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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 23, 1950
Page
2
A sign of appreciation marks closer ties among the three nations as postwar arrangements mostly bring British children to settle in Canada and the United States. Some families stayed on or later brought kin, creating lasting communities despite a few unhappy outcomes.
The Kinsmen Trust, formed by British war hosts in Canada and the United States, funds bringing children from North America to Britain when possible. Scholarships aid eligible relatives or nominees who provided hospitality and service, allowing attendance at preferred British schools and institutions like the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
The fourteen young people from the United States and Canada studying in England under the Kinsmen Trust were entertained at the English Speaking Union in London. They were welcomed to England by Sir Frederick Whyte, chairman of the Trust. The gesture shows gratitude for war years aid and promotes goodwill among the affected nations.
A Britannia United church committee studies using a drive-in theatre for Sunday services. Rev. R W Armstrong seeks cooperation from other district churches to hold drive-in services.
Winnipeg reports R Nevin of Lethbridge Alberta won the grand championship at the fifth annual Winnipeg Pigeon Fanciers show for best entry. Nevin exhibited a yellow Jacobin praised as one of the best bred birds in western Canada.
In Vancouver burglars looted a local trucking firm of about 140 dollars and also took Terry the watchdog. Police seek clues as to suspects and motive.
A collection of light anecdotes and witticisms about gin and ginger beer marriages shipyard launches weddings and money matters. Jokes feature a magistrate a cautious spender a wife at the table a bride and groom a purses genius and a hotel guest, all with playful twists.
Ottawa reports a federal horse expert warning of a looming farm horse shortage in Canada within two to three years. Dr. F. J. Leslie of the Agriculture Department urges immediate large scale horse breeding to raise foals and yearlings from 4.19 percent to 10-12 percent, noting about 1,890,000 farm horses exist and 400,000 of Canada’s 700,000 farms rely on them for power alongside tractors.
REGINA Canadian eggs may be exported to the United States this summer said D L Davis president of the Saskatchewan Poultry association in Vanscoy. He noted the United States has an egg surplus but Canadian eggs could be shipped to southern states as examples for new grading systems. Eggs are graded in most northern states but surplus quality eggs is not large enough for shipment south.
Ottawa External Affairs Minister Pearson said during his Far East tour he visited Canadian soldiers graves in Hong Kong and Tokyo. He praised the cemeteries in Hong Kong and Tokyo as exceptionally well kept and clean.
Jim Shand of Winnipeg former Flin Flon resident will receive a Red Cross bravery certificate for an heroic but unsuccessful attempt to save Vlad Liss who drowned near Flin Flon last July. The award will be presented in Winnipeg by a Manitoba Red Cross representative.
A cement mixer and a wheel chair in Rocanville raise funds for the Canadian Institute for the Blind the Canadian Peace Congress the Aid to China Fund and the Orange Benevolent Home. Built by Mr Symons the items were borrowed then rented to donate proceeds to charity. From 1943-44 the mixer earned 70 and from 1945-50 it netted 125.
Alberian Oil Corp, a Pancoastal subsidiary with nine Saskatchewan permits totalling 1,956,800 acres, struck a long term 2,300,000 dollar development agreement with the government. Announcement came from the bureau of publications and Resources Minister J. H. Brockelbank.
Canadian farm prices fell 1.3 percent in 1949 from 1948’s record high, the first drop in a decade. Declines in grains dairy potatoes vegetables and furs led the slip while live stock poultry eggs fruits tobacco and maple products rose. Western provinces showed small gains offset by losses elsewhere.
A record volume of eighty five million pounds of sugar was produced in 1949 at the sugar beet factory in Winnipeg Manitoba highlighting a peak year for the operation and local agriculture.
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