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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 21, 1957
Page
2
Baseball expert Frankie Frinche warns against special ball hitting where batters seek preferred deliveries. He cites three mistakes: waiting for a groove, hoping for the right pitch, and stance. He urges hitting any pitch with a moderate stance and maximum speed to gain distance.
Wakaw Lake becomes a popular summer resort for children's camps with cabins on the south shore. The Ukrainian Church of Canada started Green Grove Camp years ago and this summer the Canadian Sunday School Mission bought a site and held their first camp at Wakaw.
Misses sizes 12 14 16 18 20 pattern 4521 offers a step in playsuit with button front skirt for dress occasions. Requires fabric yardage and has printed directions. Send 50 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Toronto for pattern A16.
Advertisement for Anne Adams Printed Pattern 4712 offering a half size blouse and 6 gore skirt designed for petites. Includes fabric yardage and ordering details with name address and style number to pattern department in Toronto.
The Red River Valley faced severe crop damage from recent downpours and hail but the region should average the harvest. While some pockets around Altona Gretna Halbstad a St Jean and Montcalm Rhine land were hardest hit, areas are recovering and inspectors will decide on PFAA aid.
Canadian National Railways introduces self serve cafe teria cars on the Montreal Toronto and Montreal Mont Joli routes. Passengers grab trays at a help yourself lineup then pay at the cashier while a busboy assists to tables, offering faster service and lower prices. Corsets were introduced in France around the time of the revolution.
A comic exchange follows a man’s death as Satan confronts him about ruling the afterlife. The newly deceased insists his wife left him authority from life, prompting a cheeky assertion that he now owns the place. The scene hinges on a humorous inversion of earthly authority and eternal governance.
A Friday hail storm near Sylvan Lake Alberta damaged crops and gardens from Lac la Biche to the town. Windows roofs and some cars were damaged while frost Saturday blighted potatoes and tender plants at farms west of town and in open fields nearby.
In the home workshop article readers are shown how to convert round metal containers into attractive thatched bird houses. Pattern 342 illustrates steps and nesting places for wrens bluebirds purple martins and other middle latitude brooders. Readers may order the pattern for 40c from the address provided.
An ad describes a bright jacketed monkey holder to drag hose and roll it to any spot. Pattern 425 provides actual-size cutting and painting guides priced 40c. A packet of 27 patterns for gardener’s helpers costs $1.75, with a 11c service charge for orders under $1. Home Workshop Patterns, 4433 West Std Avenue, Vancouver, B.C.
An old advertisement touts Moone's Emerald Oil as a steel stainless penetrating antiseptic that stops itching quickly. It promises relief within a week with nightly and morning use and claims safety with rare failure, available in the original bottle at drug stores.
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