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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 04, 1954
Page
1
Local notices report Hamiota School to reopen on Tuesday August 31 at 9 am. Several arrivals and visits are noted including Lorna Caldwell returning from Winnipeg and families visiting former residents and friends in town. A card of thanks expresses appreciation for gifts and flowers from a hospital stay.
W.A. and W.M.S. plan a meeting at Mrs Wes Cochran's home on August 11 at 2 pm. Several families visit relatives across Brandon Vancouver Portage Winnipeg and Los Angeles. Card of thanks expresses gratitude for help during Eva's illness and bereavement. Memorial service for Odd Fellows set for August 8 with 2 30 pm lodge gathering.
The Seventh Annual Cochran Beamish reunion gathered Sunday at Marshall Chambers park Shoal Lake with relatives from B C Alberta Saskatchewan Ontario and Manitoba. Supper for about one hundred followed by remarks from Wilfred Cochran and guests including M Brand Vancouver B C L Steel Edmonton D Beamish Star City and others. A letter from Herb Cochrane Kitchener Ont expressed hopes for 1955 participation. The group plans to return to the park next year and praised the new pavilion.
Leaf rust damage to grain remains uncertain with estimates under 20 percent. Field samples show low stem rust presence in Ross Fraser area. Dr T Johnson, a leading rust authority, will review the rust situation on Thursday August 5 at the Brandon Experimental Farm at 1 30 p.m. A cereal forage crop tour and farm activities follow with silos highlighted showing 150 tons of silage this year as Mervyn Stewart Jack Hanlin Ivan Armitage and Len Draper of Minnieota contribute to silage work.
McCONNELL Miss Grace Crighton returned to Brandon on Tuesday after spending the past two weeks at her home. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Knight and Wilma, accompanied by Mrs. Wi Fowlie, spent last weekend in Winnipeg. Wilma stayed with her brother-in-law and sister Mr. and Mrs. Dufresne, returning Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Jones and family of Winnipeg spent a couple of days last week at the Scott. Mr. and Mrs. J. Butterfield and Gail left for their new home at skid Manitoba. We wish them well. Mr. and Mrs Russell Ivey moved into the Pool Elevator house. Lynn Pollock visiting Portage at present. Faye Pollock visiting Shirley Morgan. Mr. Frank Richardson of Brandon was weekend visitor at the Scott and Richardson homes. Mr. and Mrs John Scott and Girls of Govan Sask are visitors this week at the Scott home.
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