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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 09, 1952
Page
4
Learn easy home craft ideas from Kay Burlingham for a spooky Hallowe en party. Create crepe paper cats masks pumpkins and festive table decor with readily available materials and simple steps suitable for children and families.
Decorator promotes a vege table kitchen garden in tomato red and fern green, with two color iron on transfers for towels curtains aprons and potholders. Pattern 7310 includes 16 motifs and sizes about four by four inches, order by sending twenty five cents to Household-Repartment Toronto. The 1952 Alice Brooks Needlecraft Book offers ninety-one illustrations and six easy patterns for twenty five cents.
The article recalls a ritual where the bridegroom received a shoe from the bride’s father and was commanded to strike his bride signifying dominance. The custom reflects early social norms and marriage practices among Anglo Saxons.
A Moorhead man answers a rental ad and discovers the draft board. A Chelmsford class includes men. a Ottawa woman reports a tidy thief who cleaned and dusted then stole five dollars. A Pontotoc banker’s widow marks 40 years with no clash, and Huntsville man keeps garden shoes inside for wrens. Vancouver youths jailed for car theft after absconding from town.
Photographer George Hunter of Winnipeg and Ottawa said in Edmonton that Alberta’s Athabasca oil sands appear to have the greatest potential of any single natural resource in western Canada’s north. He completed a 6500 mile northern flight project for federal departments and major agencies.
District meteorologist D. H. Smith announced tenders by the transport department for constructing a new upper air weather reporting station at Edmonton Airport.
Washington report says prize Canadian cattle cannot enter the United States for the International Livestock Exhibition in Chicago from November 29 to December 6 unless the U S embargo is lifted. A Bureau of Animal Industry spokesman notes the embargo remains in effect after foot and mouth disease was found in Canada. The Canadian government says the disease has been eradicated but the U S continues to ban Canadian livestock and meat imports.
The teacher praises Tommy for honesty after he admits writing on the board that the teacher is a fool. Tommy confirms the note and the teacher acknowledges the truth in a light exchange.
Two cups chicken gravy eggs diced chicken and onions form a biscuit rolled bake method. Heat gravy beat egg add hot gravy to egg then mix with chicken onion and seasonings. Makes six servings with biscuit dough then serves with gravy. The second recipe sautés onion carrot celery and potato in fat adds broth then cream to finish with chicken corn parsley and flour mix. Yields five cups.
A brief quiz asks about home ownership in Canada, 1939 and 1951 labor income, the real name of novelist Ralph Connor, the four leading mineral provinces, and whether export earnings last year came from farm or forest products, with answers in another column.
Ottawa reports the federal government will release canned surplus pork nationwide under the label Canadian Pork Luncheon Meat. About 55 million pounds have been canned, with 16 to 17 million sold domestically at 33 to 35 cents per 12 ounce tin, in response to a foot and mouth disease and US embargo.
Eddie Dorohoy named coach of the Victoria Cougars of the Western Hockey League by general manager Fred Hutchinson. The 23 year old centre has 167 Victoria games with 73 goals and 130 assists and led the league in 1950 51 with 87 points. Dorohoy becomes believed youngest pro hockey coach, succeeding Roger Leger.
Bennett tells a fable where a boastful lion meets a chimpanzee and an elephant. The lion asks who is king of the animal world. The chimp agrees with the lion but the elephant replies and teaches him a bruising lesson about temper while tossing him into a bramble bush. The lion laments that you must stay calm even when others do not know the answer.
A 17 year old African youth who stabbed a friend told the magistrate I should get a whipping. The magistrate agreed and asked for the number of strokes. The youth replied Four. The magistrate ruled Four it will be.
The U.S. population reached 157,268,000 on Aug 7 per the Census Bureau, up from 151,132,000 in 1950. England tests a marine gas turbine expected to last 100,000 hours. Giant British turbo-prop airliners may fly 111 passengers, 4,000 miles at 400 mph between Mexico City and New York if talks succeed. Canadians spent a record 280 million abroad, cattle losses in drought total 809,000 and 2.5 million sheep and lambs. U.S. embargo could affect Canadian cattle at the Chicago Exposition in late Nov.
A New York firm claiming to be an international publishers' representative attempted to misdirect mail by sending a letter to General Manager at Alberta Daily Newspaper in Alberta British Columbia. The Edmonton Journal received the letter as intended, showcasing the postal officials' vigilance.
A series of practical tips covers wrinkled slip covers, non slipping pastry boards, lettuce storage, embroidery tracing, and correcting fabric designs. Steam iron wrinkled areas with the covers in place, use rubber jar rings to stabilize a pastry board, store washed lettuce in airtight tins, draw embroidery with black iron, and erase mistakes before ironing to preserve the design.
Answers list five items: Forest products mainly pulp and paper. Rev Charles W Gordon. 65 percent. provinces Ont Que Alta B C. more than nine and a half billion dollars. Material provided by editors of Quick Canadian Facts.
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