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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 24, 1949
Page
7
Mr Laney buys a junk car amid neighborly taunts about status. A conflict with Mr Brown over pride and money unfolds before Laney realizes his kids and Mrs Laney celebrate the purchase, while Brown’s disappointment lingers. The scene ends with both families sharing a hopeful ride.
Pattern 4900 offers two child outfits in sizes 2 4 6 8 10. One striped dress, one eyelet trimmed, for class and parties. Size 6 requires 2 3/5 yards of 35 inch fabric. Includes illustrated, easy to sew instructions. Send 25 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man.
Finely chopped mushrooms fried in butter and lightly moistened with a seasoned white sauce. Cream cheese combined with pecans or maraschino cherries offers tasty spreads. A sardine mixture blends mashed sardine with hard boiled egg and lemon. Anchovy and seafood blends use tuna herring lobster or crabmeat with pickles and mayonnaise. These fillings suit lunch boxes and party sandwiches.
A Denver teacher reports confiscating a student note that reads Dear Herbie Do you love me yes Check one reflecting modern production line phrasing in a school love note. The incident highlights playful adaptation of dating language in class chatter.
Western briefs report plans to expand cancer care with six new clinics across British Columbia, stated Rex Mills, executive secretary of the BC Cancer Institute. Also noted are a Gravelbourg arrival of Chinese Sisters of the Precious Blood for monastery stay, a creek named Strene Creek in Alberta in honor of missing pilot Strene, Pattullo Bridge revenues, a Yorkton taxi fare tale with a bull, and Idaho’s giant yellow pine documented near Coeur d Alene.
New two year old champion Apple Mercedes Lilly a purebred Holstein owned by Peter M Patterson Puslinch established a North American and New World record for milk production in the senior two year old class of the 305 day division on twice daily milking. She produced 15306 pounds of milk with 601 pounds fat. This is the second freshening for the heifer which began her record at just under two years old. In that lactation she produced 13162 pounds of milk with 429 pounds fat. Her first lactation saw as high as 65 pounds daily and in the second record lactation she twice produced 73 pounds daily. Total 365 days 20325 pounds milk with 672 pounds fat. This is the fourth largest milk record in Canada for its class. Previous World Champion was Gray View Joan Pansy with 18156 pounds and Canadian Champion Pioneer Ledge Aggie Pontiac with 17612 pounds.
Regina article reports Saskatchewan historian Zachary M. Hamilton criticizing modern Canadian place names as meaningless and silly. He notes imports from Ireland and railroading figures and says Cree names like Sintaluta and Moosomin carry local history and descriptive value.
Regina report says Highway Minister J. T. Douglas forecast an expanded hard surfacing plan to conserve dwindling gravel in the province. He defended five years of work by the department since taking over what he called the biggest and worst highway system in Canada.
Canada’s total wheat supply for the 1948 49 crop year is 471 300 000 bushels, up from 429 300 000 in 1947 48. The bureau of statistics released the figure in its monthly review based on revised data showing a carry over of 77 700 000 bushels at July 1 1948, end of the 1947 48 year.
A tree with a butt diameter of 12 feet and a length of 278 feet produced 105,000 board feet of lumber, enough to build eight houses.
Alberta Saskatchewan and British Columbia set rodeo dates with a busy schedule from May 24 to August 20. Cities include Vancouver Hand Hills Alsask Gleichen Cadogan MacLeod Raymond Swift Current Assiniboia High River Killam Coleman Stettler Cardston Gem Medicine Hat Coronation Big Valley Dog Pound Weyburn Bruce Penticton and others.
The article notes Japan maintained a vast prewar fishing fleet of over 360 thousand vessels, indicating extensive maritime resources and industrial capacity before the conflict.
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