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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 15, 1956
Page
2
Belgian naturalist Rene Verheyen reports a matriarchal hippo community in the Congo with a creche for up to 50 females and young. Males act as guards and must show humility to visiting females who choose mates on their terms.
Major-General H. F. G. Letson, militia adviser, toured 25 districts in Canada to advise HQ. He praised a stronger militia with capacity to double load and noted 30 parades per member per year for pay. Regulars number about 50,000. plans for new arms pace await full regular outfitting. public support is needed.
Two NHL clubs see all time penalty minutes records fall this season with a third likely to go. Lou Fontinato of the New York Rangers earned the club record with 150 penalty minutes, surpassing Ching Johnson's 146 from 1927-28. Ted Lindsay of the Detroit Red Wings raised his own mark to 143 minutes, beating the former 141. Kenny Reardon held Montréal Canadiens' record at 129 minutes from 1947-48, while Jean Beliveau nears that total after 53 games this season with 121 minutes.
Elanville Lady Butterfly the eighth, a pedigree dairy Shorthorn cow near Linby England, reportedly set a new world record of 4,021 gallons in 555 days. The prior record holder, Lady Butterfly, produced 3,390 gallons in 497 days. Owner David Weston says Butterfly has yielded about 16,000 gallons in her milking life and is milled three times daily at age 11.
University of Rhode Island professor Dr. Marvin Rife praises Ridgefield Connecticut for creating a year round leisure program and a community center. The center offers a teen canteen ballet drama dancing basketball French photography golf a ski club a theatre guild day camp and preschool nursery with a strong volunteer base and well organized operations.
Manitoba to use red and white octagonal stop signs on Provincial Trunk Highways and all other highways. Signs will bear Stop in white letters, sized to 24 by 24 inches minimum in urban areas and 30 by 30 inches in rural districts. Illuminated or reflectorized lettering, no secondary messages, and the new design aims for clearer advance warning.
Cozy embroidery project presents "Lovely blossoms the year round" with 12 seasonal flowers. Pattern 7302 includes diagrams and transfers for all 12 flowers, for a quilt sized 72 by 102 inches. Send twenty five cents to obtain pattern.
Advertisement from Household Arts Department P P L toronto promoting the ALICE BROOKS Needlecraft Catalogue. Readers are urged to send 25 cents to receive a copy featuring knitting crochet embroidery iron-ons toys and novel ties. Include name address and pattern number.
A sewing pattern ad promotes Pattern 4523 for half sizes 14 16 and more with a sew-simple no side opening design. It advertises rubbable cottons, 35 inch fabric, and simple illustrated instructions. Requests 35 cents and asks for name address and size and pattern number to Anne Adams Pattern Dept.
The article presents patterns for a 12 foot square kitchen space with diagrams scaled to fit fixtures. It describes a large pipe rack with humidor drawers for tobaccos and a smaller rack for six pipes, plus a draw er for pipe cleaners and trinkets. Patterns 452 and 406 include tracing diagrams and finishing directions.
A historical NHL review shows a clear pattern with more goals in the final 20 minutes than in earlier periods. Montreal Canadiens lead in third period scoring with 77 of 179, while New York Rangers top the first period scoring with 53 of 172.
A set of brief humorous vignettes with aging party gifts in-jokes about dusting, a Paris escort bureau contrast, a frantic nurse tonic claim about thrashing a husband, and a landlord guest exchange about sleep. The items are short anecdotes reflecting social mores and punchlines of the era.
Morris Hightower of Alabama awoke to a 12 foot deep lake reduced to a small puddle by a lime sink. State geologists explained the sudden drop as the ground giving way and the basin sinking, draining the water overnight.
Wanted immediately a first class min mechanic for Word products garage. Requires good monthly wage and references. Mention marital status. Location in a small town 80 miles east of BMdmantoi on paved highway No 14 main line 47 with sewer natural gas and power. Apply Hafso Gros Limited Viking Alberta SES 86.
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