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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 30, 1942
Page
8
A wartime appeal recounts George leaving his job and family to fight at Dieppe. The speaker urges readers to examine their finances and buy Victory Bonds, highlighting sacrifice, duty, and the loan of money to the nation with interest as a patriotic act.
Decker United Church will observe its anniversary on Sunday October 8 with Rev J W King of Newdale as preacher. Services at 2 pm and 7 30 pm, rally day at 1 30 pm led by Superintendent Bert Bailey with assistant workers and a girls choir providing special music. LW Cochrane notes Cross work shipments from Decker include quilts, clothing and babies wear. Sergeant Chas Norrie reported missing at Dieppe now listed as a prisoner in Germany. Harvey Lints enjoys a holiday from Alaska and the family welcomes a newborn son to the Hall home. Ronald Thomas’s father serves in the navy.
The Winnipeg daily papers featured Mr. Harry Cooke as one of Crown Life Insurance Company's best salesmen, highlighting his sales achievements and recognition within the firm.
Canadian Red Cross notes show soldiers injured in World War II regaining use of muscles and minds through occupational therapy at Canadian Military Hospital No 5 near Maidenhead. Patients paint, braid, weave, stitch and craft in a spacious workroom, aiding recovery and preventing idleness in convalescence.
Milk and butterfat remain urgently needed wartime foods as production barely met demand in the past year. Prices are at record highs. Cooler nights shorter days and reduced feed reduce autumn milk output, worsening the supply situation.
The guidance notes that freshly calved cows suffer more from outside exposure than late in the lactation stage. It recommends keeping cows milking in winter in a stable at night with extra feed, especially from late September for freshly freshened cows, to sustain production. Daytime outdoors is advised when weather and feed allow, with nighttime bedding and supplemental feeding to prevent declines.
Rev. W. M. Turnbull conducts services at McConnell Decker and Lavinia churches with Sunday School times from 12 to 2 p.m. Buy brooms made by the blind. labels appear on the brooms.
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