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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 18, 1951
Page
2
The Health League of Canada promotes National Health Week from February 4 to 10 urging Canadians to engage with scientific medical knowledge. The message emphasizes accepting medical science to advance preventive medicine and public health through health education events.
Public health progress depends on public participation. The upcoming National Health Week, the seventh annual observance, aims to overcome apathy that hinders medical and health advances and threatens future improvements in personal and public health.
Winnipeg grain men warn of a difficult season handling frost damaged grain from the 1950 crop. About half of the spring wheat crop of 430 million bushels was frosted, with other grains similarly affected. Much grain remains in farm storage and may heat and deteriorate once warm weather arrives. Lakehead drying facilities strained. damp grain moving eastward raises serious congestion risk. Officials report 18 million bushels of tough and damp grain on hand and warned millions of bushels could spoil when temperatures rise.
George Thompson of Codette Sask won the provincial wheat growing championship and the farm crops trophy at Saskatchewan's 42nd annual seed fair in Saskatoon with Thatcher wheat. Donald G Sedgwick of Melville won the junior wheat championship Seager Wheeler trophy with Thatcher. Sedgwick scored 96 of 100, narrowly behind the champion. Adolph Patracek of Esterhazy and C M Thompson of Lac Vert were runner up and third in the registered wheat seed class.
Edmonton provincial supervisor of crop protection William Lobay warned rats could cost Alberta 25 million dollars annually if they establish themselves. He questioned whether Alberta can be called rat free, noting the province has long been viewed as the continent's only rat free sector.
Toronto report says Lynn Richardson 11 of Castlegar B C received the Silver Cross for life saving, awarded by the Canadian Council of the Girl Guides Association. The badge was also given to Brownie Joyce Switzer 9 of Fort McMurray Alberta for similar heroism.
Edmonton reports Alberta guards export options as production exceeds local needs. About 1,500 commercial and feed potato growers cultivated roughly 27,000 acres last year, a likely record for the province. William Lobay, provincial supervisor of Crop Protection, notes the surplus and potential for export.
A report shows five times as many fatalities among youths aged 16 to 20 compared with drivers aged 45 to 60, highlighting age risk disparities in road crashes and the need for targeted safety measures.
A collection of humorous vignettes featuring a Scotsman on a slow train chasing stations for heart reasons, a couple debating love and money, a music student urged to pursue fame, a naughty child and a grandmotherly bedtime moment, a deaf fiancé and a breach of promise suit, a boy seeking a garden roller, and BBC scouts probing popular items with a religion quip.
Victoria reports the B C prison overhaul aims to modernize the system with rehabilitation as the focus. Attorney General Gordon Wismer cites a completed special committee report and proposes a 400 to 500 prisoner capacity jail. Guard training at UBC may advance the plan as penology studies begin.
Nipawin Saskatchewan announces its sixth annual automobile bonspiel will run January 11 to January 19, 1952. The dates were set after a Nipawin Curling Club executive meeting, with sponsors confirmed for the event.
Jack Beads of Cookson Saskatchewan recalls pioneer days in Northern Saskatchewan. Born in Prince Albert 74 years ago, he cuts his own firewood and argues today’s youth are too soft relying on modern conveniences. His mother died at four and his father at sixteen.
Mining officials report untold millions of tons of nickel ore lie unclaimed beneath Northern Manitoba muskeg near Lynn Lake. They warn extraction would cost millions and require rail and power upgrades, with Sherritt-Gordon already advancing pilot operations. Canada aims to boost nickel output for U S stockpiles amid federal rail funding talks.
The Pas Manitoba launches a winter offensive described as the largest ever in Northern Manitoba. It targets a 170000 square mile area of bush and lakes with 1800 registered trap lines. Wolf numbers are said to rival historic peak periods near Churchill on Hudson Bay.
The conflict historically labeled the War of 1812 saw most combat unfold in 1813 and 1814, shaping military campaigns and national memory. The article emphasizes timing, operations, and outcomes across those key years.
Winnipeg. Drivers suspended from Manitoba highways more than tripled in three years. R. B. Baillie, registrar of motor vehicles, said the safety responsibility law in effect since late 1945 is responsible. There were 1,206 drivers suspended at the end of October 1947 compared with 3,717 at the end of October 1950.
A 50 year expert in internal medicine presents Hem-Roid a tablet formula to relieve hepatic congestion boost bile flow ease constipation and improve lower bowel circulation. The 60 tablet package covers 20 days at $1.50 with a full refund if not satisfied. Fort Erie Ontario Can firm Leonhardt Proprietaries Ltd endorses the offer.
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