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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 12, 1953
Page
2
The piece explains curling terms as four players share roles on the rink. It describes the mate as a pivotal stone, the skip directing the shots, and a rival junior challenging the skip while trying to influence plays through broom placement. The tone critiques the dynamic and authority in the house.
A historical curling note explains new players start as leads to develop draw shots and learn the game. It warns top新时代 couriers progress slowly and emphasizes two years in each position to avoid stunt growth. Some rinks prefer dead ends to build stronger ends for higher scores.
A vintage notice invites readers to obtain a pattern for two aprons and two potholders. It lists transfer tissue and cutting guides and asks readers to send twenty five cents in coins to receive the pattern.
Household Arts Department of Winniwawerree Union advertises the Alice Brooks Needlework Book with 91 illustrations of patterns. Readers are urged to send twenty five cents and include name address and pattern number for a copy.
A string of light humor and quips about experts digestion of simplicity. The snippets include a business man defining an expert as one who complicates simplicity and a dentist pun about open versus shut up. Extra bits show a vicar sheep feeding joke and a recruit in step miscue.
Princess Margaret plans a new private entrance home formed from the old nursery at Clarence House. The small apartment will overlook Pall Mall and include several rooms, a tiled bathroom, and a small kitchen with a separate elevator entrance. Finishing is hoped before the Royal Family returns from Sandringham.
Lethbridge Alberta reports 1952 farm values at 175,400,000 dollars in CPR Lethbridge division area. Wheat led at 81,800,000 with 56,310,000 bushels from a 426.5 bushel per acre average. Other grains hay and feed rose about 50 percent while cattle and hogs decreased due to the Saskatchewan foot-and-mouth outbreak. Coarse grain rye and flax totaled 28,725,000 bushels.
The Calgary zoo aids Moose Jaw wild animal park by sending a female leopard and receiving a raccoon, horned owls, and rare hawks as part of an expanding exchange to boost their collections.
Mrs Jim Coleman endorses Brive Bonnet Margarine for flavor nutrition and economy. The copy highlights value and convenience with regular economy packaging and a yellow quiz bag option.
Saskatchewan Government launches university based training for student nurses the first in North America. Fifteen weeks at the University of Saskatchewan or Regina College totaling 16 weeks. The program aims to raise science instruction and relieve teacher shortages while providing access to university facilities and a new nursing science class.
Cold Lake Alberta is set to become a major military hub with a 30 million dollar airport and bombing range on the Alberta Saskatchewan line. The project attracts hundreds of new residents and business growth as CN seeks rail expansion and an all weather road reaches the town. Tenders totalling 10 million dollars target construction of 21 more buildings to house staff and families.
Builders in Vancouver report a colossal hydraulic turbine weighing 31 tons and rated at 150000 horsepower as the largest casting in Western Canada. The unit is destined for the Kitimat aluminum project and will later power other regional industries.
A farmer from the Bingiey district brought a seven foot pig to market in Alta. The animal had the normal four legs plus two extra feet on the front legs and one rear leg. Despite the anomaly the pig appeared healthy in every respect.
The Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire will grant 11 bursaries valued at $1,600 each to children of deceased or disabled armed forces personnel. One bursary is awarded in each province and one in the Yukon.
Saskatchewan imposes a 2 dollar penalty on horned cattle sales to fund livestock improvement. Alberta imposes 1 dollar penalties. Delegations discuss measures to reduce horned cattle. Dehorning leverages chemical methods or saws, with Aberdeen Angus cited as hornless lineage. The trend toward polled cattle grows among breeders.
In Medicine Hat Alberta a 280 pound ornithopter with two wing sets is set for a trial flight. Inventor engineer James E. Caldwell and Hartley D. Shannon built the device aimed at bird like flight. Pilot William Francis will test fly it noting potential lower air transport costs.
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