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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 07, 1951
Page
2
The article notes a growing trend toward longer life in the present century. Officials report life expectancy has risen since 1912, with industrial policy holders living about twenty one years longer on average. The data suggests this reflects the broader population trend.
The death rate has declined for thirty years and the average life expectancy of industrial policy holders is 653 years, up three since 1946. Medical advances, higher living standards, public health services, and broader hospital and sickness insurance access are cited as main factors.
It is encouraging to know that advances in science and society this century are yielding longer life expectancy. Time, effort, and money have fought disease, extended health services, and raised living standards, with a declining death rate validating these efforts and promising further gains.
The all weather Mackenzie highway runs 354 miles from Grimshaw Alberta to Hay River Northwest Territories. It carries mining gear, provisions, fish, grain, fur and lumber to Grimshaw and ships gold and uranium from Yellowknife and Port Radium. Large trucks deliver to traders then to Yellowknife by boat via Hay River.
In Alberta a new electrical resistivity method by Dr. F. W. Lee, former US Bureau of Mines geophysical chief, claims to detect oil and gas before drilling. Critics note it could revolutionize Canadian exploration, lowering costs and affecting gasoline prices as independent companies report favorable results.
The Lloydminster Petroleum association reports Saskatchewan produced 934,850 barrels in the first nine months of 1951, up from 760,000 barrels in the same period last year. In September Lloydminster field, Saskatchewan’s only producing area, net production reached 124,154 barrels with 180 wells active as producers versus 125 a year earlier.
The University of British Columbia reports 75.1 percent of its 5,555 students are male, indicating a strong male majority. The registrar's office notes the gender composition for the winter term.
The article notes that the average life expectancy of a robin is around 15 years. It provides a concise fact about the species without additional context or details.
A collage of humorous vignettes and quips about marriage adoption barns and shop talk. A little girl is urge d for a boy the train cap a dog house and a quiz of clever one liners fill the page. The tone mimics a light comic page of a periodical.
A dietary note on packing Christmas parcels for servicemen suggests including sturdy homemade cookies. Several tested recipes are summarized including Peanut Cookies Quick Rolled Oats Cookies Cherry Almond Delights Oatmeal Coconut Cookies Canadian Macaroons with ingredients and steps for each, emphasizing durability and flavor.
Twenty one Canadian veterans arrive from Tokyo in Vancouver with a message for Santa. They request chocolate bars candy woollen socks and plenty of reading matter for the troops still in Korea. Major D R Harrison from Calgary says the boys want these comforts.
Neepawa Greenshirts announce the hiring of Lin Bend from Poplar Point as playing coach for the coming Manitoba Big Six season. Bend takes on leadership duties as the team prepares to compete in the league.
M C Biden of Moose Jaw shows off a monster pumpkin weighing 42 pounds with a 54 inch circumference ahead of Hallowe'en. In contrast a sea oyster can produce up to 60 million eggs.
Regina Saskatchewan researchers at the University of Saskatchewan with Dr S Cavers study producing soluble silicate from three Saskatchewan materials sand lignite coal and sodium sulphate. The two year project funded by Saskatchewan Research Council reports initial yields up to 65 percent using Ottawa sand and carbon black. Further tests replace with pure Saskatchewan sand and lignite char to assess commercial viability.
Manitoba agricultural officials warned the harvest season rivals 1900 as the province endures severe weather. By Oct 26, 15 to 20 percent of crops remained unharvested, concentrated in the southwest and north. Snowfalls and continuing poor conditions delayed progress, though 90 percent of the sugar beet crop had been harvested.
A six pound two ounce female Mallard duck shot near the Carrot River valley is believed a record Saskatchewan hunting catch. The wingspan was 43 inches and the length 281/2 inches. The duck was shot by Steve Sedlock of The Pas, Manitoba, in the Carrot River valley 125 miles northeast of Prince Albert.
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