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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 19, 1951
Page
6
Local notes report births at Portage General and Winnipeg hospital, baptisms in St Pauls Winnipeg, and obituaries letters. Residents visit, travel plans, elections worded as portage area community items with names like Nelsons Muirheads Hay Leech and Anderson. A cemetery meeting invites and a memory tribute for William Scora.
Allan enjoyed a solid winter season with hockey and may return within two weeks to continue in his former job there. An incident with a Ford car last Friday led to a severe cut on the face described as ipsead ware. Lou fell from a box-car plank that broke, striking just below the eye. he was taken to Portage Hospital, had lips stitched and a nasal bone fractured, spent a day there, then went home.
The Manitoba Federation of Agriculture held a meeting in Memorial Hall M Gregor Monday evening with about fifty farmers present to discuss agricultural problems. Harry Dankesreiter of Beaver chaired the meeting. T Wilson of Oakville spoke for the Pool Elevators board. J Monkhouse, president of the Manitoba Dairy and Poultry Co op, led farming discussions and outlined a possible marketing board for Menella Coop. Canadian Co op Implements was presented by the Portage Consumers' Coop manager Igert.
Mr and Mrs H Dankesreiter and family spent the week end at Mc Auley Manitoba. Mrs E Kelly of MacGregor is at her son's home. A Red Cross Drive raised 273 dollars in Beaver district. Kyle Stone and Price Alderson left for Edmonton for a six week diesel engineering course. Mr and Mrs V McKelvy and Bobby with Mrs E Graham of MacGregor visited relatives at Shoal Lake.
Sunday schedule lists Christ Church Austin at 11 am and Holy Trinity Sidney at 2 30 pm with St Pauls MacGregor at 7 pm. Bethel Chapel led by Pastor L Dickinson offers two and three o clock sessions. United Church shows 11 am Sunday School, 11 am Beaver and 2 pm Bagot with 7 pm MacGregor services.
Calendar of MacGregor events with dates for clubs including You Have a Date Bagot Tractor Club, MacGregor Tractor Club Dance and Pie Social, Official Board meeting at MacGregor United Church, Old Time Fiddlers Contest and Dance, Britannia Chapter Birthdays Tea, WMS Tea and Produce Table, and WI meetings with plant slips donation.
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