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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 09, 1957
Page
2
At a Tuesday night meeting held in the Municipal Chambers, the Peston and Enastrict Chamber of Commerce decided to construct a new restroom facility in Reston. The Recorder Reston, Minn. notes the plan as part of local civic improvements.
Patterns reveal easier faster printing of RN templates and precise patterning for medical staffing.
Printed Pattern 4532 offers Misses sizes 10 to 18 with a T shirt and shorts ensemble. The ad lists fabric yardage for 35 inch fabric and directs readers to mail forty cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept. in Toronto for order forms and directions.
A collage of light sketches includes a ferry party halted by a reader joke a table shared by three bath shy salesmen and a sharp salt request from a little old woman plus a Virginia mother easing a stormy night and a woman boasting about her waistline as a canapé quip lands with wry punch.
A compendium of items from the April 8 1937 Champion and the April 11 1957 Canadian Champion notes in Milton Ontario. Rector appointment at Trinity Anglican Streetsville. Oakville jamboree to be held at Harland Smith property. Mary Reid named Milton high school representative for coronation group. Local ads list bargains on silk hose and work boots. libel notice against Palmerston Observer cited by Fergus News Recorder. God’s Country and the Woman screens at Princess Theatre April 16 17. Municipal and school law amendments allow pension funds via Central Pensions Board.
More than 100 Branch 57 members attended a general meeting where Percy Buckle of Mission City and District Board of Trade urged Branch 57 to organize the Soap Box Derby on July 1st with the BESL and many elderly veterans in attendance.
The Saskatchewan Highway Traffic Board joins the Know and Obey Traffic Laws drive with the National Safety Council to curb 1956 road crashes. 10 437 accidents caused 134 deaths and 3 373 injuries. Regina saw 1 644 incidents, Saskatoon 1 338, Moose Jaw 630. Christie urges voluntary driver compliance and lists safety rules. The campaign also previews a Safety Lane announcement, though an editorial note mentions an unrelated item about a Japanese dance.
The Morden council approved an increase of 15 cents per hour for town laborers, raising the rate from 75 to 90 cents, retroactive to April 1, with seniority priority for work. Trench work wages rose from 90 cents to one dollar.
Mrs. Ella Donnelly reports a new class of 23 young ladies studying home nursing at La Ronge under the direction of Mrs. Louella Steinke and Mrs. Ethel Chmara as part of Saskatchewan Red Cross efforts.
Larry Isbell starred as a versatile football player for the Saskatchewan Roughriders after a career at Baylor and two years in professional baseball. The six foot one, 190 pound athlete earned all-star defensive back honors and led the Western Conference in punting in 1954 and again in 1956. He now lives year round in Regina. Booster events promise distribution of 2,000 footballs or helmets and shoulder harnesses to boys and girls this year.
Mission City and District Board of Trade will continue to back the Fraser North Shore Highway Association which has campaigned for a modern highway north of Vancouver from Agassiz to Haig Hope and the Trans-Canada junction. Members include Boards of Trade and CHambers of Commerce from East Hastings to Agassiz. A Tuesday meeting voted about two to one to pay 1957 membership fees.
The Souris Creamery introduced a new red and green milk carton this week, identical in type to the old one but bearing the label Bonnie Brae. The raindealer notes the update from Souris, Manitoba, dated March 27, 1957.
Manitoba roads see double the cars this year versus seven years ago. Winnipeg reports fewer than half the fatal January February deaths of 1950, while injury crashes total 117 up 44 percent from 81 in 1950. Rural Manitoba fatal crashes up 500 percent from one to six. Registrar R B Baillie notes driver improvement districts show lower rates.
Dr. M. E. Lazerte of the University of Manitoba lectured about penny-pinching attitudes toward education before about 100 Carman residents at a Carman Home and School Association meeting. He warned that funding decisions for education will shape what Canadian society means twenty years hence.
At a preliminary council meeting in Reston Manitoba on Monday afternoon, the Municipality of Pipestone weighs increased spending with a decreased general mill rate. The Recorder notes the motion hinges on adopting the outlined budget. The second item mentions death from electric shock due to heart muscle overcontraction.
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