10 Sep 1941
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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 10, 1941
Page
1
Harvesting delays due to rain stall threshing for two weeks, and many farmers have swathed wheat awaiting the combine. Those who finished report yields from 30 to 46 bushels per acre, with No 3 grade mostly. a few No 2. Oats and barley are good, barley priced at 46 cents a bushel locally. Several farmers resume threshing as weather improves.
Local notices list Wm. Pearson accepting old horses for mink meat in Hamiota and B Juckes with a phone number. Community items include theatre at Shoal Lake, church anniversaries, musical festival planning, and upcoming bazaars by the Army and Navy Veterans in Canada.
Sweid's Store News lists harvest specials with Victory Coffee 49c per Ib packed air tight. Fry's Pure Breakfast Cocoa 21c per Ib. Lucerne Toilet Soap Quaker Rice 6 bars 25c. Ben Hur Tomato Catsup 2 tins 23c. Woodbury Facial Soap 4 cakes 25c. Grape Nut Flakes 2 pkgs 21c. Heinz Sandwich Spread 23c per jar. Wax paper 10 ft rolls 23c.
Village notice requests residents phone grocery orders after school hours due to difficulty sourcing delivery boys during the day. Authorities urge cooperation and thank the public for understanding.
A call to remove barriers to progress notes a potential town playground for children with a swimming pool. The idea could be discussed at the Ratepayers meeting and implemented if supported by the council. Also mentions Red Cross wheat donations and cash contributions through local officials.
Crandall announces anniversary services at Crandall United Church on Sunday October 19. A town supper is planned for Tuesday evening October 21. Canada calls for War Savings Certificates to support the war effort and gas conservation measures. A joke about a recruit named Private Smith ends the piece.
Public notice invites entries for September with committee members Ir Strickland M Levius and deposits at local banks. The message lists contacting options and locations for submission.
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