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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 07, 1966
Page
2
Winter scenes and small town happenings fill the page from Decker and Hamiota. Ice on roads slows traffic as locals discuss weather and safety. garden birds and charity parcels show community spirit. Christmas notices urge pre-school registrations and card pricing while staff names brighten the season.
Local notes praise Ross Sheardown known as Wimp a hospital clerk for Hamiota Group Management. He is nominated to be councillor after Barry Strickland resigned MLA role. Also recalls Red Cross drive turnout, goose hunting trip, and old timer photos with community names and a Children’s Aid Society concert.
On Sunday December 4 1966 R E Clark Church holds services at 11 00 a m and Junior Sunday School at 11 00 a m Senior Sunday School at 12 10 p m Decker Minister Rev A McColl leads a worship service 1 30 p m United Church of Canada Strathclair Pastoral Charge Rev D L Holtzman oversees Cardale Sunday School and Church at 10 a m McConnell Sunday School and Church at 9 a m Strathclair Sunday School at 10 40 a m Church Service at 12 00 a m
The narrator describes spending time at the back creek on Greenhorn Farm watching swirls of water and drinking animals. He jokes about being called lazy, notes pheasants visiting, and reflects on how running water soothes work, politics, and thoughts of John Diefenbaker and Liberal editorialists.
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