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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 15, 1944
Page
8
Lloyd Moore of Montreal joins overseas duty as part of the CBC engineering staff. The engineers’ pluck and steady nerves enable front line reports from Halton Ouimet and other cor respondents.
Birthday congratulations note residents of Hamiota and area. Mrs Coppin born in Cork Ireland March 16 1844. Mr Wm Angus born Langside Aberdeenshire Scotland March 19 1854. Mr Edmund W McConnell born Perth County Ontario March 21 1864. Pioneer of 1882.
The Hamiota Woman’s Institute met March 7 in Orange Hall with Mrs. Hudson presiding. Twenty five dollars was voted for the Canadian Red Cross. War Work secretary reports 78 knitted articles and 2 quilts shipped overseas and a large shipment to Winnipeg. A. Kelly and Mrs. Irwin led gardening and vegetable talks. The hall featured decorative displays of local produce and flowers.
The schedule lists McConnell service at 11 a.m. with Sunday School at noon. Decker Church holds service and Sunday School at 1 30 p.m. Lavinia Church offers service and Sunday School at 3 p.m.
The message asks the people of Ham Iota and district to donate to a worthy cause and to leave subscriptions with Mr. L. S. Taylor or Mr. Ted Venas.
Susanna Coppin born March 16 1844 in Ballyorgan Ireland. She emigrated to Canada with family in 1852 and has lived in Mitchell and Hamiota. Active in church and mission work, she remained spry until age 95 and now marks a century of life with family in Manitoba.
Mr and Mrs G Johnston spent the week visiting Garnet's brother in Brandon. Mrs S S Lewis returned from Winnipeg with her daughter Mrs B Grafton who plans to stay with her parents. Four more quilts were completed for Red Cross and Circle groups. The bazaar and social will be held at Mr Milford Kirk's home on Wednesday. Boxes for overseas boys were packed at Mrs A E Andrew's home. A son, Robert Ivan, was born in Toronto in February 1944 to Mr and Mrs E Tennant.
Oakner Hall hosts the 3 act play Civil Service on Friday March 24 at 8 30 pm with Oakner Y P A and Junior Red Cross support. Red Cross fundraiser whist drive and dance occur Friday March 17 with McCallum’s orchestra. Read letters from boys in the forces at the Red Cross meeting Thursday March 30 at 8 30 pm. Ladies bring lunch. district attendees welcome.
An inside page advertises Echo plus three magazines from the first list for 3.00, with an option to add three more from the second list for 0.25. Readers are urged to review the inside page for the lists and details.
Mrs J Moon and Heather visit Mrs Wim McDougall for a Junior Red Cross event in the hall on Friday March 24. Music will be by Lavinia. A postwar rink fund has raised 1820 dollars in promised donations and appeals for support.
The Hamiota Board of Trade reports progress on a Community Chick Hatchery for Hamiota and district led by Ed McConnell. A public meeting on March 22 at 8 p.m. in Hamiota School will feature W Foster and Wood to discuss benefits and rally producer consumer backing.
A Decker rink led by L Bedford D Bedford W Gregory and E Gregory went undefeated in Crandall bonspiel and won both Grand Challenge and Citizens cups. J D Quinton R Cooke A Lints and T Sutherland placed fourth in Citizens. Winnipeg gossip notes cover Oddfellows event proceeds to Milk for Britain Fund and local club activities.
The notice urges the public to purchase War Savings stamps promptly and to seek brooms produced by blind workers. It advises to ask for and buy these goods and to look for the labeled stamps on the brooms.
Two farm auctions scheduled with cattle horses and implements. McConnell sells at Henry Lints farm 1 percent miles northwest of Decker starting 10 a.m. Friday March 24. Cash terms lunch by Decker W.I. Lathema farm sale 4 miles south and quarter mile east of Hamiota starting 11 a.m. Tuesday March 21. Cash terms lunch by Oakner Ladies.
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