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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 17, 1957
Page
2
A Free Press item notes efforts by municipalities to align on longer saving time with the Faylas Association and others. It mentions postal service guidance, a festive Christmas display, welcoming words, and readers reacting to personal editorials while stressing sidewalk snow clearance to prevent injuries.
J A Christie of the provincial highway traffic board reports 1956 revocations and suspensions total 1794, down from 2194 in 1955, with breakdowns by offense. Red and blue licenses drop as Vehicle Act amendments restrain issuance and revocation triggers tighten. Over 161,000 Canadians joined the Red Cross Water Safety program last year.
The article notes children benefit from variety in toys to exercise broad skills. Large wheel toys like wooden trains and bikes develop big muscles while manipulative toys such as puzzles blocks and beads strengthen fine motor control. Dramatic play and creative materials like crayons paints and chemistry sets support imagination and future skills.
A collection of quotes on solitude and personal reflection by Percival Lindbergh Eddy Blackie Swift Thoreau and a note that canning was discovered around 1815 by Nicholas Appert while improving food for the French army.
The Guide Advocate notes that trading stamps outlawed half a century ago may reappear through legal loopholes. It argues schemes cost consumers and raise prices, while retailers and stamp companies reap profits. critics urge clear limits and public understanding.
In the Home Workshop presents braiding rug making as a winter project. The pattern 334 shows dyeing cutting braiding and sewing steps and the first oval round timing. It is mailed for 35 cents and included in the Rug Packet priced at 1.50 with directions and actual-size patterns for hooked and novelty rugs.
A hand built garden cart improves yard work by tipping to rest the front for raking into a deep hopper. Eight inch disk wheels are suggested over wooden ones, with a broad base for easy handling. Hang the cart in winter by removing wing nuts. Pattern cost 35c, included in Gardeners' Helpers Packet for $1.50 postpaid to Home Workshop Patterns Vancouver BC.
The text explains that air is a poor medium for cooling milk or cream and water cools faster. It notes cream should reach about 50 degrees within an hour of milking and argues air cooling in a freezer or fridge is slow and risks bacterial growth and odor transfer. It also warns uncovered cream in a fridge can cause frosting or odor absorption.
A report from the Central Experimental Farm Ottawa outlines goose egg incubation differs from chicken eggs. Goose eggs need three full turns daily during 28 days and increased weekly wetting while maintaining similar humidity. Experimental results by E S Merritt support 150 degree turning and wetting. Gather and store eggs promptly at about 55 degrees F. Do not hold longer than two weeks.
Simple embroidery and crochet combine in a peacock design chair pattern. The text notes a primage, colorful embroidery, and a body pattern, with a promotion for a 7224 pattern transfer and easy crochet directions. Readers are urged to send twenty five cents in coins to obtain the pattern.
Two new patterns from the Alice Brooks Needlecraft book offer stunning home designs for readers. Send 25 cents to receive your copy and explore dozens of other patterns available for order.
A 35 foot Christmas tree donated by Mansell Nellis stands in the town shopping district, lit with colored strings and topped with a star. The display, organized by a Chamber of Commerce committee led by Ted Tyler Jr., is supported by the hydro department and secured with guy wires in sand.
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