The Oshawa Times, 19 Jul 1961, p. 31

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' North Phone Book . Covers Wide Territory EDMONTON (CP)--Probably For Yellowknite, a community [N.W.T, - Alta, border, adminis- Canada's most unusual tele. of more than 2,000 on the Great| rative capital of the Mackenzie phone directory is being dis-'Slave's north shore, there are|District. More than 50 per cent tributed as northerners dial 701 listings including six pay|) the numbers are for govern- away the historical isolation of telephones. iment departments and their the Northwest Territories, Other settlements use a four-| employees. The 48-page book distributed digit system but Yellowknife's| The almost 1,500 Fort Smith by Canadian National Tele telephone numbers look asiresidents depend on year-round Communications is basically for/though they were drawn from ala jrcraft and summer river Yellowknife, Fort Smith, Hay hat. __ |barges for transportation ex- River and Inuvik, but also lists Dial 1 and you get the fire/cept for a bumpy, 200 - mile telephone numbers from Fd- hall. Dialling 4 rouses a lawyer, tractor road northwest to Hay monton to the arctic coast, and 9 is for a charter air service River in winter. from Uranium City in north- and the same trucking company The streets in Fort Smith west Saskatchewan to the Pa- allgwers siiey 20r5 yore named recently and ad- cific. ale taxi Sompany oye dresses are listed for its tele- Chall page Mvertisement bYiher. but also atawers G1. "Th 'woe nad page Inyvik says that company will offer More complicated 132110 8 8 section of the directory gives telegraph, telephone and tele- Tangs om, BN y 64 telephone numbers. ype Hetvice fon, Yellowknife, For the few miles of roads in In the delta of the Mackenzie | Fu ov ee, a a ay town. the directory lists two River, less than 70 miles from River i d on nr I . oY taxi firms, three car sales out. the arctic coast and 1,300 mile 3x i weg a rl hy . o at lets and four comme r cia 1/north of Edmonton, the gover Points n Canada starting abou garages. This is partly because ment-built settlement is being Oct. 1. of the Yellowknife Highway--a completed this summer to re- It also offers fixed radio link Jink with Hay River which com- Place flood - prone old Aklavik, | § telephone service connecting 10 pletes a 999-mile road route to|3% miles to the west. these lines for oil, mining and Edmonton The directory lists development companies The book lists 206 telephones "old town", the area estab-|bers of firms serving the north for Hay River, a settlement of|lished as a townsite after the --76 from Edmonton and nine about 1,000 people on the south rich Yellowknife bay and river from Vancouver | shore of Great Slave Lake. Five gold strikes in 1934. The new Tractors, jeeps, oilfield equip- fishing companies are listed for town--incorporating the old one ment, trailers, steel buildings, the harbor settlement, which'--sprang up when ore veinsifuels, and construction, trans- annually produces millions of were re-discovered in 1945 portation and mining companies pounds of Great Slave Lake The directory lists 231 num- account for most advertising in trout and whitefish bers for Fort Smith on theithe 24 yellow pages. names, Some telephones are listed as addresses and telephone num-| ' Oshawa Tom Turner To Be Director Of Race This year's director of the|located at the north end of 'the i Centre 25- shopping centre mear 'the 'bus mile bicycle race will be Tom stop. Turner, of Oshawa, who has Prior to the race itself, the done the majority of the werk bicycles to be emtered in the in organizing the race and de-|event will receive a 'thorough serves much credit. | examination. No bike that is Trevor Allen, Chairman of the considered in poor condition will Ontario Racing Beard; Kenlbe allowed in the race. The in- Smith, Bill Reid, Rino Maragne, spection will take place in 'the Nino Dalbelle and ' Ton y|paddock at the exhibition home, Maroni, members of the board,|in the north parking area. This will be at the shopping centre examination is to determine to help run the event. These whether or mot the machines officials will act as bicycle ex-'are mechanically perfect. Such aminers and racing judges. jitems as tives, brakes, pedals Track marshalls will be post- and wheels will be checked ed at all entrances and exits 10 thoroughly. that section of the shopping Last year a bad spill was centre roads that will be used caused because of a poorly fit- for the track. Race Direcior|ied tire. Seven cyclists were in- Turner has asked that all spec-ljured in the crash and more tators and vehicles be kept off than $400 damage was done to equipment [the track, during the race. "Ifighe bicycles and crossing the track is necessary, ajone. do so at a piace where a mar-| The St. John Ambulance, Osh- shall can advise or assist you," | awa Division, will have a team he said. "It is hard for some|of four and an ambulance on people to realize that though|guty at the event. Two men the bikes will be travelling be- from the Ambulance Division tween 20 and 25 mph, they will and two women of the Nursing at times reach speeds in excess division will make up the of 45 mph." stand-by crew, which will be on START AND FINISH hand in case of amy spill or The start - finish line will be other mishap. 2 x ff; ee _ PRE-STOCKTAKING CLEARANCE SALE e LIGHTING FIXTURES e ROOM DIVIDERS and POLES ® FLOOR and TABLE LAMPS e LAMP SHADES 10% ©» 30% oF NOTE: YOU SAVE AN ADDITIONAL 3% BY BUYING BEFORE SEPT. 1st LIGHTING UNLIMITED OSHAWA SHOPPING CENTRE -- 728-0922 Denkert 'Promaker" BASEBALL GLOVE Reg. 9.95 High grade profes- sional model, solid rawhide lac B\ing etc. etc. Right or left hand. trap, 2.99 Complete with pa LESS THAN HALF PRICE :% "OCEAN CITY" TROLLING REELS No. No. oy ER =» 15:95 6 IE Qs 19.50 SPINNING REEL 11.00 Reg. 7.95 Take Down Handle Holds 200 yds: 8-1b. test Monofilament 981 Rust and Corrosion Proof . 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(NO MAIL ORDERS) MAIL ORDERS FILLED (UNLESS OTHERWISE MARKED) SHOPPING CENTRE OSHAWA 2h regular stock merchandise ALL FIRST QUALITY FASHIONS SAVINGS OF 33'3% OR MORE! ® Dresses ® Blouses ® Skirts ® Slacks ® Shorts ® T-Shirts ® Sportswear ® Swimsuits ® Sweaters ® Handbags ® Dusters ® Gloves ® Slips . ® Petticoats ® Gowns ® Pyjamas Reitman's 29 Simcoe Street South 725. Oshawa Shopping Centre : rasa OPEN FRIDAY UNTIL 9:00 P.M. WEDNESDAY UNTIL 6:00 P.M. Children's Wear available only at Oshawa Shopping Centre ENJOY PPIN % yt SHA DERN CONVENIENT W WA SHOPPING A -D =. ALL i ------

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