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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 25, 1945
Page
5
Mr Termeunde hires J L Curry to auction a Kenton residence's goods on July 28 1945 at 1 30 p m. Catalog lists washing machine range beds dressers chairs tables clocks radio sewing machine garden tools bee equipment and a double barrel shotgun among items. Cash terms.
McConnell community notes report patients in Winnipeg and residents traveling to Brandon and Clear Lake. The War Workers July meeting on 31 with guest speaker Mrs. N Dale of Ham ionta is announced. The McConnell Calf Club Fat Stock Show on July 23 awarded top prizes to Raymond and Barbara Moffatt with showmanship cash and open class winners.
S Swan son donated neck yoke and other items. Open Class winner was C C Brown, with Norman Brown as Reserve Champion. J Allen and C C Brown led in lines, with J Richardson supplying merch value. In Pairs, C C Brown and Robt Wilson claimed top placements with donations from Pool Elevator and others.
Decker reports the return of PO Robt Brooks son of Mr and Mrs Chas Brooks after months as a prisoner of war in Germany. Local social notes mention Shirley Cochrane visiting her grandmother, various guests at the McDonald home, and a Red Cross barn dance with ice cream and a 15e lunch at Mr W Rivers barn.
From p.m. to 1 a.m. music by La Vinia orchestra with admission priced at 50 cents.
The Oakner Calf Show was held in the school grounds on Thursday July 19. Garth Strachan won the Championship with Arnold Gray as Reserve Champion. Donald Park took Showmanship first with Arnold Gray second, and Phyllis Strachan led Best Show calf with second place to Donald Park. Local families from Saskatoon Wisetown Brandon attended events and a list of visitors noted.
A Friday evening gathering at Chumah Church hosted a large crowd to welcome Nor ville Kirk back from four years in a prison camp. Herbert Smith read an address and Donald Kirk gave a Gladstone bag as a gift. The program included music and readings.
A wartime review shows the Canadian Pacific fleet logged two million troop miles in the German War up to V E Day. It carried 3.5 million tons of materiel, served 40 million meals, and moved 3/4 million personnel and civilians. Seagoing losses totaled 272 killed and 155 missing or POWs, with 11 ships sunk.
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