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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 29, 1958
Page
7
Prices at two more Selkirk stations drop up to eight cents per gallon. No 2 octane now 34.9 cents, No 1 at 39.9 cents, down from 42.8 and 44.5 respectively. Five stations follow Winnipeg trend of lower gasoline prices.
Directory style notice lists multiple lumber companies and managers across Saskatchewan and Alberta. Companies include Crown Lumber Moose Jaw, Lethbridge Building Supplies, North American Lumber Balcarres, Royal Lumber Yards Fort Macleod, Shaunavon Co operative, Sherwood Co op Regina, and others with manager names and contact details.
A Spokane Public Schools official and a parent offer a blunt stance on teen idleness urging youths to quit demanding entertainment. The column lists chores and civic acts from painting to assisting the sick, studying, and volunteering, insisting the world does not owe them a living and they must mature and contribute.
Albert Dickson of Regina son of Mr and Mrs John Dickson of Lemans bagged a 350 pound bear at the farm of his father in law at Lintlaw Sask The capture shows he is as adept with a shotgun as with a golf club Ab has also been trying out the local golf course where he is considered a sharp shooter.
Three Alberta farm families are honored as Master Farmers for 1958. The Jesperson family of Stony Plain, the Wood family of Tofield, and the McCulloch family of Didsbury are praised for dairy beef and mixed farming excellence. The awards come with 1000 cash and an engraved plaque.
At Innisfail Public School Alberta a grade five six project uses rats to show effects of diet. One group fed a balanced diet and the other a snack type lunch under supervision of teachers and Red Deer Health Unit officials. Health Nurse Marilyn Puffer originated the idea. Students assist with feeding weighing and observe the rats self milk intake. A separate note mentions a 4 lb 2 oz potato grown by Jack Simmonds in Raymore Saskatchewan as a seasonal highlight.
Primary iron and stem offer the highest wages among major Canadian industries. Workers in Nova Scotia earn an average of 210 dollars per hour while Ontario averages 2.29 dollars per hour.
The 1958 Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, the world’s largest indoor agricultural exhibition, runs November 14 to 22. It features livestock from Canada and abroad, international judges, and entertainment including Arthur Godfrey and a grand flower show.
Walter Falk aged 19 of Dundurn has been awarded the Saskatchewan Arts Board travel bursary of 200 dollars for the 1958 concert season in New York. He holds Royal Conservatory medals in grades 9 and 10, has won multiple Saskatchewan Music Festival classes, teaches piano in Dundurn and Hanley, and will travel to New York this Christmas to use the grant.
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