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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 03, 1952
Page
5
Nora, a veteran occasional ad clerk, fakes letters for an aging man seeking a wife. Jim Whitman answers the ad and meets Nora, they marry after discovering the scheme. Nora reveals she used old women’s photos for the letters and refunds Jim’s money. Both share a laugh and begin a candid life together.
Rust has become a major menace to Manitoba sunflowers, causing fields to rot and prompting abandonment by growers. In Altona district 55 miles south of Winnipeg a $1,000,000 plant operates well below capacity as rust disaster slows planting from 26,000 acres last year to about 5,000 this year. Researchers seek rust resistant varieties but success may take years, leaving the industry to suffer.
Sweet clover has become an important prairie seed crop, and harvesting methods matter to minimize seed loss. Harvest at two thirds maturity using a swather or binder, then dry and collect gently. Swathers require suitable swath size or adjustments, and picking up damp swaths saves seed. When unavailable, use a grain binder with careful staging, catching fallen seed, and minimal handling to prevent shedding.
The Brandon insect laboratory reports grasshoppers on the prairie decline for three years. Only two small Manitoba areas Oak Bluff and St Elizabeth may see eggs hatch next spring with potential but limited economic impact on grain crops.
Vancouver reports that waterborne shipments of British Columbia canned salmon to eastern Canada may resume for the first time since the 1930s. Canadian Fishing Company Nelson Brothers and other major packers plan trial shipments aboard the Sunvalley Saguenay terminals Ltd freighter for a test voyage.
A giraffe potentially surpasses eighteen feet in height as researchers note exceptional growth in tall specimens. The observation highlights ongoing studies of neck vertebrae and limb length contributing to overall stature.
Ottawa reports Canada’s seventh series of savings bonds go on sale October 14. These bonds mature 10 years and nine months from issue and carry a 3.44 percent rate if held to maturity. The maximum holding per name remains five thousand dollars.
Remnants of the horse and buggy era fade from Barrhead Alberta as the Hoffman livery barn is removed to make way for new business premises. The change marks a shift toward modern commercial development in the town.
Prairie plant breeders have widened the range of ornamental shrubs. At the Central Experimental Farm Ottawa horticulturists contribute distinct hardy shrubs, with private breeders and Prairie stations adding notable hybrids such as Almey crabapple, Prairie Wren and Prairie Youth roses, and new caragana varieties. Breeders anticipate many more new varieties in the next decade.
Premier announces a broad survey across all government departments as plans to downsize Britain's 10 000 member civil service unfold in the new Social Credit administration. In Saskatchewan a fire destroyed the elevator at Federal Grain Co and two annexes with 8000 bushels of grain. Grande Prairie outlines a historic road program with over 150000 for 100 miles of road and 55 miles more surfacing. Swift Current Boys Band departs for eastern Canada to perform concerts and seek national honors at the Canadian National Exhibition.
Ducks Unlimited officials report that some of the world’s vanishing whooping cranes may nest about 120 miles northwest of Winnipeg in the Lonely Lake Turtle River area. The birds’ global total is believed to be under 35.
The Saskatchewan fisheries branch released 9 000 eastern brook trout yearlings into streams across seven regions Maple Creek Arborfield Nipawin Hudson Bay Big River Lac La Ronge and Norquay. They are expected to reach angling size in 1954.
Mrs Lauritz Melchior promotional copy touts Blue Bonnet Margarine as flavor nutrition and economy. It promotes Brive Bonner as cooking spread and Butter Bonner with an all three flavor nutrition and economy offer.
Reports say the giant seaweed along California’s coast can exceed 900 feet in length. It is noted as the longest living plant in oceanfront waters.
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