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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 04, 1954
Page
7
In a cozy home, a bachelor recalls his friend George Wallace and his romance with Mrs. Wallace. The tale flips between nostalgia and present warmth as George recounts meeting on a rain slick street corner, then at a party, and the toast to love endures.
Jack Foster formerly of Virden now an automobile dealer in Geraldton Ontario is worth at least 1.5 million after a copper zinc strike with Roy Barker and William Dowidowich near Lake Manitouwadge in Marathon district. They filed 14 claims, received 450000 shares in Geco Mines Ltd, later part of General Engineering Co. of Toronto, with royalties of five cents per ton on ore from select parts of the mine.
An ad for Moon's Emerald Oil claims fast relief from eczema itching, toes and feet itching, rashes, and skin troubles. It promises quick healing of open sores, boils, and simple ulcers, with pimples and eruptions drying up in days. Money back satisfaction offered at any drug store.
The advertisement promotes patterns to craft a children table and chairs with bunny motifs and a clothes rack lamp. It details tracing patterns onto wood, includes pattern numbers, and costs 35 cents per pattern or 1.50 for a five pattern packet plus a note about spring outdoor gear. It references the Nobel Prize first awarded in 1901.
Carmel and Shirley Gowan daughters of farmers near Swift Current head to California for holidays and end up featured on television with stars like Wild Bill Elliott and Boston Blackie. They tour the Silver Spurs Rodeo in Yuma Arizona as Canadas Only Lady Trick Rope Artists. They win a women's archery trophy in Yuma and teach roping in local schools. Their career includes appearances with the Sons of the Pioneers and a high public profile from coast to coast.
At Millet village annual meeting in the Legion Hall ratepayers approve a definite plan to lay at least one block of sidewalk each year.
Drayton Valley in Alberta, a small hamlet near Buck Lake on the North Saskatchewan river, will be developed into a model town to support the Pembina oil field. Minister E C Gerhart announced sewer, water, and telephone services under provincial oversight, with government surveyors planning streets and building permits required before construction.
Wetaskiwin Curling Club members at a general meeting expressed frustration with weather disruptions and moved to study installing artificial ice in their six sheet building before October 1. The session drew over 55 attendees and proposed membership fees rise with new financing, including $100 share sales and curling fees of $25 for shares holders and $35 for others.
The Red Cross assists over 1 000 minor disasters yearly and aided 87 fires in Saskatchewan in 1953. Canadian efforts include relief in the Netherlands England Greece Korea Iraq and other nations. Saskatchewan volunteers produced 36 275 garments for the needy abroad and 2 000 for local children, funded by over $20 000 in materials.
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