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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 30, 1951
Page
8
The Sports Clinic reports from Lloyd Ace Percival on pitching spots that yield fewer hits, favoring high inside corners for right handed hitters with slight incurve, and low outside pitches with an outcurve. It also covers how batters adjust to fast lower deliveries and upswings, plus yogurt relief for nausea during workouts.
A poem imagines becoming the tallest tree to touch the summer sky and dwell in a forest for life. The speaker yearns to rise to the stars and brush clouds while bearing seasonal storms and weighs the cost of being lost among trees.
A reader suggests removing long standing rust from knife blades by sticking the blades upright into an onion and leaving them for a time. The blades then clean with an ordinary securing.
Edmonton reports a second sulphur permit issued to Holdings Administrators Limited covering 99,613 acres north of the city. The firm pays $11,525 rent in year one and must complete $50,000 in annual exploration work. The plan includes drilling and potential 21 year leases, with two oil companies planning $500,000 plants in southern Alberta to extract sulphur from natural gas.
A witty antique puzzle asks how old Anne is, with John Mahon dating back to 1903 about Mary and Anne. The piece surveys Liszt’s era passion, kiss proof lipstick in 1665, cocktail lore, and a Martini champion Rye Lane recipe, plus life expectancy hints and jockey Lester Piggott’s childhood win at twelve.
Al Rollins, Stanley Cup goalie with the Maple Leafs, says NHL play delivers less physical work but greater mental strain than the minors. He notes lower goal averages heighten each goal’s impact and recalls nervous receptions at home in White Rock after his big-time season. He also weighs Howe and Richard for all star consideration and greatest player status.
The page presents a chaotic crossword puzzle with numerous clues across horizontal and vertical entries. Despite garbled OCR, entries reference topics from emporiums and weights to celestial bodies and mythic figures, with scattered foreign terms and place names.
The Gibraltar Chronicle marks its 150th anniversary as India waits for the next Canadian wheat crop before accepting a $25 offer. A Turkish destroyer flotilla visits Malta. a naval visit to Istanbul will occur in summer. St Georges Anglican church Enderby B C celebrates 60 years on its original site. Road link construction between Lake Athabasca and uranium areas in northern Saskatchewan starts this summer. Able Seaman Gerry Sinclair returns to Edmonton from Korea and says Hong Kong is a shopper paradise. After taxes, British tweed suits cost 35 dollars and wrist watches 7 dollars. Supreme Allied Headquarters expects a Japan peace treaty by August. Japan plans a July Diet session for treaty legislation.
The boys' and girls' department contributed over one third of the Winnipeg public library's total circulation in the just released annual report.
May Kerteen and Jennie Monk, laundry workers, correctly predicted the Yukon River would break up at 11 03 am in Dawson City contest. They were three minutes off as the river ruptured at 11 06 am. The pair shared a prize from a $5700 pool, with $1500 going to the Daughters of the Empire for worthy work and $700 for expenses.
Mrs Gregory Peck endorses Blue Bonnet Margarine in an advertising feature. The copy highlights Blue Bonnet as a versatile all vegetable margarine with rich nutrition and economy. It promotes using Blue Bonnet in cooking and as a spread, with packaging options including regular and Yellow Quick bag.
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