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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 30, 1966
Page
3
A fragment recounts life at York Factory Manitoba in 1889. George Simpson McTavish tended the post library, which held about 1,900 volumes. Saturdays marked library night with a single candle for light and no fire, amid harsh northern conditions.
A Beaver York Factory edition recounts books donated to the library when the York Factory closed in 1958. The collection includes Moliere plays from 1714 first editions of Thackeray Newcomes and George Eliot Silas Marner, with autographs from fur traders who read and donated them, revealing their interests for posterity.
The Scotia Ladies Club met at Mrs. G. Steen home with 15 members present. Mrs. M. White led a history themed program and Mrs. N. Lipscomb organized readings, while Mrs. Steen hosted. President Mrs. ____ presided as plans included a funeral fund, Shakespeare and Byron items, and gate purchase for Scotia cemetery.
Manitoba Hydro sponsors an afternoon session in Virden on April 7 at 1 p.m. at the Elks Hall. The talk covers heating ventilation and insulation for barns with emphasis on pig and poultry facilities. Attendees will learn about insulation bars, heat retention, and electric heating cables as barn construction evolves.
Congratulations pour in as Mr and Mrs Bob Good Henderson wed in Crandall on March 27. Guests include Mr and Mrs J Beasley and David Portage at J Morison home, and Mr and Mrs Barry White with family from Portage joining the celebration at the G White residence.
The U C W met at Mrs Lou Coch rane's home on Thursday March 24 with Mrs Gerald Decker chairing in the president's absence and Mrs R Teal leading worship. The group will cater a Legion banquet on April 20 and a CLT mother and daughter banquet on April 29. Mesdames Musgrove Stewart Weber performed a skit It is your move. Lunch followed.
The CGLT plans an Easter Tea and Bake sale in April and April 3 marks the dedication of new church windows followed by a pot luck supper. Locals Dawn Bailey, Elin Knight, Norma Chalmers visit relatives, while Smockey Night features ladies curling versus men. Hockey drills include the old timers, 13 and unders, with 10-5 score. A Decker hockey tournament saw Isabella, Lenore, Miniota, Oak Lake, and Crandall compete, Oak Lake defeating Isabella 6-2 in the final.
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