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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 21, 1955
Page
8
The piece reflects on gifts beyond money and formal donations. It contrasts cheque giving and the Christmas trade with heart gifts like bread to the hungry, a chicken to an indigent family, and small acts of kindness. It urges a personal, heart based generosity.
Reeve H G Langrell of Woodlands becomes president of the Manitoba Good Roads Association succeeding Reeve H Cathcart of Charleswood. November convention in Winnipeg elected a 1956 board of directors and adopted resolutions urging higher municipal snow plow grants and broader driver licensing controls beyond 25 miles. The note ends with thanks from a volunteer fire brigade to Hamita ladies for coffee and sandwiches during an emergency.
The December meeting at Mrs. J. Smith’s home included eight meetings in the year a bake sale lunch and an auction sale. A hospital allocation was met and fifty dollars donated to the WMS Mrs D Kirk became president with Mrs C Kidd as vice president Mrs C Lewis secretary and Mrs W Pollock treasurer. Members exchanged Christmas gifts from a tiny tree.
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