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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 05, 1937
Page
2
The piece warns of drownings during warm months and urges swimming education for all ages. It cites two main causes non-swimmers and cramps from cold water and discusses teaching children to swim and a Rochester doctor’s cold exposure method as preventive ideas. It emphasizes supervision and gradual desensitization to reduce water deaths.
George VI reportedly cannot speak German fluently despite extensive family practice in his younger years His French is described as moderate reflecting limited language proficiency in additional tongues
A Detroit admirer, who called himself well fixed financially, sent a 2500 word telegram to Kay Francis. The message filled over 22 telegraph forms and cost $212.85 before she stopped reading. The Hollywood star said the telegram could be the longest ever sent to a film star.
Hanson Baldwin reports from Berlin that Germany’s rapid rearmament is exaggerated in speed. He notes gaps in training and equipment, predicting major war readiness not before 1939 or 1940, while active units are already combat ready and the army could strike if forced.
Canadian general council of the Boy Scouts Association reported a 1936 membership rise to 85,946 under Chief Scout Lord Tweedsmuir with Sir Edward Beatty as president. Ontario led with 31,585 members. Saskatchewan 8,626. Alberta 8,032. Manitoba 7,111. British Columbia 6,881.
Rambler roses line a 41 mile New York to South Norwalk stretch, with 57 000 bushes along the right of way. Planted in 1909 at 5000 dollars, they help prevent soil erosion and beautify the rail corridor as reported by The Mutual Magazine and The New York Times.
Two Toronto women won first prize in the 1937 poetry contest by the Montreal Authors' Association. Mary I. Woodsworth won lyric poetry for April, and Edna Alice Boyd led the third poem division with Vignette of a Heron. Honorable mentions included Joseph Garvey The Transient and others such as Serenade and The Nurse from various cities.
Scald milk in a double boiler and thicken with a cornstarch mix. Add egg yolk and corn syrup, then citrus juices and rind. Fold into beaten egg white with sugar, mold, and chill before serving.
The oldest living pair, Rifaiya El-Sayed aged 157 and Moucharrafa Hachem aged 107, were identified during a census in a Lower Egyptian village. Officials doubted their ages until the mother spoke on Napoleon's campaign in Egypt. A separate note states Canadian farms hold about 2 628 500 sheep and lambs and a normal adult heart pumps roughly one gallon of blood per minute.
Mrs H M Rhame of London Ontario touts Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for general run down condition weight gain improved appetite and digestion after taking several bottles. She says mother gave it to her and it helped recovery and strength. Buy now New size tabs Sic.
The executive committee of the Canadian General Council of the Boy Scouts' Association announced that rovers from around the world will be invited to hold the next rover moot in Canada in the summer of 1939. The camp site is undecided and Poland is also bidding. The last moot near Stockholm drew 3000 rovers from 24 countries. Canada was represented by seven rovers.
A large crowd attended the London funeral of Gunner Arthur Percy Sullivan VC, killed in an odd accident when struck by a bicyclist outside Wellington barracks while with the Australian contingent. Sullivan won the Victoria Cross in 1919 for rescuing four comrades from a Russian swamp under heavy fire. The piece notes the unpredictable hazards of life and a remark on a grandfather clock’s pendulum length.
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