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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 04, 1966
Page
4
Rates listed for wants ads insertions include baselines per word with minimum ten words and overage pricing. Second insertion charged at a higher rate. Deadlines set for Merald Office by Tuesday 1:30 pm. Death notices and funeral notices priced by column inch with photo charges specified.
Obituary and memorial notices for residents of MacGregor Manitoba and district. Includes details on Gustav Olson born in Sweden who immigrated to Canada in 1903, railway career with CPR and CN, and family survivors. in memoriam for Elizabeth MacWilliam. birth announcement for Heather Dawn Slous. card of thanks for golden wedding anniversary. miscellaneous notices about sales and private advertisements from MacGregor listings.
Obituary and engagements from Manitoba notices. Mary Finegan aged 69 of Sidney dies at Misericordia Hospital July 26 1966 with funeral July 28 in Austin Angl ican Church. Survived by two daughters Ellen Zerbin Gladstone and Ruby Dahlin Winnipeg. 14 grandchildren. Engagement announced Sharon Lynn Manns to Neville Howard Johnson wedding August 20 Austin United Church. Also memorials for Nelson and Eva Miller and 40th anniversary thanks from Ralph and Kathaleen Lye.
Classified notices list a 1949 Ford tractor and Cockshutt equipment for cash or cattle trade with contact B S Dueck in Sidney exchange, a 24 inch Moffat automatic range for 35 dollars via E E Bueckert, 36 weanling pigs for Rudy Funk, and raspberries from MacGregor Greenhouses. An office assistant position is posted by Portage Co op MacGregor Man requiring typing ability. apply in MacGregor.
A vintage ad promotes Carnation Corn Caps as relief for corns. The medicated pad is available in Denwai Pharmacy for 49 cents, with a call to action to obtain relief and cope with discomfort.
FOR RENT Five bedroom house in MacGregor water works Phone 65 MacGregor LOST Boy's 24 inch red and white CCM Rambler bicycle reward Contact Mark McGregor phone 166 MacGregor LOST Two or three year old blue roan heifer with T brand on right shoulder missing Tuesday night or Wednesday morning Contact Mrs A Thiessen a mile north of Gospel Hall on No 34 or phone collect 33423 Gladstone WANTED TO BUY Saskatoon berries Contact Pete McGregor phone 13 or 166 MacGregor WANTED Live chickens and fowl will pick up any amount For prices and pick-up day call Harvey Brown Brown's Poultry Service phone Winnipeg 334-5570 collect Amazingly quick relief for discomfort of mouth sores with Fletcher Sore-Mouth Medicine 1 at Denwal Pharmacy CUSTOM COMBINING AND SWATHING book early acre or hourly rate Contact Jim Cox phone 1152 or 156 MacGregor CUSTOM BALING including use of 10 bale stocker Contact Jim Cox phone 1152 or 156 Mac
Department of Public Works of Canada invites sealed tenders for the renovation of the electrical distribution system at Manitoba Voendary Stony Mountain Man. Tenders close August 24 1966 at 3 00 p m EDS T Registered deposits of 50 in certified cheque required to receive documents. Documents available at Ottawa Winnpeg and Stony Mountain offices and Builders Exchange.
Dentur-Exe promises comfortable false teeth with one application lasting weeks and no taste or odor, priced at $2.25. Dentur-Kieen foam plates clean tabs cost $1.50. Hyd solin treats acne stains and blemishes, clear colorless formula for day or night, $1.00. Denwal and Denwai noted.
Denwal Pharmacy in MacGregor advertises rental prices for calf puller at two dollars per week, baby scales at one dollar per week, convex dehorners at two dollars per week, elastrator at one dollar per week, movie projector at two dollars per week, slide projector at two dollars per week, adding machine at two dollars per week, and other items.
