; Colour Canada Dry ad features golf scene; Blue Top Brewing colour ad features "Gracious Home"; Nice one-page photo-ad for Canadian National features Jasper, Alberta; Greece - The Problem Child of Europe - photo-illustrated article; Kona Storm (fiction); Meet the "Met" - photo-illustrated article on the Metropolitan Opera Company; Through the Hawse-Pipe (fiction); Just One Chance (fiction); Yousuf Karsh in Wonderland - photo-illustrated article on portrait photographer Yousuf Karsh; Beware Spring Showers! (fiction); Ottawa Roundup; Nice one-page Champion Spark Plug ad features illustration of what may be a red International "H"-style tractor tying sheavves on family farm; Colour ad for Quink ink and Glo-Coat Wax (featuring Fibber McGee and Molly); Beautiful colour centrefold ad for the Ford Monarch features a red four-door Monarch; Woodbury Soap ad features lovely photos of Anne (Nanine) Newton Goode and William Geoffrey Preston; Great one-page vintage photo ad for Singer sewing machines features electric and treadle-powered models; One-page article by the Department of Trade and Commerce says "1/3 of your dollar' comes from the export business; Nice colour Swift's premium bacon ad features dad and daughter; Lux soap ad features beautiful colour photo of Lana Turner; One-page colour ad for Marboleum Floors; Sports Clothes for Ladies; Tangee ad features illustration of Mrs. Robert Montgomery; Woodbury Powder ad features beautiful colour illustration of Lana Turner; Nice one-page colour Cutex ad features mysterious lady behind veil; Arrid ad features photo of Carol Bruce; Beautiful one-page colour-illustrated ad for Gothic/Cordex bras/brassieres; Colour Maxwell House ad features Persians; Charming colour Wabasso Cottons ad inside back cover features mom, daughter and cats; Colour Old Dutch cleanser ad on back cover shows housewife scrambling to clean bathroom as guests arrive; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
68 pages. Features: Lovely cover illustration of shoeshine boy; Bright colour Parker pen ad inside front cover; Nice colourr Ritz cracker ad; Post-War Education - A Canadian Problem; Trans-Canada Telephone System one-page ad; Canada Dry colour ad; What the War Has Done to Canada; A White Candle (short story); All in the Family (short story); Swap King Jack Redshaw of Granville Illinois - photo-illustrated article; Christmas Gift (short story); Dog Days in Paris - great photo-illustrated article of Parisians and their dogs; Man of the Month, G.B. Gordon, President of Dominion Textile Company; Jergens Lotion ad features lovely photo of Janet Blair; Lovely one-page colour-photo Oldsmobile ad features a blue 1946 four-door; Fantastic colour two-page ad for the 1946 Chevrolet (red four-door); Colour one-page Waterman's pen ad; Nice colour Maxwell House coffee ad shows lady struggling to hold her groceries; Colour ad for Stokely's tomato juice; Small ad for the Rosicrucians AMORC of San Jose, California; Anita Ellis appears in Don Juan lipstick ad; Mackenzie King goes to London; Rolex ad; Developments in Science; Nice half-page colour ad for Clark's Mincemeat; Fantastic Chase & Sanborn coffee ad features Charlie McCarthy cartoon; One-page colour-photo Swift's Premium ad features Christmas ham; Nice one-page Singer sewing machine photo- ad; Very nice one-page colour Pontiac ad features red Silver Streak leading a parade of previous Chevs from 1935 through 1942; Arrid ad features photo of Eleanor Holm; Nice colour Frigidaire range ad inside back cover features grandma cooking steak; Back cover features lovely colour-illustrated ad for GSW's kitchen pots (white with red trim); and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A lovely vintage copy. Book
60 pages. Features: Cover photo of lady tennis player in front of totem pole; Colour Parker pen ad inside front cover shows executive at desk; Colour Canada Dry ad; "Socialism" Gets its Chance in Britain; photo of high-ranking Nazis at internment camp in Germany; Colour Gold Seal Salmon ad includes Walt Disney illustrations; Col. R.S. McLaughline - Man of the month - article with portrait; Canadians are Fortunate; Tinks (short story); Milk Run (short military story); Sidelights from San Francisco - photo-illustrated article on United Nations meeting at San Francisco; Bobbysockie (short story); A Richman's Poorhouse - the Andrew Freedman home in the Bronx; Are Racketeers Getting the Soldiers' Re-establishment Grants?; The Leighton Story (fiction); Fantastic wartime Champion Spark Plug one-page illustrated ad shows tail-section of B-29 in China; Photo of Frances