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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 01, 1938
Page
6
Percy Brown of Lenore travelled to Hamiota to view the town’s street resurfacing. The council applied a fresh coat at a low price, less than half of prior costs, aiming to improve street conditions.
Keep Friday July 22 open for Hamiota Fair to allow intending exhibitors to begin preparing exhibits. The Hamiota Band delivered a first open air concert of the season Sunday evening at the Memorial Grounds with a pleasing program.
The Lavinia G. I. T. bazaar and tea at the church are set for Friday June 3. Mrs Elizabeth Taylor is seriously ill. Fred Taylor returns from Grimebaw to her bedside. Shackleford moves his business to Lavinia. A sermon was preached by Rev Bygrave. Village youths meet for weekly ball games and a barn dance is planned June 5 near Lavinia.
At the Rossburn Hamiota district Women's Institutes annual meeting in Miniota, officers were elected: district president Mrs P Thompson Oak River vice president Mrs Manwaring Birtle secretary treasurer Mrs G H Rutten Hamiota, and a nine member board. The 1939 convention will be at Decker. New branches Two Creeks and Erickson opened. Kenton presented prize play The Romans of the Blue Willow Pattern. Essay contest winners were Gertrude Yanick Oakburn first Dorothy Stinson Hamiota second James Hartley Lenore third. Oak River and Birtle Institutes demonstrated How and How Not to Conduct a Meeting. Addresses by provincial president Mrs J Rose Ochre River and Mrs N Dempsey Winnipeg.
At a Friday meeting of 50 cattle owners in Hamiota Municipality the restricted area for eradicating tuberculoosis in cattle was unanimously approved. Dr J A Munn of Carman described regional experience and noted Canada’s first restricted area in 1923 while discussing cooperative livestock marketing and plans for federal submission.
The notice names Mrs Chas Crawford of Crawford Park and Mrs J G Mathison of Hamiets along with Mrs J M Black and Mrs T Games of Stratholair. Two brothers Malcolm of Stratholair and Gilbert of Shoal Lake. One daughter Flora of Winnipeg and three sons Hugh John Donald and James all at home.
The prize list for the Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba at Brandon July 4 to 9 is ready for mailing. The 1938 show features augmented prize money and expanded colt entries for both girls and boys, revised poultry classes, and broader horse cattle sheep swine and dairy divisions with minor updates to boost appeal. Manitoba Agriculture teams with the Extension Service to assist livestock shipping within the province and beyond a 50 mile Brandon radius. Applications to the Extension Service director at least thirty days before opening.
Canadian National Railways offers fortnightly vacation fares to Vancouver and Victoria for summer travelers from Port Arthur and Armstrong Ontario and west to Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. Tickets go on sale in six periods with a 16 day return limit and apply to all classes.
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