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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 29, 1949
Page
2
The article notes rising focus on social welfare and the emotional and physical well being of the population. It stresses vocational guidance as crucial for placing workers in suitable tasks and calls for specialized personnel to assist youths and workers reassessing careers.
Major A. E. Wood of the National Employment Service warns that many youths leave school for first offered jobs, risking a lifetime of job hopping. He notes 150,000 young Canadians enter over 20000 vocations yearly and cites guidance from schools, families, provincial centres, and community or federal youth guidance councils.
The Guidance service sponsored by the National Employment Service provides facilities for youth placement and guidance. Major Wood warns workers in the wrong job suffer social and earnings hardships, increased accidents, and a vicious circle of misfortunes, while officials note progress in this welfare and industrial program.
The Federation of Medical Women of Canada reports there are 700 women doctors in Canada. At its 25th annual meeting held with the Canadian Medical Association convention, Dr. Jean Macdonald of Halifax was chosen president for 1949 50, succeeding Saskatoon’s Dr Anna Nicholson. Vice presidents include Dr Roberta Bond Nichols Halifax Dr Grace Donnelly Montreal Dr Jesse McGeachy Winnipeg Dr Stephanie Potoski Yorkton Sask Dr Pearl Christie Dowling Calgary Dr Elda Lindenfield Vancouver. Secretary is Dr Emma Richter Adamson Winnipeg and treasurer Dr Margaret Owens Winnipeg.
Miss Constance Elizabeth Lacey Aston of the Isle of Wight bequeaths 15000 pounds to the British Cats Protection League for a cat clinic. The gift is the largest ever received by the society in its 22 year history.
The passage notes that an average reader spends six per cent of reading time actually reading while the remaining ninety four per cent is devoted to pauses for the eye and mind to absorb and assimilate the text.
The Dominion Department of Agriculture discusses breeding black currants resistant to white pine blister rust and advises planting only where white pines have no economic importance. Red and white currants yield heavier crops, with life spans of 15 years, and a pamphlet titled Currant Culture from Ottawa provides full methods, fertilization, pruning, and varieties.
Plans for a hog breeding crate from the Texas Experimental Station detail a two runner timber frame with adjustable rear side, hinged gate system, and nose restraint to guide sows during breeding. The design uses 2x6 planks with a 23 4 inch wide platform, simple hardware, and low material cost for practical construction.
Ottawa reports John Cabot’s 1947 ship will be honored on a new silver dollar celebrating Newfoundland joining Confederation. Royal Canadian mint craftsmen finished a design showing the sailing ship on one side and the King’s profile on the other.
Vancouver report quotes L Dudley Stamp, a leading social geographer and Britain’s rural land use adviser. He warns Canada faces land wastage that could threaten future food supply, urging targeted conservation, land allocation for housing and industry, and production emphasis on nutritious crops.
The federal fisheries department announced a shift in the Great Slave Lake catch quota from 3.5 million to nine million pounds, boosting industry employment from about 200 to 400. McInnes Products manager William Schrader notes much whitefish and trout are exported to U S cities.
Captain Harry Marantz, RCAMC, died in France in 1943. A Cape Churchill lake is named Marantz Lake in his memory. Dr Marantz had long northern ties and practised seven years in Flin Flon. His widow Mrs Evelyn Marantz and children Denny and Denise are reported in France visiting his grave.
A collection of light anecdotes from tours in Arizona to marriage woes and work humor. Jokes feature a squaw and pony, Alfred classroom trivia, birthday tie and beard, Garden of Eden misnomers, clothing woes, office patience, marriage wallet use, hotel meal hours, and Uncle Abner’s blunt take on aging.
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