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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 21, 1958
Page
2
Saskatchewan Public Health launches an intensive prevention program after rising child accident tolls. A Child Safety Day calls for schools and communities to evaluate classrooms and playgrounds, promote safety films, home safety checks, and public talks.
A slide six miles east of Watino ripped a mile of Northern Alberta Railway grade and tracks leaving a sleeper derailed. Bulldozers and about 60 men worked to restore the line with no timetable for reopening as the westbound passenger train ran three hours late after the derailment near Culp.
The city of Three Rivers Quebec sits at the St. Maurice and St. Lawrence rivers junction. The St. Maurice splits into three main branches where it flows into the St. Lawrence.
Twenty high school students aged 16 and over finished an eight lesson driving course taught by Bathurst High School teacher Mr. Richard Gauvin. The program, sponsored by the Maritime Automobile Association and School Board District No. 2, included 20 classroom lectures and tests on vision, color perception, and reaction time, plus practical driving around town.
Construction will start on Estevan’s elevated water storage tank after ratepayers approved funding of about 238 500 dollars. Estevan Machine Shop to build foundations and heater house for 30 948 dollars, Horton Steel Works to do superstructure and erect the tank for 205 155 dollars. Ratepayers will vote in June on bylaws for a new public school and a separate school in Pleasantdale subdivision. Eight classroom bylaw bids are open with a May 5 4 p.m. close. Plans for the public school are nearing completion. Bylaws for sewer and water main extensions Fourth Street paving No 47 highway and other streets will be considered then.
The Chamber of Commerce held a meeting at Legion hall to circulate a petition asking that the proposed highway pass through town in its current location. A delegation will visit Regina to present the town’s wishes to the minister in charge. Also discussed were the proposed nursing home, opening of the Senior Citizens' Home, and a park cleanup day.
Since 1951 the average wage in Canadian manufacturing rose from 1.25 to 1.66 dollars an hour.
Federal authorities weigh promoting the deputy chairman of the wheat board or naming an external candidate. A decision is not expected before Parliament meets next week, with government sources weighing internal versus external options.
A community committee in Elrose area organized an April 26 meeting at Wied church basement to plan a weekly entertainment program for Golden Years Lodge guests. The program begins May 1 with the B sea majorettes and a short schedule was prepared for volunteers and participants.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip are installing a private kitchen at Buckingham Palace to prepare meals exactly to the Queen's taste. The item notes Canadian husbands should appreciate their wives who cook daily despite duties. The Leader, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.
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