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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 31, 1946
Page
4
The Hamiota Fair showcases prize winners across horses cattle and dairy stock with top honors to R Kedzie for Percherons Belgians Clydesdales and brood mares. Sweepstakes earners include R Vance and J Ward for Mare or gelding. Local youths impress with champion calf and district stock gains noted along with regional visits and honors.
After a fortnight holiday with the latter's brothers and sister Mrs. Stewart of Perth Ontario visits her brothers Duncan and Gordon Smith and other relatives. Mrs Earl Johnston of Brandon and sister Ida Ritchie also Mrs O Davidson of Oak Lake are holidaying at Clear Lake.
In Radville and Beardmore visits noted. Margaret Stewart wins first in first year sewing at the Boys' and Girls' Club tally in Hamiota with Gay Cochran second and Willa McConnell third. The girls also place third for their sewing display. Delmer McConnell takes second in calf judging at Hamiota and first at the McConnell Calf Club Show.
The death occurred on Friday July 26. Alexander Smith aged 56 a respected Oakner resident born Fraserburgh Aberdeenshire Scotland emigrated to Canada in 1909 settled Oakner. He married Lena Watt in 1910s and served as agent for the Scottish.
The Oakner man retired about three years ago due to ill health and served twenty years as secretary treasurer of Oakner school. He leaves a wife three children Norman and Mrs Walker at Oakner and Mrs Bradley at Oak River plus six grandchildren. Funeral by Rev Onions at Oakner residence with burial in Hamiota Cemetery.
The Wright family reunion gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Smith in Hamiota. Alex M. Wright of Toronto, visiting after forty years apart, joined relatives including Wm Wright Harvey Wright Bert Hawes and C Howden of Rapid City and Dave Wright of Isabella. Eighteen guests shared supper before Alex Wright proceeded to Winnipeg to visit his brother Jack Wright en route to Toronto.
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