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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 08, 1957
Page
2
At a Tuesday night meeting in the Municipal Chambers the Preston and District Chamber of Commerce decided to construct a new rest room at Reston. The move aims to improve facilities for visitors and local business support in the area.
The ad promotes Printed Pattern 4532 for Misses sizes 10 through 18 featuring a care free T-shirt with convertible neckline and slim shorts. It provides fabric yardage estimates for size 16 and asks buyers to mail forty cents with name address and pattern number to Anne Adams Pattern Dept in Toronto.
A fragmented, humorous column recalls quirky tales. An Ozark hermit, a noisy hotel party, three salesmen at a lunch table with a salt plea, a Virginia storm moment with a boy and TV, and a waistline joke about a woman with canapes appear as short, dated jokes and anecdotes.
A collage of local items from the Champion prompts nostalgia and notices. Topics include a rector appointment for Trinity Anglican in Streetsville, rising motor speeds, a new Oakville Jamboree site, Miss Mary Reid to attend coronation, consumer sales, libel notes about Palmerston, a film at the Princess Theatre, and a municipal pension fund amendment.
More than 100 Branch 57 members attended a general meeting where Percy Buckle of Mission City and District Board of Trade urged Branch 57 to organize the Soap Box Derby on July 1. The Legion, BESL and veterans will oversee the event.
The Saskatchewan Highway Traffic Board joins a cross country Know and Obey Traffic Laws campaign with the National Safety Council to cut motor vehicle accidents. In 1956 Saskatchewan reported 10 437 wrecks, 106 fatal, 134 deaths, and 3 373 injuries. Regina led with 1 644 crashes.
An increase of 15c in wages for Town of Morden labor was approved by Council. The new rate is 90c per hour, retroactive to April 1, with priority to longtime workers. trench work wages rise from 90c to $1.00. April 1957, Morden, Manitoba.
Mrs Ella Donnelly director of nursing services for the Saskatchewan Red Cross notes a new class of 23 young women has begun home nursing studies at La Ronge under the direction of Mrs Louella Steinke and Mrs Thel Chmara.
Larry Isbell is highlighted as a versatile gridder for the Riders in 1954 and 1956 he played quarterback halfback and end and earned all star defensive back honors. A Baylor alumnus he also spent two years in professional baseball before returning to football. He stood 6 feet 1 inch 190 pounds and resides in Regina at age 27.
Booster Club invites entries for a football giveaway this year promising 2000 footballs or helmets or shoulder harnesses. Last year 900 boys received a regulation football valued about 7.00. Mail coupon to Saskatchewan Roughrider Football Club Office in Regina with name and address.
Mission City and District Board of Trade will continue backing the Fraser North Shore Highway Association which advocates a modern north side highway from Agassiz to Haig Hope and an ultimate connection with the Trans-Canada Highway. Members include Boards of Trade and Chambers of Commerce from East Hastings, Vancouver, and Agassiz. A monthly meeting voting two to one approved 1957 membership.
The Plaindealer reports the Souris Creamery introduced a new milk carton this week. The red and green printed carton matches the former type but carries the name Bonnie Brae.
Manitoba roads see double the cars this year versus seven years ago. Winnipeg reports fewer fatal accidents in January and February than 1950, with 147 injury accidents, 16 fewer than 1950. Rural Manitoba fatal accidents jump from one to six, while injuries rise 44 percent from 81 in 1950 to 117 this year. Bailie notes driver improvement districts show much lower accident rates than nonparticipants.
Dr. M. E. Lazerte of the University of Manitoba criticized the public for penny-pinching toward education in Manitoba during a Carman address before about 100 at a Carman Home and School Association meeting. He warned that decisions on spending will shape what Canada means in 20 years.
The Municipality of Pipestone contemplates a budget that would raise spending while reducing the general mill rate. A preliminary council meeting in Reston outlines the plan, with adoption needed to enact the changes. The report notes the paradox of higher spending alongside a lower tax rate.
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