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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 07, 1950
Page
6
The notice states subscription costs of $2.00 per year in advance within Canada and $2.50 for readers in the United States. C. W. Venables and W. H. H. Josey are listed as publishers.
June 7 1950 notice offers hall use by McConnell Bros Ltd for benefit dances or plays to aid Winnipeg flood relief. Manitoba flood relief drive by Hamiota Legion asks for volunteers to plant vegetables to ship to flood affected River areas. calls for public help and donations to ease winter hardship.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Beggs spent time with Mrs. Beggs's parents Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Rankin and attended the funeral of Mr. Beggs's mother. Mrs. Kyler Drake is home after illness. Oakner and Shoal Lake visitors included Mr. and Mrs. E. A. English and boys and Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Fleming from Winnipeg.
Pope Mr and Mrs Harvey Gray with family spent Sunday with Mrs Jones at McAuley. Elvin Johns of Winnipeg visited his parents Mr and Mrs Geo Colbeck. Scotia Church hosts Supper and Bazaar on Wednesday June 14 with supper at 5 30 and bazaar opening at 7 p.m.
Mr and Mrs J C Richardson spent the weekend at Millwood. Mr and Mrs Weir of Winnipeg visited Mr and Mrs J Wright. Mr and Mrs Arbuthnott of Brandon visited Mrs Paterson over the weekend.
Alberta Agriculture outlines key rules for seeding forage grasses and legumes. Emphasizes high quality graded seeds, pure seed free of weeds, proper moisture and a firm seed bed, shallow depth for small seeds, limited seeding depth for large grasses, nurse crops avoided in dry areas, and use of inoculated legume seed with current inoculant. Provides contacts for further guidance in Regina or Edmonton.
Mr. W Atkinson spends the week at Birnie. Mr and Mrs Bill Arbuthnott Jr and children of Flinfton visited his brother Dave and friends in the McConnell district last week.
Beatrice Clara Riddell married John McDonald at Hamiota Church in an early June ceremony. The bride, daughter of Mrs. Riddell and the late James Riddell, wore iridescent satin with lace trim and a Queen Anne head dress. The groom is son of the late Mr and Mrs Alex Whyte of Kenton. Married by her brother Walter, the ceremony featured Matron of honor Mrs Morton White, Best man George Whyte, and pages Heather Riddell and Alex Whyte. The choir sang during the register signing and Miss Helen Cummings played the organ. A reception followed at the bride’s home.
The bride and groom traveled to Niagara Falls wearing matching grey gabardine suits. The bride wore a white topper with a pink straw hat and gloves. After their honeymoon they will reside in Kenton.
The Ladies Auxiliary held its May 25 meeting at Orange Hall with 39 members attending. They donated 10 to flood relief, planned a June 24 home cooking and tea sale, reported 50 pounds of wool donated for blankets, visited sick members, and awarded the Petty Fund prize to Mrs. Pulver. Musicians Diana Rampling, Marlene Dale, Edith Russell, Doreen Edwards, and Gwen Edwards provided selections. Lunch followed.
An agricultural bulletin outlines two cultural approaches to couch grass control in Western Canada. It contrasts a traditional method of shallow plowing and tilling with a newer strategy of starving the plant by repeated top growth removal using a no way disk. The notice invites readers to obtain the new circular free of charge from Line Elevators Farm Service Winnipeg or local offices. A separate Manitoba flood relief appeal asks readers to contribute to the national fund.
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