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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 17, 1945
Page
7
In Honey Hollow, a church fire diverges into a sermon as Brad Hunter, failing to steady an angry crowd, climbs a flaming stair to deliver a fire side sermon. His words unite townsfolk, earning praise from Tom Barnes and sparking family hopes amidst moral questions.
The Canadian Performing Right Society announces five scholarship winners from Canadian composers. Among them are Bandsman James M. Gayfer of Toronto overseas and John Maurice Lowe of White Rock British Columbia. Sas katoon, a past prize winner, was celebrated in Toronto after Massey Hall performances. Applicants should request forms from the Royal Bank Building Toronto.
Fresh frozen foods are a recent luxury but becoming common. Strawberries peas and Brussels sprouts preserve vitamins when fast frozen, with strawberries providing about one third of daily vitamin C. Thawed produce loses vitamins quickly, so cook while frozen and avoid thawing until use.
The Agricultural Supplies Board recommends 70 000 acres for sugar beets in 1945, 11 650 more than 1944. Provincial allotments: Quebec 10000, Ontario 15000, Manitoba 15000, Alberta 30000.
In Alsdorf a town occupied by American troops, 25 Holstein cows and other livestock sheltered 1200 feet underground to escape shelling and bombardment. The underground farm produced milk veal pork and mutton while fighting raged above.
The Dominion bureau reports 128 pounds of thallium, a rare soft metal for alloys and glass, produced at Flin Flon Manitoba by Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting. Value placed at $1,690. Experimental tantalum ore shipments were also made from the Northwest Territories in 1944.
Henry W. Shindollar a former teacher and oil operator kept a brown paper sack for 10 years. On his death the bag was given to banker Lewis Hoover who found twenty two thousand five hundred dollars in mostly $500 and $1000 bills. A will in the sack directs the funds to charity.
Berlin radio reports Col Hans Ulrich Rudel, 28, awarded Germany’s highest decoration the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with golden oak leaves, swords and diamonds for destroying 463 tanks and 70 vehicles among other feats.
Britain’s Royal Observer Corps includes 2500 women who endure extreme conditions on duty. Posts are placed in isolated exposed spots such as hilltops church towers or tree tops and must be manned 24 7 in all weather. Observers report aircraft in danger and continue to relay information to the RO centre despite threats.
A traditional beef stew recipe uses 4 pounds meat such as chuck shoulder rump or round with vinegar and water soaking 8 hours. The meat is browned and cooked slowly with the reserved liquid to tenderness, served with gravy and potato dumplings for eight to ten servings.
Remove crusts from bread and cut into small cubes then brown in hot fat. Beat eggs and mix with mashed potatoes salt parsley and flour. Let stand one hour then shape into ten dumplings. Drop into boiling salted water and boil uncovered for 15 minutes.
In a recent test the steel rubbish can fire rose only two feet above its rim while a similar fire in a wooden barrel reached nine feet. The findings highlight material differences in flame height between steel and wood containers.
This Week's Pattern Look as smart and well groomed at home as you do going out. Pattern 4698 side-buttoning, set in belt in sizes 12 to 40. Size 16 uses 3% yards of 35 inch fabric. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg. Allow extra mailing time.
The Brockville Recorder notes that of 68.2 million pounds of tobacco used last year, 66.9 million pounds were grown in Canada. The piece highlights strong progress for domestic tobacco once dismissed as unsuitable for ordinary consumption.
The first Canadian air force unit sent overseas was an army cooperation group that arrived in England in February, marking an early milestone in allied air force collaboration during the war.
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