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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 18, 1948
Page
7
James and Laura clash over selling their home, a fight that drives him away. Laura is rushed to the hospital after appendicitis, and James confronts the cost of pride as he rushes back. In a night of fear, he recalls Laura’s steadfast care and vows to cherish her always.
The Ketchikan Pulp & Paper Co. won the bid accepted by the U.S. Forest Service to supply 1.5 billion cubic feet of pulp timber near Ketchikan. Acting Chief Forester C. M. Granger announced plans for a pulp mill at Ward's Cove, six miles north of Ketchikan, with an estimated cost of 20 to 30 million dollars.
Saskatchewan Surrogate Court admits to probate a will scratched on a tractor fender by Cecil Harris of McGee Saskatchewan. While pinned beneath a tractor for nine hours in June he carved a clause with a jackknife reading I have all to the wife. Harris died two days later.
The term grenade derives from the French word for pomegranate due to its round shape resembling the fruit. This linguistic note links military terminology to a common fruit name.
Edmonton Mayor Harry Ainlay announced plans to double the city’s swimming pools with three new facilities costing about 200000 dollars. The expansion aims to relieve summer heat for local children next year.
South Alberta sees the largest hay crop in years as late spring and warm weather boost yields. Regions report surplus hay, with labor and equipment stretched to cut and stack. Last winter Alberta imported thousands of tons from Manitoba and reserve stock was depleted by severe cold and late spring.
A. Nicholson of Maidstone barely escaped injury when a circular saw struck a hard object that proved to be a live cannon shell. The blade had missed the detonator cap by only one inch.
The advertisement promotes Anne Adams Pattern 4713 a smart classic design with squared lower armhole deep cuffs and soft skirt pleats. It lists sizes 12 through 40 and notes size 16 uses 3 percent yards of 39 inch fabric. Ordering details require 25 cents, with name address and style number to be sent to the Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
Fielding New Zealand executors uncovered a cash shortage of 4480 found by a upholsterer who located the missing money hidden in the upholstery of an arm chair in the estate.
Estevan Saskatchewan awards extend the Estevan Collegiate with a 31 760 dollar contract. Pincher Creek Alberta voters approve a 100 000 dollar by law for a high school. Carman Manitoba awards a 175 000 dollar memorial hospital contract to Dring Bros. Flin Flon Manitoba plans a 100 000 dollar dominion public building. Shellbrook Saskatchewan 45 000 dollar eight room school at Leoville. Edmonton announces three bridge projects totaling 500 000 dollars at Goodwin Crossing Empress and Cluny. Assiniboia Engineering Calgary wins 230 999 dollar grading 30 miles Gleichen Bassano. Fred Mannix Co Calgary gets 167 853 dollar road grading Lethbridge Turin.
Three paleontologists from the Royal Ontario Museum search near the Little Frenchman River in Eastend Saskatchewan. They have recovered skulls and jawbones of Titanotheres, extinct animals related to horses and rhinoceroses, aged about 40 million years. Similar bones have been found in North Dakota and Europe. The Cypress Hills area has ancient water courses explaining fragmented remains.
A 10 month old Ayrshire bull imported from Scotland sold for 4500 dollars at Howick Quebec. Carnell Sweepstake was bought for Fowler McCormick of Barrington Illinois. A total of 46 Ayrshire head sold for 34870 dollars, averaging 758 dollars each, setting a Canadian Ayrshire sale record.
In Swaffham Norfolk Mrs G Salter received a letter six years after it was posted with the note stating it was written in haste. The oddly delayed missive highlights postal delays and the strange timing of communications in the region.
Ottawa Resources Minister MacKinnon predicts a trans-Canada highway will take years to build due to labor shortages immense costs and route decisions. He noted a Dominion provincial conference may be called this fall with Winnipeg or Ottawa as likely sites and favored an independent commission to study the project.
FLIN FLON The second uranium find within a month in Northern Manitoba was reported here. Walter Johnson of Herb Lake said core samples from Ander son Bay showed one per cent uranium with encouraging copper and gold showings. The strike spans 178 feet with gold values 70 cents to per seven foot section. A second possible uranium find near the Fox and St Pert rivers was reported by trapper Charles Dunn who photographed luminosity in a rock and plans geiger counter tests amid tantalum showings.
British manufacturers exported 20 000 motor vehicles in June, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. The shipment highlights strong overseas demand for British autos amid a recovering global market.
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