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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 31, 1922
Page
5
An Ontario town report highlights careless crossings with trains and autos. It recounts a farmer's fatal encounter with an electric radial car and notes similar incidents in Quebec and Ohio. Warnings from rail workers and a Toronto motorist quote emphasize caution and patience at crossings.
Prize results list exhibitors by age and item. Winners include Annie Little Hazel Scott Lizzie O Neill and Annie O Neill for items such as patchwork, darning, hemmed handkerchiefs, tea apron, crochet and knitting across age groups.
Esther Scott leads with first prize in the Guessing Contest drawing 1546 while Lizzie O Neill and Annie O Neill claim multiple top spots in dresses and dolls. Jessie Little and Georgie LeGear also place, marking a busy 12 and under event.
In a school display Mrs JG McConnell honors young artists with prizes for painting crayon drawings under nine years by Isabella Reid and Hugh Gray. pen and ink drawings over nine years awarded to E Dickie and A Basler. watercolors over nine years go to F Gray and Wienie Morrison. special mention to Herbert Heistermann.
Public Welfare editorial endorses the Salvation Army noting its practical service for all ages in province institutions. It praises low overhead and reclamation work and urges donations to Jas. Scott for the coming canvas in Hamiota.
Calgary report from J M Cameron general superintendent of the Alberta Division of the Canadian Pacific Railway notes crop conditions in southern Alberta are generally satisfactory after six hundred miles of travel. He says grasshoppers have largely been controlled and cutworms harmed little due to frequent showers, and farmers learned from the pest lesson. There is now an optimistic mood among farmers and business men in the south.
Vancouver reports show Vice-President Grant Hall stating CPR will expand pier work and handle grain shipments as harvest prospects rise. Western line head D. C. Coleman outlines upgrades including relaying double track Ignace to Kenora and branch line improvements pending freight rate effects. Port Hope bridge painting crews tally eight weeks with 300 gallons of graphite paint and $2500+ wages.
WANTED APPLICATIONS will be received for the position of Cook Housekeeper at Hamiota General Hospital with duties to commence September 1922. Applicants must provide references and state salary expected to the Secretary Treasurer of Hamiota General Hospital.
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