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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 03, 1952
Page
2
Large numbers of Canadians are set to travel to Britain for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. The thirty eighth English coronation since the Norman conquest will occur in June and follow the usual pomp and tradition. The British Ministry of Information has released details about the event.
The article notes that coronations originally occurred on Sundays or feast days but now fall on varied dates. It explains the Coronation Crown and the Imperial Crown used in Victoria's time and contemplates which crown Elizabeth II will wear. It reflects on symbolic regalia and hopes for a peaceful prosperous reign.
The oil boom iniciado near Edmonton five and a half years ago continues to spread. Expanding beyond Alberta into Saskatchewan Manitoba and north-central British Columbia the search now covers about 19 million acres in the Northwest Territories. This compares with prairie exploration the year before the Leduc discovery.
In Vancouver Canada camels scheduled for the Pacific National Exhibition were canceled due to US import restrictions after Canada faced a foot and mouth disease outbreak. An official said the act was written off to ensure they could not be prevented from returning to the United States.
Crochet pattern by Alice Brooks offers a two color infant set in pink and blue or white and pastel. Easy crochet with popcorn medallions includes jacket cap and booties in 3 ply yarn. To obtain pattern send 25 cents in coins to the publisher. stamps cannot be accepted.
Advertises the 1952 edition of Alice Brooks Needlecraft featuring ninety one illustrations and six patterns printed in the book. Claims a price of twenty five cents and lists the Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union contact in Toronto. Mentions the Vatican City as the smallest state and includes a number 3000.
A collection of comedic lines features a castaway exclaiming cannibals, an S S man visiting an income tax office, a Hollywood magnate failing at golf with a bishop, and jokes about privateering, cosmopolitan heritage, and a housewife with no occupation.
Queen Mary the 85 year old grandmother to England's Queen sold 55 pounds worth of goods in 90 minutes at a church bazaar in Sandringham. She left the stall when there was nothing more to sell.
Ottawa reported Canada declared free of foot-and-mouth disease and removed most movement restrictions. Officials said Washington will act cautiously and not hurry to lift the six month embargo on Canadian livestock and meats, with election timing a possible factor.
The government of India will grant 10 scholarships for blind students pursuing higher education or advanced vocational training. The awards will cover courses not offered in institutions for the blind.
Ottawa reports farm prices climbed for the first time in a year with the June index at 263.7 from May’s 257.8, compared to 300.7 in June 1951. Gains were mainly due to higher prices for livestock potatoes poultry and eggs.
Regina reports the Vehicles Act may be amended in 1953 to permit passing on some curves. The change aligns law with new road markings showing white centre lines on all black topped highways, indicating passing zones on select curves.
A recipe for a sesame sponge style rolled cake baked in a jelly roll pan, folded with a meringue and dry mix, then rolled in a towel to set. It includes flour, sugar, eggs, water, vanilla, ore baking powder and notes a separate fact that a young walrus eats about 100 pounds of fish daily.
Russian born scientist Oberewski leads experiments using an ultrasonic generator to treat barley seeds soaked up to 48 hours before submersion in water. Treated plants reach six inches taller and head earlier, with possible mutations observed. professor L P V Johnson notes cost concerns and potential heritable changes.
Ten year old Richard Cimini of Pittsfield Mass ran into a freshly cleaned plate glass window and needed six stitches but recovered. Five Auburn Maine girls toured to Washington in a converted hearse borrowed from an uncle, traveling with three friends. A Niagara Ontario garden hosts an extraordinary ten head cabbage plant about the size of a duck egg. Birds near Carmarthen Wales forage on land while a river swoop captured a migratory fly. Indiana Governor Schricker, a former fireman, says his final ride should be in a fire truck. A Camberley England whistle misidentified as a police chase spurred a big traffic jam. Gardner Phinney finds a twin beet plant growing through a button in Parrsboro Nova Scotia.
A. W. Manchester of the Jarvie district northwest of Edmonton has developed the Early Harvest wheat that matures two to three weeks earlier than peers. It heads seven weeks after planting and yields 40 to 45 bushels per acre, compared with slower varieties yielding 60 to 70 bushels.
Report notes that young birds eat over their body weight daily during peak growth, highlighting rapid food intake and energy needs as they develop.
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