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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 03, 1939
Page
4
Harvesting 1939 crop starts in the district as farmers work to reap wheat oats and barley amid hot weather. June rains boosted expectations to a bumper crop but recent heat and wind caused losses and slowed yields. Local implement dealers prepare binders twine and supplies as demand remains steady though not as high as last year.
Work on grading the Trans-Canada Highway No 1 advances daily from east and west ends. Bird Construction Company completes over two miles and near Burnside bridge with plans to fill and straighten a creek curve. The old Burnside Church is demolished for the new grade. Mannix Brothers oversee the west end from Sidney to three miles east of MacGregor, progressing through hills east of Sidney. Both crews employ many local workers and use the latest road-building equipment. The grade will get stabilizer this fall and be hard surfaced next year.
Mr and Mrs Trevor Cairns leave Ocean Falls British Columbia on Sunday for New Zealand where the husband will take a position in a paper mill.
A Portage Municipality dredge operated by J. Evans and two assistants has been digging large water reservoirs on farms in Manitoba. About forty reservoirs have been completed with a dozen more planned, sizes up to 100 by 60 by 16 inches. The work, under the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Scheme, is supervised by Wilson Lamb and is progressing from Elsmith toward Emmeline and south of the CPR. Farmers nearby are urged to contact Lamb to arrange future digs.
John Stewart expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness while he was a Portage hospital patient. He thanks those who visited him and for gifts of fruit and flowers.
Sealed bids due Friday August 18 for conveying Birmingham School children to and from MacGregor school at a specified daily rate. Vehicle must be used and road condition costs deducted from the first pay cheque as a good faith guarantee. Lowest tender not guaranteed. Public notice from Birmingham S.D.
The Collegiate Department at MacGregor School announces summer exam results through Grade XII. Notable passes include Harvey Giles and Elva Lamont with high marks, while other students such as Jim Turner, Kathleen Leckie, Evelyn Barton, and Jack Gates achieved passing scores. Teachers W. S. McGill, Miss Parr, and A. J. Struthers oversee the results.
Grace Muirhead Betty Smith Gloria Olson Enid McLachlan Enid Jubb Phyl McIntosh Mildred Lamb Bessie Giles Lillian Fox Beatrice Da Helen Cobbe Mildred Anderson Robin Whittier Jimmy Saunders Nick Kowalchuk Howard Ireland Miss Olmstead Teacher We extend congratulations to the pupils on their success and the teachers on a very commendable showing. If any names have been omitted we will publish them on request.
The article notes that the results for Grade IX and Grade X have not been received. No dates or parties are specified, and the report focuses on the delay in publication of the examination outcomes.
A July issue of Egg and Poultry Market Report under Hon. James G Gardiner lists over a dozen Canadian store-keepers fined from ten to one hundred twenty five dollars plus costs for violations of Egg Grading Regulation. The piece urges insistence on egg grading by first receivers.
Winnifred Henry daughter of Mr and Mrs J Henry Currie wed Hugh Brisco son of Mrs A Brisco at the home of Mr and Mrs English Lavenham. Rev M Nixon officiated. The bride wore a robb egg blue crepe gown and carried gladiolus. Attendants Miss Rae Henry and Mr Reuben Frizzley. Portage la Prairie Graphic.
A concise notice indicates property described as a wagon in good condition to be applied for by Mrs W McElxevy. No further details provided.
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