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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 08, 1960
Page
2
A Manitoba Power Commission article weighs illuminated sidewalks as decor with potential charm but warns that light attracts pests. The piece questions practicality for summer use unless local authorities extend Winnipeg sports programs to the area.
A quirky Canadian note describes unseasonable chilly weather on June 4 with parka use. A local farmer felt discomfort from persistent cold, then found a pair of gloves while heading to the house, illustrating peculiar spring conditions.
Crandall residents share news of arrivals, visits, and hospitalizations. Mrs Whitney visits family in Winnipeg and Fort William while Mrs M Wilson and son visit Crandall from Dauphin. Funeral for Mrs Robert Emmett (Isabella Hamilton) in Winnipeg. World Refugee Year service held at Crandall United Church featuring Mrs John Rockley and speech on refugee plight. $45 raised for the Refugee Fund. A bazaar and church film event are announced.
A speaker outlines World Refugee Year aims and the need to aid refugees, citing Britain’s UN backing and UN agencies. She describes Camp Lomable near Lubeck housing 227 East German refugees with dire living conditions, illness, and poverty, urging Manitoban support and highlighting the broader refugee crisis.
Dr. Frank Buckman praises Moral Re-Armament as a hurricane of common sense sweeping hate away and uniting nations. He urges radical motive reform as essential patriotism amid failed Paris talks and announces world conferences in Caux Switzerland and Mackinac Island.
A speaker recalls surviving two disasters in British Columbia and Alberta, detailing family evacuations and rebuilt homes with neighbor support. The message urges readers to extend aid to refugees, quoting the Reverend Angus J. McQueen on charity and conscience.
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