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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 30, 1944
Page
8
A Red Cross dance is set for Friday September 15 with music by McCallum's orchestra. Miss Jessie Hunter of Winnipeg visited the home of Mr and Mrs H Knight. Cpl and Mrs John Walker and family have returned to Souris after a week-long visit with relatives here.
Miss Elma Newton leaves Sunday for Gilbert Plains where she will teach. Mrs. A. G. Little returns from Ontario after weeks away visiting friends. Morrice Baisley comes back to Rivers from time with his parents. Harry Nichols spends weekend with family and returns to camp at Wainwright. Recent showers pause threshing but help potatoes and late vegetables. Some grain fields remain to be cut.
Mrs Bernard Grafton and Betty Ann visit Oak River before Winnipeg return. Jim Thornton of Brandon visits niece Mrs M Hazlewood. Farmers report navy helpers during harvest. Several locals visit Brandon and Shoal Lake. Church attendance praised at August 27 service. Kay Bills appendix operation planned. Mentions of Hazlewood, Barker, Gurr, Smith, Bull, Elliott, and visiting dignitaries in the district.
A call to purchase brooms labeled as made by blind workers urges consumers to support handicapped labor. The target is to encourage buying goods produced by visually impaired craftspeople, highlighting craftsmanship and social support.
Edna May Pangman of Decker Manitoba wed D M Arbuthnott of Killarney in a August 11 1944 ceremony. The newlyweds will reside at Killarney. The report also notes other Decker family visits and a Notre Dame style wedding at the west end home of Dr and Mrs R S Decker in Edmonton where Miss Beth Decker married Flying Officer Alan S Dodds RCAF. The article lists attendees and decorations and mentions other Decker family movements and overseas service.
The Brandon Experimental Farm explains its role since 1888 in advancing grain varieties. It notes the shift from rust prone types to newer lines such as Carleton durum and Sanalta barley, with Royal flax once central and invites farmers to stay informed. Thos. Sheridan of Winnipeg visits family. Labor Day on September 4th closes stores.
Poem reflects on soldiers returning from war. Veterans, once boys, faced modern battle and fear but remain pillars of freedom. The speaker asks civilians to support them so their sacrifices were not in vain, noting the author Jane Dale of Hamiota.
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