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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 20, 1951
Page
7
Linda faces a dilemma between Steven and Rod as they ride a city bus and speak of love and security. Steven seeks commitment and a future fellowship, while Linda weighs money, waiting, and the cost of passion. Rod underscores competing values in a tense moral exchange.
An advertisement presents Blue Bonnet margarine as Amy Vanderbilt’s preferred spread with a hearty promotion. It touts its flavor, nutrition, and versatility for cooking and vegetables, highlighting different packaging options and a suggested price.
Anne Adams Pattern Department at Winnipeg Newspaper Union on 60 Street W Toronto. Local project updates and staff changes noted with emphasis on sewing patterns and department activities.
Saskatoon reports Husky-Phillips officials announce a steam drill test of the Brock No 2 well shows gas potential of 10 million cubic feet daily. Further testing planned. Brock lies between Kindersley and Rosetown Saskatchewan about 100 miles southwest of Saskatoon.
Formosa, once ceded to Japan in 1895, was not restored to Chinese authority until after World War II, with the region reentering Chinese control by the war's end in 1945. This reflects the shifting sovereignty of Taiwan amid postwar settlements and national-alignment movements.
Ottawa reports preliminary 1951 census figures showing total population at 13,893,208, up 2,386,553 from 1941. Ontario gains lead with 774,699 to 4,562,354. Saskatchewan declines to 829,175. Newfoundland listed at 357,762. Northwest Territories at 15,016.
Henry Hall of Sheet Harbor is Nova Scotia's oldest licensed motorist with 36 years of driving without incident save for a hub cap incident. Police Sgt. Eugene F. Doherty in Waterbury is used to collecting beers and parking fines. Glen Albright suffered minor injuries in a head on collision with a rabbit in Kenyon Minnesota. A Danish farmer in Copenhagen owns a 54-year-old Icelandic pony described as his best friend. Jeanne Mether, a 21-year-old Paris housewife, cooked her neighbor's cat and served it to her husband as jagged rabbit and was fined 600 francs for destruction of a domestic animal.
A conference released a plan for 12,000 immigrants from the Netherlands to settle in Canada next year with 4,000 to 6,000 assigned as farm laborers. The ninth annual Federal Provincial Farm Labor Conference concluded recently.
Manitoba wholesalers report shipping potatoes to Saskatchewan to ease a shortage in Regina after frost damaged Alberta crops. North Dakota imports will fill the gap. U S dealers pay no tariff and prices are expected near Manitoba levels.
Winnipeg reports the 1951 flax crop is above average in quantity and oil quality but shows high percentages of tough damp grades. The board of grain commissioners notes oil content 42.6 percent iodine value 192 and oil free meal protein 44.1 percent. Western flaxseed production is estimated over 8 million bushels, double 1950.
The University of Saskatchewan extension department announces three short courses in agricultural engineering for early 1952. A gasoline and diesel engine course runs Jan 15 to Feb 9, a blacksmithing and welding course Feb 11 to 23, and a farm buildings course Feb 25 to 29. Contact L. C. Paul for details and forms.
James Ross Francis, 21, honors history student at the University of Manitoba, is Manitoba's Rhodes scholar for 1952. C P S Taylor, 21, son of a Vancouver doctor, is British Columbia's 1952 Rhodes scholar.
The phenomenon of postmortem hair appearing to grow is a misinterpretation caused by tissue shrinkage after death. No actual growth occurs. hair strands remain unchanged while the skin contracts, altering apparent hair length.
Snow covers the grave of William Henry Bambury, the last inhabitant of Phoenix BC once Canada’s highest city. Once a bustling mining town with 3500 residents, Phoenix declined after copper ran out and disincorporated in 1919. Only Bambury and caretaker Adolf Sercu remained. Bambury was buried Oct. 25 in a hillside cemetery near the old Coppermine.
WEBB Sask Leroy Nelson, a Webb district farmer, reports six cattle drowned after breaking through ice on a slough. Among the losses were purebred Jersey dairy cattle. Other briefs note Saskatchewan timber industry growth, Manitoba winter fair profits, land use in northern Saskatchewan, a Gladstone seed club short course, Brandon Flying Club pilots, and a fact about ostriches having two toes.
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