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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 01, 1940
Page
5
A Dominion Range Experiment Station weekly letter from Lethbridge emphasizes leaving stubble and trash on the surface to wind proof and protect summer-fallow fields. It notes equipment like one-way discs and duckfoot cultivators handle heavy stubble, warns against burning or removing trash, and cites ploughless tillage as feasible with proper precautions.
Public Library announces new fiction for 1940 with wide range of authors and titles including Agatha Christie Murder of Roger Ackroyd and Dorothy L. Sayers adapted entries. Other notable authors: Conrad Aiken Helen Ashton Miles Burton Martha Gellhorn Ngaio Marsh Winifred Holtby Oliver St. John Gogarty Dorothy G. H. and M Sole.
A catalogue-like listing of titles and authors spanning fiction and non fiction. Entries include Privateer by Simon Pallard and a range of works such as The Bride of the Sierras by Reid Walface Q and Invisible Weapons by Jain Shade, plus biographical and historical volumes by Haynes and others.
A compact catalog-like list previews theater and literary titles and authors across a variety of works. The items include dramatic pieces by Sean OCasey and Irwin Edman along with juvenile fiction by Grace Pauli and others.
Wartime gardening advice emphasizes seed quality from Canadian seed houses and soil preparation. It outlines three planting groups by frost tolerance, staggered sowings, and care practices including irrigation, fertilization, and regular Weeding. Lawn care and summer garden tips cover soil improvement, fertilization, reseeding thin lawns, and starting plants in boxes for lake-side plots.
Seven Persons residents gathered at the Moore home last Friday to surprise Mrs. Moore for her birthday. Red Cross tea in Medicine Hat aided refugees at the Masonic Temple last Wednesday. Farmers seed completed and begin summer fallow on idle land. A heavy dust storm followed a cloudy Saturday. A ball game is set for next Sunday between the Seven Persons team and Bulls Head. Meadows and families visited Graniea and nearby homes last Friday. Red Rock defeated Bulls Head in a Sunday ball game. Local residents attended the community events and gatherings noted.
May 31 Winnipeg reports warm weather boosting wheat growth to heights of 4 to 7 inches with good germination and color. Alberta shows 1 to 6 inch wheat stands. Saskatchewan varies from good to fair with rains needed in central regions and grasshoppers hatching. Oats and barley sowing rates, minor frost damage to tomatoes and potatoes, and fruit crops progressing well with alfalfa being cut at Enderoy.
A wedding held May 17 in Edmonton united Harmy Bruins, son of Mrs H Bruins and the late H G Bruins of Seven Persons, with Miss Norma Stewart of Edmonton. Only immediate relatives attended as the couple plan to settle in Edmonton.
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