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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 21, 1951
Page
2
The Canadian Citizenship Council urges active interest in citizenship duties and rights. It notes newcomers face language and customs challenges and the council aids their adjustment. It reflects on immigration trends from 1901 to 1911 and the melting pot effect, urging better support for new Canadians.
Deserving of recognition for helping to create better citizens and national unity the Citizenship Council carries on valuable work and seeks public support. By 1951 year end Canada will have about half a million immigrants from the postwar era welcomed through council efforts to understand language culture and citizenship.
A portrait of Rt. Hon. James Gardiner federal agricultural minister and former Saskatchewan premier was presented to the Saskatchewan government by the Biardchewen Liberal Association. Walter Tucker unveiled it in the legislature after a 40 minute session. T. C. Douglas accepted on behalf of the CCF Government. The painting will hang in the legislature corridors.
Alberta officials roll out display cases to show rats to residents. The anti rat campaign aims to educate the public and keep the province free of rats.
Ottawa Resources Minister Winters announced a reduction in National Housing Act loans to owner builders. He said the change suspends the 1949 provision for extra loans equal to one sixth of the basic loan, raising down payments by about 1000 dollars for five room houses and 1500 dollars for six room houses.
VANCOUVER BC The Spencer family of pioneers plans to reclaim the merchandising trade by taking control of Gordon and Belgea Limited the coast’s largest ship chandlery firm. They previously sold their chain to Eaton Limited BC for about 14.9 million two years ago.
Winnipeg reports prairie farmers rely on cool damp spring to curb the grasshopper menace across Alberta Manitoba and Saskatchewan where millions of acres are at risk. Entomologists note past control costs and the shift to chemicals while forecasts hinge on seasonal warmth and moisture.
In Wallaceburg Ontario a caller refused to give his name when reporting a garage fire and tobacco bale blaze to the fire department. The Chatham township crew extinguished the flames and recorded the caller’s name after the event.
A quaint parable on pricing in small business notes a shop proprietor teaching his son to test a customer’s reaction. The method splits charges into frames and lenses with staged pauses to gauge flinches before adding each amount.
A 13 year old Girl Guide from Kamloops Donna Donaldson is awarded the gilt cross for lifesaving after diving into Paul Lake to rescue Joanne Critchfield who was knocked from a dock by a dog on July 10. The event occurred near Kamloops and the girl saved the child by swimming ashore with him.
A clean stainless antiseptic known across Canada as Moone's Emerald Oil offers relief for eczema barbder's itch bait rheum itching toes and feet and other inflammatory eruptions in days. Sold by druggists with satisfaction or money back guarantee for stubborn pimples and unsightly skin troubles.
A string of light anecdotes and banter about school play, a shopbreak plea, diner waiting, married life, a power course, cannibal humor, a head clerk offering to fill a partner’s seat, and a ring resizing remark. The bits feature everyday misunderstandings and social foibles with a dry wit.
Calgary report cites Frank M. Porter of the American Petroleum Institute declaring Canada the world’s most promising destination for investment. He predicts higher living standards for Canadians, population growth, and large pipeline and refinery investments, with oil reserves and new mineral wealth expected to boost regional trade. He commends Alberta’s oil policy.
The Nanaimo Indians elected Edison White 28 as their new chief breaking the father to son line of succession. Edison White, a logger and fisherman, is the grandson of the late Chief Paul White. His father George White 60 stepped aside for the younger leader.
Beavallon Alta. Wasyl Topolniski observed his 103rd birthday on January 27 and died suddenly in February. He had lived in the district 38 years, about 100 miles northeast of Edmonton.
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