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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 15, 1958
Page
7
Police in Montréal investigated a car train collision in the West end. Motorist Issie Goodman, 45, was found sitting in the locomotive cab and said he stepped from the wreckage of his car into the freezing air and climbed aboard to warm up.
A home workshop notice describes a wood bird feeder set in a brown painted shelter with a grain bin. Pattern 444 provides actual size guides and directions for 40 cents, included in packet 32 of five bird house and feeder patterns for 1.75. Orders under 100 dollars incur a service charge. mail to Home Workshop Patterns, Department PLPN, 4433 West Std Avenue, Vancouver, B.C.
Printed Pattern 4576 offers a doll wardrobe including jerkin blouse suspender skirt sack dress beanie belt petticoat panties nightgown and peignoir for dolls 14 to 22 inches tall. Send 50 cents in coins with size name address and style number to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Toronto.
Fashion editor preview notes New York designers show the sack silhouette for spring 1958 with fitted chemises, shorter hems, and eye directing necklines. Unfitted jackets and cropped shapes dominate, while dress and jacket outfits remain versatile amid bead jewelry and upswept hair.
A December meeting of the Home and School Association outlined proposed projects including a kindergarten, recreation facilities for teenagers, and school supplies. Volunteers for the project committee were Rev. E Pattison, Mrs Washburn, Mrs C McEwan, Mrs Geo DeGryse, Mrs J Pisak, G S Ramage, Frank Green, George Hyde and R Bolme.
The Excelsior Neaneries Limited intends to proceed with building a refinery at The Pas next spring, according to Pat Cameron the local representative. The Northern Mail reports this decision from The Pas Manitoba dated December 18 1957.
Princess Anne struggles with weekly French lessons at Sandringham and retreats to English conversations with servants. Palace sources say the Queen enforces a policy requiring staff to respond in French only, creating a playful clash with Anne’s English conversations in the servants’ quarters.
Five Barnacle Geese appeared at the Jack Miner Bird Sanctuary in Kingsville Ontario drawing hundreds of bird lovers and Audubon Society members. The birds remained until December 15 before migrating south.
A theatre director advises a group on beating cue delays and syncing lights with dialogue. He recommends precise timing, audible offstage lines, and rehearsals with a stopwatch, plus directing tips for Ma Kirby and other actors to reduce scene stealing and improve ensemble performance.
A sow pig disappeared while her owner went indoors to light his pipe and has not been seen since. The incident was reported in the Swan Valley News column from Swan River Manitoba dated December 26 1957.
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