Word: quebecs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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French Canadians revised the evening routine: cows were milked early, supper served late. Quebec's most popular radio serial, Un Homme et Son Péché (A Man and His Sin), was back...
...third of Quebec's 3½ million, missing the daily 7 p.m. episode of Un Homme would have been as unthinkable as substituting English for French. Listeners hissed Miser Seraphim Poudrier as he added to his $70,000 hoard and forgot to mention his avarice at confession. They sent gifts to his wife, Donalda, symbol of saintly suffering. These two main characters are so real that in Quebec "Seraphim" now means "miser," and good Catholics are "as saintly as Donalda...
...Quebec's 35th annual provincial exhibition was the most exciting shivaree of the year. But there was more to it than the midway's cautious cooch dancers, or the daredevils in the motorcycle pit. In the Industrial Pavilion, the exhibits spelled out a new era. Typical was Paul Fortier demonstrating farm refrigeration machinery. Until 1942, he had worked for an American company. Then he decided that "French Canadians are as smart as others," and set up shop in a small garage. Already his business, originally capitalized at $4,000, is now worth...
...Born Spirit. The fact was that Quebec was in the throes of industrial revolution. During the war, with plenty of manpower, cheap power and raw materials, Quebec was able to produce in a hurry. She received 38% of the war contracts let in Canada; her manufacturing output jumped from $1 billion to $2.5 billion annually...
...industrial firms have been formed in the province. In Montreal alone, where new capital is estimated at $60 million, there are 60 new industries, almost as many new plants. Verdun has 37 new plants within its city limits; once-sleepy towns like St. Tite have doubled in population. Quebec's burgeoning industries today embrace paper, textiles, chemicals, shipbuilding, breweries, tobacco. And Quebeckers are ready to supply the technical skills to run the new industries. In preparation for the new day, the province has steadily increased the budget of its technical and trade schools. Now there are 40-odd, with...