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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 15, 1950
Page
7
A first person confession from a man in prison recounting a life of crime, parole, and escape attempts. He recalls his mother’s fear, a garage of fast cars and women, and a plan to start anew with his wife Jean and their son after release. He notes learning respect and the influence of his mother and Jean on his path forward.
Pattern 4775 offers size 2 4 6 and 10 with puff sleeves and contrast yardage detailed. Includes illustrated instructions and fit-tested guidance. Send 25 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union Toronto with name address and style number.
Washington reports the government will sell 25 to 40 million bushels of surplus potatoes to farmers at bargain prices to reduce stock. Government bought at $1.25 per bushel on average under price support programs. now offered at one cent per hundred pounds to farmers.
An ad promotes DDD Prescription liquid medicine claiming rapid relief from intense itching due to eczema pimples rashes and athlete’s foot. The copy touts cooling effects and money back offer with 35 cent bottle and first application showing relief.
Saunders wheat, a newer Canadian variety, performed well in Peace River fields over 1948 and 1949. A. A. Guitard notes it yields up to one bushel more per acre than Garnet and Thatcher, matures earlier, resists lodging, tolerates varied soils and climates, and threshes easily with good kernel quality.
Selected IRIECUPIES core the apples. Scoop our pulp to make apple cups. Fill a bowl with cold water and as each apple cup is made put the cup in the water. Dice enough celery to equal one half apple pulp. Mix celery and apple pulp with 1 cup cottage cheese or cream cheese. Blend with salad dressing. apple cups and fill with mixture. Serve on crisp beads of lettuce. Three day meat loaf combines beef veal salt pork and whole wheat bread and egg for a substantial three day dish. First time as is with tomato sauce. Next day cold sliced. Third day sliced and reheated with herb sauce or fried sliced tomatoes. Refrigeration required. Cook and serve as soon as possible after removing from refrigerator.
Winnipeg announces a Manitoba goal of 300000 for the Red Cross annual appeal opening March 1. C K Rogers says the province accounts for six percent of the national 5 million objective. New services include Winnipeg blood transfusion and an Arborg outpost hospital plus a nursing station at Alonso. The excerpt notes Port of San Francisco discovery in 1769.
Regina reports a new one million dollar sodium chloride plant near Unity Saskatchewan. The Dominion Tar and Chemical Co Ltd operates the facility, producing 125 tons daily and employing 35 men. The plant uses gas power from nearby fields and features a 169 foot smokestack with three large tanks.
P E Reed of Re Sina urged dairy farmers at the Alberta Dairymen’s association annual convention to back a publicity and sales promotion program to advertise their products boost sales and improve relations with consumers. He called the current market a buyers market and urged selling efforts.
Ottawa reports Canada’s population will hit 14 million before the end of 1950 if growth continues. The Bureau of Statistics records 71,000 added in the three months to December 1, reaching 13,707,000, with a six month rise of 158,000. Provincial changes will appear in the June 1 annual estimate.
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