Reservoir warnings and weather mix in small town notes
Small children should be warned to stay away from the reservoir as frost sits six feet deep in places. Bicycles and mitts signal summer, while Leonard Lamb plans a new locker-plant addition. A local photographer buys a fast electronic flash and captures a square dance. Water near Austin runs low, Beaver Creek arrivals depend on horseback, and a timber wolf rumor settles as a large dog dispute. Local business Lye Motors adds a 50-ton press. residents move into the former Moore home. A flower garden contest idea is floated by the Chamber of Commerce and mayoral potential. A Sunday School pun births a joke about missed sins and a divorce query. Potatoes stay pricey due to wet fall and scarce supply. A slow-handed hired man cuts wood sparingly. no more youth casualties to report.
Y L S Concert Showcases Local Talent at Memorial Hall
The Young Ladies Society of the United Church staged its annual Variety Concert at Memorial Hall MacGregor drawing 300 attendees. Acted plays featured Miss K Vance and Miss J Arrisea in A Pair of Lunatics and Not A Man in the House. Performances by Miss Isabelle Arris, violinist Miss McKee, barbershop quartet and a tap dance impressed the crowd. Proceeds led to repeat showings in Austin and Bagot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hall
MacGregor
Young Ladies’ Society of the United Church
R. W. Cobbe
Vane
D. McKie
C. D. Rupp
U.L
Gertie McXelvy
Isabelle Arris
Helen Webbe
Evelyn Jones
Elsie Jones
Beth Neale
Doris Wark
Bernice Haskett
Roberta Allan
Janice Fotheringham
Frank Hay
Marjorie Giles
Curling Clubs Schedule Annual Meetings
With the curling rink closed for the season both clubs plan meetings next week The Ladies Club meets at Miss Eilene Marsh home Tuesday April 8 at 8 pm The Men's Club meets at the rink Thursday April 16 at 8 pm Attendance is urged for all members to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eilene Marsh
Former Old-Time Resident Reaches 90th Birthday
This week the community honors Mr. Thomas Hunt on his 90th birthday. Married March 8, 1890, to Mrs. Hunt, he spent most of his life on a Path head district farm before retiring to MacGregor and later Portage la Prairie to live with his daughter Jos. Collier. Though frail, he reads without glasses and recalls many old-time happenings, and well wishes are offered for more years of happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Hunt
Jos. Collier
Portage la Prairie
Mr. Hunt
Pathhead
MacGregor
Portage
Collier
Hunt
Local Events In MacGregor On April Dates
Community notices for MacGregor list a home baking sale on April 12 and multiple April meetings. W.A. of St Pauls Church gathers April 8 at Mrs Hemings home. Britannia Chapter LODE meets April 7. Official Board MacGregor Pastoral Charge holds April 8 Bagot meeting. MacGregor nosprai aia hosts April 8 and 4 pm baking sale. WMS meets April 9. Hospital Aid hosts Canada Packers Food Clinic April 22 at 2 30 pm with a Silver Tea for proceeds.
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Country Club Hospital
MacGregor
W.A
St. Paul’s Church
C. O. Heming
Britannia
Lode
Hugh Clancy
MacGregor Pastoral Charge
Bagot
MacGregor Nosprai Aia
Lye
MacGregor Hospital Aid
Canada Packers
Memorial Hall
Reverend Milburn Honored by Katrime Parishioners
After Sunday services Katrime Church held a Fireside Social Hour to bid farewell to Rev. Milburn. A presentation of money was made by friends, and the address spoke of loss and gain from his departure. Milburn thanked the group and the school visit followed with pupils presenting a Traveller's Fitted Kit and a lunch served.
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Katrime
Milburn
Rev
A. Heselwood
R. Barber
Katrime Church
R. Milburn
Family Honors Parents On 50th Wedding Anniversary
On March 20 Mr. and Mrs George Reshaur celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at their MacGregor home. Married in Carberry on March 20, 1902, they lived in Gladstone before moving to Katrime, farming 38 years, then retired to MacGregor in 1948. They have two sons, Bob of Sturgis and Cliff of Golden Stream, four daughters, 16 grandchildren, and 5 great grandchildren. Guests included H. Duncan, C. Olson, C. Reshaur, B. Cairns, L. Reshaur, and grandchildren George, Terry, Betty, and Glen.
