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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 21, 1951
Page
7
Henry Corian and Lucille Morris sail to The Island as a offshore storm gains force. The wind and looming scandal strain their affair and the danger on the sea foreshadows a possible breakup at home.
A note from Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union lists Apelican and a claim that it can eat 10 pounds of fish daily. Address 60 Front Street W Toronto appears in the snippet with no clear event or outcome.
In Ottawa Hon D C Abbott announced in the Commons that the new federal old age pension of 40 dollars a month starting January will be taxed as income. He noted most pensioners will not reach tax brackets, since the annual pension totals 480 dollars while the single-person exemption is 1000 dollars.
Star badges worn by Royal Canadian Mounted Police indicate five years of service each. The badge is placed between the elbow and the shoulder on the left arm.
Most ancient Greek physicians acted as community doctors whose salaries were funded by local taxes.
A brief note highlights that teenagers continue to be the riskiest drivers on the road, citing higher accident rates and risky behaviors among drivers under 20 compared with older age groups.
At the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto Ont Albert Kessel of Rosetown Sask won the rye world championship with Prolific. Kessel was barley champion last year. Reserve rye went to Chris Morck Dixon Alta who won last year when Kessel was reserve. Howard Roppel Rockyford Alta won the world wheat crown with Marquis wheat. Roppel leads Rocky Ford junior grain club with 12 year old Ricky Sharp as a former titlist. New corn king H L Stiegelmeyer Normal IL dethroned E W Doudet Hanna City IL. runner-up Glen Smiley Milford MI. Barley title to T S Brown and Sons Cassils Alta reserve Harry Holt Peace River Alta. Cats crown to Mathew B Schnurer Sangudo Alta. reserve Gordon S Meyer Elmswood Alta. New soybeans and forage crops contests added. soybean champ R H Peck River Canard Ont. forage champ Ken Davie New Westminster BC. reserve A C Gilmore Lulu Island BC.
Government travel bureau reports total park visitors reached 2,054,030 by end of summer. Riding Mountain gained 50,522 visitors to 320,543 while Prince Albert rose to 85,200 and Banff held 402,130, up 17,923 from 1950.
Adela Rogers St Johns urges readers to compare Blue Bonnet Margarine with any spread. The ad touts a delicate sunny flavor from all vegetable ingredients and promotes three flavors and two packaging options, including the Yellow Quick bag. It emphasizes nutrition and economy for cooking and vegetables.
Hazlet nine miles northwest of Hazlet on the Andrew Johnson farm grows one of the first tame mustard crops in southwestern Saskatchewan. Johnson contracted 60 acres for a Lethbridge firm and expects 1,400 to 1,500 pounds per acre with seven cents per pound. If weather holds, the Johnsons hope to harvest for market this fall.
Six hundred new telephones enter service in Lethbridge increasing total to 6396. A Vancouver garage night job is robbed of 35 dollars. Mrs Holmes wins a giant turnip weighing 19 pounds in Drumheller. Mrs Smiley urges action on suffrage. Alan Jorgenson returns wallet with life savings of 1100 dollars. Saskatchewan wheat pool raises mill capacity to 2000 barrels daily in Saskatoon. New Westminster police crack down on drinking at hockey games. Victoria forecasts higher car insurance premiums in 1952 due to repair costs. Flin Flon milk rises two cents to 25 cents a quart. Edmonton police store 60 unclaimed bicycles. Calgary trustees resist lowering teacher standards.
Ottawa reports a U S diversion order will freeze Canadian passenger cars and civilian trucks on 1952 patterns. Frames and body stampings for Canadian cars originate in the United States and parts for 1952 models have already been shipped. 1953 models will be almost the same as 1952 market models.
Winnipeg reports the Canadian Wheat Board cut its 1951 prairie wheat marketings estimate by about 30 million bushels due to a poor harvest. The final survey projects a crop of 453,631,000 bushels, down from 482,321,900 bushels in a September survey. Seed and feed wheat held by farmers is excluded.
Milford doctors remove nails wire nibs and wire from eight year old Pietro Fabrizio in a curious medical case, while a Massachusetts woman finds a tax bill from 1818. A sea rescues a woman swept away by a wave and a boy survives a bird bite. A prospector trapped in a freight car is rescued. A post office slot is shut until next summer at West Chop.
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