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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 27, 1961
Page
3
The MacGregor Herald notes subscriptions more than three months in arrears must be canceled under ABC rules. Readers are asked to inform if they wish to resubscribe. Includes explanation of dating system and addressing.
Western Canada farmers widely apply granular fertilizers directly with cereal seeds to boost phosphate use in calcareous soils. Fertilizers like 1430 and 27-140 can be placed with cereal seeds up to 100 lb per acre without crop damage, but flax, alfalfa, sweet clover, field peas, and other sensitive seeds often germinate poorly when mixed with fertilizer. Separate fertilizer applications are advised for these crops, with side band placement for field peas and special crops, and only 11-480 is safe with flax at under 40 lb per acre.
Portage la Prairie Presbyterial Women’s Missionary Society of the United Church of Canada held its 36th annual meeting in Gladstone on April 11 and 12 with 156 delegates. Mrs Halstead of Winnipeg spoke on forward unity, tracing World Council of Churches history, while reports highlighted a 1962 name change to United Church Women. Officers were installed, and a communion service led by Rev. Alice Hogman closed the day.
Rossendale News reports Easter visit spread among Winnipeg and Portage residents, with Fawcett, Love, Barber, Crocker, Charlton, and Watson families sharing gatherings. Wording notes hospital and well wishes for Wright baby, upcoming dance with Walter Mahhan’s orchestra, bingo results, and a 4H Clothing club meeting planning achievement night in Rossendale hall.
Dutch carpenter Hans Dikschel 23 native of Zwolle spends spare time building model churches in Gothic Byzantine and modern styles. He studies architecture and church design at night classes and has taken drafting at Ryerson and now studies reinforced concrete. He came to this country at 16 and has built over 30 models hoping to turn his hobby into a career.
Japan runs short of one-yen coins as the mint bureau produces between 300 and 400 million annually, yet the public glumly ignores them. Citizens, including children, prefer other money or use the coins as counters rather than genuine currency.
Mrs. H Stark hosted a 11 members and one visitor for the April WA meeting. D Landers led devotional, then president T Rintoul presided. Bazaar items were priced for June 3, a $15 cancer fund donation was made. Next meeting May 9 at Mrs H Armstrong’s Portage home with a Campbell Soup tour.
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