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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 05, 1939
Page
8
Advertises season sale on gloves shirts overalls socks underwear with multiple price points. Highlights include gloves from 49c to $1.25 shirts at 95c to $1.50 overalls 1.50 to 1.95 and socks and undergarments in Merino Balbriggan and cotton options with bulk pack prices.
Foal of 1939 sired by Sunny Bank Attraction at the Hamiota show with prizes donated by J Johnston of Birtle and Scotia Colt Club. Prizes awarded: 1st $400, 2nd $300, 3rd $200, 4th $100.
Entries record three births at Hamiota Hospital in late June 1939. Willis Wyatt and wife Decker Man welcome a daughter. Gordon Allen and wife Hamiota Man welcome a daughter. Harvey Skinner and wife Lavinia Man welcome a daughter.
Numerous visits and arrivals as locals greet friends and relatives from Stonewall Winepeg and Shoal Lake. Upcoming events include the McConnell Fat Stock Show on July 24 and Hamiota Fair on July 21 with notices on memorials, radio sets, and insurance offerings from local businesses.
Rector Rev S B Guiile presides on the Fifth Sunday after Trinity with services at 11 30 a m and 7 00 p m Sunday School in between. Evening Prayer concludes the day.
Reverend T D Barnett and Mrs H McFarlane announce a Sunday service and a 12 10 p m Sunday School at Hamiota United Church on July 9 1939. Mrs McFarlane will relate four years in Trinidad. The Y P of Hamiota district will lead an evening service inviting all young people to attend and meet peers.
Church notices list speakers for upcoming Sundays at Shoal Lake Narrows. Rev A. Bo Simpson of Shoal Lake addresses July 16 at 7 pm, Rev S. Wright of Binsearth speaks July 24 at 7 pm, Rev J Savage of McConnell also featured.
The Fraser Clan met at The Narrowse on Saturday July 1st with fifty seven members present. After swimming and a picnic lunch the meeting opened with an address by president W. C. Fraser of Oxbow Sask. Officers elected for the year include President W Kerr Fraser Hamiota vice-president J P Evane Beulah second vice president J O Fraser Hamiota secretary Mrs P O Fraser Hamiota treasurer Mrs G S Fraser Hamiota.
An evening at Mrs. Wm Lie's home on Tuesday June 27th hosted The Lies Re union with fifty guests. Planned by Mrs. Wm Park and Mrs. Lorne McCallum, officers elected include President A. W. Lief and vice president Mrs. W G Ball. Walter Lief chaired, Mrs. Walter Lief acted as secretary. The gathering closed with a lunch and singing Auld Lang Syne.
Pope Scotia anniversary date has been set for Sunday October Sth. Mrs Frank Mattison of Winnipeg visited friends here over the weekend. Mr and Mrs John Sim and family of Winnipeg are guests at the home of Mr and Mrs A N MacKay. Little Joan Dunnett of Pierson is visiting this week with Mary MacKay. Mr and Mrs Lobkowich and two children spent the weekend at Vera Sask. Miss Viola Strachan returned home from Pierson Sask where she has been attending school. Mrs W Colbeck and Mrs A Lobban are patients in the General Hospital Winnipeg. We wish them a speedy recovery.
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