This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 07, 1961
Page
3
A pleasant afternoon at Mrs Franklin Brooks hosted guests to welcome Mrs Reg Hedley to the community. A corsage was presented and games and a piano duet by Sheila and Audrey Brooks entertained attendees before a dainty lunch.
Miss Phylis Sedgwick of Winnipeg spent the weekend with her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs L Montgomery. Miss Gladys Rankin of Aberdeen Cottam is visiting three months with her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs J Milne. Mrs Phyllis Westbrook and Mr Bob Westbrook are hospitalized. Rooms one and two hosted a picnic hike led by Miss Foster and Miss Henry. Walden My and Mrs C W Venables at Dampota.
Neighbors gathered at Bob McConnell’s Lavinia home to hear about a proposed Manitoba Technical Institute near Lavinia. The project would cost about 3.5 million dollars, serve around 2,000 students, and start in 1962 with trade and engineering tech courses plus a provincial trade school.
Freddie Proden finished third in the half mile at the racing field meet held in Winnipeg weekend.
An NBC style feature explains that Canadian census hinges on women who answer doors and relay precise details about their spouse’s job. It stresses asking husbands for exact titles such as civil engineer or accounting clerk to avoid vague responses and aid workforce data.
The Stramit Corporation opens a $175,000 straw fibre board factory in Carberry in a new industrial area near the former RCAF airport. Hon. Gurney Evans will lead ceremonies, with tours and a banquet to follow. The plant aims to use 5,000 tons of straw annually within two years and employ about 35 workers within a year.
Manitoba can absorb about 100 advanced technicians a year and train specialists in various fields as part of the aims of the department of education. Hon Stewart E. McLean, minister of education, announced the plan for the new Manitoba Institute of Technology.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.