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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 06, 1970
Page
4
Become an Avon representative to earn money in spare time near home. Write Mrs M Jackson at 1004 10th Street Branchof Man for free course options, youth or adult. Also notes a Bible broadcast and Fletcher's Sore Mouth Medicine advertised for mouth sores sold at Denwall Pharmacy.
Obituary notices report Lorance McIntosh aged 83 of Portage la Prairie and William Russell Orchard aged 76 of MacGregor dying in 1970. McIntosh, husband of Jennie Mason, leaves six daughters and four sons and is survived by a brother. services were held August 3 at McMaster Funeral Home with Trinity United Church officiant. Orchard, a long time MacGregor farmer, leaves three brothers and three sisters. funeral August 31 at St. Pauls Anglican Church with interment in MacGregor Cemetery. Both notices name church, funeral details, pallbearers, organists, and floral tributes.
Ian and Shirley Fraser announce the arrival of their first-born Tracy Lynne on August 1, 1970 weighing 9 pounds 7 ounces. Grandparents are Art and Olive Palmer of MacGregor and Jack and Betty Fraser of Portage.
Mr and Mrs A Stone announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter Monica Lee to James Daniel White son of Mr and Mrs W J White of New Glasgow Nova Scotia The wedding is set for September 5 at 5 pm at St Pauls Anglican Church MacGregor
Sealed tenders marked GAS will be received by L Brown secretary treasurer Pine Creek School Division No 30 at Box 420 Gladstone Manitoba until 5 PM DST August 14 1970 for supply of regular gasoline for division buses each bus uses about 700 gallons per year tendered price per gallon required lowest bid not necessarily accepted.
Sealed tenders marked outside envelope TBA will be received up to 5.00 p.m. DS.1 August 14 1970 for supplying tires batteries and accessories for a fleet of 39 school buses. Merchandise to be supplied as required with no set forms or specs. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. LL Brown No 90 Box 420 Gladstone Manitoba.
Two Minneapolis men Charles Albert Johnson and James Lawrence Helwig each received eight year prison terms after pleading guilty to 25 charges of break and enter and theft in Winnipeg. They face further charges in provincial court on August 4. Two female companions also await charges of possession of stolen property. Police arrested the group July 20 after a routine stop. they had traveled to Winnipeg July 12 and stolen about $2,500 in goods from city apartments. The defendants, out on bail in Minneapolis, left with some goods and returned to continue the spree before arrest.
Elm disease, a deadly insect carried fungus, moves north toward Winnipeg. Minnesota and North Dakota saw positive identifications last summer. Insects hatch from infested logs in floods and can spread the disease within a quarter mile. Officials warn there is no real control, but quick removal of infected trees may hinder spread. Federal cuts strain response resources.
Allan Blakeney, leader of the Saskatchewan NDP, calls for a postponement of the Aug 20 Regina public hearing on Canadian Pacific rail service cuts. He seeks more time to prepare for the Canadian Transport Commission, citing proposed service cuts to three days weekly and a one third length reduction with a fare increase. He suspects CPR aims to exit passenger service, urging continuation of passenger rail alongside freight. He also asks to extend the crop year beyond July 31 to allow all points to reach a four bushel quota.
CKLG radio in Vancouver began airing downtown air pollution readings 15 times daily using a new tape sampler. The device measures smoke haze and dirt particles on a 0 to 2.6 scale from light to extremely high pollution. Readings air at end of every newscast.
The MacGregor community notes multiple travels and family visits across Canada. Ethiel Dolejsi and Brenda Dolejsi visited Surrey and Calgary with relatives. Don Gilliland and Elizabeth Simpson returned from Vancouver after ten days. Various locals hosted, traveled to Winnipeg, Transcona, Lac Du Bonnett, Snow Lake, and Baldur for reunions, centennial events, and weddings, with extended family from Vancouver to Denmark among those mentioned.
Stopmobile, a Quebec group founded in 1968, issues windshield stickers and membership cards to hitchhikers and motorists. It requires adults, a permanent address, references, and ethical conduct, funded by a $5 annual fee. The program relies on sympathetic drivers and truckers to provide safe lifts, with no complaints reported and membership rising from 12 to over 300 in a year.
Gerald A. V. Hart a 60 year old Winnipeg electronics store owner was sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined 1100 on charges under Manitoba Revenue Tax Act. The judge cited a deliberate pattern to avoid paying sales tax. Hart’s lawyer framed actions as political education not criminal. Judgment followed a long stand against the 1966 five percent provincial sales tax and refusal to become a government tax collector. Judgment reserved after a June hearing.
A collage of quirky facts from science and daily life. It notes a Swedish physician on exercise saving the heart from excess beats, a Tongan delicacy and a boy’s flirtation with wit, animal tail quirks, Picasso’s long name, ladybugs as pesticides, and a thrift tip on phonograph record storage.
Alberta palaeontologists John Storer and Mike Wilson unearthed gorgosaur bones in Red Deer Valley near Drumheller. The finds include a five foot leg bone, ribs, vertebrae and teeth helping flesh out a complete beast description. The discovery, among the rare carnivorous dinosaurs, occurred 60 miles northeast of Calgary in the badlands of Alberta.
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