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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 28, 1960
Page
2
The piece notes garden and storm window prep as residents brace for winter. It mentions summer activity including new building and a large construction project completed, plus local stories of Barry Strickland and Harry Brooks moving between homes.
Canadians and Americans describe a wartime journey toward the Arctic where the brief summer astonished travelers. Passengers shed heavy coats and hats as temperatures rose and the landscape shifted from cold trench attire to mild, bright conditions during the voyage.
A traveler recalls visiting British and Norwegian freighters ports to load grain. They describe immense elevators, freight cars, belts and chutes lifting grain into ships, marveling at Canada's role as a bread basket and the vast industrial landscape north of Winnipeg.
A party tours Churchill describing cold winds, rocky shores, and salt water then imagines white whales though only two were seen marred by harpooned specimens. Tourists chase pictures at the port while officials warned about clothing as crowds prepare for the annual Churchill Ball and service personnel mingle with Eskimos.
The Rural Municipality of Blanshard publishes a notice that By-Law 868 to regulate liquor sales in restaurants beverage rooms and liquor stores will be submitted to resident ratepayers for assent. Voting set October 21 1960 at six wards with dates and polling places and officers of the municipality listed. The notice requires publication in local papers and Manitoba Gazette two weeks before voting.
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