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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 06, 1961
Page
2
A crowd of short items reports a doughnut shaped fly killer cake used in a barn, the Minnedosa River and Oak River running dry, and roads improving toward Flin Flon with top surfaces near completion. Community notes urge river restoration, bottle curb efforts, and caution with door to door sales along with a farm harvest demonstration next Saturday.
Visitors and residents are noted in Hamiota district notices. Many locals and friends travel between Winnipeg and area homes, with gatherings at J Smith and other households. Dorothy English returns to Minnedosa teaching duties after a weekend at home. A. E. Andrew mourned. funeral Sept 8 in Hamiota United Church.
Letters from Boissevain area residents complain of gas costing 47.4 cents per gallon while Winnipeg Brando and nearby towns report 34.9 to 36.9 cents. Citizen questions whether refineries, road taxes, and dealer margins drive rural prices above similar distances from centers.
The Gospel Chapel announces a Billy Graham film showing titled Shadow of the Boomerang. Pastor Rev. G W Bacycroft invites parishioners to attend Thursday at 8:00 p.m. in the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada church.
Mrs. Nelson Kreager spent the weekend with relatives at Bethan. The Harry Bailey family of Hamiota attended the graduation in Winnipeg on August 18 for Wayne Bailey who now serves as a fighter officer and has been transferred to Prince Edward Island. Mr. and Mrs. James Ostrup and Cindy and Sheri of Edmonton visited J E Riddell’s home along with Miss Linda Seely of Climax. Bev Coombs of Flin Flon returned home after summer with her uncle and aunt. Marjorie Bomford joined them for a week in Flin Flon.
Hamiota Hospital reports births to several families in August. Ear Johnston welcomes a daughter on the 15th, Steve Gan'tuk and Elphinstone greet a daughter on the 24th, Alex Nykoliation and Lavinia have a daughter on the 26th, Jack Ellis and Lenore welcome a daughter on the 26th, Tony Shuba and Seech announce twin sons born August 28 with one deceased, and Ian enty and Hamiota register a daughter on August 30.
A fragmented listing of 1920s Winnipeg activities including school football at Red Feather, Wpg Stadium matches Wps versus Regina and Vancouver, wrestling at Wpg Arena, boxing and hockey listings, concert and recital at Playhouse and details for upcoming events in October. The scattered notes mention Brooklands Speed Fair, four faces at Wpg Stadium, and Liberace planned performances.
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