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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 03, 1933
Page
8
The North Norfolk and District Branch of the Canadian Legion schedules its monthly meeting at Katrime on Monday August 7 at 8 30 p m. The session will cover routine branch business and upcoming events.
The Second Masonic District held its Brookdale gathering with strong lodge attendance. Key figures included MW Bro Jas Mackie and MW Bro Douglas delivering addresses while three Past District Deputy Grand Masters received aprons. RW Bro Artis presided, with J P Lawrie as Towns master and W Bro G W Wells nominated as D D G M for 1934 35.
Miss Rothwell of Winnipeg has been visiting Beaver for two weeks. Congratulations to Miss Margaret Graham on passing her Recent Entrance cam. Mr and Mrs E R Anderson and two children, Winnipeg, recently visited Ben and Mrs Richardson. Mr and Mrs H Lamont Flin Flon and Muriel and Alix Lamont Virdeo visit A Lamont. On August 6 no church service or Sunday School in Beaver United Church. WMS and Sunday School will lead August 13 service, and August 20 a representative of the British and Foreign Bible Society will lead.
Preston C Sells longtime Shedden resident died July 8 after a twelve day illness from a heart attack. Funeral July 16 at Shedden United Church was led by ministers from nearby communities. Burial at Shedden cemetery followed with many tributes and a special hearse for the tributes. Survived by widow, one son George Cooper, one daughter Eva Sells, two brothers Lisgar and George Sells, and a sister Mrs James McTntyre.
Farmers report wheat cutting near Bagot. Miss Harrison vacationing with sister Mrs Cottam. No church service at Bagot on August 6. CCF meeting held August 5 in Bagot Community Hall. Mrs AR Farncombe motored to Belmont last Saturday returning Monday. Mr and Mrs JH Adams WK Sampson and Miss M Adams returned from a motor trip to Bowmanville, with Mr Acingleton attending the funeral of his sister Mrs Jas Atkinson at Dropmore Man last Friday. Sympathy offered to Mr Ingleton. J L Walden of Winnipeg spent Sunday at Bagot after touring Montana Saskatchewan Manitoba including Regina Fair and Clear Lake on return.
A late July weekly crop report from the Canadian Pacific Railway agricultural department notes early harvest indications in Western Canada with some wheat and barley cutting under way in southern Manitoba. The report also cites Canada rising to fourth in bacon exports to Great Britain in May 1933 compared with May 1932, behind Denmark, Holland and Poland, with total exports to Britain around 36 400 pounds. Signs of economic shifts include rising wool prices and a noted stronger Australian position due to favorable exchange, while cultural notes mention a blue-clad figure at Vancouver terminals and the death of Albert Charles Pearsall, CP terminal passenger agent, in the city. The piece also references the Institute of Pacific Relations conference at Banff and industry views on motion picture self-regulation led by Wil Hays, with comments gathered from Vancouver and Banff.
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