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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 01, 1955
Page
2
An expert argues town planning is a necessity that saves tax dollars by guiding street layouts school sites and public facilities. It emphasizes comprehensive community plans developed from grassroots input to avoid costly misfits and ensure value for the tax dollar.
New Saskatchewan history book by Jim Wright, produced as a major Golden Jubilee project, features over two years of research, maps, and 100 plus black and white drawings by A. W. Davey. Contributors include Dr G. W. Simpson and Alexander Robb. Chapters cover immigrants, fur trade, agriculture, and political progress.
Old advice on handy lipstick containers for organizing bobby pins and needles. Weekly stain removal solution uses baking soda and lime chloride in hot water. Graphite from lead pencils helps with curtain tracks. Piano keys stay white with alcohol cleaning then polish with a soft cloth.
A light exchange between two privates hinges on a sergeant’s simple solution for back pain. One private notes relief, while the other asks how it was achieved. The answer: no need to move the crates.
In this piece a dairyman explains that rust, split seams, and dirt in milk and cream cans ruin flavor and reduce returns. Modern containers must be clean, rust free, and checked routinely to protect profits, with seamless non rusting cans as a key safeguard.
Regina reports the Forest Nursery Station at Indian Head jointly with the Education department will distribute free trees for planting on school grounds to commemorate the Jubilee Year. Schools must follow a three year soil prep plan, pay shipping, and submit application forms by August 15 of the year prior to planting. Species include ash maple elm and willow among others with a small evergreen charge. A separate note mentions a snow plow rotor that clears packed snow at 1200 pounds per minute.
A collection of light anecdotes and wordplay sketches features a worker asking for the afternoon off for his grandmother’s funeral, a quarrel settled by a wise uncle, a printer lamenting missing letters, a driver misreading detours, a girl tangled in double negatives, and a mountain guide’s cheeky warning.
The article outlines drills to hit fast speedball pitches and reduce wobble in sprinters. It advises standing deep in the batter's box, using a choke grip, short brisk swings, and reduced stride. Practice from shorter distances then progress to regular pitching distance. Wobble fixes include knee alignment, keeping hands near the chest, and elbows kept close while pumping.
Advertisement for Anne Adams Pattern 4865 offering half sizes 14 15 to 22 12 with yardage details. Claims easy sewing, simple lines, complete illustrations, tested fit. Requests 35 cents and mailing address to Department P.P.L Toronto.
Regina marks Saskatchewan's fiftieth birthday with a special all inclusive rail trip to Churchill on Hudson Bay leaving July 27 and returning August 1. Reservations are being taken through W J Hansen, CN Railway agents, and Frank Eliason.
In Elyria Ohio a new system uses a cuff on the arm and a microphone over the stethoscope site. amplified impulses drive a circuit that records blood pressure and triggers a nurse call when readings reach critical levels.
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