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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 19, 1941
Page
8
The Lavinia Young People held a February 13 meeting at the Cochrane home with a Valentine box social. A February 28 meeting at Mr and Mrs Shackleford’s is planned, and the Lavinia school junior and senior rooms shared a Valentine party with skating contests and valentine exchanges.
A Winnipeg curling bonspiel backdrop set the scene as 125 fathers and sons attended a Monday evening banquet at United Obarec to celebrate fellowship. Notable toasts honored the King and Dad, with remarks from Clark Fraser, Jack Waddell, and Hon. Ivan Schultz. The program featured songs, toasts to the Church and Ladies, and a keynote on youth enthusiasm and courage.
Attendees heard the anthem O Canada as the gathering concluded, leaving a sense of unity and national pride. The brief program underscored shared values and community spirit as participants departed.
The Young People of the United Church organized a carnival Saturday evening FebruaryStd at the Hamiota rink. The crowd filled both seating areas as skating, costume judging, and races opened the program. Queen Jean McCrindle and her court distributed War Savings Stamps prizes before a hockey match between Yesterday and Today teams, a lively twelve minutes with penalties and a fight. The event closed with more skating and praise for the organizers.
Hon William P Mallock MP Postmaster General reports a surge in military mail through the Base Post Office Canada and overseas routes. Year 1940 totals include 140000 pounds of letters, 596000 pounds of one reprint and 3260000 pounds of parcels. Weekly totals show rising letters and parcels to overseas posts while internment camp mail also grows. Officials urge correct addressing and proper packing to cut delays as volumes climb and staff repack misaddressed parcels.
The Y P U met at Colin Lorimer's home with Ruby Colbeck in charge and a missions focus. News arrived Wednesday of Allan Anderson superintendent of the Pool elevator in Winnipeg dying, with his brother Walter Colbeck traveling there for his funeral and another sister-in-law funeral in Winnipeg. Walter attended both services, community sympathy is extended to relatives. Irene Van Buskirk visited her parents briefly in the north. A Scotia Y P A member joined the Crandall bonepiel last Saturday.
Farmers urged to sell scrap metals to J. H. Gradwell of Hamiota. The notice offers quotes for zinc, scrap iron, brass, copper, aluminum, old radiators, and car batteries and provides a phone number for inquiries.
A district prayer vigil at Christ Church invites all to join Thursday at 7 30 p m to remember each soldier sailor and airman named on the local Honor Roll in the House of Prayer. The message emphasizes collective prayers for victory and national unity.
Two births announced with full names and origins. Spencer Lincoln, son of Dr. and Mrs. Lincoln Cromwell formerly May Brown of Oskner Manitoba, born February 5 1941 at Jubilee Hospital Victoria B C. Wilma Joan, daughter of Mr and Mrs R J Koight of McDonnell Manitoba, born February 18 1941 at Hamiota Hospital.
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