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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 09, 1964
Page
6
Auction notice lists sale 1% mile south of Firdale or 3 miles north and 1 west and 1 north of Sidney. Titled for Tuesday April 14 at 1 pm. Items include hay rake with tractor, wagon, box, Kruschel grinder, steel wagon, feed rack, 18 ton(?) machinery, blacksmith outfit, fuel tank, 300 gallon, and a low farm scale among others.
A concise catalog lists farm contents including lumber quantities, various food angle items, kitchen bins, loose hay, tools and typical small equipment, plus plastic wrap, window materials, reflecting a well equipped home farm inventory.
Winnipeg couples spent weekends at local farms and with friends in Brandon. Betty McLaughlin resumed teaching duties in Brandon after Easter. The district attended the Brandon Winter Fair and a hockey game. Congratulations to Wilbert Tomehuk and Mary Alton on their newborn son born March 30.
Mr and Mrs G H Hughson visited Mrs Dave Marnock in Brandon on Wednesday where Mr Marnock is a patient in hospital. Mrs G H Hughson and two other ladies attended a Tupperware party at Mrs Albert Manns home on Thursday afternoon. The Hughsons also visited friends in Carberry on Friday.
Two purebred cattle auctions at the Manitoba Winter Fair totalled just over 80 000 dollars, with 138 head sold at average prices below last year and Regina sales. Top price was 1 750 dollars for a grand champion Aberdeen Angus bull bred by C. E. Glasman and Sons of Russell and sold to A. G. Hall of Kilney Sask.
Manitoba premier Duff Roblin pressed for a priority system to resolve federal provincial finance issues. He said a deep review of revenue bases and the equalization formula is needed as talks in Quebec City yielded no immediate gains. Roblin warned against freezing negotiations while considering plans like the Canada pension and hospital programs. He noted potential school funding from pension transfers and cautioned on Ottawa tax abatement proposals.
Pastor Kenneth Smith leads Bethel Church in MacGregor with events on Sunday April 12 at 10.00 am Sunday School 11.00 am Worship Service and 7.30 pm Service. Friday has no service. Sunday schedule listed.
Manitoba Teachers' Society delegates agreed not to fill out social security number fields on applications, following a Canadian Teachers' Federation recommendation. President-elect Miss E. L. Redmond said numbers would be used only for unemployment insurance, which teachers do not subscribe to, and that teaching is not a seasonal, unstable profession with many job opportunities.
Interest in growing field peas as a cash crop spreads across Manitoba farms. Durksen notes shift from Winnipeg and Portage la Prairie to other districts with rising production stability. Overseas demand from the West Indies and Britain exists, Europe requests outpaced by supply. Peas need fallow, well drained soil, and avoid very light land. Contracts with seed firms may begin with agricultural reps. Varieties Arthur Chancellor Creamette. the latter two suit northern regions with pedigreed seed advised.
Manitoba Social Credit MLA Jake Froese opposes a bill to create marketing boards for agriculture fish and forest products saying compulsory elements destroy free enterprise. The act would let boards regulate producer level prices with enforcement by a strengthened Manitoba marketing board appointed by the cabinet. Albert Vielfaure argues the act shifts powers from producers to departments of agriculture and mines and natural resources.
Southend Macaulay Gary Hodgins of Winnipeg spent the weekend at his parental home. The Beef Club thanks all who bought lunch at Clarence Koldyk's sale, yielding 16.25 dollars. Agnes Kreitz Janice Kelly and Phyllis Lee joined HH Beef and Clothing Club members on a Winnipeg tour Friday. Lorne Anderson of Austin visited with the Chant and Drew. Mr and Mrs Harold Radford and Barbara of Winnipeg visited the Hulme family weekend. Bob Goodall and daughters from Winnipeg visited Pennell family. Linda Pennell spent Easter holidays in Winnipeg. Jack Frank attended Brandon Fair on Thursday.
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