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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 12, 1961
Page
2
Reports describe a large Children’s Day turnout with packed midway crowds. Hamiota Citizens Band and Red Peppers provided entertainment while Oak River Dance Gardens hosted a broadcast. The piece notes radio and TV coverage and local seaside memories.
A 55 year old Beulah farmer narrowly escapes disaster when a baler entangles his right arm. Quick action by Andy prevents loss of life as surgery clears the main artery and ambulance transport to hospital follows. The incident leads into a local column about perseverance and practical know how.
Local residents report many visitors and relatives from Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta visiting in the area. The list includes births weddings hospital stays and sympathy messages for families in the district with numerous trips to Winnipeg Flin Flin Virden Thompson Red Deer and Winnipeg. Notable items mention a July birth weight of 8 pounds 6 ounces for a son of Mr and Mrs Weight Smith and extended family visits from Toronto to Carberry and Melville.
In a dispatch from Hamiota residents recall a caretaker who watched birds across the cemetery seasons. Robins signal rain with chirps and orioles flash among trees while swallows nest under a toolhouse eaves. Local names and events mix with brief notes on air force transfer and a wedding in St Judes Anglican Church in 1961.
A home scene unfolds with Glen Sheardown and relatives visiting relatives in BC and Rivers. A cemetery on the property becomes a battleground after marauders damage birds, turning a sanctuary into a slaughter yard and driving wildlife to flee.
A reflective line on guiding men toward improvement, praising the vocation as noble and essential for progress.
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