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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 19, 1936
Page
6
Community notice invites knitters to prepare for a spring knitting contest. Participants are urged to gather wool early to finish garments in time and compete for a valuable prize, with ample time to complete entries before the season opens.
The note urges entry for a Colt exhibition with ten cash prizes and additional yearling prizes, promising a strong event. March 7 is the entry date. D Robertson is to oversee Oakland Hatcheries’ third season in Winnipeg.
The W L Valentine meet on Saturday was presided by President Mrs W Hatton. Riddles opened the roll call while C G I T girls debated whether country life pressures exceed city life. Debaters Elvaretta Wyatt Betty Bailey versus Idella Decker Margaret Adams earned praise from critic Mrs Edgar Linte.
The Lavinia Young People's Union met at Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd McConnell's home on Wednesday February 12 with 25 members present. Harold Tremaine read scripture and Bob McConnell gave the explanation. A talk on Rudyard Kipling by Mr. Tindal followed.
A Sunday 4 PM CST gospel program airs on CJRC Winnipeg and CJGX Yorkton. Sponsored by the Canadian Sunday School Mission, the broadcasts support rural prairie outreach. The Winnipeg Bible Institute, 241 Balmoral St, Winnipeg, with sixty students from Saskatchewan and Manitoba, trains youth for service at home and abroad. A postcard request yields a booklet on the work.
The Grain Forum radio contest selects prize winners with judges Professor A Savage Dean of Agriculture University of Manitoba and Mr L T Chapman editor Nor'-West Farmer plus Mr F M Abel Country Guide Associate Editor. Broadcasts every Tuesday night on CKY CJGX CJRM CFQC CFOM CJCA CJOO and CJOO with talks on wheat prices and grain marketing.
The newspaper announces an ongoing Old-Timers Birthday List project and invites readers to submit names. The note indicates this week’s edition will extend the listing, encouraging participation and community acknowledgment.
Birthday congratulations are extended to MR REVB BROWN born February 20 1867 in Palmerston Wellington County Ontario and to MRS FLORA ANNE HAMLIN born February 22 1873 in Bucklebury England and to MRS HUGH MCPHADEN born February 19 1866 near Mitchell Ontario The syllabus for the 1936 North Western Manitoba Musical Competition Festival to be held at Hamitone Hamio ta on May 11 and 12 is now available with the Secretary F H Squibb.
Sealed tenders for conveyance of children to and from Oakner School on Route No 7 must be received. Tenders close February 22 noon. The lowest bid not necessarily accepted. A Smith, Secretary Treasurer Oakner Consolidated S D No 290.
Christ Church Anglican invites the public to a Sunday evensong and sermon by Rev A E Smith on February 23 1936. The third in a young person series asks What think we of Christ and contrasts opinions of political figures with Jesus Christ inviting attendance at 11 30 a m service and 7 p m sermon.
All claims against the Estate, verified by statutory declaration, must be sent to the solicitor at his Hamiota office by March 1, 1436. W. J. Burgess represents James Moss Fraser and Charles Venables.
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