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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 12, 1951
Page
7
A sharp reminder that wealth and enterprise cannot compensate for a lost young life. The piece contrasts vast economic activity with the immeasurable value of a single child’s life, urging action to protect and nurture children.
A speeding Weymouth road scene ends with a roadside police stop. Mr Wright and Mr Thornton are confronted by a tall officer who fines Wright for speeding to catch a train. The cop reminds them that neighbor safety matters more than business. It turns out the young officer is Wrights son Ted.
Advertisement for Anne Adams Pattern 4587 featuring a puff sleeved sundress with scalloped yoke and panties in pattern. Available sizes 2 through 10, yardage listed for size 6 and sundress. simple easy to sew with illustrated instructions. Send 35 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union Toronto with name address and style number.
Betty Robinson of Saskatoon Saskatchewan won first prize in the General Class Knitting Contest at the Canadian National Exhibition. Jean Anderson of Vancouver British Columbia won first prize for the best child's cardigan.
Vancouver reports the Lavender Stock Farms dispersal auction delivering bargain prices on top thoroughbreds. Two Overdrive fillies sold for 650 and 550 dollars to Howe, Thomas and Howe and Dr. H. R. Ross respectively. Royal Reigh fetched 50 dollars, other stallions 40 to 100, mares with sucklings were also priced, and Clay Puett bought six horses for 375 dollars through Little Pine and Pharima.
In Medicine Hat 80 pioneers are named on museum walls. Moose Jaw fines Alex Wright $30 for off season shooting a prairie chicken with a loaded rifle in his car. Prince Albert notes 627 cars and 2,540 visitors over Labor Day weekend at the national park. Regina reports a hailstorm damage claims and calls for uniform highway limits. Calgary names Arthur J. Dixon as a Social Credit by election candidate. Manitoba imports eggs and poultry from the United States. A Vancouver doctor develops a brace to combat congenital hip dislocation.
Fourteen year old Paul Cross of Edmonton earns active club status for reaching the 11 000 foot Mt Huber in the Rocky Mountains. He previously climbed 8 900 foot Mt Wiwaxy and half climbed two other peaks as a warm up. Gladys Hartley notes he may be the youngest member ever to achieve the climb.
Edmonton Eskimo coach Annis Stukus told a Rotary service club that payrolls rose from 48000 in 1949 to 68000 in 1950 and would keep climbing. He refused to name the current year's figure but said the team has sold football in Edmonton and can afford it.
Rain in the Climax area brought hundreds of small frogs onto roads, walks, backyards and store doorways. The amphibians, about half an inch long, urbanized the neighborhood after a heavy downpour.
Edmonton reports that Alberta will issue reflective night plates in a dark design with black background and pearl gray letters and numbers. The announcement by Provincial Secretary C E Gerhart outlines brighter visibility for motorists on highways.
The Canadian Wheat Board announces immediate delivery quotas for eight bushels per seeded acre on wheat oats barley and rye at numerous towns in Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba. A separate quota of ten bushels per seeded acre applies to listed regions in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Fluid milk and cream sales reached 2,122,591,000 pounds in the first six months, 2 percent above the same period in 1950. June sales totaled 356,098,000 pounds according to the Bureau of Statistics.
William Knutson found a colossal puffball on his farm near Clive Alta. The fungus stood 12 feet tall and exceeded 20 pounds in weight.
A historical note suggests corn may exhibit accelerated growth on warm nights, compared with growth rates at other times. The observation highlights temperature as a key factor in crop development.
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