Vancouver visitors bring cheer to Manitoba in 1968 visit
Gl en Sheardown family from Vancouver tours Manitoba with AIR CANADA transport to Winnipeg and a U Drive to Hamiota relatives. The column notes praise for Helen’s brother Charlie Fassler in British Columbia and recalls a warm welcome, local sightings, and village snippets including mail service changes set for June and a Mink hunting anecdote.
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AIR Canada
Glen Sheardown
Vancouver
Manitoba
Hamiota
Glen
Helen
Thea
Tayah
Ariana
Stephen
Ross
Wimp
Norma Sheardown
New Telegraph Tape System Demonstrated In Hamiota
George Smith recalls testing a new dial telephone switch over with a computer brain and a tape voice that mispronounced the wrong number. Local notes cover town meetings, bylaw talk, fencing, postal patrons, bylines, and civic tidbits from Marshall Maddock’s river incident to Legion improvements at Memorial Grounds.
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George Smith
Hamiota
Flin Flon
Brandon
George
Marshall Maddock
Petticoat Junction
Percy Taylor
Charlie Mundell
George Peacock
Glen Stewart
Roy Williams
Doc
Delmar McConnell
Ray Foxton
Keith Dixon
Bill Thompson
McConnell
Bill Miller
Pitlochry
Chumah
David Twerden
Big City
Paul
David
Early flax seeding aids yield and disease resistance
Farm Notes advises sowing flax early for higher yield and better frost tolerance. Varieties Redwood, Redwood 65, and Rocket require early planting. Noralta reaches maturity faster than Redwood, Calibrate sprayers for even distribution, and adjust nozzle spray angles to avoid uneven patterns.
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avaTy
Hamiota Echo
Post Office Department
Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Us.a
F. S. Venables
Jack Coombs
Jack Clifford
Napinka
Man
Millie
Mee Kreager
George Robertson
F.E.A
Bruce Lemon
Pope
Norman
Oakner
Quadra
CNR
Gordon White
Drysdale
National
Saskatoon
Regina
Park’s Corner
Oak River
Pete Charney
Britain
Cardale
George Chichton
Kerr Fraser
Virden
New Times
Cliff Angus
Cliff
NATO
Marshall Field
Annie Johnston
Jess Richardon
Legion
Tom Sedgwick
Trudy
Trudy Holtmann
Wendell Wight
R. E. Clark
Decker
Rev
A. McCogl
United Church of Canada
Strathclair
D. L. Holtzman
Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada
Pastor R. V. Daum
God
J. Klagenberg
Shoal Lake
Sereju-Notee
Smith St. Ph
Strickland
General Insurance
E, Investments
Celas
Pharmacist
Efen
College of Pharmacy
Denwal Pharmacy
McNaught's
Rexall Super Plenamins
Hamiets
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