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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 07, 1958
Page
2
A local Chamber of Commerce is described as a strong pillar of the community. It supports welfare and progress with tourism promotion and efforts to attract new industry alongside municipal and church leadership.
An advertisement promotes Printed Pattern 4682 for half sizes with yardage details and ordering instructions. It then shifts to a community message praising the Chamber of Commerce Swift Current and Canadian Chamber, urging support, outlining provincial federal roles and benefits to civic life, and encouraging local merchants' support.
A 1875 Watrous Champion portable steam engine, once the fireproof farm power unit, is restored at the Western Development Museum in Saskatoon. The engine, built in Brantford Ontario, will be on display at Pion Era from June 30 to July 5, one of only three similar units in Canada and the US.
Classified ad lists cleaver Brooks heavy oil burner with two 250 gallon tanks, burns No 5 oil, suitable for small commercial building, price 400 dollars. Also steam boiler with low water cut off and steam pressure control at 2265 Lorne St Regina Sask. 94 95. Boat kits and complete finished units advertised with pre cut parts and instructions. Dewdney Albert Ph 10 9 303. Furnace used two years or less with tank and control priced at 275 dollars. Contact Mahoney & Sai Lub Regina Sask 7.
An industrial supply ad offers rubber stamps custom stencils decals and business cards with a free catalogue. It lists a dragline for dugouts and district moves for four or more dugouts at 575 dollars per dugout from Grant Macdonald Excavating. Also notes retiree benefit and remailing service with addresses in Yucatan Mexico and Progreso Mexico.
The Humboldt Square Dance Club hosted a large jamboree at Humboldt Collegiate auditorium attracting over 350 dancers and spectators. At one point 41 sets on the floor equaling 328 dancers, with an estimated 344 participants overall, from many parts of the province including Muenster Engelfeld Pathlow Pleasant Valley Saskatoon Naham Melfort Lac Vert Watson St Gregor Bay Trail LeRoy Lampard Daphne Fulda Quinton and Quill Lake.
An Saskatchewan highway official says Swift Current may receive 13 or 14 units of a new two way radio communication system before next winter. The setup would link the base station to road maintenance equipment improving efficiency. Radios would be installed on motor graders tracks and buses used by engineers assistants and foremen.
The Herald Unity Sask reports a library appeal for adult books in good condition and a useful dictionary donation. The last Story Hour is May 10 with a film, then resumes in September. Library hours extend Saturday nights from May 10, 7 00 pm to 9 30 pm throughout the summer.
The Saskatchewan Chamber of Mines asked the Department of Travel and Information to publish province wide maps instead of current road maps. Delegates note road maps stop at La Ronge, omitting northern areas and misrepresenting uranium prospects. Residents lack awareness of Uranium City's location and northern mineral potential.
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