19 May 1937
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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 19, 1937
Page
1
Mr and Mrs Geo Amdrew of Edmonton Alberta visit the former's mother Mrs Jos Andrew in town. Mrs J W Francis of Elkhorn and grandson Donald Clarke of Virden visit relatives in Hamiota.
Arriving on Sunday Art Grad well visits his brothers. Victoria Day Monday May 24 public holiday. Atoimal Club Flower Tea Save date. First league baseball game Hamiota beat Shoal Lake on Hamiota diamond. Spring permanents sale heard. Weekly half holiday begins stores close 12.30 Wednesdays and 6.30 evenings. May 24 Kenton baseball tournament with Rivers Kenton Bradwardine Isabella Miniota Hamiota Shoal Lake Lenore. Dance at Kenton Gardens. Coronation celebrations curtailed by weather with band led ceremony and church service. Hamiota Fair July 23 1937. Social notices and arrivals from Edmonton Brandon Fairfax and Regina. Millinery and nursery catalogs. Gratitude note for C O F lodge support. Ordination service in Brandon Pro Cathedral with S B Guille and Lionel Harrison named.
A readout of grocery specials lists canned goods beans corn and peas priced at 10 to 12 cents per tin, waxed beans two for 25 cents, various powders coffees and extracts with prices around 25 to 39 cents, cookies biscuits and detergents, cereals like Corn Flakes three for 25 cents, bananas at 19 cents each, and case prices around 4.75 dollars. The list reads like a vintage supermarket ad with multiple brands and quantities.
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