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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 24, 1958
Page
7
Bill Klassen of Klassen Construction told the Rotary Club of Bateman at its noon meeting that housing demand grows as families age and children reach marriageable age. He cited wartime cohorts, shifting circumstances, and expanding homes as factors driving more houses.
The item lists questions about Canadian provinces and agencies, then pivots to commentary on home ownership, construction trends, and new materials. Myr Klassen discusses efficiency in building, panel construction, prefabrication, and project versus custom builds in Estevan with notes on costs, timelines, and future housing activity.
Muddy roads and rain did not stop 25 Scouts Cubs and parents from selling Hot Cross Buns door to door on Wednesday April 2 to raise funds for the Scout camp Hut project. About five to six hundred dozen loaves sold netting roughly 80 dollars for the Hut fund.
Instructional note advises sewing a length of ribbon inside the shoulder seam to prevent wool sweaters from sagging. Ribbon extends from neck band to sleeve seam and is cut to match the shoulder width for a secure fit.
Classified ad snippets show offers for courses in bookkeeping salesmanship shorthand and typewriting at 50 cents with free circular No 35 from Canadian Correspondence Courses at 1290 Bay Street Toronto. Also Cleaver Brooks oil burner and two 250 gallon tanks for small commercial building with Burns No 5 oil and steam boiler quoted at $400 plus low water cut off and steam pressure control from 2265 Lorne St Regina. Also boat kits from MORROW S SERVICE LTD with assembled and unfinished options and a dragline for dugouts priced at 375 per dugout from Gran Macdonald Excavating in Regina with contact JO 9-9376.
The Emerson Chamber of Commerce re organized at a supper meeting. Mike Zacour of the Border Cafe elected president with eight directors. Plans include a park long range survey and a swimming pool, picnic facilities, tables, drinking water, children's play area, and fundraising. A membership drive for National Chamber of Commerce week is planned. Mayor Careless notes a new dry cleaning shop may open and a meeting with Minister Jobin is planned.
The Men's Apparel Council notes a Spring trend toward light-on-the-shoulder wool Shetland hacking coats inspired by the English riding jacket. New touches include removable sleeve cuffs, leather pocket piping, and bi-swing back pleats, with muted stripes and checks in wool Shetland and lamb’s wool.
A simple method helps press puffed sleeves on girls dresses. Attach a hook and eye to the elastic inside the sleeve so the elastic can be removed during washing and reinserted after ironing, yielding flat sleeves and easier care.
A 16 weeks training course in firefighting opened in Hanna under Civil Defence sponsorship with 21 men enrolled. The course uses the Hanna public school facility and aims to train auxiliary firemen for Hanna and nearby towns. Edmontons CC authorities will keep firefighting equipment in Hanna until July first.
Ontario Government Services reports two year timeline for completion of a new residential school for the deaf on Milton’s southeast outskirts at Highway 25. The project covers 97 acres, cost estimated between 3 and 3.5 million dollars, and mirrors the Belleville facility on former Kingdon farm lands near Halton Manor.
The piece explains that fresh water can occur in ocean areas where springs escape from subterranean rivers, creating pockets of freshwater in the sea. It notes multiple locations worldwide where this phenomenon may be found.
The British and Foreign Bible Society, now in its 154th year, reports tripled production of scriptures in ten years yet hundreds of thousands of orders remain unfunded. Rev K G McMillan notes 70 percent of scriptures are sold at cost, with literacy rising and India’s population near 400 billion as a growth challenge for Bible Societies worldwide.
Advertisement forPrinted Pattern 4762 showing Misses sizes from 12 to 20 with a maternity top and skirt. Includes 23 pages of printed directions and requires 40 cents. Orders to Anne Adams Pattern Dept PPL 60 Front Street W Toronto Ontario.
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