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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 25, 1961
Page
3
Local residents prepare for a Travel Talk by Frank McKinnon while plan to attend a Czechoslovakia trip. Hamiota WI hosts a gifts display with many guests, and Brando ladies compete in curling events. Weekend visitors include families from Lomond and Winnipeg while others attend conventions in Winnipeg.
At Hamiota Hospital on January 11 a baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs Wallace Grey of Harding according to the birth notice.
W1 met January 16 at Mrs. Emerson s home with 13 members and 2 visitors. Roll call answered with a WI beef. Mrs Pangman demonstrated popsicle stick crafts and aluminum etching. Mrs Mitchell led social. contests entertained. lunch by Mrs Richardson and Mrs Emerson closed the afternoon.
McConnell and Mrs Hyndman traveled to the coast for a month with relatives. Mr Lambert and others visited Brandon, while Mr Douglas McNiven of Brandon Teachers College spent the weekend at his home. Mrs Watt visited Brandon with her son-in-law and daughter. Purdy Arink joined the Ladies Bonspiel at Shoal Lake and finished second in the second event. Eleanor McConnell skip led a team with Vera Shayman Ida McConnell and Ruth McConnell. Bob Bennett of Winnipeg visited the Robinsons, and Lewis McMurachy and Percy Duncan drove to Winnipeg. Percy then left for Frederickton New Brunswick. The Annual Ratepayers meeting drew a fair attendance with Jim Scott as chairman and Harvey Pol- as organizer.
The report lists varied classroom and grade contributions totaling several dollars raised for the March of Dimes. Amounts range from a few dollars in Grade levels to specific small sums for rooms and families, including entries like Grade IX, Grade 7 8, Grade 6 7, and Opportunity Class.
The fourth McConnell 4-H Beef Club meeting was held on January 17. A test covered the first half of the book. Members decided on uniforms. The next meeting is scheduled for February 13.
The Hamiota girls and boys won both games in a Weyburn doubleheader 37 18 for the girls and 51 31 for the boys. Earlier the Hamiota teams beat Brandon Collegiate Institute 34 20 for the girls and lost 70 33 for the boys. Florence English named Lady Stick of Brandon College. Next weekend the squads travel to Weyburn and Estevan.
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