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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 24, 1943
Page
1
Advertises overseas parcel supplies and household goods from McNaughts Drug Store. Includes Noxema Skin Cream 250 size for 19 cents, Kaschie Bullet Lighters at 1.00, food tablets, Dan-Dee table mats, Thistle writing paper, wash sets, and chocolate syrup in 12-60 ounce tins. Limited quantities and special prices highlighted.
After a week of mild weather a 30 below morning was reported. No Musical Festival this year due to transportation issues. The Library of the W I will stay open Saturday afternoons and evenings. New books added. Apply for your new ration card next Saturday at Hamiota School from 10 am to 9 pm. Bring old ration card but keep it.
Local items include a farm property for rent near Oakner and a list of services in Brandon and Miniota. Social happenings cover a cultural concert in Hamiota, a train derailment affecting mail, church and girls war work events, and a large bonspiel with four dozen rinks already entered. Obituaries note the death of Howard Hibbert and Mat McLenehan. A snow plow and municipal maintainer worked on No 28 highway and area roads. A John Deere drill sale is listed, plus an ice carnival at the Hamiota rink with prizes and a dance in the Orange Hall.
The death of Mrs Eliza Jane Mitchell widow of Thomas Mitchell occurred January 26 at her daughter Mrs H S Fleming Eston Sask. She was 80 after two years in bed. Funeral held in Saskatoon beside her husband. Neice Mrs Fleming sang The Old Rugged Cross. The Mitchells farmed in Oakner, retired to Hamiota and later Shoal Lake.
Specials at Nweid's Store highlight prune deals and bulk fruit prices. Prunes sold per pound at 15c with 30-40 vm per pound. Two pound boxes priced at 75c with per pound 65c for other items.
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