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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 29, 1950
Page
7
Julie Shannon swoons over Gerald Fontaine a much older man while her mother questions blanket notions of romance. Julie’s dramatic insistence on an older lover shifts to Alec her college-bound fiancé as the pair navigate love and practicality.
Saskatoon businessman Herb Larson and contractor J. A. Piggott hunted in the Redberry lake district 40 miles NW of Saskatoon. Their car bogged in muskeg. returning with help they found the car and equipment sunk eight feet under lake water.
In Vancouver the Alexander trophy will be awarded to the winner of the major hockey series. Governor General Alexander has consented to present the trophy. Five senior leagues are eligible: Western Canada, Quebec senior, Ontario Hockey Association, Maritime senior, and Cape Breton senior. An executive meeting is set for December 28 and 29 to finalize spring playdowns for the Alexander Memorial and Allan cups.
Advertisement for a pattern to make a wardrobe for 14 to 20 inch dolls with a dress cape hat overalls blouse petticoat pants robe and more. Pattern 4600 priced 25 cents includes illustrated instructions and fit tested. Order by mail with name address and style numbers.
The cattle ferry on the Saskatchewan River near Saskatchewan Landing will be retired after 40 years and the Saskatchewan Landing bridge, a quarter mile downstream, will open next season. Regina expected population above 70 000 by 1951 census. A mink sold for 400 to aid Manitoba ranchers hit by Red River floods. Manitoba Power Commission station in Neepawa raised voltage from 33 000 to 66 000 improving service to multiple substations. Six northern Saskatchewan hunters had rifles seized and hunting permits canceled for not wearing proper garb, all fined. Edmonton fed beans and brown bread in a Maritime Provinces association sponsored event with Woodstock New Brunswick beans.
At the Royal Winter fair in Toronto W. A. Crawford-Frost of Nanton Alta led multiple wins with Caerleon Royal Dandy entries taking top junior yearling and bull calf honors. Watson Dunn and Son of Russell Man won senior bull calf class with Duke Primrose Supreme 23D. Earls Court Farms Ltd of Lytton B C saw Court Tone 19th top bulls two years or over. Irene Inspiration of Carberry Man claimed champion junior Clydesdale mare and best foaled in 1948.
Agricultural engineers publish a practical bulletin on building rubber tired farm trailers. It covers materials, steps, and designs from half ton to heavy duty units, with axle and wheel reuse tips and safety guidance for highway use and braking compatibility.
In Minden Ontario a hunter found a bear fur robe hanging on his car radiator after he shot a black bear. He used the robe to insulate a vent tailing anti freez sprays from six bullet holes. The tale appears in Pete McGillen Outdoors column in the Telegram.
The Canadian Boy Scouts announce they will not hitch hike in any situation except emergencies. They state the movement rejects the glamor attached to hitch hiking and will seek lifts only when necessary.
Newswire notes that early American currency included wampum shells used by Native peoples as money. The item highlights the material source and cultural use of this colonial monetary form.
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