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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 20, 1981
Page
19
Mary Hoffman recalls 1889 birth in Longlaketon Saskatchewan and a hard, fruitful life with ten children. She and husband Theodore farmed in Southey and Medicine Hat before settling on a Box Springs Road farm. despite bad years in 1917 1918 the couple sustained the family with hard work and a thriving potato garden.
Mrs. Hoffman recalls early Medicine Hat days on Bridge Street with farm animals, lack of a bridge, and a ferry. Neighbors helped during the 1936 blizzard while she cooked for 12, canned, sewed from flour sacks, and baked 10 loaves daily. She remains active in the Lutheran community as she nears 92 with a large family.
Lynn Fox, 14, and Christine Castronaro, 17, benefited from a six year Sick Children Hospital study in Toronto. The new technique uses clamps on extendable spinal rods to provide full weight support, enabling immediate mobility after five hours of surgery. The hospital’s animal research program faced criticism from the International Animal Liberation Front which recently liberated 21 lab animals.
The infant formula industry and medical institutions face accusations of promoting formula feeding to the detriment of infants. A coalition told a House subcommittee that at least 5,000 babies die annually from formula misuse and bottle feeding among low income families. Hospitals serving poor communities are cited as failing to foster breastfeeding.
Art in the Park at Riverside Park June 27 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. with fallback in Arts Centre if weather turns. WCTU potluck at Mae Stryker’s home 365 Seventh St. S.W. Medicine Hat Pro-Life meeting moved to June 30 at 7:30 p.m. in St Barnabas Church meeting room.
In ancient Greece actors used masks painted to symbolize character traits. The two faced masks served as visual cues to the audience, signaling gender, age, status, and emotion in performances.
A reflective piece on fatherhood that contrasts idealized roles with real behavior. It notes common Father’s Day themes, family scenes, and the imperfect, loving acts that define a real father’s presence and support.
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