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Hamiota and District News Highlights from September 1928
Wm Lief travels to Winnipeg as duck season opens on Saturday September 15. Sam Sheardown visits brother Charles. Hamiota school reopens September 4 at 9.00. Miss Helen Bennett returns to Oak River duties. Labor Day observed with stores closed. J C Hembling of Hawarden visits aunt Mrs C W Venables. Mrs F Coombs returns to Winnipeg after visiting in Hamiota. J A McLachlie, editor of Empire Advance, visits. Mildred Venables returns from Virden. Jane Hodge leaves for Baldur after visits. E M Tennyson moves from Shaan Avon to Melville. Mrs W Allshire and Willie return from Winnipeg after medical treatment. Hood loses in Free Press Golf at Winnipeg to J B Hutcheson. Ocular specialist John J Arklie at Central Hotel Friday Sept 7. Quiet wedding Peter Stewart and Violet May Miller at Zion Church Aug 28. Engagment announced between Sir Stephen Lennard and L Latimer’s daughter. Drug Store burglarized again but no cash taken. Women’s Institute meeting Sept 13 at 3?00 welcomes newcomers. Rev Edward Tarkington, former Knox pastor, dies in Toronto.