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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 19, 1961
Page
2
A severe downpour began at 10 14 and within an hour four inches fell in town, while surrounding areas reported one to two inches. Ping cafe flooded, the ravine swelled to thirty feet, and a golf course lake formed. Crops may be saved but water supply concerns linger as wells run dry.
Saskatoons are plentiful this year and will yield pies from the deep freeze. Early bush signs point to a bumper chokecherry crop and good pincherry supply. The column welcomes Colleen Faye Gammack, three week old adopted sister for Randy, honoring homes for children. Visitors from Flin Flin, Victoria and Goderich arrive as holiday season peaks.
The column speaks on toil as a measure of character rather than rewards. It emphasizes personal growth through effort and discipline as the true outcome of work.
A long list of visitors and relatives arriving in Hamiota and district includes Bruce Coombs from Selkirk, Ted Venables and Doug from Winnipeg, Frank McLean from Hamilton, Bob Coombs from Flin Flon, and many others from Victoria, Brandon, Minneapolis, Cheyenne, and Winnipeg. Engagement announced for Phyllis Margaret Park and Ronald William Mac Granachan with a wedding set for August 12, 1961 at Hanneta United Church.
Birth notices list several newborns with birthdates and families including Charles McKean Lorne Hazlewood Gerald Shier Robert Hedley Graham Switzer Alman Lowe Verne Kwastkowski and Edwin Fortune. Additional community notes urge dugout filling hay supplies road allowances and pasture moves with municipal contact suggested.
Sunday services listed for 11:00 am with variations at Strathclair Pastoral Charge and Cardale locations. Ministers Decker and H J Harland cited. Sunday School times noted as 9:45 or 11:00 am.
Mr and Mrs Hearold McConnell of Winnipeg spend holidays at their respective homes. The Ladies Club shipped 30 dozen eggs to Gimli Fresh Air Camp and sent a $10 donation. Miss Glenda Smith attends Summer School in Winnipeg. Miss Judy Smith is swimming instructor at Rock Lake this week and will teach for two weeks at Pelican Lake.
M Deveson notes welcome rains in parts of the area but urges more for pastures hay and late grains. He outlines IPFA eligibility reporting requirements for plowing down crops or converting to pasture and advises leaving a check strip for field identification. Dugouts are low, and Manitoba Agriculture offers equipment to pump water up to two miles to refill dugouts when sloughs or marshes are nearby.
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