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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 21, 1949
Page
8
The Red Cross Society continues its extensive peacetime service while gaining public attention in wartime. Communities across Canada formed Red Cross groups with many thousands of women providing comforts and necessities for armed forces and civilian war victims.
The London Times lauds the Canadian Red Cross for a decade of service in Britain. It notes the Cliveden hospital as a memorial and research center for rheumatic heart conditions in children, funded by local committees and volunteers across Canada and Britain.
The tribute notes the support given by Canadians and Britons to the Canadian Red Cross Society and wartime activities. It hopes for no further need but urges ongoing unremitting support for the organization which relieves suffering and provides comfort.
In Vancouver a widow learns curling to avoid loneliness. When her husband ignores supper, she pages him from a pay phone in the lunch room and he mutters he will come home soon. The playful scene ends with a ruse that brings him back.
A London pepper broker calls the shortage tremendous noting political turmoil in the Netherlands East Indies and Indonesia has halted replanting. Factories may be forced to drop pepper substitutes in sausages pies and spiced meats.
Canadian press report shows life insurance payments totaling over 154.9 million dollars in nine months to Canadian families. About 59.5 million went to death claims and 95.4 million to living policy-holders. Saskatchewan saw 1.55 million in death claims across 829 policies with an average death claim near 1,875 dollars. Nationwide provinces list death payments by region with Ontario and Quebec leading totals. Newfoundland data not yet included.
The Manitoba Sugar factory at Fort Garry finishes its 1949 schedule with a record sugar beet harvest. It produced about 248 million pounds of beets yielding 35 million pounds of sugar, 17 million pounds of dried pulp, and 8 million pounds of molasses. Officials say sugar alone will fetch roughly $3.5 million for retailers.
Lethbridge Alberta reports wild ducks are expected to return soon after irrigation projects completed in 1951. The St Mary Milk River irrigation project will create a 102 square mile lake and a network of ditches supporting wildlife and farming in the wind swept corner of southwest Alberta.
The Kerrobert Kinsmen club distributes posters for a two day $2000 baseball tournament set for June 14 15 aimed at attracting eight of Western Canada’s top clubs.
D M McLean reported less than one percent of wheat acres are nonrecommended varieties while Regent remains the most planted wheat in Manitoba. Saunders wheat is advised as second choice in Swan River, Fortune shows broad province resistance to smut, and Sheyenne flax suits northern Manitoba. Milling tests will determine licensing for Mindrum Stewart crosses and new U S varieties. Royal flax is dropped for rust risk, Dakota and Rocket urged.
A collage of light anecdotes: a woman in disbelief over a size four shoe, a doctor pitching beer as medicine, a couple debating a joint bank account, a mother and son cookie box tease, a would be suitor bragging of temper to win a daughter, a silver coffee pot for an MP with a long spout, a wife’s parliamentary law remark at a Women’s Club, and a solicitor overbilling a friend after simple advice.
Alberta Inter-Field Gas Lines Limited formed in Edmonton as a $10 million all-Canadian controlled company to create a province-wide gas gathering system. Directors include Fred Stapells, E R McFarland, Roy Marler, and Ray Milner. The plan aims to reduce waste, conserve resources, act as a common purchaser and carrier, and supply gas to exporters with a future public stock issue.
Wapella Saskatchewan celebrated the opening of its Memorial Rink on December 16 17 with Premier T C Douglas in attendance. The event featured a masquerade carnival moccasin dance and figure skating by Regina based Queen City club followed by a Moosomin Badgers hockey game. The rink seats 1000 to 2000 and includes a large waiting room two dressing rooms insulated by forced air heat and unobstructed viewing. Built of lumber with aluminum sheeting the facility cost about 28000 though volunteers say 45000 would be closer to the true figure. A 12 member board led by E E Gordon oversaw construction. The rink is planned for summer use by the Wapella Agricultural Society for fairs and events.
In Cordova Alaska the Baptist Home Missionary Society seeks control of the Cordova Presbyterian Church and to operate the Cordova Community Hospital. The Baptists would staff the hospital and run the church, repaying the Presbyterians 25 000 the original grant funded the church. Yukon Presbytery must give final approval.
Penticton Board of Trade members urged a new name for the Hope Princeton Road to reflect its “wonderful” character. Larry Ecroyd proposed a name that better evokes the road’s appeal as traffic to Penticton grows possibly leading to parking changes on Main Street.
Bridgeville resident Mrs Elizabeth Kirby reports four truck mishaps in two years at the foot of a nearby hill. This week a truck knocked away the corner of the living room and front porch, rocking the house with a resounding crash.
The season’s top 11 goal leaders show nine left hand shots and three right hand shots. Ted Kennedy Gordie Howe and Johnny Peirson led right hand shooters, while Maurice Richard Ted Lendsay Metro Prystal Gaye Stewart Max Bentley Paul Renty Sid Abel and Bert Olmstead led left hand shots. Art Ross received the International Hockey Hall of Fame scroll in Boston on December 3 and a gala dinner followed on December 8. The Montreal Canadiens marked their 40th anniversary on December 2, tracing back to entering the NHA in 1909 and first game in 1910. Detroit Red Wings opened the season undefeated in eight games with six wins and two ties.
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