March 5 1973 Manitoba notes and oddities column
Local readers share quirky reflections from Manitoba towns. George Crighton remembers Burt Strange with an epitaph joke while sightings report first robin March 6 1973 and bees near Wilmot barn after Christmas. Other items include Ramada Inn Casper open 25 hours, Oakden calendar change, and humorous family letter about a new bathroom setup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burt Strange
Kenton
George Crighton
Cardale
Roy Kirk
Wilmot
Manitoba
Man-Eating Shark Tales and Hamiota Echo Snippets
Bill Woods and family enjoyed Jacksonville coastal time while Bill caught a five foot forty pound shark of the kind said to be fighting but not useful for eating. The Echo Files section recalls March 1943 1953 and 1963 items from Hamiota with town news, ads, and dances plus notes on spring 1973.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Vera Woods
Jacksonville
Florida
Echo Files
Dick Beamish
A. F. Basler
Hamiota
Bill Angus
B. R. McNaught
F. E. Bennest
Alex Kerr
Sam Sneid
F. M. Coombs
I. P. Strickland
L. S. Taylor
Bennest & Squibb
St. Regis
Oak River
Decker
Pope
Oakner
Lavinia
McConnell
Kenton
Crandall
Ralph, Clark
Don Pittendreigh
Dick Coombs
Mel Smith
al Sheridan
Rick Robinson
Greg Hodge
Bob Caldwell
Ross Mathison
al McNiven
Ken Morris
Dennis Robinson
Gordon Allan
Alf Ducharme
Don Coombs
Eddie Brethour
Joan McNiven
Janice English
Sheila Brooks
Denny Kirk
Clayton Wyborn
Wayne McConnell
Ned Curll
Russ Sunley
Special crops meetings discuss faba beans and pests
Dairy farmers test faba beans against soy and rapeseed in Manitoba with cows averaging 57 pounds of milk daily finding little preference for protein sources though butterfat may improve on fatdepressing diets. Public meetings in Cardale Hamiton area cover faba beans rapeseed flax mustard and lentils with Agrologist Gerry Gramiak and Entomologist Andy Kolack discussing cultural practices and insect issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Hamiota Ag
Church Services Listed for Four Parishes
Parkland Parish ministers D. J. McCrindle and L. Jameson announce Sunday services at Hamiota Tarbolton Kenton and Ostrander with times 11:00 10:45 12:00 2:00 respectively and junior Sunday School at Hamiota and Kenton. Shiloh invites all to worship together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamiota
Tarbolton
Kenton
Oarner
Shiloh
God
Local Happenings and Sympathy Notices
Local items report visits between families in Brandon Winnipeg and Thompson. Sympathy is extended to Mrs C W Jamieson on the death of Mr Jamieson with funeral held March 10 1973 and Swan River cemetery interment. Congratulations are given for marriages and a birth of Corrie Lee Hunter on March 8 1973.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Crighton
Cardale
Blanshard
Hemiota
Blanshard Way
Oak River
Art
Mr. Fix
Vancouver
Victoria
McConnell
Keith McConnell
Manitoba
L. L. Brown
James Morison
Ray Little
Brandon
Winnipeg
Alex Morison
C. W. Jamieson
Jamieson
Swan River Cemetery
Earnie Sunley
Kate Bell
Boissevain Man
Terry Hunter
Darlene Hunsaker
Kenton
Corrie Lee
Kennell and Strange Gas Fitters Listed
Gas fitter Kennell and Strange are listed with phone number 76 in Kanton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KENNELL &@ STRANGE
Kanton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hamiota Echo Publications Ltd
U.S.A
England
F. S. Venables
By Jack Coomps
Paul
Rose Twerden
Rose
Hubert Murray
Casper
Wyoming
Ed Beamish
Charlie Ross
Fred S. Venables
Mr. Reader
Mary Bull
Kay
Harvey Gray
Montkey
Grandpaw
Mother Nature
Bruce Lemon
F.E.A
Hazel Cumming
Tom Baron
Cardale Orange Hall
Hamiota Community Room
Cardale and
Don Kennedy
Parkland Parish
Rev
J. Ross
United Church of Canada
Strathclair
Doug Aikman
Christ Church Hamiote
L. E. Daley
Hamiota Pentecostal
P.A.O.C
R. J. Sibley
Seygooet
Heart Research
Don MacMillan
Thompson, Man
Wm. MacMillan
Charlie Randell
Bev
Melrose
Jamaica
Cliff Runchey
John Ponting
Cheryl
M. Runchey
Agnes Thompson
Jerry Stebeleski
Shoal Lake
Man
Drs. Hudson
Hames, Ford, Bain
Nandy
Hamiota Shoal Lake
R. M. B. Toews
Doak & Co
Man. and Sask. Bar
Credit Union Building
Hamiota Virden
Siecein Ein
Denwal Pharmacy
Rexall
Cela
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