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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 20, 1939
Page
6
Threshing in the vicinity of Hamiota is nearly finished while districts to the north still have grain waiting for the thresher. Last week saw very little grain processed due to rain.
The schedule lists Reverend S B Guille L Th rector for the sixteenth Sunday after Trinity on Sunday September 24, 1939 with services at 11 30 am and 7 00 pm including Evening Prayer and Sunday School in the evening.
Rev. W. R. Donogh M A of Rivers will be guest preacher at Hamiota United Church on Sunday September 24 1939 with services in morning and evening. Sunday School at 12 10 pm and evening service at 7 pm. Donogh will preach, reflecting wartime prayer and historical mentions of Marshall Foch and Lord Kitchener seeking quiet worship during the Great War.
Residents of Chumab United Church and affiliated groups urge voters to keep Hamiota clean and decent by voting against establishing a beer parlor. They warn opening a parlor would tempt youth and harm the village’s standards and future prospects.
A series of Manitoba weddings occur in September 1939 reflecting family ties. Blanche Christalae marries Cecil Moore of Winnipeg with a Tuscan silk gown and a dragonfly hat. Jessie Haines weds Eric Hutchings in Brandon. Mildred Elizabeth Haines-Clifford unites with William Clifford of Napinuks. Guests include relatives from Hamiota, Napinka and Oak River. Post ceremony, couples travel to Minneapolis and Napinka with home plans in Winnipeg and Brandon.
A social gathering at J. P. Moore’s home for Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Skillicorn who soon move to Vancouver. Congregation of Christ Church led by Rev. S. B. Guille, with Miss Marjorie Venables at piano, sang. A silver teapot was presented on behalf of the parish by Mrs. G. B. Key and W. H. Josey. Short addresses followed, then lunch and an hour of social time ending with Auld Lang Syne.
The funeral of Ann Booth widow of Peter Reid was held from United Church to Hamiota cemetery. Born in Aberdeen Scotland she moved to Canada at six, lived in Wainwright Alta for 40 years, and died aged 80 years 1 month 28 days. She leaves four daughters and six sons, 17 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren. A July reunion at Mrs. S Cooper’s home in Wainwright marked 40 years since the family last gathered.
The Decker calendar lists anniversary services on Sunday at 2 30 pm with Rev T D Barnett of Hamiota as speaker. A fowl supper and variety program occur October 20, a grand concert September 27 at 8 pm in Decker Memorial Hall, plus a dental clinic opening with Dr William of Hamiota and Nurse Gemmill of Brandon. The Evening Auxiliary visited Crandall, a baby girl arrived for Mr and Mrs Hombe, and King of Kings will be shown October 6 at Decker Church. Community groups include the W J meeting with a Germany talk by Rev Savage and a darning competition won by Mrs McDougall and Mrs A H Gi.
Obituary notes a father slipping away in calm sleep with a soldier like dignity. The family awaits burial at home in the west beside his partner as souls unite. A separate classified line advertises old horses and cows for fox meat with a phone contact.
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