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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 12, 1961
Page
1
The 69th Hamiota Fair and Sports will be held on Wednesday July 26 with large livestock entries including two regional cattle shows featuring Shorthorn and Aberdeen Angus. Horse entries expected to rise as well as baking canning and homecraft exhibits. The Shamrock Midway will attend and the fair opens at 2 00 p m with Hon C H Whitney official.
Trustees Fulton Selby Stimpson Gamey Fraser and Hunter attended with Mr Lindgren and Mr Mullins Architects for Hamida School plumbing and heating. June 28 minutes approved. Motions approved include tender from Marquette Steam Fitters 19200 for Hamoi ta High School heating and plumbing and call for tenders for about 521 desks.
Sharon Baily of Oak River won the Bally Queen title before about 1,700 4-H members and leaders at Brandon’s Provincial Exhibition. Miss Diane Thorton and Miss Janice Booth were rally princesses, with Noreen Lamb and Murray Sangster named top 4-H members. Kenton Swine and Calf Club led parade as grand champion. Miniota Clothing Club as reserve. David Landry won regional 4-H beef calf show grand champion. Hereford calf took grand reserve. Canada Safeway bought both champion calves for 55 and 37 cents per pound respectively. 155 calves shown. The event closed with a note on the heart’s resting interval between contractions.
A volunteer crew from a provincial prisoner rehabilitation camp near Falcon Lake in Whiteshell earned a verbal commendation from the Minister of Mines and Natural Resources for rapid action in fighting a blaze north of Caddy Lake. Eight men plus supervisors traveled by boat and hiked through bush for two and a half days to extinguish the fire begun around 4:30 am on June 13. They are part of a 30-man trainee force aiding forestry, clearing brush and building fire guards along the trans-Canada highway. The Whiteshell camp, established September 1 last year, trains inmates in fire fighting, discipline and rehabilitation with pay and release benefits. A second nine-man team is currently tackling a fire near Echo Lake.
The Provincial Health Department urges homeowners with freezers to prepare before holidays. Do not turn off power. empty freezers for extended trips or transfer food to other storage. Clean with baking soda, leave door ajar, defrost regularly, and use charcoal to neutralize odors if needed.
A dated editorial warns plastic bags pose lethal risk to children. It cites an infant death from suffocation with a bag and mattress and urges parents to act on a simple reflex to keep plastic film away from youngsters.
Hon. J. B. Carroll reports May 1961 Manitoba industrial accidents fell from May 1960 figures, with totals down from 1,602 to 1,338 and a single fatality. Construction injuries declined sharply though metal and machine work rose. Forester fires rage in Whiteshell area as firefighters battle 35,000 acres.
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