Oakner News Briefs Highlight Travel and Local Visits
A hasty Oakner update notes Mr Gao and O Nailis in the Ham tota Hospital. John Clark returned home from Winnipeg. Passengers traveled to Winnipeg on reduced fares. Mackenzie King seen passing through Oakner on the train. Mrs M Davidson and son Morley visited Miss G Barr en route to Surbiton. Bridge and Darlene left Friday to join her husband at Utehi Gold Mines in Ontario. A meeting for National Conservative candidate Robert Peden for Marquette Constituency is set in Oakner Hall on Wednesday March 20 at 2:30 pm.
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M Davidson
Morley
Davidson
Miss G Barr
Surbiton
Sask
Bridge
Darlene
Utehi Gold Mines
Ontario
Robert Peden
Marquette
Oakner Hall
Murray Davidson
Mabel Barr
Sudbury
Ont
Gladys Barr
Oakner
M. O. Tremaine
A. S. Skinner
Lavinia
John Barr
Conquest, Sask
Local Social Events Highlight Community Ties
The YP class guest of Betty Bailey on Tuesday. A birthday party Friday night at WMS with Mrs Henry Lints presiding. Miss Ionaries honored as 20 candles lit for home and foreign missions. Legion raises 4315 for Red Cross. Jamiesons celebrated 25th anniversary at Brown home. Chinese checker tourney won by Mr and Mrs R Van Norman. Jamiesons presented with silverware. Fourteen rinks in school bonspiel. prize list led by Duncan Russell and Roy Gregory with multiple top placements. Games supervised by Gao Pearson.
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WMS
Henry Lints
Hatton
Win. Jamieson
Duncan Russell
Roy Gregory
Samuel Stewart
Marery Gregory
Victor Higgins
Karl Gregory
Bert Batley
Gao Pearson
Bridge Party At Strachan Home Raises Funds For Legion
Mr and Mrs W B Strachan hosted six tables of bridge on February 17 with prizes won by Mrs J Allen and James Angus for first place and Mrs J Angus and Harvey Smith as consolation. A house party and dance at Mr and Mrs John McGhee raised 4170 for the Canadian Legion. John Clark, recently ill in Winnipeg General Hospital, is improving and expected to return home soon. Mr and Mrs W B Strachan traveled to Winnipeg Tuesday.
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W. B Strachan
J. Allen
James Angus
J. Angus
Harvey Smith
John McGhee
The
Canadian Legion
John Clark
Winnipeg General Hospital
Early Spring Bargain Fares to Pacific Coast on Sale March 15
Canadian National Railways announces low fare sales from Ontario prairie stations to Blue River McBride Vancouver and Victoria for March 15 to April 2 with 30 day stay and stopovers en route. Pacific Coast residents may also visit the Prairies for business or pleasure.
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Pacific Coast
Prairis
Canadian National Railways
R. Creelman
Ontario
Port Arthur
Armstrong
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Blue River
McBride
Vancouver
Victoria
Prairies
Millet Cultivation Gains Attention For Farms
Experimental farm notes highlight high yielding grain millets Crown variety at Melita yielding 900 pounds per acre and comparable to oats and barley in feed value. Trials at Brandon show millet as viable for laying poultry fattening diets with standard farm equipment for seeding and harvesting. Frost tender willets and late sowing pose limits, but light soil areas see rising millet adoption over oats and barley.
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Dominion Reclamation Station
Melita
Brandon
Court Haniota No 367 Anniversary Event at Orange Hall
Court Haniota No 367 CCF to host anniversary on Friday March 15 at Orange Hall with a euchre drive upstairs and a dance downstairs. Admission 35 cents. All welcome. For sale items include Anthony Outs 38 cents per bus, CLAW 38, Bailey hog wire 25 cents per rod, and two Percheron horses. Contact C Gibson at phone 6-5.
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Anthony
Hamiota Seniors face Elkhorn in return game at Elkhorn
Hockey night saw Elkhorn beat Hamiota 4 to 0 in the return game at Elkhorn. Earlier, at the rink last Friday, a Juniors versus Married Men game ended 4 to 0 in favor of the Juniors.
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Hamiota
Elkhorn
McConnell Hosts Meeting for Conservative Candidate
A community gathering is set in McConnell Community Hall on Friday March 22 at 2:30 pm to support Robert Peden the Nations Conservative candidate for Marquette Constituency. Local supporters plan to attend and discuss campaign priorities.
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McConnell
Robert Peden
the Nations
Marquette
Lavinia Shower Honors Ina Preston and Local Events
A Lavinia shower for Miss Ina Preston was held Feb 18 at the Shacklefords with a Badal Chorus and gifts in a decorated barrel. Lavinia Ladies' Aid to host Irish Supper and contest March 15, a Lavinia carnival on March 8 with broomball and costume prizes, and visitors from Sudbury en route to Conquest.
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Ina Preston
Mabel Pedlow
Ina
Lavinia
Independent Marquette Candidate James Ewbank Seeks Election
James Ewbank, a farmer from Birtle, runs as an Independent Marquette candidate. The platform grew from a two year effort by a mixed committee drafting policy to revive the UFM and aid agricultural community, later adopted by the Marquette AFM Board and Strathclair meeting.
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Marquette
U.F.M
Prairies
U.F.M. Board For Marquette
Marquette A.F.M
Manitoba
U. M
Strathclair
James Ewbank
Birtle
Ewbank
Canadian National Earnings Show Increase
The gross revenues of Canadian National Railways System for the week ending February 16 1940 were 4,355,727 compared with 3,185,937 for the same week in 1939, a rise of 1,169,790.
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Canadian National Railways
Picture Framing Mouldings and Snap Enlargements
C J Venables advertises mouldings suitable for snap enlargements with reasonable prices, located above The Echo Office.
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C. J. Venables
Echo
Ask for and Buy Broome at the Red & White Store
The label on Broome directs customers to ask for and buy the product at the Red & White Store in Hamiota. The note emphasizes the available item and its local availability.
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Red & White
Hamiota
Broome
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Johnston
Dick’s Shop
Brandon Winter Fair
Saskatoon
Moose Jaw
Gravelbourg
East
J. M. Williams
Joman Block
Fred C. Bennest
Wultn
Mr. Gao. O Nailis
Hamtota
Winnipeg
Wyatt
Kenton
Mackenzie King
Decker
Betty Bailey
Mr . Sunley
Legion
Red Cross
W. B. Strachan
Department OF Fisheries
Ottawa
Kree
Conservative Party
Dr. Manion
Port Stanley
Canada
J. A. Glen
Manitoba Liberal and Progressive Election Committee
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