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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 01, 1963
Page
2
A 5c tax on large cigarette packs is proposed by the provincial government to curb smoking. The Manitoba Trustees Association suggests a sales tax to fund education and ease property taxes, facing merchant opposition. After 30 years, CNR passenger service to Flin Flon is terminated due to competition from the paved highway.
Mr and Mrs Cecil Kidd celebrate their silver wedding anniversary with congratulations notes in the community page. The item notes a morning geese sighting and a light humor column about tax timing and a classroom joke.
On Tuesday May 7 at 2 30 P M a guest speaker from Brandon will lead a discussion on highway fatalities and improving driving safety. The event is sponsored by the Women's Institute and open to all car drivers or prospective drivers.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Russell announce the engagement of Edith Ann Russell to Robert Graham Walker, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Walker of Toronto Ontario. The wedding is set for Saturday May 25 1963 at 11 am at Corpus Christie Catholic Church in Toronto.
Rev. John Ross of Foxwarren was elected Chairman of Birtle Presbytery at Shoal Lake meeting. CGT plans a Saturday Slave Day and Car Wash from 9-12 and 1-5, with odd jobs offered. Mission Festival Sunday 2-5 pm. over 200 attended Rivers event. Oakner service 2 pm with Bible Society talk 9:45 am at Hamiota 11 am. festival book and Bible orders welcomed.
Local notes report Miss Carol Hutchison nurse and Grace Hospital trainee visiting from Brandon Winnipeg spent Sunday at the home of her uncle and aunt James and Mrs. Gammack. Winnipeg visitors include Mr and Mrs Weston Bolton and others calling at the Rutherford and Routledge homes. Speedy recoveries praised for Mrs Nellie Rutherford Mrs Joyce Bomford and Mrs Verna Clarke after recent surgery.
Church notices list services across several churches on May 5 1963. Hamiota United Church led by Rev R F Clark offers 11:00 a.m. service and junior Sunday School with additional 12:10 p.m. senior session. Other charges include Strathclair United and Cardale services with times 9:45 a.m. 1:30 p.m. and 11:00 a.m. respective.
The 4 H Beef Calf Club sponsors The Sodbusters under Alex White John on Wednesday May 8 at 8 P M in the Oak River Collegiate Auditorium. Admission 50c and 35c.
A transit bus driver halts to let two elderly ladies cross, while Winnipeg and Vancouver quotes blend with Manitoba legislature chatter on teaching French. The column cheekily lampoons newspaper prose and notes a Winnipeg Goldeyes season opener headline, finishing with humorous reflections on spelling and language.
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