Langford in Jergens Lotion ad; Interesting illustrated quarter-page ad by the Canadian Ice Foundation shows deliveryman carrying large block of ice; Vancouver, B.C. - Port of Missing People; The Misuses of Laxatives for Junoirs; Multiple photos of newlyweds Lois Anne Richardson of Montreal and Burton William Grant, R.C.A.F. Pilot Officer in Woodbury soap ad; Nice Charlie McCarthy colour-comic half-page ad for Chase & Sanborn coffee; Ladies' fashion illustrations and article; Nice photo of Joan Blondell in Arrid ad; Science advances; World Sayings; Colour Ford car ad inside back cover shows happy family in crystal ball; Back cover ad for Waterman's pens; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A lovely vintage copy. Book
36 pages. Features: News digest includes the purging of North Africa, strategic value of the 'purge', and hoodwinking Hitler; Editorial titled 'Canada Needs Your Food-Power"; Without a Mask (short story); Toys Train These Men - photo-illustrated article explains troop training; Thirty Days in Jail (short story); Britain Goes to Earth - photo illustrated article explains how Brits are living and manufacturing underground; The Lake (short story); Hollywood news and photos; Jergens Lotion ad includes photos of Corinne MacLennan of Short Hills, New Jersey; Quarter-page black and white photo ad for the Empress Hotel in Victoria, B.C.; Woodbury Powder ad includes photo of Hedy Lamarr; On the Kitchen Front Line - Are Canada's Livestock Better Fed than Canada's People?; Good Resolutions - article on self-improvement for ladies; Quotes from around the world; Pepsi ad inside back cover shows family with man in uniform around the fireplace; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this excellent wartime issue. Book
52 pages. Features: Ad inside front cover says "Canada is Strong" above illustration of man pouring molten steel; News digest considers a separate Italian Armistice, will France rejoin Britain, and more; Bold red and black photo ad for the 1941 Chevrolet; Famine Haunts Hitler's Europe - article illustrated with sombre photos; Something About Her (short story); Nightmare Next Door (short story); Mariana (short story); Motors on the March - photo-illustrated article on Canada's production of military vehicles, including photo of Col. R.S. McLaughlin, President of General Motors of Canada (with V.P. J.E. Johnson) presenting diplomas to a row of V.A.D.C. graduates - young ladies in GM coveralls; The Industrial West - article with photos of Western Canada's industrial infrastructure; Sixty Days to Live (short story, part 4 of 6); Movie news and photos; Woodbury ad features Paulette Goddard; Leather furniture fashions; Article on Hair Dye; Article on foods with calcium; Nice fashion illustrations; World Sayings; War Savings Certificates ad inside back cover shows family budgeting to buy them; Nice colour back cover Coke ad shows smiling man in fedora at soda fountain; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy of this excellent wartime issue. Book
617 pages. Index. Profusely illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. "Dedicated to the memory of the early pioneers of Taber and surrounding District who valiantly and cheerfully met the vicissitudes, the hardships and experiences of frontier life. They have laid a sure and firm foundation and have been the builders since this area was known as Tank 77." - Foreword. "This book is actually a composite of many individual stories (so many remarkable and worthy of remembrance) of pioneer families, the community's Churches and organizations. The family histories and stories are reprinted here exactly as they were submitted or told by the pioneers - in their quaint, colorful way." - Preface. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy of this invaluable genealogical reference. Bibliographic References: Krotki (2nd Edn) 1041, Strathern 3265. Book
450 pages. Index. Many dozens of black and white illustrations. "Our aim is to recall names and incidents of the past and by relating individual experiences to help you see the real history of our community." - from Preface. Topics include: Some well-known people; Our roll of honour; Moose Range; Addington; Jordan River; Vercheres; Connell Creek; Megan; Pembina; Arborfield; Hillworth; Moosedale; Berkley; Ravenhurst; Family histories; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. Quality copy. Book
