New Dial Telephone Service Starts In Hamiota Area
Telephone customers in Hamiota and district will begin using dial telephones on May 30 when the Manitoba Telephone System opens its automatic exchange. The rollout includes brief ceremonies at 9 am in the new Hamiota building and changes to seven digit numbers for Hamiota Beulah Crandall and Miniota customers with directories mailed to affected users.
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Hamiota
Manitoba Telephone System
Tomatic Exchange
Beulah
Crandall
Miniota
Clement Opens Campaign at Minnedosa Meeting
Liberal candidate Rod Clement launched his campaign at a Minnedosa organizational meeting on May 25. He plans to survey Marquette constituents to guide representation and pursue personal contact, endorses Prime Minister Trudeau and Canada’s one Canadian voice in international affairs, and pledges to push for a stable progressive federal government and local farming interests.
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Rod Clement
Minnedosa
Canada
Mr. Trudeau
People of Canada
Marquette
Old Home Pulled Down in Hamiota Dial Exchange Rise
Bulldozers levelled an early Hamiota home, moved from Shoal Lake in the late 1890s. The Manitoba Telephone System recently bought the house site, completed a new dial phone exchange, and leveled and sodded the lot for the May 30 changeover to dial Telephones for Hamiota subscribers.
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Hamiota
Colin McMurahhy
Shoal Lake
Manitoba Telephone System
Dial
Hospital Aid Meeting Reports March to May Growth
Hospital District 7A Ladies' Aid met in the community room with 13 districts represented. Reports show bake sale 93.05 and tea 72.44 totaling 170.49, bank balance 1374.72, three nurses given 20 each on graduation. Cardiac Monitor fund 500 approved, April hospital stats listed, Crandall to lead bookcart, June dinner meeting planned with Nan Murphy speaker.
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Hamiota
Ladies’ Aid
Kenton
Cardiac Monitor
L. Andrew
Messengers Hold Year End Meeting and Dedication Service
Messengers led by Mrs Czrol Little held their wind up meeting for the year. Loree died in a weiner roast incident on school grounds last week. Sunday church service featured a dedication service to missions with messengers taking part.
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Decker
Czrol Little
Loree
Correction on CURLO Admission Price at Hamiota Curline Club
The CURLO admission for the Hamiota Curline Club is corrected to $2.80, not the $2.00 figure published last week.
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Hamiota Curline Club
Oak River Welcomes New Automatic Dial Exchange
Oak River launched an automatic dial telephone exchange at 9 am on May 16 serving over 250 residents. The ceremony included retiring the manual exchange by W Heapy and operation by F A McPhaden. Reeve Jim Scott sent the first long distance call. The system assigns seven digit numbers and cost about $280,000, with Manitoba reaching over 90 percent automatic dialing.
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New Oak River Exchange
Jim Scott
Blanchard
Oak River
W. Heapy
F. A. McPhaden
Oak River Automatic Exchange
McPhaden
Was &. D. Ae
Manitoba Telephone System
Brandon
Oak River Exchange Exchange
Senior League openers spark MVC action in Manitoba note
Senior League games feature Virden defeating St Lazare 7 2 behind Ted Bridgett with Claude Lambert taking the loss. Riverside crushed Virden 16 4 as Everett Fisher and Dawley spark pitching while Fisher also led Riverside at bat. Hamiota edged Souris 6 3 as Bob Neufeld and Leigh ton Kachur worked for the Cards and Sox errors hindered the visitors. Brandon won 10 3 in a high scoring affair with Robertson homering twice and Mel Smith belting his first homer of the season. (Continued on back page).
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M.S.B.L
Virden
St. Lazare
Ted Bridgett
Claude Lambert
St. Lazares
Riverside
Everett
Fisher
Bridgett
Dawley
Souris
Hamiota
Cards
Bob Neufeld
Leighton Kachur
Fanning
Rick Robinson
Sox
Moffat
Payne
al Robertson
Mel Smith
Gord Lyall
Lynn Caldwell
Ellis Woods
Cloverleafs
Brandon
Powers Brothers
Greaves
McKay
Town
Bill Gray
Randy Earl
McLaughlin
Mustard
Lyall
John Wright
Robinson
Robertson
Caldwell
Denny Smith
Norm Jacks
Ross Poole
Bolis Woods
Dauphin
Don Smith
Woods
Wright
Thompson
Jack
Calwell
Repins
Bob Thompson
Birdtail Division Board Meets in Shoal Lake May 1968
Birdtail River School Division No. 38 board met at Shoal Lake on May 23 1968 at 8 00 p m. Trustees Fulton Rapley Selby Randell Hames Lewycky Butcher Hyndman Waddell Falloon Armitage attended. Motions adopted minutes May 16 1968 approved and filed. Daily van route for Michael Masyshen increased by 50 retroactive to May 1 1968. Meeting adjourned to May 30 1968 at 8 00 p m.
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Birdtail River
Shoal Lake
Fulton
Rapley
Selby
Randell
Hames
Lewycky
Butcher
Hyndman
Waddell
Falloon
Armitage
Michael Masyshen
RCMP Warn Residents of Unscrupulous Contractors
HAMIOTA RCMP warn residents and surrounding areas to beware of traveling contractors for home repairs solicitations. Reports describe groups offering inferior materials or no work with cash advances, often targeting the elderly. Check backgrounds, demand legitimate contact addresses, insist on competitive bids, and note that the Consumers Credit Act allows contract cancellation within 48 hours by registered notice.
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Hamiota
RCMP
Consumers Credit Act
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clement
McConnell
Nan Murphy
Oak River Telephone
New
Oak River Exchange
Manitoba
P. H. Funk
G. McDonald
B. Bertram
H. Kingdon
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