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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 07, 1952
Page
3
Lloyd Percival endorsements a self assessment to pick athletic events. Test all events, record results, compare with peers, and identify strongest areas. Suggestions cover hurdles, high jump, shot put, discus, pole vault, javelin, sprints, long jumps, and distance events to match speed, strength, and coordination.
Advice on preventing arm injury for pitchers emphasizes warm ups, gradual pace increases, rest after soreness, hot water baths, liniment, and gradual return to throwing. Emphasizes warming up as the best prevention for a sore arm.
A quick energy tip suggests reaching for fruit such as oranges or bananas or sun dried fruit at 10 30 am or 4 pm to combat drag and sustain work pace through lunch and beyond. The idea is not only to feel better but to work harder and perhaps enjoy it.
A small Nelson trunk was shown in a Halifax Navy League of Canada display. Skin expert Leonard Williams says one wash daily suffices for children to avoid stripping oils. An air survey of London Festival of Britain sites supports future inter city helicopter services as cheap travel. The Rome paper notes 1400 Italian child deaths from WWII mines last year. Saskatchewan builds a 3 million training school for mental defectives near Moose Jaw housing 1000 patients with 300 staff. Balmoral Castle’s spring clean unearthed forgotten royal era items to be sold for about £1000. Canada to attend Venice Biennale, led by H C Mc Curry of Ottawa’s National Gallery. Percy Wilkins claims a complete moon map, awaiting spaceflight.
A subscription drive for the Research Guide, the official newspaper of Sports College, offers one dollar for a year or 81.75 for two years. Prospective subscribers send a money order to Sports College Box 99, Toronto 1 Ontario, with name and address.
A $2,100,000 contract for anti submarine weapon construction has been awarded to the Dominion Bridge Company. This marks the first large defence contract in Vancouver, with work to be carried out at the suburban Burnaby plant.
To treat a grease spot on wallpaper apply fuller's earth French chalk or plain talcum powder. Leave on the stain for several days then brush away the powder revealing cleaner wallpaper.
The piece ponders retirement as a disease for active minds and cites P T Barnum at 61 as founder of a circus. It notes a penny saved tax angle, jokes about aging, love, and fashion, then mentions T R Togna a 78 year old Londoner who ran 100 yards in 15 seconds aided by morning bathtub exercises.
A scrambled list of crossword entries presents clues for multiple across and down words. Items span seeds to herbs, nations to metals, animals to tools, with various formations indicating a dense, themed puzzle layout.
Ontario Agriculture official R F E Goodin urges sprouting seed potatoes before planting to speed up early yields and reduce losses. Treat tubers for surface diseases, warm to 50 to 60 F, expose to light 10 to 14 days, and use vigorous seed for healthier plants and fewer field masses.
Banff Alberta reports March traffic at the eastern entrance rose with 6,246 vehicles and 19,027 passengers, compared to 4,938 vehicles and 15,001 passengers in the same month last year indicating stronger visitor flow through the park.
Garden notes emphasize proper spacing and thinning to improve yields and reduce wind damage. It advises staking tomatoes with six foot stakes, tying main stems, and removing side shoots while preserving fruit. Green manures enrich soil and curb weeds for healthier plants and tougher blooms.
Poem speaks of awakening across the earth after winter, a vast rebirth, leaving coldness and darkness behind. It describes spring’s return, blooming flowers, cheerful birds, lighter hearts, and renewed courage and faith, rooted in God’s mercy overcoming death.
Some samples of leather preserved in museums are known to be at least 10 000 years old.
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