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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 30, 1956
Page
5
The Sports Clinic introduces Lloyd Percival’s official department of the Canadian Amateur Athletic and Physical Training Development Service. It outlines fitness methods, training regimes, and guidance for amateur athletes seeking structured conditioning and improvement.
A guide to efficient practice emphasizes interval training, rest breaks, and sensory cues. Tips include 10-15 minutes of intense effort with breaks for cooling and hydration, plus energy boosters. Stan Musial stresses a level shoulders and parallel swing to improve contact and reduce mis-hits. The Canadian Amateur Sports and Physical Fitness Development Service supports the Sports Clinic in Toronto offering guidance through Sports College Box 99, Toronto 1, Ont.
A string of short, humorous observations from a small town desk alights on odd habits. A Fresh Fellow enjoys gelatin dessert and jokes about dish soap ingredients. A teen uses records as rolling projectiles while others quip about driving rules and office dictation.
In a February leap year tale from Fojoe Island 70 miles south of Copenhagen spinsters visited by sleigh cross an ice sea. The 7 member bachelor association entertained them and two or three bachelors showed interest. If proposals failed bachelors paid 12 pairs of gloves as the fine.
A miscellany notes Rome barbers and Milan beauties, wedding insurance for daughters, coffee records, and global gambling hubs. It cites Voltaire and Damon Runyon coffee use, soccer prevalence, Paris casinos, Grace Kelly ties, Dr Edith Summerskill quotes, and Solomon Goldberg’s crinkled hairpin invention.
Fourteen Saskatchewan residents faced charges for failure to pay the provincial hospitalization tax. They were fined or taxed 168.70 in total fines and court costs. G W Myers said the group faced 23 charges with 22 guilty pleas and one conviction. The towns involved include Brockington Eastend Eldersley Kamsack North Battleford Northern Pine Tompkins Togo Tisdale Sheho Snowden Samburg St Benedict Shaunavon.
Moths hatch after four to eight days in summer and can take up to three weeks in winter. The timing depends on temperature and seasonal conditions.
Lloyd A. Peterson a 55 year old high school teacher appeared before Judge John J. Ford to have his name changed so his fiancée Lt Col Sylvia M Evans would not have to change hers. The judge granted the petition and Peterson left as Lloyd A Evans.
For safety's sake guidance urges medical check after any bite or scratch from dogs cats or wild animals. A doctor or health unit can determine if cleansing and dressing suffices or if further treatment is needed.
Private Smith, 25, a former British Army private, refused final demobilization until his hair was cut. A welfare officer allegedly insisted on cutting his hair before signing discharge papers, leading to outcry from his wife and MP Bessie Braddock who pledged an inquiry. The note ends with a stray sentence about Mongol yurts.
The quiz asks when Upper and io Canada were renamed to Cin Fana and Quebec, requests the developed share of Canada’s hydroelectric resources, and asks the 65 plus population share. It also seeks the largest Canadian landmass in the Arctic Ocean and the 1955 value of Canada’s exports to the United States and to Canada.
A compact pocket annual of facts on Canada presents questions and figures. It notes a $25 million amount, about 1 percent, ESO terminology, Confederation era details, and Baffin Island as a marked item.
The piece warns that flies carry disease germs and emerge in late spring and early summer. They pick up germs on feet and bodies and can transfer them to homes, contaminating uncovered food and children's faces. It urges strict screening of windows and doors and use of insecticides and repellents to deter pests.
A compact crossword puzzle listing with numbered clues across and down, including references to themed entries and several undefined terms. The grid hints cover items from anatomy and geography to language and obscure objects, typical of a late era newspaper puzzle page.
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