571 pages. Index of family names. Many black and white illustrations. Continues on from where "Our Foothills" left off, around 1940. Chapters include: Schools, Churches, Hamlets and Post Offices, Halls, The Changing Scenes, Organizations, District Highlights, Utilities, General Articles, Those Who Served Their Country, Family Biographies. Illustrated endpapers. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
380 pages. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. Includes dozens of family histories plus sections on: Tie and Timber Camps; Homestead; Trapping, Hunting and Fishing; Early Community Life; Schools; Stores and Trucking; Forget Me Not; Wedding Anniversaries; War Veterans; Tragedies and Disasters; Pictorial; Memorabilia. Handsome decorated maroon cloth-covered boards. Very light wear. Clean, bright and unmarked. Excellent copy. Book
The Eleventh annual report from 1923 includes: Annual Meeting, President's Address - Early Settlements in Upper Canada - W.H. Breithaupt; Aboriginal Agriculture in Southwest Ontario - William Herriot; War Memorials of Waterloo County - Miss L.M. Bruce; Brubacher Family History - Benjamin Brubacher; Eby Family - A.A. Eby; Biography of Miss L.M. Bruce; Biography of Dr. John Beattie Crozier; Illustrations of the Ayr Monument, Trinity Church Tablet (Galt), and Miss L.M. Bruce. Twelfth Annual Report from 1924 includes: Early Days in Ayr - Miss E.D. Watson; The Trees of Waterloo County - William Herriot; Jacob Y. Shantz and Russian Mennonites - H.M. Bowman; Reminiscences of Freeport - M.G. Sherk; Biography of Thomas Carscadden; Biography of David Forsyth; Illustrations of Jacob Y. Shantz, Shantz homestead, Shantz barns, Freeport Academy, Group photo of Freeport Academy teachers and students (with names) circa 1869, Thomas Carscadden, David Forsyth. Thirteenth Annual Report from 1925 contains: History of the Galt Collegiate Institute, 1881-1914; Reminiscences of Early Waterloo; Galt, Sixty Years Ago; The Exiles of 1838; Biography of Sir Adam Beck; Biography of Dr. John Beattie Crozier (Supplemental). Includes illustrations of Galt Collegiate Institute, Thomas Carscadden, The Old Galt Hish School, Sheriff A.S. Allan and Sir Adam Beck. Fourteenth Annual Report from 1926 includes: The Galt Collegiate Institute 1914-1926; The Waterloo County Pioneers Memorial Tower; The Public Schools of Galt; Also includes a biography of Dr. Augustus Stephen Vogt. Illustrations include: Pioneers' Memorial Tower; Galt Collegiate Institute, 1924; Dr. Augustus Vogt; Officers Pioneers' Memorial Association. Additional articles: Blazing the Trail in New Dumfries; The Pennsylvania-German in History; Significance of the Memorial Tower. Fifteenth Annual Report from 1927 covers: The Trail of the Aborigines through Waterloo County; History of the Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School; Early Days of Elmira; Hespeler Public Schools; Hespeler Public Library; The Reserve of the Six Nations Indians on the Grand River, and the Mennonite Purchase; Origin of the Place and Stream Names of Waterloo County; Museum Report, etc.; Current History; plus biographies of Hugh McCulloch and John Mickleborough. Illustrations include: Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate & Vocational School; Map of Waterloo County-Places and Streams; Old Waterloo Mill. Unmarked with average wear. Binding sound. Gilt lettering upon green spine. Prior owner's small bookplate inside front board. A sound copy. Book
32 pages. Features: Cover Photo of Monty; Large photo of Eisenhower conversing with his Deputy, General Alexander; Photo of George S. Patton - The Commanding General of American Forces; Photos of Sir Arthur Tedder, Sir Arthur Coningham, Carl Spaatz, Sir Andrew Cunningham, Henry K. Hewitt, James Doolittle and Sir Hugh Lloyd; Article on the Roosevelt Family 1613-1942, by Karl Schriftgiesser; Photos of Major-Gen. Guy Simonds, Staff-Sergt. M.H. Smith, V.C., and others; Naval Tasks in the Sicily Invasion - article by Rear-Admiral H.G. Thursfield; Countour map of Sicily with two photos/views of Catania; Two-page illustration of our airborne troops invading Sicily; Sicilian Beach-heads - early stages of the Allied invastion - 11 photos; Centerfold illustration entitled "The Greatest Invasion in History - Part of the Allied Armada approaching Sicily in Heavy Seas"; Two-page illustration of "The Vast Invasion of Sicily - A busy and perfectly organised Landing on the Beaches in the Early Morn"; Eight Historic Photos of the Great Sicilian invasion; Two-page illustration of some of the landing craft used for the Sicilian invasion; Two-pages of illustrations of the distinctive badges of warships of the Royal Navy, with their signification explained; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine