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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 29, 1949
Page
7
A World War II flashback tale follows Bill who meets Monica in Thetford at the canteen. They dream of reunion after Berlin, but he loses her when she marries another man, only to glimpse her again years later at a bus stop before she leaves with her husband.
Pattern 4653 offered by Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union. Size 16 uses 40 5/8 yards of 35 inch fabric. Includes illustrated instructions and fit tested. Send 25 cents to Winnipeg address with size name and address.
The Redwater field northwest of Edmonton marks a new record with the Pasc Redwater No 2 well producing 2 880 barrels of crude oil daily. The milestone highlights Alberta's growing output and the fields development potential.
Bruno Paradis of Cranbrook found a purse containing 2800 near the Trans-provincial Highway after car trouble. The purse had vanished from a tourist car belonging to Mr and Mrs Patten of Portland who reported the loss near Cranbrook. Paradis will receive a cash reward.
Osias Bob Robert retires after 36 years on the same route walking the equivalent of two world circumnavigations and handling 162 tons of mail.
E. E. Eisenhauer, president of the South Saskatchewan Irrigation Development scheme and Saskatchewan deputy minister of public works, told Weyburn Rotary the province’s future relies on irrigation to boost farm and industrial output. The proposed South Saskatchewan river dam could irrigate 500 000 to 750 000 acres, supply Moose Jaw and Regina, power up to 120 000 horsepower, and cost about 66 million dollars with a 10 year construction frame.
Edmonton reports Alberta will join early Canadian tests of a new chloromycetin drug to combat typhoid. Dr J A Gillett provincial director of communicable diseases says supplies are being sent to the health department for experiments with two known typhoid carriers in northern Alberta.
GOLDEN PRAIRIE Sask. An elderly gray mare owned by Adolph Frieze at the Frieze farm proved she remains strong as she dragged a heavy sulky plow while moving across a field. The animal rose with the plow still attached and traveled a quarter mile before stumbling and falling, the plow resting on her.
Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta cover a total of 481 million acres with about 116 million acres classified as farm land.
Moose Jaw reports the Royal Canadian Mounted Police continue the age old practice of tending the graves of deceased Mounties. Former members are buried at 35 Saskatchewan cemeteries with periodic grave inspections and weed trimming as needed.
Ottawa reports more than 71 000 Canadians received St John Ambulance proficiency awards in first aid and home nursing last year, 10 000 more than 1947, per C A Gray sub-prior of the Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem at the annual meeting.
Regina. George Dickson the highway traffic board chair warns summer drivers to slow and check for vehicles ahead before passing. He urges cautious driving on dusty roads to avoid unexpected traffic conditions and crashes.
Ottawa report shows April wholesale value rose across Canada with regional contrasts. Prairie provinces lead with a 14 percent year over year gain, Ontario up 2 percent, British Columbia down 6 percent, and national sales up less than 2 percent. Cumulative four month sales up about 2.7 percent from last year.
Vancouver report from the American Meteorological Society meeting at UBC describes cloud seeding with dry ice and silver iodide as potentially preventing lightning storms. L O Grant of Pasadena’s American Institute of Aerological Research cites a 66 percent success in inducing rain over near-desert areas with clouds above 3000 feet thick and three percent moisture, noting quick seeding can alter clouds and trigger rainfall in adjacent clouds.
Cream butter and sugar until light. Beat in egg yolks then fold in sifted pastry flour. Chill dough one hour. Shape into balls dip in egg white then nuts. Bake at 350 for 5 minutes, press dents, bake 15 minutes more. Fill hollows with raspberry jam after baking.
A historic recipe item describes combining sugar flour salt egg yolks and eggs with scalded milk and vanilla, then cooking in a double boiler. Cool and add vanilla, pour into sherbet glasses, chill, and top with Chocolate Fluff.
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