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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 19, 1951
Page
2
The weather profoundly affects comfort welfare and Canada’s core farm sector. Rain sunshine wind frost and hail shape harvest success and insurance coverage reflects exposure to climate.
From ancient beliefs to modern science forecasts guide farming and daily news. Government meteorological services inform the public about weather, aiding planting and harvesting decisions and broadcasting updates.
The piece notes advances in weather science led by Dr Vincent Schaffer who seeding clouds with dry ice and silver iodide to induce rain and even influence thunder lightning and hail. It cautions that controls would affect large areas and strict regulations would be needed before weather modification could be widely applied.
Estevan Sask. Mrs M E Benson raises Syrian Golden Hamsters breeding them for pets and laboratories. Hamsters reproduce quickly with litters of eight to twelve every six to seven weeks and live about four years. They are small five to six inches long, weigh about a quarter pound, with a golden coat and loose skin. They store food in two shoulder pouches and are tame clean and mostly nocturnal. During cold weather they hibernate.
A compilation of lighthearted quips and dialogues featuring a seri ous father talking to Jimmy about responsibility a bride asking for different meats a groom awaiting storms and lovers dealing with car joy riding and liars The sections tease family romance and everyday humor through brisk exchanges and punchy punch lines 2951
A playful collage of odd tales from North America to England. Bible sellers in Pocatello plead guilty for soliciting without a license and leave a Bible as bail. A Massachusetts boy retells a sheep rescue, a British driver fined for no license, a cat babysitting chicks, Dijon police auctioning collected underwear, a wife blocking her drunk husband by removing a car wheel, a 34 year old London cat Scooter, and a three-generation tooth cutting contest in Baughurst England.
Dorothea Sweeney of Victoria British Columbia won $100 for naming the dinnerware used during the royal visit of Princess Elizabeth and The Duke of Edinburgh. Her entry Sovereign Charm beat hundreds of submissions from the United States and Canada. The prize was announced at the Canadian National Exhibition.
Regina reports rising farmer interest in sheep with 103 rams ordered so far this season versus 81 all of last year. Suffolk is most popular though three star and two star shearling stock are exhausted. ram lambs remain available. Orders close September 30 with shipments after October 15 following government grading.
Ordinary observers rarely see complete rainbow circles, but from high altitude and airplanes the phenomenon can appear as full circular arcs.
The Canadian Wheat Board announces immediate delivery quotas for seeded acre outputs on wheat oats barley and rye. A first set allows eight bushels per seeded acre at listed Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta points. A second set permits ten bushels per seeded acre at additional Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta locations.
A new subdivision at Waskesia has 36 lots available for individual buyers ready to build cabins valued at least 3500 dollars. Upset prices run 75 to 200 dollars. B I M Strong, Prince Albert National Park superintendent, announced two year leases with condition of erecting approved buildings within that time, with leases extendable to 42 years upon compliance.
Anita Ekberg Miss Sweden of 1951 arrives at New York airport with flowers from admirers. The 20 year old blue eyed blonde will be a special guest at the Miss America contest in Atlantic City.
Ottawa Mines Minister Prudham warned Canadians that delaying winter coal storage could cause a serious supply crisis. Coal orders are down 30 percent from last year, risking fall and winter shortages as mines run at capacity, rail cars are scarce, and delivery facilities face strain amid snow hazards. This is his second warning in weeks, noting little heed to the first.
Barry Cook a 9 year old from Grande Prairie Alberta was among 24 Alberta deaf children in Edmonton awaiting a train to Saskatoon. He disappeared prompting a city wide search but reappeared on a station platform eager to return to school. An official described his departure as an urgent bid to catch the train.
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