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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 19, 1935
Page
2
The article urges parents to make the 1935 Canadian summer vacation a healthy, productive period for children. It highlights outdoor exploration, swimming education, early camping, and simple, low-cost activities to foster character, initiative, and close family bonds while avoiding wasteful leisure. It also encourages parents to observe and guide their children's ambitions and habits during holidays.
Mars astronomers face a new problem as weather becomes hourly and life sustaining oxygen remains scarce while observers note what seems to be out of season snow on the red planet. In China middle grade pupils are ordered to receive military training. A farmer’s wife sells surplus butter to a town grocer and the grocer complains of underweight butter leading to a quip about mislaid weights.
The Canadian Legion says Lloyds of London has insured the July Vimy Pilgrimage against abandonment due to war or financial panic. Demand for steamship bookings rises as ex service men urged to register early for guaranteed accommodation. Captain Ben Allen notes veterans hesitate to deposit now, but early bookings ensure enough ships and transport to France. Authorities in France Belgium and England pledge cooperation as Canada eyes a major European year.
In Winnipeg officials halted plans to replace a large electric sign at the Canadian National station after workers noted a mother robin nesting on its letter O. The sign design was revised to keep the O in place while seeking a summer excursion message. Electricians were on standby but the bird’s nest led to a delay and a new plan to avoid disturbing the nest.
An ingenious life saving net from Cardiff experts shows a raft of tubular cork bags lashed with rope. It unfolds along a ship's side as a ladder or floats beside distressed vessels when lifeboats cannot launch. Orders come from liner and tramp firms. industry potential noted.
Ruth Mix daughter of Tom Mix eloped with Canadian bronco buster Harry Knight and wed in Reno Nevada. A telegram to Tex Austin in Hollywood confirms they tied the knot that day. Miss Mix, previously married to actor Douglas Gilmore, had an annulment in Middleton New York in July 1932. Knight resides in Banff Alberta.
A. W. Youngblut of Oxford County Ontario found a large potato with several sprouting ends in his cellar. The sprout curved around and reentered the potato near the surface growing outward again for about two inches, a curious display of plant growth.
A constitutional writer outlines the duties of a lieutenant governor in Manitoba. The Winnipeg Tribune notes the role begins daily around 8 am including Sundays and often continues until the next morning. The piece references numerous organizations eyeing future appearances at official events.
Walter Dannatt a 73 year old London retiree intends a thousand mile Amazon journey to pursue his butterfly collecting hobby. He claims a collection of over 18 000 butterflies and moths and plans to expand it. He notes lifelong cycling habit and long use of his safety bicycle.
The Ashworth, first chartered ship for the 1935 season, is to sail from England and arrive at Churchill, Manitoba after the August 10 opening of the Hudson straits. It will bring cargo from Newcastle Antwerp and Liverpool as it leads a record grain export year via the Hudson Bay route. General Patterson cites increased ship visits and tourist inquiries, forecasting a busy port season.
Corporal Ian Mondelet Drum of Victoria B C graduated with honors from Royal Military College. Other Western cadets who graduated include Gordon Dale Macallister Regina Edward Maurice Hodson Rosthern Sask C S M John Alexander Hornibrook Calgary John Despard Victoria Murray Duncan Lister Calgary Ronald Edward Wilkins Penticton B C George Ross Davidson Castor Alta Robert Summers Stronach Calgary John Henry Desmond Barrett Victoria The following will receive diplomas after supplementary exams Cadet Thomas Alfred McPherson Victoria Corporal William Carroll Patterson Calgary.
More than eight thousand former Empire residents gathered at Lincoln Park Los Angeles for the silver jubilee of King George. British consul Francis E. Evans urged Anglo American amity and closer ties among former British subjects here and abroad. John Tappan, vice president of the Sons of St. George, also attended as guest of honor.
Pierre Martin planted several small trees on Belle Isle near Annapolis Royal Nova Scotia 302 years ago Those trees sparked the Annapolis valley apple industry and the growth of a local orchard heritage that shaped regional horticulture.
Alice Brooks unveils a needlecraft service offering matching hats purses gloves and two piece knitted suits with exquisite tailoring. Patterns for quilt designs luncheon cloths tea towels and home decor accompany clear easy to follow instructions priced at twenty cents each.
A Shanghai woman who calmly faced a thief who grabbed her $1,000 pearl earring used a bold ruse. As the man fled she offered the other earring and exposed the price, prompting the thief to drop the stolen jewel and flee amid invective toward imitation jewelry wearers.
Gordon H. Guest explains bromine origins from Ballard's discovery to its natural bromides in springs sea water and brines. He notes production by electrolysis, sea water extraction trials, and a plant on the Atlantic coast, plus uses in ethylene bromide dyes photography and tear gas.
The Christmas seal sale by the Canadian Tuberculosis Association shows a 12 percent increase in receipts over 1933, reported at a Toronto meeting. Notable gains appear in Saskatchewan New Brunswick Montreal and Hamilton. Research awards for 1934 go to Dr. C F Bennett Fort San Sask and Dr A R Boyd Vancouver.
The Campbellford police court sat in Cobourg with Magistrate W A Campbell on the bench. The accused was Thomas Campbell and the charging officer named D Campbell of Campbellford. The scene was described as fitting to the tune The Campbells are comin.
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