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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 20, 1957
Page
3
A new town building funded as a birthday gift to Craik residents was officially opened with a plaque marking Craik’s 30th birthday. MLA Herman Danielson and Mayor George Isenberg led the ceremony with ribbon cutting and crowd attendance on site at the town hall.
The item describes Anne Adams Printed Pattern 4855 for a one piece-cut apron with one yard 35 inch fabric and a 40 cent order, plus a Craik progress report noting the new town library and reorganization of the Prairie Rose Lodge library into a combined building funded by the chamber of commerce and local residents. The ceremony featured Ivan McMillan and Fred Barnett with George Archibald as architect. The project total is projected at 5500 dollars and will connect to Craik’s sewer system.
Advertisement seeks orders for a two-piece baby cuddlers toy pattern number 7155 with detachable ears. Transfer of four toys from 345x5 to 5% x6 inches, light and soft for baby hands. Send thirty five cents to Household Arts Department Toronto for pattern and a free Alice Brooks Needlecraft Book for 1957 plus other needlecraft designs.
The new Melfort Library quarters opened with a ceremony on Tuesday November 12 at 8 p.m. Special guests included Marion Sherman chair of the Regional Library Board Prince Albert and regional librarians Mary Donaldson Grace Campbell and Marion Gilroy. Town council members and building committee families attended. The event featured the Melfort Collegiate chorus. A library workshop runs November 12 13 and 14 with librarians from across the province attending. Mrs Sherman will also host a public meeting November 13 at 8 p.m. to discuss regional libraries their benefits and costs.
Questions and answers outline Canadian trivia. St Catharines Ont is cited as the first city in Canada with electric streetcars. The piece notes natural gas storage near Sarnia Ont and uses data on national debt and worker productivity with figures: more than 11 billion dollars debt and 20 percent lower productivity in Canada versus the U.S.
The Japanese defence board announced the successful tests of a new target plane rocket a 110 pound guided missile reaching eleven times the speed of sound
Estevan readers learn of a summer Wood End district excavation in Low Creek alley that unearthed deep strata with artefacts dating 4 000 to 6 000 years old, suggesting a panorama of past human life rarely found. The author laments local indifference and notes the sites may be flooded by the Boundary Dam project, missing a chance for public education and tourism.
An appeal to recognize citizens who step down from municipal councils and school boards. The piece praises public service, notes the hours spent addressing community issues, and thanks former officials for their dedication despite criticism and limited funds. Laurence Jones offers a closing exhortation to pray and act.
The Gazette recalls the Woodgreen Copper Mines Ltd bankruptcy nine months after its opening and notes $80,000 lost by local firms and families. It argues mining is a risk game shared by all and urges patience until copper prices recover and Phoenix Copper returns to profitability.
Four young general practitioners fund and build a Rosetown Clinic to serve the community with round the clock medical care. The town already hosts a modern dental clinic an optometrist and a physiotherapist highlighting prairie shortages vs metropolitan amenities.
Courtesy shapes a town's appeal to prospective industries and residents. Polite treatment by residents and officials boosts its image, enticing home builders and businesses, especially after wartime shortages. A return to civil manners supports a welcoming, pleasant community that attracts investment.
City leaders appeal for open discussion to attract industry. They criticize hidden negotiations and call for cooperation between Camrose officials, the Industrial Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, and the Provincial Government to secure industrial locations.
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