Special Disaster Exercise Planned in Hamiota May 6
A one day course and hospital disaster exercise will be held in Hamiota on Wednesday May 6 with planning by Manitoba authorities. About 50 representatives from 22 Western Manitoba hospitals are invited while 265 Grade Nine students act as casualties. The event is sponsored by Manitoba EMO Associated Hospitals of Manitoba Manitoba Hospital Commission and Hamiota and District Hospital with participants from local provincial and federal hospital personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamiota
Western Manitoba
Manitoba Emergency Measures Organization
Associated Hospitals of Manitoba
The
Manitoba Hospital Commission
Hamiota and District Hospital
EMO
A. Kirk
Hamiota CD/EMO
Hamiota Hospital
1964 Brandon Festival Sees 20 Percent Entry Increase
Mrs. G. H. Streuber reports 160 more entries in 1964 over 1963, totaling 1 081. Gains mainly in classroom choirs violin and piano classes up, and new French aided spoken poetry. The Brandon Festival runs May 4 to May 9, 1964 across four venues with adjudicators listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. Streuber
Brandon Festival of Music and Speech Arts
Hamiota Breeder Tops Provincial Hog Improvement Standings
W J Pollock of Hamiota district won first place in Manitoba’s 1963 provincial hog carcass improvement program. Julius Wiens and Ross Primmer placed second and third. Fifteen producers registered, each selecting a male and female weanling from each litter, with carcass grade, weight, back fat, length, market hog age, and pigs weaned factors in the scoring. The average score determines final rankings, aiding breeders and management practices since 1961.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamiota
W. J. Pollock
Julius Wiens
Lowe Farm
Ross Primmer
Caradle
Canada Department of Agriculture
Meat Packing
Manitoba
Cardale
Douglas Rutherford Dies After long farming life at Hamiota
Douglas Rutherford, born June 12, 1885 in Kincardine Ontario, passed away April 3 1964 at Hamiota hospital. He moved west with his parents at the turn of the century and farmed in Hamiota and Shoal Lake for sixty years. Survived by wife Kathleen son Bill brother William and three sisters. Funeral from McConnell Funeral Home Hamiota April 6 with burial in Hamiota Cemetery conducted by Rev Ralph Clark United Church. Pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Rutherford
Hamiota Hospital
Kincardine
Ontario
Dauphin
Hamiota
Shoal Lake
Kathleen
Bill
William
Jessie
Millie Rutherford
Annie
Riddell
Gladstone
McConnell Funeral Home
Ralph Clark
The
United Church
Festival Adjudicators Named for Birdtail River Arts Fest
The Birdtail River Fine Arts Festival in Strathclair April 23-24 will adjudicate 613 solo and chorus entries. Prof. Lawrence Jones of Brandon School of Music leads piano brass and woodwind judging. Mrs. M Bain directs vocal entries, Mrs. M Holland assigns Arts and Crafts, and Mr. Harold Turner handles Spoken Poetry. A final Bend Theatre concert Friday at 8 pm awards seven trophies. public invited to all sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S.D
Strathclair
Lawrence Jones
Brandon School of Music
M. Bain
Brandon
M. Holland
Kenton
Harold Turner
Manitoba Teacher’s College
Bend Theatre
Pollock Manitoba R.O.P. measures breeding herd efficiency
The 1963 report records the weight and backfat thickness of Cardale progeny. It analyzes the Manitoba R.O.P. average to determine each producer's final standing among breeding herds. The system, in effect since 1961, assesses management efficiency.
Barley Production Tips Stress Early Sowing and Fertilization
An agricultural specialist urges growers to plant barley early on fertile land with good seed bed and treated seed. High nitrogen fertilizer is advised, crop rotations matter, and barley should not follow barley or wheat. Seed should be plump, mercuric treated, and sown by end May to avoid aphid damage and heat stress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin
E W McConnell Pioneer Passes After 100 Years
Edmund Wright McConnell died at Hamiota hospital after a two month illness. Born March 2 1864 in Granton Ontario he moved to Manitoba 1882 settling near Hamiota. He married Hannah Baldrow in 1888 and lived on a local homestead for fifty years. Survived by three sons and four daughters, he celebrated a golden wedding in 1938. Funeral at Hamiota United Church Good Friday March 27. Interment in Hamiota Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers listed. active pallbearers include six grandsons. A tribute noted his centennial birthday two days earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Wright McConnell
Hamiota Hospital
Granton
Ontario
Manitoba
Hamiota
Hannah Jane Baldrow
Shoal Lake
Hamiota Town
McConnell
Alvin E
Roy
Milton
Brandon
Thos. J. Strachan
Ida
L. D. Johnston
Annie
Dan M. Johnston
Lamberth
Hamiota United Church
R. E. Clark
Hamiota Cemetery
Fred Wyatt
Ben Brooks
Dan Cowling
William Murray
J. D. McLean
Andrew Sutherland
Mitchell
Barley First Class Treatment Says A L D Martin
A. L. D. Martin, Provincial Crops Specialist, warns that treating barley as a secondary crop leads to second class yields. He urges proper crop classification to optimize output and quality for farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.L.D. Martin
Polio Immunization Campaign Plans in Manitoba
Health Minister C H Witney announced a second province wide polio immunization using Sabin oral vaccine starting April 20. The five week program covers everyone over six months, with Metro Winnipeg first and other areas the following weeks. Information on clinic dates and locations is available from local public health officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Witney
Manitoba
Sabin
Metro-Winnipeg
Rebekah President Visits Hamiota Manitoba Lodge
The Provincial President of the Rebekah Assembly of Manitoba visited Grace Rebekah Lodge No. 35 in Hamiota on Wednesday April 15 1964. Noble Grand Mrs Rose Mc Bain of Grace Lodge served as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekah Assembly of Manitoba
Helen B. McMullen
Grace Rebekah Lodge No. 35
Hamiota
Manitoba
Noble Grand
Rose McBain
Grace Lodge
Women Drivers and the Intersections Caught in Heat
The Alberta Motorist reports a woman driver who halted at an intersection then rammed into the car ahead. She claimed amnesia but confided to her husband that hot weather and a girdle caused her to slip the clutch.
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Alberta
Flowers of Hope campaign for retarded children nationwide
The Flowers of Hope fund drive solicits households to receive seed packets and information about retarded children.Recipients plant seeds, keep an envelope for donations, and mail back funds to support Birdtail Branch activities. Local groups coordinate seed packs and posters in Shoal Lake and area schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shoal Lake
Birdtail Association
Birdtail Branch
Also Mentioned on This Page
Marjorie Dunn RN
R. Publow
Manitoba Hospitals Association
C. G. Chapman
Kay Holmes
W’peg
B. J. Barnes
Western Zone
Brandon Festival of Music
Peggie Sampson
Boris Roubakine
Cathyine Wendel
Ann Dyer
the Mather
J.R.C. Evans
Knox United Church
Earl Oxford School
St. Matthews Cathedral
Tops
Vance Stewart
Bernard Miller
Bruce Cochran
Elton Emerson
Donald Kennedy
McConnell Bros. Funeral Home
M. Deveson
E. W. McConnell
F/O
Harris Johnston
Saskatoon
Earle Johnston
Elgin McConnell
Jack Boyd
Morris McConnell
Winnipeg
Laverne McConnell
Birtle
Don Johnston
Montreal
Ellis Woods
Kent McConnell
Morley MacConnell
Rivers
Man
Rebekah
M. J. G. McMullen
Legion Ladies
Mother’s Club
Roman Catholic
Birdtail
Retarded Children’s Association
Toronto
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