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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 22, 1954
Page
2
The MacGregor Herald established February 1897 prints every Thursday from the Herald Office in MacGregor Manitoba. Publisher A M Shaw lists subscription rates at $250 per year in Canada and $3.00 per year in the United States.
In light of warming days spring cleaning looms as women reveal a sharp eye for rearranging the living space. Furniture shifts from the familiar chair to the back porch, tables replace seats, and bouquets adorn the new reading light, while unfinished magazines and papers await their fate.
The passage describes housewives feeling spring fever as chores begin. Scouts help, old clothes are noted, and a can of tobacco hidden away is no longer, while curtains shine, rugs are shampooed, and boots shed moisture. The tone hints at renewal with seasonal cleaning and fresh starts as frogs begin to sing.
Beaver News from Mrs. Maurice Smith lists weekend and holiday visits across Manitoba and nearby places. Names include John Martini, Earl Forrest, Brian Rodgers, R G Smith, Sally Graham, Lynda Cooper, Roy Stone, Clarene Smith, Tom Telford, Clare Moffatt, Harvey White, Wm Pears, Irene Shaw, Alf Graham, and families visiting Winnipeg, Minot North Dakota, Portage, Minnedosa, Horndean, Lyleton, Burnside, and Altamont.
Mrs Riley of Portage spent Easter at home as Margaret and Mary Alton visited their aunt Miss Irene Alton. The W A meeting at Mrs Wallace Stone’s last week drew a good crowd. Miss Ethel Taylor of Winnipeg visited her parents Mr and Mrs Henry Taylor. Good Neighbors Club annual meeting postponed to Wednesday April 28. A birth announced for Mr and Mrs Annie Dahl nee Ada Reid of Elgin, a son. Several families from Portage and area spending holidays and visiting relatives in Gainsborough Sask Souris Man and Portage.
The district extends sympathy to Mrs Robt Clark and family on Mr Clark's death at home in Winnipeg on Sunday April 18. Other items note visits by Don Brugger and family, Katrime friends asked to visit Winnipeg, school teaching appointments for Betty McLaughlin and Phyllis Heselwood near Dauphin, Katrime Curling Club annual meeting with officers elected, and a card of thanks for support during hospital stay with thanks to Mr Koriol and Mrs Pennell.
Local residents gather for Easter activities with Miss Marjorie Chant visiting from Winnipeg. Mrs A Hulme visits Portage relatives for Easter. A Hospital Aid meeting is set for April 26 at 8 p.m. at Southend School. A Winnipeg contingent, Mr and Mrs J S Barbar, joins Easter Sunday visitors Ed Chant and Connie McKelvy.
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