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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 02, 1957
Page
7
Local news centers on school costs as St James teachers in 1956 push for 1957 pay raises. Details outline salary classes I to VI, credits for courses, dependants allowance, maternity leave, and long service increments, with total proposed rise about 148 759 dollars plus 50 000 for new staff in 1957.
The message discusses Remembrance Day 11 November falling on a Sunday and Premier Manning declaring Monday 12 November a provincial holiday in Alberta. Public buildings offices banks and schools would close while stores and businesses could stay open. The writer calls for stronger enforceable rules across the province to avoid confusion.
In the Home Workshop offers pattern 221 for a stylish adjustable doll buggy with actual-size cutting guides and step-by-step finishing directions. Enclose 35c with name and address. pattern 430 also mailed for 35c. The Child-Pleaser Packet includes five patterns for $1.50, sources list, and is mailed from Vancouver Canada.
European history shows handkerchiefs evolving from rank markers in the 14th to 16th centuries to essential fashion items for Renaissance ladies. Initially white and pure, they became lavish mouchoirs with lace borders used for show rather than hygiene. Modern times offer vast color and print variety due to dyestuffs and printing advances.
Highways Minister Gordon Taylor urged better signage across Alberta noting most signs are too small for passing motorists. In the Peace River district residents report few signs on northern routes, while signs in BC are more advanced. The ministry plans focused improvements to aid navigation on now improved travel links.
Rural communities like Virden rely on neighborly ties for support in trouble or joy. The piece contrasts close, friendly interconnections in small towns with the anonymity of big cities, praising local know‑everyone friendliness and mutual aid.
Ed Scriver, dean of Saskatchewan weekly editors and Wolseley mayor, received a townwide tribute at a Wolseley hotel reception. He marked 50 years in Wolseley journalism and 56 years in the field, with colleagues praising his community impact and independent editing style.
The Manitoba Home for Mental Defectives at Portage la Prairie nears one million in year spending with a $103 800 contract for a 72 bed boys wing and space for 20 more beds via alterations. A $600 000 girls wing adds 185 beds with $116 000 for laundry and heating. By completion, total beds rise from 850 to over 1 000. Work on the boys wing starts now and finishes by July. the girls wing should be ready in about a month.
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