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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 15, 1950
Page
11
A talking therapist narrates a tale of Eddie a small time crook who trusts a cosmetic surgeon to alter his face for love. Eddie’s dream girl enters his life in a restaurant and his new look sparks a chase through a city as a second patient also changes to meet him.
Western briefs report Carlyle Saskatchewan population at 794 reflecting steady town growth. Also notes Victoria chocolate price drop to six cents, a carpentry of local travel competition in Edmonton, and fishing reopenings near Lake Athabasca.
Tater Decker of Roswell New Mexico won the saddle bronc riding at Boston Garden for his third rodeo victory. Carl Olsen of Cardston Alberta took second and Neal Allen of Hot Springs South Dakota finished third.
The prairie wheat crop for the year totals 426,000,000 bushels per Searle Grain company in Winnipeg. Oats 249,000,000. barley 146,000,000. rye 12,700,000. flax 4,000,000 bushels.
Saskatoon. The Saskatchewan Amateur Hockey Association votes a new setup for 1950 51 intermediate playdowns to attract entries from smaller centres and group teams by population. A series will hold city clubs, B for centres up to 5 000, and C for villages 1 000 or less, with adjustments by the registration and intermediate committees led by Ken Mayhew John Staples and Gordon Jackes. The move follows two city club finals Saskatoon Legion and Regina Army, with Legion the provincial champion.
Good progress reported in Souris Valley Oil No. 3 well on Henry Downey’s Centervale farm. Drilling penetrated Swan River at 2 077 feet and reached Favel at 1 675 feet, both higher than in earlier wells.
A record sugar beet payment for southern Alberta was mailed over the weekend. The $10 per ton payment covers 337,129 tons delivered to Oct 20, shared by about 1,500 growers totaling 3,371,290 dollars. Another initial payment will follow after all deliveries. Three factories slice 5,000 tons daily. total crop expected 440,000 tons.
Vancouver reports growing optimism for a coast steel industry led by a rolling mill and plant. Fisheries Minister Mayhew surveyed active plants and discussed a possible 2.5 million dollar smelting facility in Vancouver with Consolidated Mining and Smelting. Potential ore deposits exist on Zeballos and elsewhere, while coal supplies near the coast support cokemaking. Federal subsidies may back half the plant cost, with a projected 12 million tons of ore potential and a one to 18 month build window.
Same elevation reported for Lake Huron and Lake Michigan at 581.92 feet. Officials record the equality of the two Great Lakes in the current measurement period.
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