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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 14, 1956
Page
2
Belgian naturalist Rene Verheyen reports a female led hippo community in the Congo with a creche of up to 100 females and young. Males guard routes to feeding grounds and must show deference to visiting females, who select mates on their terms.
Major General H F G Letson, militia adviser, toured 25 Canadian districts to report militia strength rivals regulars at about 50 000. He praised attendance rules, noted equipment plans align with regular units, and urged greater public support amid war danger concerns.
Two NHL clubs have seen penalty minutes records fall with a possible third to break. Lou Fontinato of the New York Rangers set a team mark with his 150th minute in the box, surpassing Ching Johnson’s 146 set in 1927-28. Ted Lindsay of the Detroit Red Wings already topped 143 minutes after Detroit’s 50th game, eclipsing 141 from 1949-50. Kenny Reardon holds Canadiens’ penalties with 129 minutes, while Jean Beliveau nears that record with 121 minutes after 53 games.
Elanville Lady Butterfly the eighth, a pedigree dairy short horn cow near Linby, England, claimed a new world record with 4 021 gallons in 555 days. The previous record was 3 390 gallons in 497 days. Owner David Weston notes Butterfly has produced 16 000 gallons in her milking life. she is 11 years old and milked three times daily.
University of Rhode Island professor Dr. Marvin Rife describes Ridgefield Connecticut as a model for year round leisure programs. Citizens mapped an all ages plan and turned an old building into a warm community centre with a teen canteen day camp nursery ballet dramatics dancing sports French photography and classes. Strong volunteer leadership regular meetings and responsive services underpin the operation.
The Minister of Public Works announces new red and white octagonal stop signs approved by ASHFO for Provincial Trunk Highways and all other provincial roads. Signs will feature the word Stop in white letters at a height of at least one third, with minimums of 30 by 30 inches in rural areas and 24 by 24 inches in residential and business zones. Illuminated or reflectorized lettering is required and no secondary messages will appear. The minister cites increased size and red background as providing better advance warning of danger.
Cozy year round quilt pattern with 12 seasonal flower transfers and diagrams. Includes embroidery ideas and a 72 by 102 inch quilt. Price 25 cents. stamps not accepted. Returns addressless offer details in a piecewise advertisement style.
An advertisement from the Household Arts Department at 60 Front Street West Toronto urges readers to order the ALICE BROOKS Needlecraft Catalogue. It invites plain entries with name, address, and pattern number, offering pages of knitting crochet embroidery iron-ons toys andNovel ties and promising a copy for 25 cents.
The article promotes patterns for kitchen layout diagrams scaled to a 12 feet square area. It offers Pattern 452 for 35 cents and a Kitchen Remodeling Packet for $1.50, plus Pattern 406 for pipe rack humidors at 35 cents or included in a five-pattern Sportsman’s Packet.
NHL records show goals rise by period with 335 of 890 tallied in the third. Canadiens lead with 77 third period goals, Rangers top the first period scorers, Red Wings 57 third period goals, Maple Leafs balanced across periods, Black Hawks strong late, Bruins lowest-scoring overall.
A collection of short jokes and wry observations about aging gifts in a party, a Paris escort bureau quip, a tonic aiding house chores, and a landlord guest's candid room review. The humor hinges on irony and risqué misdirection in a mid century voice.
Morris Hightower of Alabama woke to a sunken lake that dropped from 12 feet to a puddle overnight. State geologists explain a lime-sink caused the sudden water loss and ground subsidence.
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