Modern Day Living in Hamiota Manitoba Family Heads East
A loosely connected local column recounts the Thorne family from Oberon Manitoba with four members in different towns and schools, notes improvements in the Hamiota Echo including Von Diselpuli and School Chatter, and lists civic happenings. It covers a corner stone ceremony at Hamiota College, sewer project progress, Daylight Saving Time debates, a Father and Son anecdote, mail service delays, and the Fraternal Hall painting and upgrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank McKinnon
Oberon
Manitoba
Neepawa
Harte
Brookdale
Wellwood
Earl Thorne
Man
Linda
Jerry
Billy
von Diselpuli
Jim McConnell
Harvey Brown
Teachers Salaries Spar Overdue Debates In Echo
The echo notes competition for public school pay while praising merit earned salaries. It cites past underpayments and argues teachers deserve fair compensation. Also mentions an exchange of ministers Clark and McColl sharing pulpits and a thought on time-wasting indecision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Education
Um Rx
United Church
Clark
Hamiota
McColl
Shoal Lake
Local and visiting residents attend community events
Mrs Harvey Gray won a Transistor Radio in Jamieson’s Store. Winnipeg visitors Mr and Mrs James Watt stayed with Mrs W J Johnstone. Ivan Hickman and family held a Beausejour reunion. James Walker of Vancouver visited relatives the Catto home. Fred Venables Harold McLaren joinedGovernor Ross Martin and Mrs Martin at Lions Club dinner in Birtle. Hamiota Lions hosted District Governor 5M3. Frontier dining room Churchill held a wind-up banquet for Cometball players, winners of the Anniversary Cup, with Dave Kirk and Bob Johnson as managers and coach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Walker
Vancouver
B.C
W. Catto
Messrs
Fred Venables
Harold McLaren
Ross Martin
Mrs. Martin
Lions Club
Birtle
Hamiota
Frontier
Churchill
Dave Kirk
Bob Johnson
Dave
Bob
Local School Orchestra Overlooked by Student Council
A Hamiota music admirer asks why school dances hire external orchestras while the fine local student orchestra rarely gets invited to perform in the auditorium. He notes cooperation from Citizens and seeks an explanation for this boycott of local talent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamiota School
Shoal Lake
Birtle
Hamiota
Letter to Editor Salutes Coombs Current Comments
A reader commends F. J. Coombs for his weekly Current Comments column praising its practical take on local and global happenings and its blend of wit and wisdom. The letter praises the down to earth storytelling and calls the column something to be proud of.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Coombs
TV Schedule October 28 to November 3
Weekly listing for Brandon Manitoba shows brand schedule with programs across days. Key items include Heritage Country Calendar NFL Football Ed Sullivan Bonanza Biography Alfred Hitchcock Night Final News various youth and children's programs and late night movie blocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CBC News
Citizens Forum
Ckx-Tv
Ed. Sullivan
Mr. Rodgers
Laramie
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hamiota Echo
Canada
U.S.A
F.S. Venables
Happy
Bill Fenty
Turris
Aberdeeshire
Scotland
North Sea
North
Turris Street
Hamiota Collegate
L. R. Fulton
Birdtail River
Grand Lodge of
M.W. Bro
Sherman H. Dayton
Wilfred Cochrane
Pateman
Gordon Killoh
Doug Pedlow
Brandon
Manitoba Urban Association
Winnipeg
Trevor Venables
Trevor
Duncan
Boukier
Keith Findlay
Rivers
Rapid City
Releif
Keith
Hamiota Fraternal Hall
Canadian Order of Foresters, Hamiota
C. E. Webb
Rosser Ave
Kennell & Strange
Kenton
Drs. Hudson, Hames Heddle
LAW Office OF
D. Stuart Barber
The
Industrial Development Bank
Bennett
Stuart Barber
Harvey Gray
Jamieson’s
Ivan Hickman
Beausejour
Doak, Buckingham
Presley
Gordon Adams
Wwe
Kx-Tv
Brandon Man
Loretta Young
Don Messer
Danny Thomas
Arthur Godfrey
Hollywood
Mike Mercury
C.B.C
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