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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 25, 1946
Page
8
The Sandhill crane Grus canadensis tabida is described by a bare red forehead and a grey or grey with rusty tint. It exceeds 40 inches in height, with a bill over 5.5 inches and a tarsus longer than 8.25 inches. Nesting occurs on the ground in wet marshes.
Birth announcements list multiple families from Hamiota Oak River and surrounding areas with dates in August and September including Lavinia Knight a daughter Ed Sheardown a son Earl Newton a child and several other newborns. The text notes a funeral service from Scotia United Church for Mrs. Smith and lists attendees and pallbearers. Edna Jarrett Ina Smith and Mrs H A MacKay seen visiting or attending events. Glen Smith enters fall classes at the end of the notice.
Anniversary services for Chumah Church planned for Sunday October 13 with fuller particulars to follow. The tally service held last Sunday drew a very good attendance.
Keith Dixon left Monday for Winnipeg to attend Manitoba University where he studies Agriculture. Muriel McConnell also departed Monday for Winnipeg to attend Manitoba University studying Home Economics. Mr. and Mrs. W A McConnell are visiting Winnipeg for a few days. Mrs. J Riddell senior of Hamiota spent a week visiting her daughter Mrs. E Wallace.
Mrs. Alex Smith died at her Scotia home on September 19 after a long illness. Born in Dumfermline Scotland, she was almost 85 and came to Canada in girlhood. She married Alex Smith in 1883 and they moved from Ontario to Manitoba in 1886, farming there since. Thirteen children survived, all present at their golden wedding in 1932. Mrs. Smith was devoted to home and church and her husband predeceased her seven years ago. Surviving children live across Ontario Saskatchewan and Manitoba, including Alex at home and Miss Alice Beryl Smith in Winnipeg.
Evelyn Rivers leaves Monday for Winnipeg to begin her third year in Science. The Community extends sympathy to Mrs. Strachan Jr on the death of her sister in Saskatoon and to the Smith family on the death of their mother Mrs. Alex Smith.
The Decker Ladies Aid and W M S hosted guests led by Mrs H Lints with Doreen Hanna sharing her Clear Lake Leadership Camp experience. Plans announced for Anniversary Services on October 27 and 29 Fowl Supper. farmers report good yields and a top oat crop of 95 bushels per acre on Edgar Lints worked farm.
The notice informs shareholder customers and members that a dividend may be paid in proportion to 1947 patronage from revenues of the 1947 taxation year or other permitted funds under the Income Tax Act as amended. It holds out the prospect of patronage payment under the act’s terms.
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