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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 24, 1957
Page
3
Printed Pattern 4618 offers an all occasion wardrobe with a jacket jumper blouse and coordinating pieces. Includes fabric yardage for 35 inch nap and 50 cent price with order details directed to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Toronto.
Crochet pattern 7150 for a 30 inch rug and matching seat-cover in three shades of one color with contrasting background. Quick crochet instructions aimed at home sewists. Send thirty five cents, name address and pattern number to Household Arts Department, 60 Front Street W Toronto.
The Enterprise notes continued progress in Yorkton despite pessimism. 10,000 watt transmitter, a 30 000 gallon propane storage tank, and showroom offices planned. CNR spur lines to Monarch Lumber and west side yard. New grandstand planned for 1958 and Broadway West service station being built. Numerous renovations and new construction including Sacred Heart Academy extension and Anderson Lodge shells, with various merchants and power and museum projects advancing.
Revelstoke has seen a string of break ins with theft of valuables. Most serious occurred last week at Joe Amato’s home where a locked drawer in his front store was entered through a window and 2700 stolen along with deeds and other papers. The Review, Revelstoke, B.C. September 19, 1957.
C Ray Ure forms a recreation committee to study local needs and organize new activities for youths. The group earns broad community support and, led by Walter Armstrong and Ure, focuses on baseball with strong provincial finals participation and visible coaching effort.
The Lower Fraser Valley Fair opened with a small crowd and a faltering program. Organizers urged hiring experienced staff to coordinate the grandstand show and allow growth with Surrey, noting 69 years of volunteer work and publicity comparisons to the Pacific National Exhibition. The piece also references the New York Philharmonic and Napoleon in passing.
The piece extols October as the ideal Indian summer with calm days and a warm sun. It notes cooler nights and bright autumn foliage, suggesting this absence of early snow makes the prairie season uniquely beautiful compared to other regions.
The Glover family celebrates fifty years of service in Windthorst Saskatchewan marking a longtime community business. The firm headed by Chick Glover and now Jack has been a civic and sporting presence, reflecting family roots, local leadership, and regional enterprise.
The city of White Rock BC holds its inaugural election as an incorporated municipality. Citizens cast ballots for civic government, aiming to establish a strong start and civic pride in a new local democracy.
The Financial Post comments on Churchill's idea for western farmers to grow more cattle and less wheat. It notes postwar Canada has produced more wheat than it can sell, with guaranteed prices above world markets, urging the government to stop bonusing wheat to reverse the trend.
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