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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 07, 1957
Page
3
Notices invite bids by 5 pm on August 21 1957 for school site buildings at White Bank Lea 5393 SE 12 14 22 W Manitoba with items including a school building furnace oil tank barn fence cedar posts and a steel gate. Purchaser removes buildings and debris by April 30 1958 with 20 percent tender deposit returned if unsuccessful.
Dorothy Jean Beattie and Ross Irwin Richardson united in marriage at St Andrews Presbyterian Church Kimberley. The couple’s reception followed at the Elks Hall with about 120 guests as out of town relatives gathered from Cardale Hazelton Penticton Vancouver Calgary and Alberta.
Pope Mr and Mrs Reg Newton and daughter Marlene of Sudbury Ontario visited Harvey Gray's home last week. John Parklub of Brandon spent the long weekend at the Morison home. John Cruickshank of St Marys Ontario visited Sam Laird. Fay Smith wed. Howard Mitchell of Wolseley attended the Strachan home funeral for James Anderson last week. Winnipeg residents George Spicer and Jessie Smith attended weddings and holidays in local homes.
Weekend visits note Fay Smith and Mr and Mrs Wm Collie and family at Harrowby Manitoba. Congratulates D Doeranee Jean Collie Winnipeg on the birth of a daughter. Lorraine Gray visited home. Elaine Morrison of Dryden Ontario visited relatives in Perth Ontario.
A Rod and Gun in Canada column reviews lakes around Riding Mountains Manitoba. Lake Audy offers pike with shiny lures, Lake Katherine stocked with Rainbows after a poison kill, Moon Lake yields pike up to five pounds, and boating rules apply. The author notes road tax on motors and suggests tax relief in several provinces. A local lake monster rumor at Crane Bay is recounted.
Commissioner R B Baillie reports most Manitoba accidents occur within 25 miles of home. In Winnipeg area outside the city, 5 974 of 7 878 drivers in crashes were near their residences. He notes locals drink and insist on "making it home" while non residents behave better but suspensions, especially for drunken driving, cannot be revoked once issued for three months or more.
Dr Bob Christie and Don Porter recall helping Kitney on Clear Lake where six inch waves startled him. They left him to handle a small boat near the inlet while they walked to South Lake, revealing Kitney aimed for only twenty feet offshore.
The writer recalls rescuing a man from the shore and reflects on fishing methods and oddities. They mention using life preservers, memories of chub fishing with thread and pin, and pose trivia about bees, carp sounds, porcupine quills, and mountain sheep hooves.
A Manitoba study shows average operating cost for five self propelled combines at 10.81 per hour with a high of 12.02 and low of 8.98. Costs include fixed charges such as interest depreciation and repairs, with depreciation based on original price divided by 2000 hours and repairs at 150 percent of replacement value divided by 2000 hours. Variable costs cover lubrication fuel and operator labor at actual cost per hour.
Riboflavin, a B vitamin, supports healthy eye and skin tissues. It occurs in liver, kidney, heart and other meats, plus cheese and milk. Cooking does not destroy it, but light exposure damages the vitamin.
More than 15,700 hospitalized veterans took part in the 1956 Arts and Crafts programme. The initiative offered creative activities to veterans housed in hospitals, reflecting postwar recovery efforts and civic support for wounded service members.
J G Small named transport economist for the western region with HQ in Winnipeg. J M Conrad of Port Arthur becomes freight traffic representative in Edmonton. Colin C Henderson, graduate of Manitoba University and law school, appointed solicitor in the CNR law department at Winnipeg.
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