28 Nov 1962
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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 28, 1962
Page
1
Strickland won the Conservative nomination for the Hamiota provincial constituency at a Monday night meeting in Hamiota attended by about 200 people. The nomination was moved by Dr Ed Hudson of Hamiota and seconded by Joe Lapinsky of Strathclair.
The Hamiota Women's Institute held its annual meeting on November 6 at 2 30 P M. President Mrs C Randall highlighted 1962 projects including sewing and cooking courses many community meals and fundraisers. The group donated to Senior Citizens Home gave a bursary supported Red Cross and Hospital drives and operated a 700 book library. New officers were elected for 1963 and the group invited new members at the December meeting.
The Birdtail River Board met at Shoal Lake on November 6 1962 with Trustees Fulton Selby Stimpson Gamey Reynolds Fraser Hunter Inspector Funk and Principal Frank McKinnon present. Motions adopted minutes October and correspondence. third reading of By law No 7 passed. delegates named for Urban Trustees Convention October 12 13 with Voting delegates L R Fulton Selby Hunter Reynolds. meeting adjourned.
The report lists 8 500 recipients of blind persons allowances in Canada 50 000 recipients of disabled persons allowances and 99 000 recipients of old age assistance across the country.
The Girls A Team travels to Winnipeg for the St Vital Invitational. They depart Friday at 3 30 p.m. and play St James at 8 45 p.m. Friday games include Silver Heights vs Tech Voc Portage vs Glenlawn Vincent Massey vs Miles MacDonald Ham Iota vs St James. Saturday finals conclude the tournament with the team staying at Marlborough Hotel.
Mrs George Black provincial president spoke to about 90 women of the Birtle District WI at Fraternal Hall on her trip to the 10th World Conference of Associated Women of the World in Melbourne Australia. She shared slides from Japan Hong Kong New Zealand and Australia and urged global solidarity for peace and progress.
Pupils prepare homemade TV sets and a salt flour map while exam week nears as Christmas holidays approach. The grade 8 mural and decorations begin for a December 20 concert and December 21 dismissal. Hockey enrolment urged. 203 or 248 by Friday. A UN Rights of the Child feature is explored in this column.
The United Church Observer releases its third Reference Handbook edition priced at 35 cents each with bulk discounts. Advent Sunday falls on December 2, and four preceding Sundays feature 7 p.m. evening services. The C.G.I.T. Candlelight service is December 23. The Canadian Bible Society canvasses districts for funds and offers King James, Revised Standard, and New English Bible editions, available through society officers or ministers as gifts for Christmas.
Total expenditure on new and repair construction work in Canada in 1961 reached 7 039 million dollars. About one third of this went for payroll and the construction industry employed roughly 600 000 workers.
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