This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 04, 1957
Page
2
A Dawson Creek tale recalls a barn raised in a single day during a gold rush era famine. Local lore from Niverville Utah notes John and Wallace among friends who built a 29 by 63 foot barn on July 19 as a symbol of communal effort and rapid town growth.
A large community project at Niverville Usrdted Church grounds built a new pole barn for stock housing. The structure uses creosoted poles and five feet of splashboard with plywood above, sheet iron roof, and annual cleaning. Total cost about $1,700 with local workers including Warner 5 MP and Jim Stewart helping amid a long build day.
The Winkler School Board acquired a 31 seat bus from the Greater Winnipeg Transit Commission for 1200 dollars. The board plans to use it to transport children from outlying districts daily. No routes or schedules are set until the next meeting.
James R. Newman notes that automatic computers are superbly useful and will improve, but emphasizes that humans crafted them and deserve the praise, not the machines themselves. The editor argues that mankind remains the clever creator behind the “nest of wires and tubes.”
A collage of small town notes from August includes George Bergman of Ste. Anne with a 13 pound 1 ounce pickerel from George Lake, Roy Brown of Lethbridge bragging of rainbows and a bull in France being hooked by a river fisherman. Also reported are triple calves in Armley, John Beaton's 90th birthday, and other light items from Saskatchewan Manitoba and Alberta community papers.
Yorkton Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition Association decides to hire a full-time secretary-manager and likely build a new grandstand to seat 4 000 to 5 000 at an estimated cost of 100 000 dollars before the 1953 exhibition. The 73rd anniversary marker signals a push to make the 1958 exhibition tremendously successful.
The Esterhazy school board plans a ratepayers meeting to discuss a proposed new school costing about 250 000 dollars. Architects have finalized plans for 12 classrooms, a gymnasium, auditorium, library, science and service facilities, with site preparation to begin soon and construction aimed for September.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.