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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 29, 1973
Page
3
Dallas Strachan played for the Deloraine Pee-Wee team and helped secure the tournament title in Denver Colorado. The win marks a notable youth hockey achievement for the squad and its standout player.
Weekend visits unfold as families gather in Oak River. The McConnell W.I. plans Christmas box packing for seniors on December 12 at 1 30 p.m. with donations of baking or candy invited at Gwen Hamilton's. The WS party will be December 18 at 1 30 p.m. Local residents attending gatherings include H Dickson, H Wilson, Pat Espey, Frank Hayhurst, and Red Mackie. Mr G A Purdy has returned home from the hospital. Envelopes will be available for the Assiniboine church event on December 9 at 2 00 p.m.
Congratulations extend to Allan Preston of Saskatoon Veterinary College for sharing a $400 class award with a Calgary colleague for top contribution. He also receives the Manitoba Cat Award worth $200. Mr and Mrs Jack Johnston and boys of Winnipeg were noted in the same item.
Oakner Mr and Mrs Charlie Johnson and Mrs Murray Mathison of Hamiota attended a shower for Edie May Johnson in Elkhorn. Hector McLellan transferred to Brandon hospital with improved condition. Sympathy sent to Len Allan family after the death of his maternal grandmother Mrs Zimmerman of Shoal Lake. Get well wishes for Mrs Jean Lorimer in Brandon General Hospital after a hip fracture. Charlie Knight and Howard McKinnon attended Manitoba Municipal Convention in Winnipeg. Oakner Pool Elevator formed a local organization on November 16 with Len Allan Howard McKinnon John Ridley Wilf Brown Don Brown Bill Montgomery Jim Routledge. Ridley President, Montgomery Vice, Routledge Secretary. Subdistrict committee Don Brown Jim Routledge Wilf Brown. White Gift Sunday will be
McConnell spent the weekend with Neil and Vaughn Wilson. Garnet Harries of Grenfell and Gary Petellion of St. Rose du Lac were also of note. Mr. Bill Thompson joined Mr and Mrs Hector Patterson for a Winnipeg trip for medical treatment returning home Saturday evening.
Decker Bob Lints of Winnipeg and Garry Davis of Minnesota spent the weekend at their parents' homes. UCW group gatherings met at Mrs. R. J. Sunley’s home with 13 members and 1 visitor as Group 3 led Worship on "Our Responsibility" covering time words way worship money and lives. Fowl supper envelopes were sent out and choir collars replaced.
An old classified style advertisement from Edgar Higgins in Decker Manitoba promotes Shell Canada products including fuel oil grease antifreeze insecticides and field spray air and oil filters with contact numbers 764-2285 and 568-4602.
The Decker Messenger and Explorers visited five churches in Shoal Lake on November 17. They had lunch at Westminster Church with Rev. and Mrs J Ross, joined by Mrs H Rockley and Mrs Peacock. Mr Robt Anderson, former Decker resident now at Morley House, was taken to Shoal Lake hospital. Mr Frank Turnbull of Brandon, formerly Decker District, has returned home after a serious car accident in which his back was broken.
Cardale Ramsay of Elgin Sr spent the past week deer hunting and visiting friends and relatives. The funeral of Ed Westbrook was held Wednesday afternoon November 21 with interment at Marney Cemetery. Attendees from a distance included the Stewarts of Edmonton, the Rawlinsons of Napinka, the McCormicks and Walter Graham, Brandon residents, and Brandon’s Jennie Carline.
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