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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 11, 1948
Page
5
Hamiota Horticultural Society invites entries by noon Friday August 20 at the Orange Hall with no entry fee. Exhibits judged on merit and must stay until 10 pm Saturday. Special Friday talk and film planned, admission 25c, children 15c.
Joyce Adelaide Powne wed Rev. Alexander Hugh Barber at Victoria United church Melita in an ivory satin gown with a French neckline. Attendants wore white nylon and carried gladiolas and cornflowers. After a reception the couple, honeymooning in the east, will reside in Hamiota.
The Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration appoints L B Thomson of Swift Current as Director succeeding George Spence. Thomson brings 20 years with PFRA and expertise in drought and erosion control. The PFRA focuses on soil conservation, water resources, irrigation, drainage, and modern cropping methods to support Western Canada farming.
Baritone Edmund Hockridge, equally at home with romantic ballads operatic arias and nursery songs, is heard Wednesdays at 5:00 p.m. on CBK and 7:00 p.m. on CKY. His career began in England during the war with an amateur contest win at the Beaver Club, led to BBC broadcasts, and since 1946 in Canada he has become a popular radio artist.
E V Young a West Coast actor heard in CBC drama broadcasts from Vancouver has been a regular on the Thursday night program Eventide for the past five years this adds to his radio profile.
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