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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 30, 1968
Page
6
Thursday October 31 at Hamiota Fraternal Hall 19 standard games with a 20th game blackout. Jackpot 290 dollars. 8 p.m. sharp. Admission one dollar. Extra cards twenty five cents. Proceeds go to Hamiota Fraternal.
A Winnipeg column blends jabs at mayoral candidate Eric Woll s, jokes on Judy LaMarsh and Stokely Carmichael, plus sports notes from NHL ties involving the Canadiens and Maple Leafs. It riffs on local life, politics, and pop culture with casual, satirical phrasing.
A Cardale group visited Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Purdy and Miss Edith Ferguson at their Oak River home on Thursday afternoon. Grace McTavish read the address as Purdy's received a mantel clock and hassock. Evelyn Cowan presented Edith with a gold wrist watch from Cardale district. Ferguson has resided with the Purdys for years. A luncheon followed, with senior visitors Mrs. T. J. McTavish and Mrs. S. Campbell among the attendees.
The article names numerous curlers including McConnell Mathison Woods Carlson Caldwell Fraser Kirk Shayman Hawke Smith Vickery Jamieson McWhirter Beamish Amy Harrison Turner Seddon Angus Park Mathison Brown Young Lyall Johnson Thompson Houck McConnell Campbell Kirk Caldwell Finlayson McDonnell Robertson Partridge and others. It notes the afternoon rink attendees and spares list with several skipped players.
The Manitoba Division of the Canadian Arthritis and Rheumatism Society announces a 1900 award to School of Medical Rehabilitation students at the University of Manitoba. Dr Gordon Coghlin Memorial Bursaries by Western Manitoba Branch honor 1968 69 winners including Johanna Elink and Julie Ishenberg with other division recipients named.
A writer shares a personal method to tame farm chores by writing a single nightly promise for the next day. Each morning reveals the assigned task, with multi day jobs staying on the list until finished, boosting completed work and overall productivity into 1968.
The Crandall Women’s Institute met October 23 in the church parlor with 14 members and 5 visitors. Mrs. M. Henderson presided as Mrs. C. Lee opened with a poem selection. A Children’s Aid Layette item and a talk on “The Biggest Mistake I Ever Made” were shared. A plan to entertain the Miniota municipality Golden Age Group on November 20 was proposed. The group will canvass for the United Appeal Fund. Mrs. J. E. Finkbeiner spoke on her Lansing Michigan A C W W Conference trip, with thanks from Mrs. W. Long. Lunch followed.
The Manitoba Telephone System announces the new Provincial Telephone Directory set for early November distribution. The 708 page book adds 20 pages over 1967, with 173000 copies printed, up 6000 from last year, and includes instructions for Direct Distance Dialing. The cover features a full color Manitoba lake scene photographed at Rocky Lake near Wanless and The Pas.
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