W. E. Corbett, British consul in Chicago, named trade commissioner and head of the British government post in Winnipeg. He will assume duties Aug. 8, succeeding G. W. Husted who died of a heart attack while touring Manitoba. Corbett, 58, born in Steyning England, served as Fleet Air Arm pilot 1931 49 and earned the Distinguished Service Order in 1941. He later joined the British Foreign Service with postings in Los Angeles San Francisco Honolulu and Lome Togo and Chicago.
Winnipeg daily newspapers raise home delivery rates by ten cents to 50 cents weekly. The Tribune raises on August 8 and The Free Press on August 15. Single-copy price remains 10 cents for both papers.
The freighter Warkworth opened Churchill's 1966 shipping season with 1352 tons of cargo including a London double decker bus to be used in Regina as a tourist attraction. Other arrivals included automobiles tractors curling stones liquor chemicals furniture motorcycle parts floor covering and toys.
The RCMP will relocate staff to Penhold RCAF base under a one year agreement with the defence department. Fifty five to seventy five staff will move to the base to train up to three hundred recruits as part of expanding training space due to recruitment growth.
Dominion Bureau of Statistics data show April housing starts at centres of 5,000+ population falling to 6,518 from 8,887 a year earlier. January-April totals slid to 26,373 from 28,318. Completions rose to 20,771 for the month and to 51,000 for four months, up from 14,352 and 40,031 respectively.
MacGregor residents hosted visitors from Portage, Lindsay, Swift Current, and other towns. Local trips included Langrath, Amaranth, and Westbourne Park with many families visiting relatives, plus Calgarian Carole Dankesreiter returning home. The Ulc W Camp Totogan one day camp set for August 10 and social notices conclude with travel and hospital update.
The Manitoba government announced expansion of the University of Manitoba School of Nursing with funds to boost staff. The Manitoba Hospital Commission will provide 30,000 in bursaries to hospital nurses seeking university education. A committee study found only 50 degree nurses employed locally and recommended graduating at least 120 degree nurses annually by 1970.
Shirali Mislimov, cited as the Soviet Union’s oldest citizen, says he is 161 years old and attributes his longevity to Allah and the Soviet system. He lives in an Azerbaijani mountain village and visited Baku for a medical exam, with Tass reporting him in perfect health.
Ministers from Dominion City churches plan united action to oppose a school board decision that bars treaty Indian children from the town public school. Rev. Laimdots Grendze of a Lutheran church called racism in Manitoba unbelievable and said a meeting will be held to decide on steps. The board cited an overrepresented Indian enrolment in lower grades and health concerns from some students as reasons for cancelling the agreement with the Indian Affairs branch that had allowed Saulteaux children to attend.
The Mail notes Canadian auto makers will raise 1967 suggested retail prices by about 50 to 60 dollars as new safety devices are added. Dealers, linked to factories, anticipate the cost of safety equipment ranging from 60 to 100 dollars, with some absorption by factories.
Canadian General Electric Co Ltd says it may acquire the Orenda Engines division of Hawker Siddeley Canada. Discussions are ongoing and the result may take months. Orenda Engines at Malton makes aircraft engines for the RCAF and components for US military aircraft, plus gas turbines and compressors. Hawker Siddeley divisions produce highway trailers subway cars structural components metal castings and fabrications for construction and pulp industries.
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports higher wholesale prices in June as meats live stock newsprint and furniture drive the general index up one fifth point to 259.8 from 258.8 May. The index uses 1935-39 prices as base and shows mixed moves across sectors with animal and wood products up, textile iron and nonferrous metals down, and some groups flat.
The Board of Grain Commissioners announced increases in maximum elevator charges. Country elevators rise by one cent per bushel to 3% for wheat and barley on Aug. 1, while western division terminal elevators go to 3% on Jan. 1 for wheat oats barley and corn. Eastern elevator rates vary by area and use. Rates at St Lawrence ports rise to 18 per 1000 bushels for export and domestic use adds 2. The increases aim to fund modernization and keep the grain system operating at peak performance amid rising costs and large wheat sales. Submissions came from multiple pools and elevator groups under the Canada Grain Act.
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