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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 01, 1956
Page
4
Editor notes the east and west Hamiota public notice boards on the provincial highway look worn and urges the Minister of Public Works and staff to repaint. A damaged 30 mile limit sign is also mentioned as needing attention to improve town appearance.
Plans are in place for Gilbert Plains Manitoba incorporation anniversary on August 10. A festive program includes a float parade, games, sports, fireworks, a monster dance, and a museum of relics and photos. Provincial and municipal dignitaries are invited and former residents from across the country are expected to attend.
The Haniota Oldtimers Association held its Annual Jasket picnic at Central Park Vancouver B C on a sunny Sunday July 22 with seventy signing the register. Attendees renewed acquaintances with Mr and Mrs Lloyd Pote of Winnipeg and Jim sutler of Hamiot. The after-noon featured a sports programme enjoyed by young and old followed by a basket supper.
A village picnic closes after a hockey game between Hamiety and Shinal Lake with Shinal Lake winning by 19. Everyone sings Auld Lang Syne before leaving. Mrs Clementina Heddesheimer, a Hamiota pioneer, dies at 90 at 447 Burnell St Winnipeg on July 18 1956.
Fragmentary text suggests McConnell Reed and family connected with a Sunday event or gathering. Details are unclear due to missing or garbled OCR text.
Mrs oD Mian west visits Melville relatives while Keith Fraser and Barbara Bullock travel in Winnipeg. Prasey and Mr Thomann family host visitors. Wayne Thomson stays with grandparents. Dalton Kirk from Saskatoon visits his grandparents Mr and Mrs Milne. K Keys of Winnipeg visits relatives in the area.
Mer and Mrs Bert Dawson and a Winnipeg party visit Arsenealdo and Harvey Grey. Stan Walhice and family from Flin Flon stay with an in law’s family. Henderson Sr. visits Decker with daughter H Davidson. Ricky Jones of Courtney J C visits relatives in the district. Lou White and family at McAuley. Ken Talton and sons Lyle and Wayne from Walfron Sask spend weekend with W Colbeck. Mrs N Henderson hosts a trousseau tea.
A new soil conservation forage policy for 1956 57 targets Class 4 land to control water erosion and improve feed supplies for livestock. Agricultural Representatives allocate semi permanent forage acreages, with seed costs shared by the department about one third and seed priced at 1.70 per acre. Interested farmers contact the Agricultural Office. policy in effect since 1950 and continued in 1956 57 with allotments decided in early winter.
More than 400 travelers will ride CN Railways two all expense tours on August 10 and 17 to Chur chill en route to the northern port. They will visit Dauphin Flin Flon Cranberry Portage and The Pas. At Churchill they view grain ships Fort Prince of Wales ruins and the white whale plant. Trains include two diners and two recreation cars one with a piano for songs and entertainment and the other for motion pictures.
A brief notice urges readers to call either extension 18 or extension 22 to report news items. The item reflects a community newspaper appeal for public submissions and tips.
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