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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 05, 1936
Page
6
A serious accident occurred when Alvin Stone and his brother traveled from Shoal Lake toward Brandon in a snow plane. Two miles from Oak River the craft overturned and, after righting, Alvin attempted to push it, but became stuck in deep snow.
A man was near a plane when it started and the propeller struck him, injuring his back and severing his arm. After medical attention he was taken to Hamiota and, per latest reports, he is recovering well.
The Westbank parish hosts the first W.A. meeting with memory of Burne and Kipling, readings, and a Scotch lunch. OCGI.T elects leaders at the manse, and Jas Angus travels to Winnipeg with cattle. The Colt Exhibition set for March 7 offers Yearling Continua tion Class, promising a larger province fair with WA meals and posters.
The Dominion Meteorological Service Station at Hamilton provides readings for January 1936 and the same month four years earlier. Figures show below zero values indicated by a dash. Also noted are local snooker results with Lloyd Sheridan winning a shaving outfit as champion and Leon Ganne earning a box of chocolates as second prize.
Sunday service topics address farm rust sermon and church remedies for illness with a mortgage sale of farm property by Bennett & Squibb on Saturday February with Old-Timers Birthday List beginning this week.
Birthday list notice for George Delbridge born February 4 1867 in Osborne Township Huron County Ontario. Readers are invited to submit birth details of anyone in Hamiota district to be recorded in a book and published near their birthday.
Sealed tenders for conveyance of children on Routes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 and for a school caretaker will be received by A Smith Sec Treas Oakner Consolidated S D No 290. Duties begin March 1 1936 for transport and February 16 1936 for caretaker with noon closing times. The lowest bid not necessarily accepted.
The Decker Tie Y P. Class held a skating party on Thursday night followed by a bean feed at Miss Gladys Decks home. The Mission Band organized Saturday at leader Mr Law W. Cochrane presiding with Hazel Gregory as President and Grace Anderson as Vice President, S ocreen Decker as Secretary, Billy Rogers as Assistant Secretary. Mrs Cochranes leadership praised. Mrs Fargery and Marian Fargery returned to Belmont from visit with Mr W Cumming recovering from illness. E W Alexander again qualifies for Continental honor club 1986 after selling life insurance, invited to the company holiday trip to French River.
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