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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 28, 1981
Page
16
W Roger Worth notes 250000 mortgages renew in 1981 at high rates 17 18 percent from 10 12 percent in 1976. He warns families will pay 2600 3400 extra yearly on 50000 loans, about 216 283 more monthly, risking reduced living standards or loss of homes as Ottawa and Bank of Canada show little relief.
Marilyn and Sandra Newell of Carlyle visited Earl Mathison in Hamiota during Easter week. Ed and Marsha Mathison and daughters from Winnipeg joined relatives over the long weekend. Constable Wes Strong of Langley BC, now Corporal in Coquitlam RCMP Identification. Calgary visitors Gladys Steen and Lynn Berridge joined Crandall, Brandon, and Winnipeg guests at various homes. Granny Stevenson’s 87th birthday celebrated with a Brandon gathering.
The final meeting of the Hamiota Asian Refugee Committee on May 7 endorsed dissolving the group after one year of sponsoring the Nguyen family now in Edmonton. Thanh and Duyen work in a plastics and sewing factory. a related plan would fund transportation to England for Chow Tran to reunite with his daughter. Remaining assets will go to the United Church of Canada Special Refugee Fund aiding refugees worldwide.
An overheard quip in the St. Regis Hotel Coffee Shop notes Ottawa rumors about replacing the one dollar bill with a three dollar bill while contrasting it with keeping the two dollar bill. The tongue in cheek remark mocks political acumen and currency reform chatter.
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