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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 01, 1918
Page
4
Publication details show a weekly paper by Memicts Bebo Publishing Co. with advertising rates and instructions for submitting notices. Names C. W. Venables and W. H. Josey appear as office contacts for ad insertions and changes.
The National YMCA of Canada restates 1917 canteen gross of $2,981,000 with $2,368,000 cost of goods. Additional costs include transport, losses, huts, free distribution, staff pay, and $210,000 in transit supplies. Cash balance at start 1918 was $415,000, with most overseas. funds for military work remain separate. Local council notes land consolidations and approves by law transfers. several accounts and road projects are itemized before adjournment.
The council met at the Village Council Chamber with all members present and the Reeve presiding. The arbitrators award to Crandall Consolidated School District was presented and discussed. The petition by WJ Hazlewood, FW Amy, WM Eyer and others regarding convexing certain lands was considered.
The council approves general rates for 1915 including municipal revenue and patriotic road work with a levy of 5610 mills for Ward 5. The finance committee recommends payment of Ward 1 304.75 dollars Ward 2 182 dollars Ward 3 37 dollars Ward 5 681 dollars Ward 6 20 dollars. Council adjourns to meet again on Saturday August 10 at 2 pm.
The Board of Trustees of the Consolidated School District of Hamiota No 692 invites applications for Caretaker and Secretary Treasurer. Applications must be received by 5 p.m. August 8, 1918 and sent in plain sealed envelopes marked Hamiota to the Secretary Treasurer.
Campers month appeal lists items and requests. Contact Mrs McNauvbt or Mrs Wade Stevens for information. Available items include a Water Spaniel Pap, a road cart, potatoes, a serge skirt alteration, old cotton, a 10 gallon cream can, acetylene mite exterminator and a sanitary white wash for poultry houses at 40 cents per can. Items to be left at The Chambers Co Store.
Tenders addressed to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Consolidated School District of Hamiota No 602 were invited for transporting children to Hamiota School on Routes A to G EK F. Tender submissions closed at 5 pm on August 8 1918. Plans and terms available at the Secretary's office. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. L S Taylor Secretary-Treasurer Hamiota July 17 1918.
The church schedules a morning service at 11 with Holy Communion on the first Sunday of the month. An evening service follows with a special subject commemorating four years of the war.
Knox Presbyterian Church announces Mr James Fleming of Manitoba College Winnipeg will lead August services. Sabbath School at 12:10 PM. Evening program at 2 PM and 4 PM includes Sabbath School and Bible Class followed by preaching.
Zion Methodist Church will host morning meditation on the 84th Psalm led by Pastor Rev R E Spence. An afternoon Sabbath School session at 12.10 will discuss The Shadow of Peter or The Greatest Thing in the World, followed by a special sermon in the evening. A cordial welcome awaits attendees.
A letter from Dr. Chas Kerr in France describes a German bombing aircraft attacked by Allied fighters. The enemy plane burned and crashed after a brief, dramatic dogfight, with the four crewmen interred with full military honors. Fritz allegedly conducted another dash as readers will see in the papers.
The notice lists religious services including an evening service at 7 p.m. and Sunday school at 11 a.m. with a union at McConnell and a MARLAND service at 11 a.m. All are cordially invited to attend.
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