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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 11, 1922
Page
4
Anglican Christ Church held Easter Sunday services with Morning Communion at 7 pm and Evening service the following week. The newly confirmed will make their first communion. Members and friends are urged to attend for prayers and support. A group of W A ladies cleaned the church last week. Gentlemen hats off to the ladies.
Sunday evening at Christ Church the Primate Archbishop of Rupertsland presided over the laying on of hands for confirmations. The new Canadian Prayer Book was used with its three-fold vow. The hymn Take My Life was sung with notable fervour and the community extends good wishes and prayers to the newly confirmed.
Oliver J White aged 70 died Friday after a period of illness. He farmed four miles northwest of Hamilton, renowned for purebred Clydesdale horses winning prizes at fairs. Survived by widow, two young children and son Dr Everitt White of Winnipeg from his first wife. Funeral Sunday at Methodist Church with Rev Geo Lockhart officiating, burial in Hamilton Cemetery. Community extends sympathy to Mrs White and family. Also noted: George Henry Hamblin, 17, died after four weeks illness eight miles northwest of Hamilton. Funeral Monday at his home with Rev Lockhart, burial Crandal Cemetery.
Rev E Spence and Dr J H Riddel will lead services at Zion Church this Sunday. Riddell, Wesley College principal, speaks to young men and women on vision and outreach. Sunday School at 12 16, 3 pm session, collection for Congressional Funds. Everyone invited.
Owing to funeral services for the late Mr. O J White the Knox Presbyterian Pastor was absent from Miniota last Sunday. Dr Macneil of Brandon will lead Knox Church services next Sunday May 14 at 1 am and 7 pm and at Oakner at 3 pm. Mothers Day program and Sunday School with music and recitations are planned. A Teen Girls group was formed with leaders Miss Jessie Fraser and Mrs Thos Strachan for weekly meetings.
Other members of the committee include Mesdemes Chambers A Kerr and F Johnston and Messrs A Kerr Wom Chambers F Johnston and W A Jose. A cordial invitation is extended to everyone to get aside this afternoon after dinner and do your bit towards making our cemetery a credit to our town and country.
McConnell Bros. will hold a postponed sale this Saturday night due to bad roads. The sale offers good second hand furniture auto tires and tubes harness and harness parts and other items. Starts at seven o clock. Bargains expected. owners aim to move merchandise quickly.
A Rural Council cemetery committee and the Women’s Institute lead a Cemetery Improvement Day on Thursday May 18. Volunteers with tools will beautify plots, with soil grass seed and supervision from committee members and Mrs Stevens providing free lunch. Mr Jos Andrew will present the cemetery plan.
A clipped item notes a man named Orvice connected with a residence on Main Road South. The brief entry includes a phone reference 1% and suggests a local matter or notice without further details.
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