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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 26, 1961
Page
1
Premier Duff Roblin unveiled a plan to pay grain farmers a five dollar per ton bonus for harvesting green forage on crops damaged by drought and consigning it to municipal fodder banks. The plan aims to preserve livestock herds, curb hay prices, and provide forage locally with sales capped at twenty dollars per ton.
A new Manitoba drought advisory group is formed in the office of Agriculture Minister George Hutton. Members include W. J. Parker of Manitoba Pool Elevators, Lou Driscoll of United Grain Growers, Rudy Usick of Manitoba Farmers Union, Sid Ransom of Manitoba Federation of Agriculture, Carl F. Wedow of Pipestone, Stewart Searle, Earl Robertson of the Canadian Wheat Board, Dr. A W Wood of the University of Manitoba, and R. K. Bedard of the Milk Producers Association of Manitoba.
William Francis Johnhnson, a former Hamida and Decker district resident, dies in Burnaby at age after a brief illness. Survived by wife Ina Amy, sons Ramond and Patrick, daughters Beverley Fischer and Lorraine Johnson, five grandchildren, and sister Gladys Taylor. Funeral held July 18 at Nunn and Thomsons Chapel, interment Mountain View Cemetery. Premier Roblin discusses drought relief with a committee including Premier Roblin and Mr Hutton, noting advisory input from experienced officials. A drought committee has operated since May on grain storage and fodder movement issues within the agriculture department.
The Safe Boating Clinic touring the province arrives in Minnedosa August 2 and Rivers August 3 and 4 with instructors Roy Turnock Bob Taylor and Big Pratt. Demonstrations promote boating safety for service clubs and resort associations seeking safer waterways. For details contact the program chair at Minnedosa Mallard Skarpe or the Rivers Kiwanis Club.
Mrs Gwen Bell sang for the honored Marguerite English as Lorna Caldwell ushered her to a pastel decorated chair. Family and friends gathered with tea and gifts, 80 guests signing the bride's book, while hostesses and helpers from Newdale and local families assisted.
Trustees Fulton Selby Stimpson Gamey Reynolds Fraser and Hunter present with representatives from Brunswick Moyers Eatons Imperial. minutes of July 5 approved. Correspondence covers Regulation 74/58 budgets construction insurance and tenders. Decisions include erecting fences, accepting Brunswick desks, drilling wells, approving audited statements, By-Law 11/61 for Shoal Lake red brick school, hiring permit teachers, and urging local labor on school projects.
Instructions for making raspberry freezer jam orange cherry peach and strawberry recipes with sugar pectin and citrus juice. Preserving guidance includes beets grape jelly and beet juice mixtures with boiling times and jar sealing tips. Sources include Virden Agricultural Office pamphlets and general canning steps.
Wide rains improved Manitoba conditions but some areas still lack rain and fodder. Farmers are urged to arrange private straw supplies, consider feed banks, and set individual prices. Plumbaramas field days on rural plumbing postponed to 1962 due to drought. program to continue next year in several areas.
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