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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 21, 1939
Page
4
Hamiota Horticultural Society updates prize listings across divisions for cut flowers house plants vegetables and displays. Notable additions include prizes for marigolds nasturtiums gladiolus biennials and collections with donations from Mrs. McConnell Caldwell Motors and others. special prizes from Mrs. Woods and Mr. Newton.
McConnell and Richardson families spent the weekend visiting relatives in various southern towns. Mr and Mrs Robert Thompson and family from Grand Prairie Alberta visited Mr Thompson's parents Mr and Mrs J A McConnell. Mr and Mrs J A Fowlie and family with Leonard Angus traveled to Winnipeg. Rev. MecFpariane of Crandall will be our minister for next Sunday June 25. A good turn on 18 anticipated. Miss Sadie McConnell visiting at her home with Mrs Rol King and her parents at Oak River.
Lavinia Peggy James training in Portage la Prairie Hospital has returned home for her holiday. CGI girls concert and bazaar raised twenty five dollars at the church. Workmen install a new scale in United Grain Growers Elevator. Ladies Aid and Missionary Society met at Mrs J M Van Norman’s home. Many attended the Arrow River Sunday School Institute. quilting at Mrs JH Knight’s home drew a good turnout.
The piece urges both major parties to adopt a railway amalgamation plan as an election issue. It argues such a policy would protect railway workers and win broad support from Canadians burdened by high costs. It asks if a party will present a clear one proposition to merge the two railways.
The listing shows match times for Decker and Orrwold United with games at Lavinia at 1 00 p.m. McConnell plays at 3 00 p.m. and 7 00 p.m.
Church services and Sunday schools listed for Oakner Scotia and Chumah. Oakner holds 11.00 a.m. service and 12.00 p.m. Sunday School. Scotia has 30 p.m. church service and 30 p.m. Sunday School. Chumah shows 2.15 p.m. Sunday School and 3.00 p.m. church service.
The schedule lists bouts between Venables, McConnell, McConnell, Hodson, Jamieson, Fraser Carll, Moore, Hudson, and Moore across dates 25 to 30. Notable pairings include Hodson versus Fraser Carll and Venables versus Jamieson with multiple interleague confrontations.
Farmers urged to seek certification for sealed in-the-sack crops as price premiums rise. Applicants should contact the Plant Products Division in Winnipeg for forms, pay 10c per acre with a $200 minimum, and rogue off-types before inspection as crops begin filling and secondary erools rise.
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth toured western Canada aboard CP Rail locomotive 591% during a westward royal journey. Engineer Jock Rutherford and Fireman Stan Lea piloted the triple header as the royal train traveled from Beavermouth to Stoney Creek B C. The Selkirks 5900 class, with ten new T-1-b engines, weigh 728000 pounds and output 5000 horsepower, capable of moving 13 steel cars or 1050 tons up a 23 grade with 90000 pounds tractive effort.
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