Hamiota Echo Publisher Names
The Hamiota Echo lists CW Venables and WH Josey as publishers. The item notes the local newspaper’s leadership and editorial team.
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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 28, 1945
Page
4
The Hamiota Echo lists CW Venables and WH Josey as publishers. The item notes the local newspaper’s leadership and editorial team.
Hamiota and District Red Cross asks for 2500 dollars this year, up from 2000 last year, citing Allied raids and prisoner needs. The letter urges increased subscriptions, thanks supporters, and notes tire and gasoline shortages affect collection plans. Signed by CHAS PENNY President, L S TAYLOR Treasurer, E P VENABLES Secretary.
Prize list from the Hamiota bonspiel shows Dr Williams's rink taking 14 sweaters and 14 casseroles won by Ken Fraser's and Man Pool Elevators entries. multiple donations from local businesses funded groceries, grocers, tools, and household items won by several rinks led by Hamiota participants.
Roy Houck’s rink won 4 flashlights donated by Monarch Lumber Co. E P Venables’ rink claimed 1 ham and 4 pipes plus writing cases from H Marks. J G McConnell donated 1 gallon oil won by E Lints’ rink. Grand aggregate passes to a picture show were awarded through a long list of donors and participants including Russell Wood J D Caldwell and Mair Livestock Shippers.
The Red Cross Society urges voluntary subscriptions to fund vital wartime relief. It notes blood plasma for overseas needs and parcels to prisoners of war, with Canada seeking 10 million dollars and Manitoba 600000. The appeal promises increased need in the coming year and calls for generous public support.
A serial story titled Keep Your Quilt, Mary Ann by Maude Hill Beaton will begin in the April 18 issue of the Family Herald and Weekly Star. The Canadian author, born in Simcoe Ontario, studied at Toronto and Mount Allison, and has written for major magazines under Maude Petit Hill.
A note underscores the subject's warm generous heart and simple qualities. Her return to Grand Manan is described as a triumph and a natural consequence of those traits.
A column by H. C. L. Strange surveys wheat markets, farming life, and grain trade conditions. It examines supply shifts, price trends, and farming practices shaping regional harvests and economic rhythms.
Parliament appropriated 200 million dollars to support farming incomes as the economy shifts from war to peace. The act aims to keep agricultural returns fair relative to other occupations, noting wheat and hog prices versus 1913-14 purchasing power. Outcomes depend on export volumes and current price levels.
Average gross cash revenue on seventeen Manitoba illustration station farms supervised by Brandon Experimental Farm was 6700 in 1944, up from 2800 in 1940. Expenses rose from 38 to 46 percent of cash income, reducing profits as living costs climbed and taxes rose. Depreciation masks true profits and real estate values decline on many farms. Read the Manitoba Pool Elevators Act on the last page. you may win 15 dollars.
Lavinia will attend the school house dance and card party scheduled for Friday March 16 at the community venue. The event aims to raise funds and provide social entertainment for attendees and students.
Hamiota School Literary Society held a Friday debate on compulsory military training for Canadian boys. The affirmative led by Bob Turnbull and Lloyd Anderson defeated the negative led by Aileen Burgess and Hazel Dale. Prizes for bonspiel were awarded by Principal G. H. Ruttan.
A Canadian school board funds a teacher’s summer course in Music and Art, boosting in service training. The move reflects local initiative in education and aligns with provincial trusteeship of schooling, aiming to raise district schools.
The fragment lists individuals Hughes, K S, Albert Pollock, Harvey Pollock, and J A., suggesting a genealogical or probate record. No events or dates are provided to confirm relationship or context within a local notice.
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