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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 24, 1949
Page
8
A memory piece by Roger S. Vreeland recounts living in a large old house at 215 in Auch Lane Claremont. Uncle Clem fills days with playfire stories and chimneys bear den and peony garden while the narrator recalls a nurturing, intimate family scene amid familiar rooms and childhood rituals.
A memoir recounts a widow mother and her child befriended by Uncle Clem Hale a lively helper who later is revealed to have been a long serving insurance executive. The narrator recalls his uncanny knowledge of hidden spaces and the moment Clem’s death prompts discovery of a retirement clipping noting forty years of service.
Whale-oil, once common in lamp lighting, is now primarily used to produce soap and glycerine for munitions, reflecting a shift in industrial applications.
Victoria officials say British Columbia will likely satisfy winter potato demand without imports. While Alberta’s crop is only 50 percent of normal, B C reports a near average harvest with low blight. BC plans heavy shipments of certified seed potatoes to the U S due to disease-free stock.
In Mission City 92 year old Mike Miller boasted of landing 125 pounds on a lighter rod and reel and aimed to beat it by age 100. Regina reports Imperial Oil expects crude pipeline flow by about December 1, 1950. Gilbert Plains notes a wild duck banded at Kingsville Ontario. Medicine Hat plans a long term elk and moose propagation program. Lethbridge highlights Native Sons as a local hockey team with ten players from the city. Castor features Harold Reis’s bull Don triumphing over four mirrors in a window, unseen by the animal.
The record notes Captain Henry Fleet, an English mariner and trader, as the first known white person to land on the soil of the District of Columbia in 1632.
Windsor report highlights Inspector R W Won nacott of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police who leads identification work in Ottawa He signs thousands of documents and stamps his name about 750000 times in five years He notes that small clues from distant crimes help crack rings and that labs fingerprints weapons and records play key roles in police work
Ottawa report says the official country name is Canada not Dominion of Canada. Finance Minister Douglas Abbott explained the term was dropped from Oct 1, 1947, when the governor general’s letters patent were issued.
The Northern Manitoba Trappers' Festival faces a dilemma over a baby white whale donated by Atlantic Fish Products Ltd. The frozen animal in Churchill is to be an exhibit for the February event, but organizers debate whether to display it whole or as steaks.
Health Minister Pearson assured an advisory committee in Ganges that the main Salt Spring Island Highway will be rebuilt starting next spring. He said at least half the distance between Fulford and Ganges would be completed by the end of 1950.
Ottawa reports the bureau of statistics index for September at 249.3, the lowest since May, with a fall from August 253.2 and a year earlier 261.5. Grains livestock and dairy fell while potatoes poultry and eggs rose. all provinces dipped except Manitoba which rose slightly.
A community effort in Spy Hill Saskatchewan aims to complete the new memorial rink. About 7000 of 10000 dollars needed has been raised from personal donations and local projects. Farmers contribute over 24 percent of yearly sales in September October and November.
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