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George Reshaur
MacGregor
Bob
Sturgis
Sask
Clifi
Golden Stream
Clarence Olson
Annie
Lizzie Reshaur
Henry Duncan
Ethel
Katrime
Stirling Cairns
Millie
Gladstone
J. M. Irwin
H. Duncan
C. Olson
C. T. Reshaur
8. Cairns
L. Reshaur
Winnipeg
Terry
Betty Duncan
Glen Cairns
North Norfolk Rural and MacGregor Village Council Meetings
Regular council meetings set for April include Rural Municipality of North Norfolk in Austin on Friday April 4 and the Incorporated Village of MacGregor in MacGregor on Monday April 7.
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North Norfolk
MacGregor
Austin
Local Residents Miraculously Escape Injury At Rail Crossing
Three local residents in a half ton Fargo truck escaped injury after a crash at the Canadian Pacific crossing on Scotia Street in MacGregor. A eastbound CP Rail Limited train at 60 mph struck the truck, tearing off a wheel and fenders, yet all occupants remained unharmed and no windows broken. Engineer L Wiggins, the driver, was the same man who piloted the train involved in a previous fatal collision near MacGregor a month earlier.
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Miracle
MacGregor
Sctoria Street
Critchlow Brothers
Alt Snaith
Mary Snaith
M. M. Marsh
Snaith
CPR
Flyer
Mr. L. Wiggins
H. A. Sutton
Easter Thankoffering Guest Speaker Planned by W MS
The United Church W MS Easter Thankoffering meeting will be Tuesday April 22 at 8 pm. Guest speaker is Mr McLachlan McLean principal of the Indian Residential School Portage. All are invited to hear this interesting talk.
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The
United Church
W.ms
McLachlan McLean
Portage
Tea and Bazaar to Aid Junior Red Cross in April
The Junior Red Cross of Room IV hosts a Tea and Bazaar in the United Church Annex from 3 to 5 o clock on Wednesday April 9. Everyone is welcome to attend as teachers and students focus on exams this week.
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Red Cross
Room IV
United Church
Mr and Mrs George Chant Lebrate 40th Anniversary
Mr and Mrs George A Chant celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary on March 20 at their Vancouver home. Only their daughter Mrs May Laurence and her son David attended. They received telegrams of congratulations from Rev G P Chant of Fairview Alta and Mrs Joyce Sigurdson of Winnipeg. Guests included Mrs Parsons and Ruth, Mr and Mrs Leo Pfeifer, Mrs Joyce Simons and Miss Helen Faucet.
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George A. Chant
Winnipeg
Man
Vancouver
B.C
May Laurence
David
Chant
G. P. Chant
Fairview
Alta
Joyce Sigurdson
Parsons
Ruth
Brandon, Man
Leo Pfeifer
Erinview
Joyce Simons
Helen Faucet
Meeting in Bagot Discusses Wheat Agreement Policy
The MF.A.C. session at Bagot Hall drew about fifty farmers led by chairman Gordon Troop and secretary S. Coulthard. H Dankesreiter outlined MF.A.C. aims and urged delegates for District No. 6 Woodlands convention on June 11, while V Poloway explained the International Wheat Agreement and a price ceiling of $2.00 and floor of $1.60 per bushel was unanimously endorsed, along with support for a live stock floor price aligned to the Feb 23 market.
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Bagot Hall
Mf.ac
Gordon Troop
S. Coulthard
H. Dankesreiter
MAC
Cooperative Farm Forum
Woodlands
AC. V. Poloway
Manitoba
Clarence Patterson
Alf Graham
MFAC
Saskatchewan
Maurice Smith
John Dankesreiter
Radio Receiving Licences Available Through Multiple Channels
Licences may be obtained from post offices, radio dealers, radio service men, certain banks, and canvassers in some districts. If not available locally, licences can be secured from the Controller of Telecommunications in Ottawa. Each tenant of a room with radio installed in a motor vehicle requires a separate licence.
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Newadio
Department of Transport
Ottawa
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Ream
CO Maples
Leonard Lamb
Fred Clarke
Fred
Beaver Creek
Lye Motors
Albert Blair
Blair
Chas. Moore
F. S. Edwards
Chamber of Commerce
Y.L.S
Canada
Y.S
Ted Critchlow
H. Brisco
W. Critchlow
Gay Lambert
R. Stratton
K. Vance
Lillian Smith
Mr. McKee
Mr. Ruppert
Emma
Marion Frank
Garry Cobbe
Mr. Rupp
Miss Vance
L. B. Patterson
A Frank
R. Tarr
A. Wark
W. Haskett
G. Dobbe
W. Satehlow
Haskett
Curling Clubs
WMS
Rev. R. Milburn
Katrime Parishoners
Council
W.ms. Easter
By Hope Olson
Mrs. Geo. Chant Lebrate
Mf.a.c
WEW Radio
Ottawa, Ont
J.C. Lessard
Lionel Chevrier
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