Sidney 4-H Beef Club News
The Sidney 4-H Beef Club meets at Ernie Bagnall residence with members and two leaders. They plan Mother's Day church services tea on May 5, a May 5 cleanup day, and Parents night May 20 in Arizona Hall. Dianne Bagnall to present senior public speaking. junior speaker to be decided. Grant Lintott spoke on Building a Go-Cart. Russell Loewen spoke on Animal Camouflage. Next meeting May 8. Uniforms kept same colors as last year. Lunch served. Reporter Glenn Loewen.
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Mark Brown RAF ace and Malta squadron commander dies in 1941
April issue excerpt notes Mark Brown from MacGregor or MacGreg or Man. served as Flight Commander then commanded RAF No 1 Squadron in Malta. Killed over Sicily in November 1941 after earning the DFC and Bar and the Czech MO as a wing commander. His score reached 17 before the Battle of Britain. Brown attended MacGregor school and worked at the Bank of Montreal before enlisting. His father was a Past Master of Temple Masonic Lodge of MacGregor.
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Manitoba Health Minister Faces Probing Questions on Clinics
In the Manitoba Legislature, Health Minister Rene Toupin faced Liberal questions about the NDP plan to establish community health centres. He described Winnipeg’s first clinic as unique in North America and discussed possible membership and deterrent fees to curb cross visits. He noted Ontario models in St Catharines and Sault Ste. Marie but said Manitoba’s approach may differ.
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MacGregor Village Council Acts On Bylaws And Finances
MacGregor village council discussed maintenance problems and passed a bylaw appointing an enumerator returning officer and revising officer. Delegates to Winnipeg meetings will receive 10 dollars plus mileage. Mrs. C. McDougall may attend a Winnipeg convention with expenses paid. Council allocated 50 dollars to the Jackson Lake development committee for 1971. An A budget meeting is set for April 26, 1971 at 7:30 pm. A hedge trimming bylaw near highways due to limited visibility was planned. Water and sewer rate schedules are advertised and a meeting with the utility board is scheduled for April 29, 1971 at 11:15 am. The hospital board capital payment of 544.54 dollars will be paid in 1971, reducing the village liability. A complaint about water discoloration of clothing due to iron content was raised and referred to the health department for corrective cost estimates at the inlet.
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Portage wedding party hosts large reception for family
A lengthy list of Portage residents and relatives attended a smorgasbord style family dinner and reception for Ed Chant and Lorna Rowe with many guests from Ottawa Montreal Winnipeg Steinbach Brandon and Douglas. About 285 guests registered in the guest book and gifts were opened after the dinner at Fred and Muriel Snaiths home.
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Alex Pauls
Portage
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Douglas
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Bill
Hazel
Anderson
Ottawa
Lloyd
Nadine Chantz
Montreal
Grant
Mary Gair
Winnipeg
Jim Snaith
Grand Forks
Bev
Doug Barber
Steinbach
Blanche
Clarence Grant
Gladstone
Patl
Clara
Stirling
Swan River
Lillian Aylsworth
Marion
Muriel
Cindy McGregor
Fred
Muriel Snaith
Freedom Lasts Only Two Hours
Winnipeg police recaptured a Stony Mountain penitentiary prisoner who escaped custody and kidnapped the penitentiary minister Reverend Rowe. Alfred William Doyle, 27, held an 18 month sentence for break and enter and theft. The escape involved four choir members and a bus trip through Winnipeg before the minister was released.
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Spring brings activity at Centreville Museum grounds
With warmer weather the Centreville Museum boosts clean up and carpentry for visitor readiness. A new east barn adds an accent to the agricultural theme as tours increase this summer. cadets from Swan River visited Thursday and thirty five students with teachers toured the Centennial Building Friday. The group showed interest in steamers and gas engines and requested brochures for the Threshermen's Reunion and Central Manitoba Stampede.
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