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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 01, 1955
Page
4
Travel authority Carol Lane urges removing labour from Labour Day picnics. She advocates advance prep, compact gear, ready to heat foods, and easy cleanup with foldable tables, collapsible grills, and reusable utensils to make outings simple and enjoyable.
Pat McDougall emerges as a fledgling announcer and writer moving through Winnipeg press and CBC connections. He reports for Edmonton and Calgary stations and works with Maritimes and Navy correspondents while building a varied career across Canadian stations and towns.
Plant pathologists report widespread ciscoloration on wheat heads this year across several districts in the West due to high temperatures and excess moisture. Fungi and bacteria thrive, bringing diseases like Glume Blotch and Black Chaff, with Septoria affecting leaves as well. Though widespread, the issue may not be serious unless stubble carryover and favorable conditions persist.
Home economists outline canning and freezing steps for apricots from Canada Agriculture. Instructions cover cold pack and hot pack methods, sugar syrups, headspace, boiling water bath times, freezing with syrup or dry sugar, and use of ascorbic acid to prevent darkening.
Wash and pit apricots then cut, measure and cover with sugar using seven cups sugar per twelve cups fruit. Let stand one hour, stir in two tablespoons winegar or lemon juice, then boil to jam stage about ten to twelve minutes. Yield about a tune cups.
Manitoba provincial statistics show 1954 tax arrears at 10,055,534 the highest postwar total, up 1,300,000 from 1953. Despite arrears, overall finances shown sound with reserves up 460,700 to 6,250,000 as 86 of 186 municipalities operated cash basis. Municipal assessment rose to 3,933,692,366 up 19,643,193. taxes at 21,409,128 up 1,414,904.
The report notes postwar financial figures with 111 municipalities showing surpluses totaling 2,110,596 dollars and 216 municipalities at 1,935,583 dollars. The overall year end balance stood at 174,986 dollars.
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