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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 10, 1962
Page
1
General Course trial involves 24 school division boards across the province. About 1,000 students in 30 to 40 grade 10 classes will test eight required subjects in a full year program. Experimental classes depend on parent consent and potential transfer to a university entrance track on completion of grade 10.
The office calls for any surplus feed for sale due to rising demand for grain and fodder. It warns of a seed oats shortage in Manitoba in 1962, urges germination testing and seed certificates, and notes demand for barley and wheat seed. Hog deficiency payments and registration details are outlined, with emphasis on uniform producer naming and a Pembina versus Selkirk quality discussion.
The Mc Connell Calf Club held its first meeting at the school on December 27 with all members present. Plans include a Brandon tour and a transistor radio raffle set for January 19 at the concert and dance in the community hall. On December 28 members toured Brandon Steam Plant Modern Dairies Brandon Sun and CKX TV Studios.
December meetings featured weekly Christmas music from A. Sutherland’s records, carol singing, and parties. A record 45 seniors attended the Christmas party with contests readings gift exchanges and lunch. December 27 brought 35 members to the New Year party with candles decorations and cake. Flowers for two members’ birthdays donated by McConnell Bros Florists. Venables won the December cake walk. Red Peppers provided music and Auld Lang Syne. Membership now 65.
The Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce hears optimism for 1962 from industry and agriculture. Key speakers note new plants like Simplot at Carmody, rural expansions in Morden and Winkler, and northern developments in Thompson, Lynn Lake, and Grand Rapids. Conference discussions cover moisture for crops, grain stocks, and cattle production with government aid to boost feed lots and livestock herds.
H. G. Franklin presents a hopeful forecast for 1962, predicting manufacturing and mining will match or surpass last year’s prosperity, and agriculture will continue strong. The outlook suggests Manitoba’s overall economy may exceed prior expectations.
Theide Vickery were married in Hamiota United Church with Rev. R Clark officiating. Sheila Lorraine Theide and Frank Henry Thiede exchanged vows, wearing velvet and blue gowns respectively, as family and friends from Williams Lake Regina Crandall Oak River and beyond attended. A reception for seventy followed with a three tier cake and lighted decorations. The couple will reside in Williams Lake B C after travel to the United States Winnipeg and Brandon.
Manitoba reports rapid progress on the Whiteshell Nuclear Research centre and townsite with peak construction activity. An emergency Atomic Energy bridge over the Winnipeg River is planned by mid January. The site features a 200 foot meteorological tower and new water and sewer works. Construction crews from Nelson River, McAllister, Harper, and Borger are advancing camp facilities, utilities, and substructures for the power house and research buildings.
The Ev ening Auxiliary met December 12 at Mrs. B P Strickland home with 23 members and 12 visitors. President Strickland welcomed Life members and five new town ladies, reports praised a year of progress and exceeding the 413 allocation, upcoming January 1 meeting planned to boost U C W effort, and monthly evening group meetings set for the third Tuesday. Christmas cheer urged for shut ins, Senior Citizens notes shared, thanks received from several correspondents, carol service performed, and a dainty lunch concluded the gathering.
Canada accounts for about eight percent of global land area and roughly three fifths of one percent of the population. The sport is thought to have reached Canada when Scottish troops besieging Quebec City in 1759 introduced curling, and today Canadian curling associations count about 700 000 members.
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