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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 04, 1952
Page
4
The article praises Canadian efforts to assist thousands of postwar immigrants settling in crees towns and farms across Canada. It notes language and assimilation challenges and highlights individuals and organizations aiding newcomers to feel welcome in their new homeland.
The council helped new Canadians through interviews of over 14,000 displaced persons from 17 nationalities in a German camp. It published free language and citizenship guides and funded research on migrant adjustment to new surroundings.
Important task of helping new arrivals adapt to language and customs is praised. The Citizenship council collaborates with organizations nationwide to assist newcomers and ease their assimilation into Canadian society.
Regina reports about 500000 will be spent in northern Saskatchewan this year on base metals exploration and development near Flin Flon Mart border area. Geophysical surveys and diamond drilling are expected this summer and prospecting in Rottenstone and Churchill districts is noted despite uranium lead activity.
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Conservation Board reports Alberta now has 3,003 oil wells as of May 15, up from 2,222 on May 7, 1951. Redwater field accounts for 909 wells while the expanding Leduc field lists about 900 and may soon lead.
COCHRANE Alta note to Jack Benny for sale one 1900 Maxwell. Kenneth Cohoe a mechanic has reclaimed the old horseless carriage from junk and restored it to running order after months of work. The car, found in a shed and stored for 30 years, shows carbide lamps brass-bound radiator and a two cylinder engine with top speed about 15 mph. He hopes to fetch about $2000.
Ottawa reports Manitoba’s largest age cohort is ages 25 to 34 with 120,780 people. The 0-4 group totals 89,977 and 35-44 reaches 104,984. Other figures list counts for 5-9, 10-14, 15-19, 20-24, 45-54, 55-64, 65-69, and 70 plus, amid 1951 census releases.
Alberta reports a record rate of oil and gas discoveries, about one every two days in the first 41 months of 1952, with 54 discoveries and more than 70 percent in Alberta. Oil finds total 20 and gas or wet gas 34. Northeastern British Columbia shows eight discoveries, Saskatchewan records seven finds. Crude oil production in Alberta for the week ending May 12 rose to 170,287 barrels daily, led by Redwater and Leduc. 3,025 wells are producing or capable.
A bustling scene mixes jokes and quips about a piano instalment, a canary, a parrot auction, and a fluency of humor. A poet son, rough humor about yoorz, and a weary panhandler blend in a street vignette with quick one liners and light crowd banter.
Regina faces a house building boom with city officials predicting at least 500 new homes this year. In the first four months 220 housing permits were issued and nearly 200 lots were sold this month, signaling strong activity.
Step by step recipe for a lemon flavored layer cake. Includes preparation of pans and batter with creaming of shortening and sugar, folding in meringue, alternating milk and flour additions, and baking at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes.
An Edmonton job hunter posts an extended classified ad asking for further guidance after replying to a prior request for direction. The ad notes a back east saying go west and signals ongoing search efforts in Alberta.
The Canadian Press reports snow from the Rockies created a vast irrigation system in Alberta between the Bow River and Red River. Brooks becomes a center of a western wonderland as water from melting snow feeds Bassano dam and irrigation spans over a million acres in the eastern irrigation district, boosting crops, trees, birds, and wildlife.
Winnipeg report on California Standard Daly 15-1 well near Virden shows an estimated 50 to 70 barrels daily. John Ower says the production is not spectacular but the best in the province to date, with prior records at 46 barrels daily and a swabbing test reaching 120 barrels in a month.
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