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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 23, 1946
Page
7
Marty Higgins confronts her ailing husband Ed over twenty years of stubborn dispute as she plans to paint the barns on their prairie farm and take charge of the homestead if he dies. The story frames drought, war, and the harvest as accents to a courtship turned trial.
In a tense scene Ed resists a plan to repaint the barns while Marty and Rusty exchange banter. The family quarrel over red paint contrasts with the lighter note of a “double-header” victory and a request for an egg-nog as tension eases.
Humorous exchanges and gentle reflections appear in a collage of playful sketches. A church crowd queues for exits while a doctor jokes about a veterinary diagnostic friend. Household financial quirks and light ing., with a granddaughter and grandad exchange.
The Anne Adams Pattern Dept announces pattern 4882 for a frock with a fitted midriff and a pointed inset belt. Sizes 14 through 42 are available, with the 16 size requiring about 3 yards of 35 inch fabric. Send 20 cents and provide size name address and style number to Winnipeg pattern office.
Wartime Prices and Trade Board provides guidance on extending priority suit certificates for those unable to use them within a month. Sugar and preserves coupons are merged in 1946 to simplify rationing and extend ration books. Canadians discharged from American forces may receive a priority suit certificate when returning to Canada, with proof of discharge and citizenship. Unsweetened canned fruit remains rationed due to scarcity and medical need. Send questions or requests for Consumers’ News or the Blue Book to the nearest Wartime Prices and Trade Board office.
History notes Granville's incorporation steps from January 1886 to April 6 1886 when the Lieutenant Governor assented to the city charter. The Vancouver News Herald records that two months later the entire settlement was wiped out by fire on June 13.
The Chicago Daily News argues rail accidents rise from old equipment and manpower strain due to mobilization and freight. It urges use of two way radio communications and radar to prevent collisions and improve signaling for engineer awareness on the track ahead.
Bernice Unland of Albuquerque asks the Winnipeg Board of Trade to ship eagle feathers animal claws and teeth of various wild animals. The board declines noting few if any eagles in Western Canada and a dearth of wild animal teeth.
John Mullinger of Spalding Lincolnshire learned to read at 83 after a lifetime as a farm worker in Holbeach Bank. He started work at nine and avoided books until wartime raids made news personal. Now he reads avidly and devours all the news.
Milkweed floss played a key role in naval equipment by providing buoyancy to life preservers used during the war. It aided sailors by keeping flotation devices afloat, contributing to safety at sea.
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