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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 20, 1957
Page
3
Farmers across Manitoba's 126 municipalities and government districts face severe grasshopper infestations next summer as over four million acres are expected to be affected. Provincial Grasshopper Control Committee members were briefed last week on planned control measures to manage the anticipated outbreak.
Dr Gar land Hallman, chief medical officer at Fiji Leprosy Hospital Makogai, reports major advances in leprosy care using sulphone drugs and physiotherapy. The hospital houses 550 patients with 108 discharged last year and 35 new admissions, indicating growing cures since peak counts of 750 patients.
The discussion notes US oil consumption could exhaust known resources in about 12 to 13 years, while reserves have historically fluctuated between 10 and 16 years of annual use. The piece also cites quotations sources tracking the origin of a familiar proverb and ends with an odd remark about a sperm whale’s diet.
A column surveys claims that humans could reach 200 years if arteriosclerosis is cured, jokes about aging and understanding horses and women, and cites quirky facts. It notes babysitting hours, Elizabeth I red hair myths, dress and sex appeal, whisky proof, handshakes spreading disease, a top paid model poodle named Just Johnny, and the French poodle’s origins in Russia and France.
Chemist B Berck from the Stored Product Insect Laboratory studies fumigant behavior in grain and flour. He shows mixtures like ethylene dibromide with ethylene dichloride and carbon tetrachloride penetrate deeper than single fumigants, improving insect toxicity. Factors include moisture temperature seed oil content and fumigant amount. Fumigation remains the cheapest quickest pest control when gases can be confined. a good fumigant must penetrate storage stay as a gas uniform and leave no harmful residue while costing less than the value saved.
Canadian Red Cross volunteers run classes at the YMCA Fool Regina with about 40 handicapped children and adults learning to swim and dive. Similar programs operate in Moose Jaw Saskatoon and other major Canadian cities with support from relief efforts in Hungary.
On December 6 Dr. E. Hamer led first aid examinations for a CPR class of Canadian Pacific employees taught over the past year by Constable E. E. Brandt. Candidates included C. Tillapaugh J Melnyk F L Henderson and F Pugsie. George Meldrum presented the Priory Vote of Thanks to Constable Brandt for his ambulance division work. Vancouver guests included Inspector J R Trott and W E Darknell.
Breaded pork chops are described as unusually delicious. Dip chops in seasoned flour, then egg wash, then fine dry bread crumbs. Brown quickly, cover skillet and simmer on low until near bone shows white, uncover to recrisp near end.
A diverse set of crossword clues appears in two themed columns Horizont 1 5 and Vertica 1 55. Entries cover animals gods metals abbreviations and actions, with several familiar terms like sea eagle and compass included.
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