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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 27, 1950
Page
7
A young clerk recalls Miss Fitzhugh who stole caviar for years from Mr Primm’s Grocery. The store owner, secretly smitten, treasures memories of Eileen Fitzhugh after her illness and death. He closes the shop for a farewell at her funeral and places a final can of caviar in her casket.
Prince Albert reports Bank of Nova Scotia manager C Syd ney Frost says no immediate tightening on farm production loans. He cites the federal budget leaving such matters to bank discretion. Winnipeg notes a Tall People club named Winnipeg Tip-Toppers forms for those over six feet. Chilliwack reports Canada's special service brigade engineers train in mountain terrain near the Fraser valley in Korea’s image. Vancouver describes two city constables John Knight and Roy Chapman operating a 40 foot police boat to patrol harbor front water line after service cutbacks, then restored.
Oil production in the Lloydminster field reached about 172,188 barrels in August, averaging 5,554 barrels per day, up slightly from July. Saskatchewan produced 95,406 barrels at 3,077 per day from 141 wells, while Alberta yielded 75,816 barrels at 2,445 per day from 104 wells. Alberta led in average per well with 729 barrels versus 676 in Saskatchewan. Net refinery deliveries for January–July 1950 totaled 1,072,140 barrels with Saskatchewan at 589,861 and Alberta at 482,279.
The farm boy boasts he woke at dawn to see the sun rise and his dad quips about timing. A cowboy in a department store jokes he cannot be sold on a deal. A mountain tale hints at a dangerous descent. A waiter and customer share a cold soup gag. A driver candidate is tested by folding a map.
A quick-freeze storage and fish filleting plant is being built at Cold Lake near Portage Manitoba. It will aid fishermen across a wide area and bolster local processing capacity.
Ideal August weather aided the Manitoba power commission rural electrification programme. Electric service reached 629 farms across Glenwood Whitehead Lansdowne Langford Cameron Westbourne South Cypress Oakland Saskatchewan Pipestone and Albert with further extensions completed.
Efforts extended to small farm groups in Stanley Grey Lorne Roland Dauphin Gilbert Plains and Grand View municipalities. Targeted outreach supports local producers and expands soil and crop programs across rural Manitoba.
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