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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 25, 1957
Page
3
The article praises autumn trips for fewer crowds and lower travel hassles. It notes thinning highway traffic, room availability, and calmer fish habitats attracting bass and muskies. Viewers are urged to enjoy color foliage and bracing air, while travelers accept cooler weather and hiking over beach leisure.
An AGL on leave pleads to stay for a private party with sixteen people, all of whom are women, prompting the sergeant to question his importance. A mix of humorous vignettes follows, including a timber wolf tale and a double parked motorist paying a traffic court bribe.
The city buys a Sicard snowblower and a Ferguson 35 tractor for sidewalk clearing. The snowblower clears four feet four inches wide and travels about three miles per hour. It can rotate 380 degrees and blow snow up to 75 feet, working down to six or seven feet. The tractor will see summer city use.
Sam Wesley, a 23 year old Negro halfback from Oregon State, received a pro contract after glowing scouting reports. At five foot ten and 160 pounds he posted a 96 second 100 yard dash, earned second team all Pacific Coast in 1955, and is described as a dangerous offensive threat with solid defense and good hands. Season ticket info via Gillies Agency, Regina.
Advertises a new easy sundress that doubles as a jumper with a smart blouse. Promotes a Printed Pattern 4654 with half sizes and yardage details, urging readers to send 40 cents and their name address size and style number to Anne Adams Pattern Dept. Toronto.
Mr and Mrs Frank Beck recall St James in 1913 with wooden sidewalks mud roads and unlit streets. They live at 230 King Edward Street a home for 44 years. Mrs Beck notes delivery boys took orders and groceries were bought differently as they walked to Chad s Hotel now Deer Lodge Hospital.
A concise aphorism attributed to Henry Willard Austin notes that genius, dazzling to mortal eyes, is in many cases simply perseverance in disguise. The remark frames talent as sustained effort over fleeting brilliance.
The Herald Tribune notes 1957 will see a strong influx of immigrants, driven by Suez crisis austerity in Britain and the Hungarian uprising. Many newcomers are young adults in their twenties, ready to build lives as Canada expands. The rise is not government driven but viewed as beneficial for growth.
Citizens in Maple Creek and district gather in the Community Hall banquet room on Friday evening to decide if a local band can be organized. The Rotary Club will underwrite costs. interested parents and residents urged to attend and help establish instructors, officials, and participation.
The Globe criticizes weather forecasts for adding wind chill figures to the simple 20 below zero warning. It argues the term complicates plain cold, joking that future heat reports may claim a heat ray for 90 degrees.
A speaker laments humanity's endless contradictions from infancy to old age. He notes people are angels, devils, thieves, fools, or grafting politicians at different life stages, and condemns social judgment whether rich or poor. Life, he concludes, is a funny road we all travel.
A nostalgic reflection on the decline of steam locomotives in North Battleford, praising the old steam engines for their noise scent and character. The piece contrasts past railroading romance with modern streamlined trains and the loss of the engineer’s public presence and adventuring spirit.
A recollection of the Baden-Powell memorial service in Saskatoon with Boy Scouts Girl Guides and Cubs. The piece notes his universal love and enduring influence guiding youth toward purpose and peace through the Scout and Guide movements.
A Juvenile Court judge in Indiana proposes charging dealers with contributing to the delinquency of minors to fight obscene literature. He will send probation officers to investigate reports of obscene reading matter and use the delinquency charge to avoid defining obscenity, a tactic he cites as easier to enforce. The approach may influence Canada’s stance as well.
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