This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Girls Hem Handkerchiefs For Red Cross In War Work
The Hamiota school pupils, under the Ladies Patriotic Society, hem handkerchiefs for soldiers in hospitals. Top finishers include Doris Gray Violet Kerr Margaret Whimster Frances Gray in Mr Lewis room and Jack Todd Jack McLean Kathleen Lindsay in Mrs Cowan's room. A $14 donation from Mrs Colbeck funds the crocheted yoke display. A January 9 1917 meeting at 4 pm in the Methodist Church parlors is announced along with a 25 cent monthly collection. A December 29 carnival at the rink raises Red Cross funds led by J B Morrison Mrs Homuth and Miss Gertrude McConnell. Buttons for sale at $1 each fund the Returned Soldiers Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamiota
Ladies’ Patriotic Society
Red Cross
Mr. Lewis
Doris Gray
Violet Kerr
Margaret Whimster
Frances Gray
Mies Cowan
Jack Todd
Jack
Society For
France
J. B. Morrison
Homuth
Gertrude McConnell