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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 11, 1963
Page
3
A school bulletin notes exam time and parent duties as marks near return day December 13. It invites parents to review reports, contact teachers, and support students to finish the four months of work. The Christmas concert is set for December 19 at 7 30 p m with seats in demand.
The Hamiota United Church Choir will give its annual Christmas concert on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. featuring selections such as Sing O Heavens Bethlehem and Angels We Have Heard on High. Junior Choir, soloists Delmar Mansell and Miss Joan Dillon, and a Messiah Hallelujah finale are included with organ and piano solos by Mrs. June Reid and Miss Rae Morris.
Decker United Church hosted the wedding of Diane Lee Bailey to William Clayton Wyborn with Rev. A McColl officiating. The bride wore peau de soie with a pearl head dress and red rose bouquet, maid of honor Dawn Bailey, bridesmaid Donna Gammack, best man Albert Wyborn, and a reception followed in the church parlors. The couple plans to reside in Minnedosa after a brief honeymoon.
Brandon program reports a Square Dance Workshop with Bill Hooper and Stew Fox. Dances include a round to Fraulein and Ocean Wave figure practice. Discussion covers banner plans, regional training centers, and a million-dollar matching fund proposal to aid Manitoba’s retarded children.
In the festive St Regis rotunda the cheerful holiday mood is noted. A quip about backseat driving and housekeepers frames a social moment where many feel envy over lacking goods and a firm warning about a solid knot at the top end. Overheard chatter in the Red River Room recalls Joe Kapp’s Grey Cup loss and Willie Fleming’s injury with Lions lore.
Oliver Charles Dickie, born July 16, 1912 in Hamiota, died December 2 in Hamiota Hospital. He was the sole survivor of triplets, lived his life on the family farm, predeceased by sister Ethel in 1962, survived by widow Fannie, son Lorne, and three Vancouver grandchildren. Interment in Hamiota Cemetery.
Interesting statistics reveal a Diamond Wedding Anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Charles W Venables. Messages of congratulations came from notable figures and many friends from across Manitoba and beyond.
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