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 5 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 22, 1954
Page
4
Mrs Lavinia Wilton returns from Dry Depart to stay with Mr and Mrs R Milne for several months. Mr Charles Buck of Eber visited Leslie Milne over the weekend. Mr R Knight of Brandon also spent the weekend at home.
About 50 friends gathered at Mrs. Jack Anderson residence to honor Laureen McKinnon bride elect for October 9. Laureen and her mother were escorted to chairs with corsages, two contests were played, a poem read, and gifts were drawn. A luncheon followed as guests thanked the hostesses. The Mitch ell family spent the weekend in Wolseley visiting relatives.
Elizabeth Green and Kenneth Charles Hawkins united in marriage at Christ Church Hamiota on August 20 1954 at 7 pm Reverend Thurlow officiated. The bride wore a blue grey suit with navy pink accessories and carried an ivory Bible. Allan Asselstine was best man. A small reception followed at the Lepine home. The couple will reside in the Hamiota district.
A school notes section covers enrollment, new staff, and student councils, then emphasizes Fire Prevention Week with six leading causes of home fires. The piece warns fire is a daily danger and urges fire safe behavior with the slogan Let’s grow up not burn up.
Canada’s chartered banks report 9.2 million deposit accounts with 3.8 million opened in the last decade. Branches total 4,000 and staff surpass 50,000 as banking expands in size and scope to meet rising Canadian demand.
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.