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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 19, 1956
Page
2
Community notes from Southend and MacAulay list visits and travels. Willis Wiebe and Bruce Muir are among Winnipeg and Weyburn visitors while Alma Wiebe graduates and additional gatherings occur around family and friends. A birthday anniversary and turkey dinner tickets prompt reminders amid social updates.
The Beaver Hospital Aid schedules its regular meeting for April 23. Beaver School notes Mr. George Thompson was transferred to MacGregor Hospital on Saturday, with friends hoping for his recovery. Mrs. Adne Graham of Humbolt Saskatchewan visits her parental home as her father, G. S. Thompson, remains a patient in MacGregor Hospital.
Katrime residents suffer heavy flood impact as water pumps and drains are hurriedly cleared. Mrs. Stan Cooper reports citizens work day and night to drain basements and keep stock fed while awaiting improvements.
May 7 designated Arbor Day in Manitoba by order in council. Minister R. D. Robertson notes spring conditions are best for planting and transplanting trees in the province.
The Patriotic Club held its annual meeting at Mrs A Christofferson’s home with officers named for the coming year. A club financial report lists receipts from dances and fund drives totaling 722.00, with a 743.36 cash balance and 81.88 balance on April 7 1956 plus various expense items for hall stores and activities. In memoriam notices honor Ester Catherine Core who died April 21 1953 and Robert A Clark who died April 18 1954 with lines of remembrance from family.
Ellen and family publish a memory notice in the Herald Classified remembering a loved one. The brief tribute thanks friends and neighbors for support and recalls enduring affection.
Matthew George, claimed to be Leicester’s oldest grocer at 87, says he breakfastes at 6:30 a.m. on two bananas soused in olive oil. He credits the routine with keeping him going.
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