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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 02, 1957
Page
2
Saskatchewan Civil Defence coordinator J. O. Probe outlines National Civil Defence Day on October 4 to stress citizen support for the defense program. He explains dispersal and reception needs, evacuation timing, and the joint role of federal, provincial, and municipal governments, stressing public cooperation as essential to saving communities.
Knit a easy rug or matching seat cover for bedroom play-room or bath. Use rug cotton or old stockings for quick results. Send 35 cents for pattern 7237 to Household Arts Department Toronto with name and address. Includes offer of two free patterns and 1957 Alice Brooks Needlecraft Book for 25 cents.
A string of humorous exchanges about gadgets, farming life, aging, and everyday annoyances. Jokes cover toast, two legged calf, nervous wives, Grandpa croaking for cash, limburger, and a bus smoking interruption.
The 68 British 18th century paintings travel aboard the Cunard liner Saxonia, bound for Canada where they will be shown at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the National Gallery of Canada, then the Art Gallery of Toronto, from September 18 to February 1958. The loan includes works by Gainsborough, Reynolds, Hogarth, Raeburn, Stubbs, Romney and more, with nine Reynolds portraits. Queen Elizabeth II lends four pieces, and selection was by a 10 member committee chaired by Sir Philip Hendy. Canadian members include Martin Baldwin Alan Jarvis and John Steegman.
Swift Current hosts planning for Miss Swift Current crown with out of town entrants included this year. September 27 is set for the crowning night at Elks Hall from 9 pm to 1 am with a modern orchestra. The district winner will advance to Regina for Miss Saskatchewan Roughrider contest. Local past winners Lynda Fleming and Frances Stewart previously won the provincial title.
CHMC demands swift steps on a loan for the Souris Valley Housing Company Estevan project. If no registered title and construction start occur by September 30, SVHC must reapply in spring 1958 at a higher 4 percent rate. CMHC loan is 260000 dollars for a 300000 dollar senior citizens home. The Estevan council and RM of Coalfields weigh in as bylaw approvals proceed.
Morden Town Council voted to speed up the 1957 road paving program ahead of cold weather. Two shifts will run 12 hours daily to speed mixing of gravel and oil, with a concern about budget overruns. Councillors urged including 10th Street in this year's plan.
Civil Defence urges all Canadians to be willing to learn lifesaving measures to protect themselves from radioactive fallout. Officials emphasize training and preparedness as essential for national safety in the event of a nuclear emergency.
Thrifty printed pattern 4559 provides three apron styles for Misses medium. Requires one yard 35 inch fabric per apron and one-piece cutting with printed directions. Send 40 cents in coins with size number address and style number to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Toronto Ontario.
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