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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 22, 1951
Page
2
Health services emphasize prevention to curb disease and extend longevity. Widespread immunization and modern drugs reduce outbreaks, while public expenditures rise to support hospitalizations and public health efforts. Canada administers health matters through provincial and federal governments, with ongoing expansion across provinces.
Federal funds for provincial health departments have been expanded by Hon. Paul Martin. The national health program now covers more uses including building hospital laboratories nurses residences and expanded aid for out patient departments and diagnostic services in hospitals.
The extension of federal financial aid would help hospitals develop better prevention programs and expand education, research, and patient care. The minister notes wider opportunities bring heavier responsibilities, with space, nursing, and facilities in short supply as health services grow nationwide in Canada.
Winnipeg report says construction contracts total 44 million dollars for the trans-Canada highway. J W Wardle, federal director of engineering and water resources, notes urgent need for a nationwide highway and expects Quebec and Nova Scotia to join the agreement soon.
Princess Elizabeth inspected 180 Commonwealth scouts in the garden at Clarence House London. Contingents from Canada South Africa Ceylon Southern Rhodesia British Guiana Hong Kong Jamaica Malaya and Sierra Leone paraded as Chief Scout Lord Rowallan accompanied her.
Alice Brook promotes shell shaped doilies pattern 7224 for large and small sizes. Offers crochet directions and color variety. Advertises 1931 Alice Brooks Needlework catalogue at twenty five cents plus request details and address for copy.
A collection of light humorous lines including a hustler and rustler banter, a bishop and millionaire exchange, a stern father at a cycle shop, a maid and Miss Brown, a vase dropped by a child, and several quIPS about soldiers, storms, and travel.
Ottawa announces a major overhaul of Indian legislation set to take effect in September. The act empowers bands over land and revenue, extends voting rights to Indian women, broadens loan use, and creates special schools or integrates children into municipal schools, aiming for social political and economic equality.
Victoria British Columbia Mrs Barbara Green runs a city market stall giving donated food to needy people at no charge. Commercial firms aid the effort and city welfare cards are used to obtain supplies. Scouts delivered 15 hampers with fruit meat baking and dairy. About 600 pounds of tomatoes 200 pounds of beans crates of lettuce and other produce were received.
Mrs F W Kingston of Duncan reports one of her hens takes eggs from other nests and rolls them into her own, then eats the eggs herself. The quirky behavior has puzzled the owner but showcases the hen’s unusual appetite.
A compendium of ice cream finishing ideas and quick mixes. Includes vanilla rennet custard style base instructions with warming and quick stirring steps, a vanilla fig topping with walnuts, peppermint marshmallow sauce for use on chocolate or vanilla ice cream, and a walnut cornflake brittle mix for topping.
The Daily Province issue from 1913, found in Regina, highlights a women’s page with theatre parties, a 100-invitation dance, and moving picture reviews. The article notes Hosiery ads, loft real estate pitches, and era prices such as three dozen eggs for $1 and strawberries at 25 cents a box.
Vancouver reports an expected rise in logging shifts across British Columbia after forest closures. International Woodworkers CIO-CIOCCL, the major coast union, is unlikely to oppose extended hours while mills draw on winter stock to clear the log backlog.
Middlefield officials plan a polite nickel fine system for meters to curb over time parking with a signed tag from Chief John Phelps inviting payment. Also notes Big Ben in London clock tower cast in 1856.
A University of Alberta researcher announced at Visitors Day that actidione can cure smut in grain. He demonstrated soaking diseased oats in a actidione solution with complete suppression of smut in treated samples. The project is experimental but shows potential, with antibiotics viewed as safer than mercury compounds.
Plant pathologists report black stem of alfalfa more severe this year due to wet weather. E. J. Hawn says the disease is widespread in Lethbridge and Brooks areas with severe impact in parts of northern and central Alberta. A fungus thrives in cool wet periods and no control method is yet known. Dr. Sanford notes a resistant variety must be developed.
Lightning struck the Cadurcis district church eight miles north of Rapid City destroying the building. Despite the blaze residents whitewashed a church stable, wired for electricity, and continued worship services in the improvised space.
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