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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 30, 1953
Page
3
Lloyd Ace Percival outlines a method to develop a baseball swing using a tied wool ball improvised ball. The Swing Groover drill aims to groove the correct swing prior to the season start and improve timing for powerful contact. He emphasizes faithful practice to ready players for opening games.
Calgary housewives study pattern drafting and sewing under Stella Gunther a Calgary teacher who learned in Berlin and Atlantic City. She explains a centimetre based full pattern system that shapes garments to fit individual measurements with precise drafting.
A tennis guide advises avoiding mid court after shots and returning to the baseline or net quickly. It also recommends leg elevation for 15 20 minutes after activity to hasten recovery and reduce post exertion fatigue.
Anyone can join with no cost and leaders or organizers can sign up entire teams or groups. Members gain access to Sports College services including instruction bulletins by mailing a note to Sports College Box 99 Toronto Ontario.
A public safety note urges farm ponds and dams be equipped with life saving devices. It describes making a buoy from airtight cans and a rope and explains throwing technique to reach victims. Two cans on a rope provide a dual buoy, and a long light pot aids reaching or guiding a plank to the victim.
A poem urges a child to travel far yet keep wisdom and love from home as true riches. It contrasts distant wonders and fortune with enduring ties to family and name.
Ottawa reports 1953 likely to be a record tourist year as March traveler's vehicle permits reach 71,559, a 15 percent rise from March 1952. Year-to-date permits total 176,424, also up 15 percent, with entries rising in all provinces except Alberta in March.
Canadian fur farms reported 37,800 fox pups born in 1951, about 27 percent fewer than in 1950, indicating a notable drop in litters amid ongoing fur industry activity.
A column of light verses and questions on fashion hats for men and women, reincarnation tales, phobias especially triskedekaphobia, and new 3D film tech from Vienna. It notes humorous hat sizing woes, a Delhi child’s claimed past life, fear of the number 13, and an aluminum grooved screen for viewing 3D films.
In Como near the Swiss frontier Italian police halted Milanese smuggler Giuseppe Graziadei finding false bottom underwear filled with 76,800 flints for cigarette lighters and 112 lighters plus a carton of Swiss cigarettes.
BURY England Alice Penfold a 20 year old moss gatherer who weighs 147 pounds is too busy for boyfriends. She can tear a telephone book in half and twist pieces of steel as relaxation from her job helping her father toss 100 pound crates of moss.
Lake Okanagan in British Columbia lies in a rich fruit growing district. The lake is about 60 miles long with a width around two and a half miles.
Egg stains on silver can usually be removed by rubbing with wet salt. While washing dishes, take a moment to do this job so the larger task of polishing flat silver becomes much easier.
Garden notes cover staking tall annuals and climbers, with soft ties and various supports. It describes two crop methods for small spaces, double cropping with compact planning, and protecting tender plants with simple covers to extend the growing season.
A fragmented OCR style crossword puzzle listing across and down clues with numbers and partial entries. It includes definitions for historical, linguistic, and descriptive terms across varied categories, plus stray letters and misread phrases from x x OUR CROSSWORD PUZZLE.
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