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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 09, 1950
Page
2
Figures from the Canada Year Book show 76 938 new dwelling units completed, well above 80 000 in 947, rising again to a high percentage. Despite active building, low cost housing remains insufficient, especially in industrial centres with many moderate income families.
The rising construction activity over five years has made building Canada’s second largest industry and spurred new federal and provincial legislation to finance and plan homes. The National Research Council’s Division of Building Research investigates methods materials soil and fire resistance among other building concerns.
The National Research Council launches a broad programme to study practical building applications in Canada. Earlier work, including an alkali resistant cement developed at the University of Saskatchewan, informs the effort. Climate variety and population needs promise valuable findings for homes from coastal to prairie regions.
A seven year old Jersey cow named Moors Pacified Diana broke the world daily milk production record. Durham University Professor R W Wheldon, owner, reported 120 pounds in 24 hours ending at 6 am. The former Jersey record was 96 pounds.
Prepare a casserole bake of two cup white sauce with egg yolks and vegetables plus bread crumbs parsley salt pepper and tomato soup fat served as a tomato sauce garnish with hard boiled eggs. Delights mix marshmallows dates nuts and coconut melt and drop into coconut to chill and serve.
A collection of light humor from a restaurant and social settings. A colonel and angler exchange lines about notices while diners debate toughness of chicken and prices at home. A joke about a ring in a voice and a flirtatious elderly man ends with a saucy comeback.
Manly F. Miner of Kingsville Ontario eldest son of the late Jack Miner was elected to the Board of Governors of the British and Foreign Bible Society. The society operates worldwide printing distributing Bibles in many languages and to many nations.
Premier E. C. Manning announced in the legislature that Alberta plans to sell its non commercial radio station. He noted the station is funded by taxpayers but serves only a small portion of the public. The umbrella patent had yielded total royalties of 10 million dollars.
The Canadian School Curling Championships will be staged in Nelson British Columbia. H E Weyman organizer of the 1950 school bonspiel announced the Do minion Curling Association accepted Nelson as the site. The championship is set for the last week of February.
Edmonton report says the Alberta Government will not operate its Bitumont tar sands plant this summer. Officials, sure of a proper oil separation method, plan further research into markets for products from the plant. The facility on the Athabasca River near McMurray was staffed sparsely this winter.
Mary Clarkson returned to Vancouver with one eye regaining sight on the journey home from Rochester New York. The Mayo Clinic specialists could not help, yet on the trip back her eye began to see again. Ron Clarkson expressed hopeful joy as Mary could recognize him and their three children.
This notice urges readers to consider eye health as part of general well being. It cautions that vision problems may signal broader health issues and advises seeing a physician if eye function seems faulty.
Saskatchewan reports two promising asbestos deposits discovered in the north at Reindeer Lake and Ruth Lake near Flin Flon. Major Canadian asbestos companies plan summer investigations, hoping western demand and freight dynamics support potential development. provincial mineral resources director notes central Western location aids westward supply.
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