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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 31, 1941
Page
6
Hamiota Horticultural Society held its annual meeting on December 17 with good attendance. Officers for 1942 elected include Honorary President A Kelly and President T Sheridan. Treasurer Mre Venables reported a healthy balance and presented 1941 receipts and expenditures along with prize details and class entries.
Dominion Experimental Farm at Scott Saskatchewan reports a 50 percent average yield increase in 1941 from ridging snow on winter fields. Gains ranged 2.25 bushels wheat, 5.25 oats, 4 barley, with 35 70 and 42 percent increases respectively. Benefits seen on hay land and pastures, linked to snow conservation and moisture reserve. The station will gladly provide details.
Irene Rivere of Winnipeg visits home during Christmas vacation and returns Monday. Mabel Motibee and Irene Van Boekijk from Alexander enjoy Christmas at family homes with Frances. Doris Jarrett travels from Winnipeg to spend Christmas with her parents. Jack McFarren of Brandon visits relatives for Christmas. A large turkey fundraiser by Mrs. J. Morrison raises 14.75 for blankets for Britain.
A wartime call to action invites readers to grow vegetables at home to supply vitamins, vitality, and victory. Citizens join the Gardes Club for Victory and contribute to garden efforts aiding Britain during the war.
Request for further details and an illustrated ballet titled Snow Utiliastion in Prairie Agriculture. The note indicates a forthcoming feature with visual elements exploring agricultural life in a prairie setting through ballet imagery.
The Laurier house at St Lin Quebec is restored to the 19th century state to honor Sir Wilfrid Laurier. Furniture and textiles from Isle-aux-Coudres Charlevoix and Isle of Orleans recreate the period ambiance. The site includes a bronze monument, moved house, and renovated grounds near Montreal.
A miscellaneous shower was held at Mrs J Longmuir's home on December 1 1941 in honor of her daughter Elisabeth. About thirty friends gathered as Joyce Stinson presented gifts while Betta Brooks and Edwina Rutherford helped unwrap them. An address of good wishes was read and the bride-to-be thanked guests. The evening featured games and contests followed by lunch and singing.
The Decker public school held its annual Christmas program on Monday with a strong children’s show. After intermission a presentation honored Pte. Clifford Arriss on furlough from Camp Borden. A quiet Christmas Eve wedding united Edythe Mae Gregory and Pte. Robert Gammack on December 24, with Wagner’s Wedding March and a cattle and games gathering noted.
A label urges customers to ask for and purchase brooms crafted by visually impaired workers, highlighting the product origin and social program. The label implies a cooperative effort and promotes supporting blind artisans through purchases.
The village held a festive Christmas program with the school pupils and visiting Mar land children, directed by Misses Kernaghan Fraser and Reaman. Santa Claus gave gifts and candies while Mrs Swanson oversaw decorations. Rev Tarabell chaired the event as families gathered for reunions and mild weather. Many residents will attend weekly sermons as schools reopen and ministers visit classrooms.
The North West Line Elevators Association reports Australia will erect four wheat based power alcohol distilleries, each with 3,000,000 gallons yearly capacity, in four states. Canada eyes new markets for 350,000,000 bushels of wheat as costs are estimated at 36 cents per gallon alcohol versus 70 cents per bushel wheat.
A report notes that adding a 15 mixture of power alcohol to ordinary gasoline increases the efficiency of the fuel by fifteen points.
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