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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 28, 1908
Page
8
Local items from Miniota and surrounding areas span church services and weddings to baseball plans and road work. Reports include Rev Grazier illness, Knox and Methodist church services, farmers preparing land, C N R survey through Two Creeks, and upcoming fairs and political meetings through June and July.
The Lavinia picnic last Monday drew a large crowd from Bamiota and district. A sports program including baseball football basketball and foot races preceded an evening church concert. The featured baseball game Arrowton defeated Hamiota 8 runs to 7.
A reflective proverb set on civic duty warns that a useless townsman helps bury the town. It likens inaction to digging a grave and selfishness to a coffin or shroud, urging citizens to engage in public affairs or face social erosion and sorrow.
A Bankburn school house programme on Friday May 22 featured Maplewood scholars and Miss Smith with Mr McCulloch in the chair. After patriotic recitations a spelling match ended in a draw with Myra McPhadden and Ella Barr outstanding. A baseball game followed Maplewood won 23 to 19 with Oak River boys stepping in for two sick Maplewood players.
Call up phone 50 to order Sunday supply of fresh fruit and vegetables from E. J. Abbott. Fresh strawberries lettuce rhubarb maple syrup and maple sugar advertised for Saturday. Rapid City works on its park as school children volunteer to clear stones and citizens plant 450 trees on Arbor Day.
The residential area shows growing interest in grounds and gardens with expectations of a noticeable improvement in a few weeks as summer arrives.
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