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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 24, 1952
Page
7
Edmonton blotter reports a rat sighting as a real estate caper unfolds in a suburban Alberta home. Fred Hanson seeks a quick deal but is trapped by a parrots alarm and a crafty Mrs Daley, ending with capture by police and a humorous twist.
Advertisement for Anne Adams Pattern R4713 Misses sizes 12 to 20 with yardage details and an eyelet banding. Includes illustrated instructions and order details sent to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union Toronto.
The Baltimore Sun notes growing interest in small livestock and objects. The Dexter, a native Irish dairy breed, stands 38 inches high and weighs about 500 pounds. It yields two gallons of milk daily, uses one acre of pasture, and can feed on weeds and wild grasses, suited for suburban family farms.
A field of Reg istered Fortune oats on J H Felton’s farm near Brandon produced 117.5 bushels per acre after being swathed and cut for seed. The 24 acre patch yielded heavily and was sold as seed grain. The report comes amid other regional agriculture notes.
Winnipeg scoutmaster Charles Hooey and Camp Chief Charles Griggs led about 25 scouts during a Sulver Arrowhead course in Whiteshell forest reserve. Hooey killed four black bears with eight shots from a borrowed rifle after a tense night, while companions retrieved ammunition and aided in hauling the carcasses from the scene.
Indians of the Whiteshell district in eastern Manitoba reap a bumper wild rice harvest and expect about a 10 percent larger crop than last year. They harvest by paddling in lakes and shaking kernels into canoes. After processing the rice sells in Winnipeg for about $1.95 per 12 ounce package to epicures who serve it with wild game.
Gordon Maurice Moe Young, born March 28 1928 in Regina, has been named to coach the Trail Smoke Eaters, succeeding Gerry Thompson after a season that saw the Smokies win the British Columbia title and reach the Alla Cup quarter finals. Young starred for the Tacoma Rockets of the Western Hockey League last season and earlier played junior hockey in Regina before joining the Tulsa Oilers in 1948 49.
The article notes Hamilton observers that the prettiest milkmaid of 1952 will be chosen at Ancaster without requiring milk handling skills. It mentions Greater London population figures as background.
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