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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 07, 1933
Page
4
Train service timetable fragment lists departures from Brandon and Hamiota with times such as 74 am and 11.19 am, and a 5 hour layover at Hamiota Station daily except Sandy and Saturday.
The notice lists Sunday services at Oakner Scotia United Churches with Rev McLenighen and local Sunday schools at Chumah and Scotia. It also advertises broom making by the blind, suit cleaning prices, and a Hamionto fair prize for youths with calf exhibits, offering $4.00 first prize, $3.00 second, and $2.00 third with entries by May 00.
The article notes females face higher tuberculosis death risk between ages fifteen and twenty six due to physiological changes, schooling, social activity, and fatigue from work. It warns of a cycle of poor sleep and nutrition, urging family doctor advice and health questions to the Canadian Medical Association in Toronto.
NOTICE All Sheaves to be at least 4 inches in diameter and judged for feed value. Prizes in each Section 1st $2.00, 2nd $1.00. Items include Beets, Turnips, Beans, Cabbage, Carrots, Lettuce, Onions, Peas, Potatoes, Radishes, Rhubarb, Swede and White Flesh Turnips, plus a Vegetable Collection donated by T. Eaton Co.
Prizes donated by Ogilvie Flour Mills Co. and Blue Ribbon Ltd. Winnipeg for best breads and cakes. 1st and 2nd place awards include flour sacks and cash prizes, with senior baking entries and a light layer cake open to girls 16 and under.
Prizes listed for sections 155 to 161 include currants, fruit pint entries, and straw berries with cash awards 50 and 25 cents respectively. Additional awards cover annuals, cut flowers, dahlias, perennials, geraniums, begonias, house plants, and a wicker basket arrangement with values per entry.
Mrs. F. C. Bennett and Mrs. J. McDonald are in charge of the canning effort for the community charity drive. They will oversee volunteers, collect supplies, and coordinate distribution to families in need through the upcoming program.
Prizes donated by B R McNaught with awards for the top six amateur photographs. First prize three dollars, second prize two dollars.
A 1938 baking event lists prizes for an iced layer cake using Magic Baking Powder with Best Iced Layer Cake first prize a 5 lb can and second prize a 2 lb can. Also prizes for bread and buns made from Purity Flour from Hamiota Elevator with flour sacks as rewards.
Prizes donated by F. H. Squibb in Sections 286 to 291 inclusive. Food items listed include 305 Half dozen Biscuits priced 0.50, 0.35, 0.25. Muffins Bran 0.50, 0.35, 0.25. Cookies plain 0.50, 0.35, 0.25.
An old notice urges Toxoid vaccination to shield children from diphtheria a serious nose and throat disease. It warns the disease can leave lasting weakness heart trouble or paralysis and promotes three visit toxoid treatment by family doctors to protect the child.
Instructions on transplanting evergreens emphasize keeping roots moist, avoiding air exposure, and planting deeper with firm soil. Fall transplantation is viable with frozen root balls, and results at the Dominion Experimental Station show strong growth over 20 years. The piece also notes Jamaica and British West Indies grant three pence per pound on Canadian cigarettes and favorable brown tobacco leaf tariffs for Caribbean consumption.
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