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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 20, 1961
Page
5
Classified ad rates listed for births engagements cards of thanks and memorials with a minimum charge and per word rates. A loving memory poem for Esther Catherine Core is presented with a personal message from family.
In loving memory of Mr RA Clark who died April 18 1954. The years pass yet his memory lingers in the hearts of his wife and family. A note of thanks to all who sent gifts cards or visited during and after hospital stay. Special thanks to Southend Macaulay WMS and MacGregor Collegiate Student Council.
A collection of thanks to friends and hospital staff from Muriel Alton and Pat Patterson. Plus multiple For Sale notices listing equipment, livestock, seeds, tractors, ranges, lumber, and miscellaneous items with contact details from MacGregor and surrounding towns.
Expresses gratitude to friends neighbors and others for support during hospital stay. Special thanks to doctors and staff of MacGregor and Carberry Hospitals. Signed D. N. Harder.
The Zimmer family thanks friends in MacGregor for the farewell gift given at their March 29 party and for assistance with the move. They invite visits to their new home at Riding Mountain. Signed by Frank Grace Delano Dean and Isabelle Zimmer.
Classified ad lists used tractors including 1952 LHC W6 Super sleeves pistons 1945 John Deere AR 1951 Lanz 45 Diesel 1949 John Deere A 1955 Massey Harris 44 Special 1952 Cockshutt 40 live PTO 1939 John Deere D 4 furrow plow and MH No 28 harrow. Also Fanning Mill motor mount, Versatile and Nu-Way Hang-Up Harrows, 60 lb harrow section. WANTS three to four bottom plows cultivators and used harrow sections.
Classified notice seeking any type of work, part or full time, odd jobs. Applicant willing to relocate within MacGregor area in Man. Contact Alton Ol son, MacGregor.
An old advert touts Ostrex Tonic Tablets promising quick relief for men and women over 40. The ad claims the tablets help with pop-up weakness and are available at all druggists for five cents.
Complete engine overhaul offered for 40 John Deere G tractors. Price listed at $300 total. Includes full rebuild parts and labor. Potential buyers urged to contact seller for details and scheduling.
Cool northern winds give way to springlike warmth as farmers plan fieldwork. Hockey club seeks sweater No. 15 while residents enjoy game nights on TV. Local visits include Mrs. Muir in Winnipeg and a honeymoon trip to the States. A pig on the loose in town ends with a corralling at R. Stratton yard.
A sequence of local events includes a YLS concert at Memorial Hall on Friday April 28, a WS Whist Drive at 8 pm on Thursday April 27 in the Senior Citizens club room to raise funds for Cancer, a dance sponsored by Court Lady MacGregor OF Canadian Order of Foresters at MacGregor Memorial Hall on Saturday April 22, 9 30 pm, and a St Pauls WA meeting on Wednesday April 26 at 8 pm at Mrs Herman Weber’s home. Also noted are donation requests for the Used Clothing Mission Base due by April 30, WAL quilt tickets for the April meeting, a bake sale by United Church W A on May 6 at 3 pm, and the MacGregor Thimblers Sewing Club bake sale at Firths Showroom on April 22 at 3 pm.
A collection of quotes on deception and truth with attributions to Eddy O Malley Rice Magoon and others. A beaudin notice proclaims the birth of Shar Denise Beaudin at MacGregor Hospital on Sunday April 16 with parents Dennis and Elaine.
Beaver Red Cross contributions for 1961 totalled 113 dollars with thanks to canvassers. Women's Federation sets April 26 meeting at 2 p.m. at Miss Irene Shaw’s home. George Thompson sale proceeds reached 63.65. Baby born to Mr and Mrs Dennis Beaudin on April 16 in MacGregor Hospital. Clarence Graham visits from Newdale. Winnipeg visitors Ken Gair and Don Thompson drop by. Don Smith starts work at Portage Co-op. MacDonald Bodie wedding attended by Sharon and Clarence Smith. Beaver Hospital Aid meeting April 24 at 8:30 p.m. at Mrs Gladys Stone’s home. Aid dance clears about 110. Portage visitors Mr and Mrs Howard Cobbe with G. Smith at Rough, Sask. Mrs O Harkness visits Portage. Edrans visit Roy Harkness home.
About 50 people attended the West End Hall on Saturday April 5 to hear Premier T. C. Douglas discuss labour movement stories and co operatives in Canada. A panel led by Don Swailes explored whether labour needs farmers, with Jake Schulz warning that farmer and labour unity is essential for political success. A Portage Neepawa CCF meeting date was set for the first week in May in Austin to nominate delegates for the New Party convention.
The National Heart Foundation of Canada led by Louis St Laurent approves 27 heart research awards totaling 198 100 dollars. Manitoba recipients include Dr T E Cuddy Dr N K Hollenberg Dr J R Innes and Dr S L Yamada from the University of Manitoba studying heart failure blood flow nervous influences and heart rhythm. The awards represent about one quarter of totals from affiliated provincial foundations with further funding reaching near one million dollars.
Nelson dispatch reports unhappy leaders of the Sons of Freedom Doukhobors after 11 automobiles were burned in Krestova on Sunday. Chairman John Perepolkin and Secretary Nick Nevokshono ff said cars should have been sold not burned. Spiritual leader Stefan Sorokin addressed followers. a Monday meeting followed a conference with Magistrate William Evans in Nelson.
Toll collectors on Auckland's Harbor Bridge keep an eye out for motorists termed kangaroos. The term refers to drivers who pay the two shilling toll with an Australian coin worth only four fifths of the local currency.
Two CPR freight trains collided in a Hamlet 35 miles east of Medicine Hat. The 86 car fast bound 930-16 was hit by west bound 965-14 derailing diesel units and one car from each train. no injuries. About 150 feet of track were ripped up, main line cut, Swift Current crew ordered to assist.
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