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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 29, 1940
Page
4
The program lists Miss J Fraser of Binscarth leading the Baby Band, with Hamiota Choir performing special music and Minnedosa W.M.S. providing hymns, Mr Wm Dick offering greetings, and Hymn 21 featured.
A Manitoba style church meeting agenda lists roles from 9am devotional to closing prayers. Named participants include Mrs. C. C. Graham Russell Mrs. R. S. Cochrane Silverton and Mrs. E. Brown with tasks on treasurer reports, literature, temperance, and election of officers. Meals served by Hamiota Ladies at 35 cents.
McConnell wrap reports visitors from Winnipeg and Dauphin among weekend stays at DS McMarachy’s home. Local residents return from Winnipeg and Yorkton trips while others travel to Ontario and Bradwardine. Field Day announced for Oak River on Friday May 3 with Boys and Girls Calf Club and Fat Stock Show planned for late July.
The 1940 Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba at Brandoun runs July 1 through 5. Revisions and extensions to classifications aim to incorporate exhibitor suggestions. Yorkshire and Tamworth boar classes added with handsome prizes. Open competitions largely similar to 1939, swine and youth stock divisions expected to draw large entries.
Crandall and Lewis celebrate fifty years of marriage at 410 Lipton Street Winnipeg with flowers cards and visitors. Messages of congratulation recall enduring love and golden happiness. Local school visits and community notes mirror a tight knit rural Winnipeg area through May events and personal updates.
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