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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 13, 1952
Page
4
A household tale of a rescued sparrow named Dickie kept since four years, taught to eat and bathe, and famed for singing like a canary. Dickie delights children, imitates family routines, and endures playful mischief with Ain't no more.
A Detroit cat walks unharmed from a burning garage apartment as fire crews clear debris. An elderly Barleigh Falls dog kills a deer despite injuries. Japanese traders in London chase rice jokes and fish and chips craze. A Gainesville hunter’s dog dies under a streamliner while quail are flushed. A Milwaukie clerk meets a relief youth with a dollar, asking if he must pay. An Alabama meter worker finds a note and a nickel in an envelope.
Advertisement notes pattern 7126 for a 15x19 inch needlepainting motif with eyelet ruffles for a girl’s skirt. Send twenty five cents to Household Arts Department in Toronto with name address and pattern number. Also promotes the 1952 Alice Brooks Needlecraft Book at twenty five cents with ninety one illustrations and six patterns.
Regina Hon J T Douglas highways minister outlined 1952 plans to pave 229 miles of provincial and trans Canada highways as part of a larger road program including 778 miles of grading and 1 000 miles of graveling alongside a 15 million dollar road budget for 1952 53.
Practical tips cover sewing with double thread knots to prevent snarling. Reuse worn bath towels by making bibs for children. Baking soda in ash trays helps extinguish tobacco and aids cleaning. A sponge with hyacinth bulbs grows a decorative flower ball when kept damp in a sunny window.
The sheet lists five Canadian facts: Ottawa tax revenue rising from 2.765 billion to about 4.3 billion. the muskrat producing over 4 million pelts in 1949. a land area slightly larger at 363,282 square miles versus 359,279. a population near five million with over four million children. transportation by pipeline from Edmonton to Lake Superior, then by ship.
Albert Burkart of Fox Valley Saskatchewan built a detailed miniature farm, complete with stead-house, barn, windmill, water pump, and animals. His children enjoy outdoor play as the model travels with them in good weather. Darleen assigns chores during play while Diana Gilbert and Sharon follow orders.
A brief quiz asks if British Columbia is larger than Ontario, how western oil reaches eastern markets, which animal fur trappers take in greatest numbers, how many people receive Ottawa payments monthly, and whether tax revenue this year surpasses the wartime high. Answers found in another column.
LETHBRIDGE Alta Mr and Mrs H Reitman and their five children immigrants from Holland brought their own house to Lethbridge. Before leaving Holland they learned of Canada's housing shortage and due to foreign exchange controls could not take enough money to buy a house. Two weeks before departure they sold their house and bought a prefabricated one shipped to Lethbridge via the Panama Canal.
A vintage recipe outlines making a cream sauce with butter flour and milk then folding into eggs and cooked elbow macaroni. Bake a 60 percent inch mold at 350 degrees for 40 minutes, top with melted Canadian cheese and warm vegetables served around a cheesed ring.
Early sowing is advised for grass seed while cool weather lasts. Use high quality mixtures from reputable Canadian seed houses for permanent results. Prepare soil, broadcast seed across and lengthwise, and fertilize with manure or nitrogen rich fertilizer. Keep mower sharp for first cut and remove blooms to encourage continuous flowering. Plant breeding advances offer new colors and hardier varieties but must suit local conditions.
Saskatoon report profiles Mrs. Mary E. Cryderman a Prairie grandmother nearing 87 in May who, with four children and four decades of painting without formal lessons, has pursued art by copying master works while living on three frontiers from Minnesota to Weyburn Saskatchewan.
A humorous tale reports an Indian petitioner asking a judge to shorten his lengthy name. The judge inquires the desired new name and the man replies simply "Toots" while adding a closing cue about healthy living.
Montreal goalie Gerry McNeil stands as the lone regular netminder in the league with no more than five goals against in a single game this season. The piece reviews goals allowed across goalies including Terry Sawchuk Al Rollins Sugar Jim Henry Chuck Rayner Harry Lumley and others with game-by-game tallies and shutouts through February.
Through the Red Cross some 8 000 pupils received swimming and water safety instruction at 62 places in Saskatchewan. Over 28 000 have enrolled in classes since 1946. Drownings have continued to be below average.
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