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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 21, 1951
Page
7
A small girl asks her father if they still had fun when her mother could not attend. The moment captures a family gathering and a child’s resilient memory of joy despite absence. The tone remains tender and observant, reflecting a daughter's perspective on loss and reassurance.
A girl and her stooped father visit a grove with a bridge and a bench to meet a mother figure rumored to arrive. The child feeds squirrels, recalls a recently lost mother, and waits as the father contemplates truth and memory while the trolley awaits beyond the gates.
Frances Langford hails Blue Bonnet margarine as her favorite spread. The spot highlights its all vegetable composition, rich nutrition, and economy with two pack styles including a yellow bag option for quick use.
One easy day of sewing eases summer ironing. Dress opens flat and lets children dress themselves. Pattern 4674 offered in sizes 2 4 6 8 10 with yardage listed. Send 35 cents in coins with name address and size to order.
Announcement for the Anne Adams Pattern Book from the Winnipeg Newspaper Union. It showcases a summer vacation wardrobe with glamor fashions and thrift patterns in all sizes. Send twenty five cents for a copy and receive a free pattern of a Jr Miss sunsuit.
Solo is a midseason yellow fleshed peach developed at the Experimental Station in Summerland BC and recommended for trials across Canada. Described as large, well coloured and firm with good to above fair dessert quality, it is seen as promising for canning. Officials expect its firmness to cut wastage in orchard packing and cannery.
A Coast Guardsman pulled a girl from heavy surf during a rescue attempt off San Francisco as a helicopter towed them to shore. Despite rapid resuscitation, the 17 year old Rowe Agene of San Francisco died.
New York report quotes Garry J. Carter a model agent who argues Canadian girls possess greater natural beauty and modeling potential than American peers. He cites Canadian stars Deanna Durbin Yvonne de Carlo Alexis Smith Ann Rutherford Norma Shearer and Mary Pickford and notes climate and outdoor lifestyle as factors. He claims higher acceptance rates for Canadian girls into modeling and more top models among them.
The Melfort Weaving Club, renowned for its handicraft work, ends eight years of operation due to dwindling membership. The group helped start 64 similar clubs in Saskatchewan and earned numerous national prizes. Its early achievements include a Montreal display and 1946 entries to the Canadian handicrafts display. Eighten women formed the original membership and pooled funds to buy a loom loaned to members monthly.
Socony-Vacuum Exploration announces a broad oil exploration programme in southeast Saskatchewan for the year. The firm teams with Central Leduc Oils limited and Del Rio Producers limited to deploy two or three geophysical crews on the independent holdings of 392000 acres and will drill one deep test well.
In Fairbanks Alaska Eskimos celebrate a record catch of 11 whales seven at Point Barrow and four near Kotzebue. Whale meat now sells for about one dollar per pound in villages with cash from defense projects and oil work unlocking wealth. A whale is valued around ten thousand dollars.
PRINCE ALBERT Sask St Patrick’s orphanage sets aside the second Sunday each month for a group celebration of the birthdays of children born in the month. Nothing Wasted Vancouver BC research council officials announce an experimental plant to produce fuel gas from wood waste to be built this year Regina used car dealers offer dishes or 50 gallons of gasoline free to boost sales as sales fall up to 20 percent due to tighter credit and bad spring weather affecting farmers.
Brandon parks superintendent G S R Adams says a small power rake, built from scavenged parts, saved about asx man hours this spring. Leaves and debris on 16 miles of boulevards were cleared in two weeks. Moose Jaw announces Chicago Black Hawks renew their working agreement with Moose Jaw Canucks for 1951-52. Canucks have served as a Chicago junior farm club since 1944-45.
In Indian Head Saskatchewan Gus Eichel, bedbound in hospital, receives daily visitors from his two dogs who rest paws on the window sill to greet him. In Carlyle Saskatchewan a fish derby is planned for July at Carlyle and Kenosee lakes with prize boats and outboard motors sponsored by the Carlyle chamber of commerce.
Golden residents recall an old 50 year saga where St. Peter’s Donald church was moved by Whisting Rufe Kimpton and J C Pitts to Windermere and then to Golden. The bell allegedly rode a riverboat to Golden and now rings for Sunday services at St. Paul’s Anglican Church.
Mrs Alan Ladd compares Blue Bonnet margarine to Bur Bonner, praising its fresh sweet flavor and real nutrition. The ad touts Blue Bonnet as Canada’s all-vegetable margarine offered in regular economy packs with color wafers and the Yellow Quick bag for fast color.
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