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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 30, 1950
Page
7
Hundreds of farmers reap bumper crops across western prairies using model machinery lit by powerful lights. Elevators have expanded storage to handle grain rush. About 2,000 eastern workers have come to help gather the harvest.
Irwin W Studer runs a 3 000-tree prairie orchard near LAC Pelletier Saskatchewan eight years in. He expects 300 boxes of standard apples with diverse fruit crops and a large raspberry yield. Studer promotes contour farming and dry-land techniques while also managing a dairy, poultry, and 1 000 acres of farmland with 600 under cultivation.
More than 1000 delegates from across Alberta will attend the Farmers Union of Alberta second provincial convention at the Palliser Hotel December 4 to 8. Hon. C D Howe federal minister of trade and commerce has been invited to speak.
A 122,500 pound explosive charge, one of the province’s largest, was detonated by the C.N.R. to break up about 1,500 cubic yards of rock for grading. The event occurred around June 30, 1948, amid ongoing industrial work. Australia’s population was estimated at 7,912,000.
Glasgow reports a shipment of 70 head of pedigree cattle pigs and sheep sent from the UK government and people to Canada aboard the Salacia. The livestock will be auctioned at Brandon in May and October to raise funds for replacing flood losses from last May. the animals include prize winners from national shows and were selected with Canadian input.
Saskatoon power company plans to extend electricity service to 2,400 additional farms this year. Calgary note mentions street cars becoming museum pieces as Mayor Mackay says the last street car will be retired in October. Eastend show awards silver horse trophy for best Saskatchewan-bred saddle horse won by Dalt. Doonan riding grey horse Lee at Eastend event.
E T Wiggins of Didsbury Alberta was elected president of the Canadian Teachers federation at the annual Saskatoon convention. He defeated Manitoba delegate Harold Murphey to lead the 1950 board of directors and succeeds Dr Bernice MacNaughton of Moncton New Brunswick. Miss M R Conway of Manitoba joins the board.
Richard S. Ford, age 78, dies leaving his mark as a founder of the Morning Sun in 1912, the precursor to British Columbia’s Vancouver Sun. Ford started the paper with F. C. Wade and John P. McConnell, shaping a major regional newspaper.
By Volunteer Labor DAFOE Sask the Foote Copeland United church basement opened after 42 workers built it in 12 hour days. The new basement measures 24 by 60 feet and is 14 feet deep, forming the church's full size with barrack like exterior. Ladies served supper to 100 guests to celebrate the opening.
Norman S. McLean publisher of the Elmwood Herald was elected president of the Manitoba division of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper association in Winnipeg. R. S. Evans and J. R. Manning were elected first and second vice presidents, with a slate of directors and committee chairmen named for advertising printing legislation subscriptions and membership.
Beginning with the next issue the column inserts a feature on Stand ard Bridge by M Harrison Gray which is expected to draw reader interest in the coming months.
Johnny travels back to a rural setting after war, meets Betty Lou at a cherry tree, and recalls a soldier who lifted her up. The scene unfolds with dreamlike recollections, the pair sharing a quiet moment and plans to visit the wash and cherry tree again.
CALGARY Alberta Briquetting Corporation Ltd says it will build coal briquetting plants at Okotoks Ryley and Medicine Hat Each plant will handle 1000 tons of briquettes daily The firm also plans plants at Brooks Bickerdike Canmore Lundbreck and Red Deer as equipment becomes available
Arthur Schultz of Darlingford Manitoba was asleep at the wheel as his truck rammed through a construction yard in Regina. The vehicle struck two other cars, crossed a double railway track, and crashed through two fences while Schultz remained unconscious.
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