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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 18, 1952
Page
7
Fred Hanson, a real estate agent, bursts into a house to grab a quick listing payment but is trapped by a jealous woman and her parrot. A police rescue reveals the scam, and the pair trade quips over the missing hundred dollars and a closing that may still happen.
City listing notes Anne Adams residing at 60 Front Street West in Toronto and references pattern details from the De Winni newspaper archive.
H. Williams reported a rat crossing a street on Edmonton's outskirts in a city once known as North America's only rat free. The piece notes Alberta’s current status after a recent lapse and frames the event as local news curiosity.
The Baltimore Sun notes growing interest in small livestock with the Dexter a 38 inch high two hundred fifty to five hundred pound mountain breed from Ireland. It yields about two gallons of milk daily and thrives on limited pasture and weed diet, suited to small households and weed control.
A field of Reg Fortune Oats on J H Felton's Brandon area farm yielded 117.5 bushels per acre after swathing a 24 acre plot sown last April. The grain was sold for seed. In Vancouver the Tourist Association said the average tourist comes from California for 4.3 days and visits by car. In Loverna Saskatchewan William Ballantyne displayed an eight pound meteorite on his porch only to have it stolen. In Saskatoon the city electric utility projects a surplus near 1 million dollars by year end. In Flin Flon enrollment rises with religious instruction tied to Education Department material. In Wymark Saskatchewan 13-year-old John Banman has farm experience driving a truck and operating a combine across 400 acres.
In Manitoba near Lyon's Lake a 22 year old scoutmaster Charles Hooey killed four black bears with eight shots from a borrowed 303 rifle during a night hunt. Camp chief Charles Griggs and Lt Vital assisted as about 25 scouts attended a Silver Arrowhead course.
Indians in the Whiteshell district eastern Manitoba reap a bumper crop of wild rice, paid 25 cents a pound. Officials say yields will be about 50 percent larger than last year as seeds are harvested from lakes in White shell and northwestern Ontario. After processing the rice is packaged for sale, with Winnipeg buyers paying about 1.95 dollars for a 12 ounce package.
The Valley Citizen reports a new road sign near a Rose Valley school urging drivers to slow down with the message Drive Slow Don t Kill a Child. A pupil added a second line urging motorists to wait for a teacher.
Gordon Maurice Moe Young born March 28 1928 in Regina has been named to coach the Trail Smoke Eaters of British Columbia. A previous star with the Tacoma Rockets of the Western Hockey League he succeeds Gerry Thompson who led the Smokies to the B C title and Allan Cup quarter finals last season.
A report states Greater London has a population approaching 106 million, a figure highlighted as a key demographic indicator and compared with regional growth trends and housing demands.
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