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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 05, 1954
Page
1
Local notices from Hamiota report events and life events including the Oldtime Fiddlers and Accordion Contest on Friday. Births, deaths, engagements, and community thanks appear with dates and local names such as Kay Lindsay and the Beamish family.
Mrs Gordon Allan and Mrs Edith Johnson reported on the District Meeting of the Ladies Auxiliaries to the Canadian Legion held in Kenton in April. They returned with ideas for fundraising, entertainment, and involving all members for the Hamila Auxiliary. The April 30 meeting, led by Mrs J Russell, saw the initiation of Mrs G Emerson. Plans for a June pot luck supper were set alongside a donation to the Institute for the Blind and the Petty Fund prize won by Mrs J Dale. A humorous reading by Mrs T Thompson and a film shown by Claire Pangman closed the social hour.
Banquet honors Wm T Andrew for twenty five years as Secretary Treasurer to Rural Municipality and Village of Hamiota. Mayor Venables chairs. A Sterling Silver Plaque and leather bag presented. Attendees include past and present reeves and councillors. letters from various cities read. Weather prevented some guests from attending.
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