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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 28, 1943
Page
8
The WMS hosts a joint bazaar and local Circle and Mission Band event at the Hazelwood home on Friday July 3. A good crowd is hoped for and a lively night is anticipated.
Advertisement offering savings of 33 percent on courses at Dominion Business College Winnipeg. Cash payment discount up to $200 value, available through The Echo Office.
The list records prize results for poultry categories including Plymouth rock, White Rock, Rhode Island Red, White Leghorn, New Hampshire, and other breeds. Winners feature names such as Houck, Haggarty, Cochrane, Pearson, Pollock, Edmundson, Baldrow, Woods, and W Pearson across multiple breeds and poultry classes.
A scanned listing shows entries for garden produce such as white and yellow sweet clover grasses wheat barley and oats, plus various vegetables and fruits. It also records entries for baked goods and handcrafts including bread cakes pies and knitted items with participant names and ages.
The Canadian Pacific Railway has moved millions of pounds of Canadian bacon to Britain in overhead refrigerator cars. H. J. Main, the general superintendent of transportation, says 360 cars of the type, pioneered seven years ago in North America, are in service to keep bacon fresh during transit for both military and civilian needs.
A brief notice highlights wood work by Rodney Lewis and Laurie Wright with a teaser that the story continues next week. Readers are invited to watch for further details on this evolving carving project and related artwork.
Winners at the Hamiota Fair on July 9 include open races across age groups with top placers such as Myrna McConnell and Marjorie Anderson in girls 13 to 17, Ross Pollock and Nelson Woods in boys 16 and under, Evelyn Vickery and Marion Dixon in girls 10 to 12, and Jack Anderson leading the young men’s race. Additional wins cover broad jumps high jumps and relay races with multiple placegetters across ages.
The passage lists visitors and family connections across multiple towns. James Gammack from the wast coast visits Mr and Mrs J Gammack. Thos Anderson from the RCM D R visits Mr and Mrs A Anderson. Reynolds from Miniota stays with her brother Mr H Hall. A H Gill's family return from Kenora Ontario. Celia Gill visits her aunt Mrs Hunt at Birnie I. AC Reg Decker on leave from No 12 Brandon over the weekend.
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