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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 25, 1948
Page
2
An official of the Health League of Canada urges that every week be Health Week and every Canadian strive for health. He cites costs of illness, benefits of prevention, immunization, milk pasteurization, regular exams, and better living and working conditions as keys to national well being.
At Brockville Ontario the twelfth annual CFA meeting discussed rural health service and passed a resolution urging a national health system with city level benefits for rural residents. It proposed rural medicine departments in universities to train doctors for country districts.
Ottawa announces Cascade, a new eastern Canada spring wheat from the central Experimental Farm cereal division. Seed is limited for next spring, developed to meet cake and pastry trade needs. Cascade is a white semi-hard beardless wheat from crosses of resistant varieties and shows excellent yield.
In Northstead district an early cuckoo sighting is traced to Hezekiah Johnson, a street sweeper. Johnson confessed to a reporter that he performs the cuckoo call at the Northstead bus stop to entertain bystanders, saying he previously imitated the nightingale when he had his teeth.
A collage of light snippets features families, couples, and townsfolk in comic exchanges. Jokes touch alimony, voting residency, a shy lover, a boastful American in heaven, and a surprised club member with sun tan.
Lyle Resser, an Illinois farmer, poses with his Hereford steer Toby Small as he nears two years old. The calf, once 21 inches tall and able to walk under cows, now weighs nearly 200 pounds and enjoys free run of the farm. Resser remains unsure of Toby's future.
H. H. Hewetson of Imperial Oil announced plans for a $30 million pipeline carrying crude oil 500 miles from Edmonton to Regina and Moose Jaw. The firm also outlined a $20 million exploratory program in the Le Duc Calmar field for 1948, a gas gathering system, a $1.5 million gas absorption plant, and 100 development wells to be drilled by year end, with Canada expecting savings of at least $40 million in U S currency.
Annual flood losses in the United States have surpassed 110 million dollars in recent years. This figure highlights persistent flood risk across regions and the ongoing impact on communities and infrastructure.
Ottawa announced that travel restrictions and permits on the Alaska highway have been removed. Resources Minister J A Glen cited better facilities and accommodations along the 1523 mile route as enabling the change. Previously the gravel road from Dawson Creek to Fairbanks was military use only with limited permits. The government noted new public camp grounds in Yukon contributed to the decision.
About 40 percent of all rope produced in the United States is utilized on ships and related shore activities, reflecting the central role of maritime work in domestic rope demand and industry.
Ottawa reports that Canada will not seek butter shipments from Australia or New Zealand this year. Trade Minister Howe told MPs that the idea was dropped after learning the United Kingdom had heavy requirements for such imports.
Britain will continue to buy the maximum Canadian egg supply as long as payments are possible. Food Minister John Strachey said the Australia deal should not affect Canada purchases, aiming to augment egg supply during winter over five years.
American tourists flocking to Canada despite US publicity, says R H Baker of the Greater Vancouver Tourist Association. January tourist traffic through Vancouver area theater points up 49 percent and Baker proposes posting mounties at main border crossings as a major tourist draw. E G Reinebottom warns BC auto camps not meeting travel bureau standards will be closed.
In 1639 shipbuilding ranked as a crucial occupation with shipbuilders exempted from military service and other public duties, reflecting the era’s emphasis on maritime strength and economic needs.
London. Archie R. Shoebottom, an English pilot, recalls a parachute silk saved his life after a bomber crash on his 13th mission. A former French underground member who aided in the rescue sent him the keepsake from Dieppe.
Hudson Bay area trapper W. D. Bennett tracked a missing device east of the town and discovered a large fisher caught in a trap lifted into a tree. The fur fetched a $100 value according to the report.
A historical note states that early humans crafted stone tools by 125000 B.C., illustrating the long span of technological development and human ingenuity.
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