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Frank L. Thomson Office Phone, G 2612

Thomann Funeral Gome

Directors of Funeral Service :
Established 1893

1625 Quadra Street Victoria, B.C.

Royal Dairy Lid.

Ice Cream Manufacturers

707 View Street
VICTORIA - - -

Six Mile Ranch Barbeque

Mr. and Mrs. Procter McPherson, Proprietors

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| Steaks - Oysters - Hamburgers
Hot Dogs
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Phone Bel. 102
On the Island Highway

PARSONS BRIDGE, R.R. No. 1
Victoria, B. C.

THE TUDOR HOUSE

WILF GOUGE, Manager

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Licensed Premises
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Corner Admirals and
Esquimalt Roads

ESQUIMALT, B.C.

HALFWAY HOUSE

A. M. DORE, Manager
Licensed Premises

856 Esquimalt Road
ESQUIMALT, B.C.

Mrs. Charlie, whose husband is a long-
shoreman, used wool from her own sheep
for the sweater, and helped by her two
daughters, Marie and Margaret Rose
(named after the princess), carded and
spun the wool.

“Usually it takes me five or six days
to knit a sweater but I had to hurry on
the one for the President,’ she said. “I
knitted for three days and worked all
the last night.”

Using nine home-made wooden needles
for the body of the sweater, Mrs. Charlie
wove an intricate eagle design on the
back, and two peacocks on the front.
She used white, grey and black wool,
white predominating.

She was not modest about her skill
in knitting which was quite apparent in
the President’s gift. “I beat them all
when we have contests,” she said.

Mrs. Charlie said she knits from be-
tween 40 to 50 sweaters a year and they
sell for as high as $30 each. Because of
its scarcity, black wool was the most ex-
pensive, costing about 75 cents a pound;
grey wool cost from 45 to 50 cents, and
white from 35 to 40 cents.

She hoped President Truman would
like her sweater.

IN 1943, two soldiers of a Scottish regi-
ment, escaping from France over the
Spanish frontier, were about to cross a
river in a small boat, when they were
hailed by two fully armed Germans.
Our Allies believed this to be the end of
their adventure, but the Germans merely
wanted to go across with them. The two
Scots gladly agreed to row them over . . .
and charged them five francs each!

TWO Americans who had been living on
a dehydrated diet ever since they left
the States, eventually got some leave
and went to have a look at Egypt’s an-
cient glories. Flabbergasted, they stared
at a mummy. “What do you know?”
said Yank to Hank. “They’re dehydrat-
ing the dames now!”

“Photographic Headquarters”

Victoria Photo Supply

LIMITED

1015 Douglas, Victoria, B.C.

Telephone Empire 3911 P.O. Drawer 908

THE B. WILSON CO. LTp,
Individual Cold Storage Lockers |
COLD STORAGE - ICE

Ice Refrigerators
Packers and Distributors of Frozen Fresh
Fruits and Vegetables

536-538-540 Herald Street

Victoria, B. C,

HOTEL DOUGLAS

J. EM. NEELY, Manager

Victoria’s Standard Hotel
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VICTORIA, B.C.

WILFRED GIBSON
PHOTOGRAPHER
WE SPECIALIZE IN MILITARY PHOTOS
Phone E 6221

770 Fort Street near Blanshard
VICTORIA, B. C.

NU-WAY CLEANERS LTD.

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Plant and Office

420 William St. VICTORIA, B.C.

Phone E 1424

The Original
Rogers’
Chocolates

Phone G 7021 913 Government Street

VICTORIA, B.C.

CHEVROLET
OLDSMOBILE
CADILLAC

WILSON & CABELDU

LIMITED

VICTORIA, OAK BAY, LANGFORD
and DUNCAN

ISLAND TUG & BARGE

LIMITED
COASTWISE TOWING
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PORT OF VICTORIA, B.C.

Harte-Andrews Paints
LIMITED
PAINT MANUFACTURERS AND
DECORATORS
WALLPAPERS
ESTIMATES FREE

Factory: 1302 Wharf St. Phone G 5822
Retail Store: 711 View St. Phone G 4713

VICTORIA, B. C.

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