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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 28, 1960
Page
3
Local residents share visits and family announcements including travel to Ontario and Saskatchewan. Miss Edith Elliott returns from Northern Ontario and Jamaya, while Mr and Mrs Baldwin and Mr Foxton report a September holiday in Blackfoot Idaho. A death notice for Mrs Alf Sutherland from Vancouver Island is noted with funeral details forthcoming.
The Womens Aid to the Hamiota District Hospital No PA met Friday in the Community Hall with Mrs Fraser presiding. Thirteen members answered roll call. Members collected funds and distributed items toward the hospital. Delegates were suggested for the district convention in Winnipeg. October 18-19. A $20 donation from Kinsmere Community was noted. The meeting closed with prayer.
Mrs Shirley Doermer and daughter Cheryl Ann spent the weekend at the James Boutpole home. Mr and Mrs Walter Olbeck visited Bangor Sask. over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Laxton of Frankford South Dakota visited with Mr and Mrs Redbert Collie. Mr and Mrs E Strath of Seal Lake visited Ivar Routledge last week. Mr and Mrs Frank Mattisor Winnired visiting Allan Cummings. The W I will host a meeting Friday October 7 at 2 p.m in the community room. Mrs Wilma Miller of Shoal Lake will speak on Large School Areas. Mr and Mrs Delmar McConnell visited Winnipes last week.
Decker Mervin Cochran and Freddie Cochrane left Sunday for Wawa. Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Shackleford of Neepawa on their 50th anniversary September 19. Purvis Sunley and family of Winnipeg visited the McConnells in Winnipeg. Rothwell of Brandon spent the weekend with the McConnell family. Co horthy and Maria visited Winnipeg. Billy Hall recently returned from Notre Dame School Wilcox Sask to take Grade 12. Good luck Bill. Mrs H Harms nee Joyce Strachan of Winnipeg welcomed a son born September 21. W I meeting set for October 5 at 2 pm in the hall basement. Mrs M Coupland of Hamiton to demo wood articles from raw mat. Visiting institute expected. Norman Lints returned to Winnipeg from holidays with Ray Lints family.
Bima Kerk, a well known Hamiota resident, died September 27 1960 at Hamiton Hospital. Born August 18 1884 she married William Pearson in 1903. Survived by two sons John and William of Hamiota, five daughters Mrs Stafford Moore Boissevain Mrs Jas Beasle Renville Mrs Michael Kazakoff Ottawa Ont Mrs Harold Sproul St Eustache Quebec Mrs Dave Ferris Hamiet. six granddaughters and nine grandsons.
The Afternoon Auxiliary of Hamida United Church met Tuesday September 20 at 2 30 PM with Mrs Dixon president opening. Subscriptions for Missionary Month were collected and discussed along with topics on capital punishment marriage and divorce refugee families. Mrs Rutherford highlighted literature and Mrs Dixon reported on the Shoal Lake executive meeting and upcoming events including a school officers session October 18 and a joint rally November 3 led by Mrs Holtzman. The program Into All the World Together and the Ecumenical movement were noted with several members named.
A fragmented OCR item mentions a person tied to fortune, banks, and a 4 percent figure, with unclear names and places. The readable bits imply financial dealings or a legal proceeding, but specifics are missing. The piece appears to be a brief society or financial note from a historical newspaper page.
The Manitoba Hospital Services Plan covers unlimited hospital stay when medically necessary. Premiums are shared by the insured and governments. six months of protection costs less for a single person than one day's hospital care and for married couples less than two days of hospitalization.
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