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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 05, 1948
Page
4
H. L. Jones is named president of the Canadian Legion with Vic Edwards serving as secretary. The leadership appointments were announced by the organization and identify key officers.
Fans of model aviation in Hamiota and district may enter the Second International Model Plane contest sponsored by Plymouth Motor Corp. Finalists from Canada the United States and abroad compete in Detroit August 11 22 with 126 trophies and 7175 in prizes. Open to three age groups with indoor and outdoor events across rubber powered gas powered free flight scale and jet and stunt entries. Local shop the Hamiota Garage & Machine Shop and Chrysler Canada coordinate the Canadian entry with instructions available locally.
The snippet shows Kamiota Echo with publishers C W Venables and W H Josey and a date line reading May Sth 1948. It documents a historical publication front matter rather than a full news item.
The Barley Improvement Institute began operations May 1 in Winnipeg with Prof. J. T. Harrison as director. It aims to boost barley quality for malting and expand Canadian barley markets through research funding scholarships, plant-breeding support, a new testing lab, and barley extension activities funded by brewing and malting firms with over a third of a million dollars for the first five years.
A board of directors elected by members will oversee barley improvement efforts and an advisory committee will include barley scientists economists and extension workers with representation from Canadian universities and government departments. The note requests timely news items by 5 30 Monday to ensure publication the same week and mentions printing schedules.
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