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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 29, 1958
Page
3
An analysis of a widow with two children who built a $190000 portfolio in 1920s securities. Stocks rose to $261000 while bonds stayed flat, highlighting the era’s dollar depreciation and shifting returns. The piece argues bondholders moved from exploiters to the exploited as monetary value eroded.
The Kingsville Ontario charity founded by Jack Miner faces a $30,000 upkeep gap. Federal and provincial grants cover part of costs but donations are needed to fund grain, labor, insurance, taxes, and public outreach for the international wildlife sanctuary.
Ratepayers and other qualified voters in the Hanna Municipal Hospital District will vote January 16 on a bylaw to extend and renovate the hospital. The bylaw, drafted by the board, proposes expenditure of $165000 and has approval from J Donovan Ross, Minister of Health.
A scientific note states that lightning occurs much more often between clouds or inside a single cloud than from cloud to ground, highlighting the dominance of intra and intercloud discharges in overall lightning activity.
A notice from the Anne Adams Pattern Department lists an address at 60 Front Street in Toronto. Person and department identifiers appear in the readable text.
Bert Rush, a visitor from North Surrey, bowled the first perfect game at Grand Forks Bowl erdrome. He rolled 386 in the first game and 450 overall, earning a $25 prize from Jack Morgan. The Gazette, Grand Forks, B.C.
About 90 youths gathered at the Ninette Legion Hall for the first 4-H Forum for Youth themed Leadership in the Community. Tom Meadows guided sessions including buzz groups demonstrations and a panel debating Elvis Presley’s cultural impact.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of Canada reports the 1957 Canadian death rate at about .2 per 1000 population, unchanged from the two prior years and compared with the all time low of 81 in 1954.
The Dauphin Journal lauds Gordon Churchill as the 1957 Man of the Year. It highlights his tenure as Canadian trade and commerce minister and his Dauphin collegiate years. The piece cites his Latin mastery, wartime record, teaching career, and role in shifting Canada’s trade toward Britain. It emphasizes self reliance and initiative for 1958.
Jeannine Locke predicts life in 25 years with a color closed circuit TV service acting as a babysitter and meal help. She envisions washing time cut to twenty minutes weekly and supermarkets with conveyors and electronic checkout. High speed trains and helicopters enable long commutes and children will travel widely between years.
The Farm Business Association, Canada’s first farm management group, held its annual Carman meeting to mark a highly successful inaugural year. Officials reported solid finances and attainment of planned goals, highlighting broad support and progress.
Pipestone Municipality joins four towns in a wolf control experiment using poison bait after the council’s inaugural meeting. Albert Sifton Cameron and Reston are the other test municipalities in the project.
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