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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 11, 1995
Page
12
Hamiota residents presented Melinda with best wishes and gifts. Sharla Kanski gave the bride the address while recalling school days. Melinda thanked all guests for attending and for useful presents including a crock pot a breakfast nook a blender an apple peeler and a stainless steel colander.
A compilation of visitors and arrivals around Isabella including Loretta and Bob Eger of Yorkton Brian and Lyle Armitage Miniota Ben and Audrey Coupe Winnipeg Carolyn Rob Tegan and Chelsea Somerville Winnipeg Dean and Joan Elwart Dearborn Michigan Lorne and Marg Peto Brandon. The piece notes summer guests of the Irwins and others along with memories of a 1896 hailstorm that ruined crops near Yorkton.
The account describes a sweeping hail storm that traveled about 200 miles with a 10 mile wide path near the Dakota boundary. Crops east of the witness area were wiped out while the western farm escaped damage. Windows shattered, trees stripped, and fowl killed. Hoopers Lake geese reportedly destroyed. Comparisons drawn to a 1995 hail event with chickens killed at Lawn farm. Irwin family experienced complete hail loss on their property. The speaker hopes for a 100 year reprieve.
The column lists visitors and greetings in Kenton including Tillsonburg-Onton visitors corrected to Irwin, welcomes for Verna Thompson, and congratulations to Lisa McMillan and Denis Hemrica on their Sept. 2 wedding at Kenton United Church. 200 Club winners named Cathy Carter Hilda Curry Marlene Wood and Shirley I Hunt. People from Brandon Emerson Regina visited Ruth Hollingsworth and others.
Community notes from Miniota mention Elva Spalding visiting Pauline Rowan, Brent and Clare Littlejohn with grandma Barbara Littlejohn, and visits by Bob and Catherine Peel and their grandchildren Jeffery and Landon Peel. A 4-H Horse Show success and new Postmistress Brenda Stowe are noted, plus a wedding and birthdays. MMSS News reports hail relief, floor curling, and upcoming events as Mother Nature takes control.
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