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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 11, 1961
Page
2
A rural column reports harvest activity with the Hunsaker Rampling operation and Rutherford flax work after rain. It notes local landmarks, a busy crossroads coffee bar, missing Echo correspondent Mrs George Bull, golf scores, personalized cement sidewalks, and local crime and fire prevention items. It closes with aphorisms on common sense.
Local notices list Regina residents Doug Venables spending the long weekend with Miss Glennis Asselstine of Winnipeg and Miss Joan Hudson of Saskatoon. Others include Jerry Venables and Bill Grant at their respective homes, Roy Bell of Boissevain visiting J E Sunley, Mrs. Nelson Kreager and daughters visiting Neepawa and Bethany, Mrs Norman Mennie and children of Brandon with her parents, and Mr and Mrs Luther Johnston.
District residents reported Thanksgiving visits across Manitoba towns. Families from Winnipeg Brandon Shoal Lake and The Pas joined relatives at parents' homes in Wawanesa Portage la Prairie and Gilbert Plains for the holiday. Congratulations to Garry Van Buskirk on Oct 7 wedding in Crandell.
A roundup of weekend visits across Stonewall Winnipeg and area including Mr George Davis and Mrs V E G Little. The 1962 Community Centre board convened with Rev Hoover presiding and reports on the year’s operations.
Sunday services listed for Hamiota United Church and Strathclair Pastoral Charge. Thanksgiving visits noted for Venables family in Neepawa Portage and Rosetown. Extended social and anniversary mentions include Dixon, Thompson, Ferguson, Brown, Lloydminster, and Swift Current households.
United Church minister Rev H J Harland opens with church service and Sunday School. Delegates named for Brandon leadership school. topics include handicraft and parliamentary procedure. Reading from Institute News and United Nations theme. Library hours noted and readers welcome.
Public notice announces By-Law No. 344 to repeal Local Option By-Law 89 and to approve liquor licenses for beer and natural wine in restaurants and beverage rooms. Public vote set for October 20, 1961, with further council meetings and final tally on October 21, 1961. documents available at the Secretary-Treasurer's office.
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