North Norfolk Farmers Back Farm Electrification Effort
North Norfolk farmers in Wards 1 and 2 backed hydro electric service at a Masonic Hall meeting led by K Sarsfield of the Manitoba Power Commission. The project targets four townships and requires a 65 percent sign-up before construction can begin, with canvassers visiting farms to secure applications.
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North Norfolk
Masonic Hall
K. Sarsfield
Sales
Manitoba Power
Sarsfield
Power Commission
Hydro
North
Norfolk
Manitoba
Manitoba Power Commission
Electrical Shop To Open In MacGregor
A new business will open next to the Bluebird Cafe in MacGregor. Jack Pearce formerly of Portage moves equipment and plans a near future opening and stock announcement.
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MacGregor
Bluebird Cafe
Jack Pearce
Portage
Pearce
Harvesting Becoming General Here
Two heavy showers this week eased heat, with temperatures reaching 97 degrees on the weekend. Tuesday's rain and storms brought relief. it cooled afterward and crops benefited. Many fields are swathed and some Bagot area fields are stocked, signaling general harvest next week.
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Bagot l
Tenders for Birmingham School Transportation MacGregor
Tenders will be received or signed up to August for transporting Birmingham S. D. No. 2086 school children to and from MacGregor School. Suitable car or truck must be used when roads permit. Lowest tender not necessarily accepted. For details apply to H. Anderson at 312 Phone 109-41 MacGregor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham S. D
MacGreg School
Quick Sale Houses in Portage la Prairie Area
Cash offers around 850.00 buy a small four room house on St. N.W. Portage la Prairie. Insulated, good condition with garden. Also a seven room house on 9th Street 5.W. with stone foundation cellar insulation and recent paint. party leaving city.
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St. N.W
Portage la. Pr
9Th Street
Portage la Prairie
J A Cavers 16 Royal Head Seutu Portage
J A Cavers of Portage reported a royal head seizure or seizure of property per local authorities, with unclear details due to OCR damage and fragmentary terms. Further readable context remains unavailable.
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Seutu
Portage
Ain't It The Truth Growing Up Fast
A light humorous note reflects on the rapid growth of children, from the moment one settles in to care for them to the moment they are waiting up at night. The writer observes how time with youngsters seems to accelerate.
Sparks Circus Arrives Portage la Prairie for Circus Day 1947
The Sparks three ring railroad circus returns for the 1947 season in Portage la Prairie with two performances on Circus Day. The show features elephants, aerialists, clowns, Liberty horses, dogs, ponies, goats, and a menagerie. Matinee at 2 PM, night show at 7 PM, doors open at 1 PM for animal viewing.
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Portage la Prairie
Sparks Three Ring Railroad
Sparks Circus
Spangleland
Portage Flyer Killed In Plane Crash
Gordon Giffin of Portage inlias Prairie was killed when the Aerocona monoplane crashed at Fisher Branch Manitoba. He died instantly while giving instruction to a passenger who was also among the victims. Giffin was an agent for Confederation Life Association and a frequent visitor to MacGregor.
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Gordon Giffin
Portage Lay Prairie
Aerocona
Fisher Branch
Manitoba
Confederation Life Association
MacGregor
New Oil Wells At Leduc Alberta Discovered
The Imperial Oil Review reports a new field near Leduc Alberta sixteen miles south of Edmonton with five producing wells and one shallow gas well. Drilling continues on four more wells as Canada faces peak consumption and rising oil demand. President H H Hewitt says higher Canadian output could lower consumer petrol prices over time. Once four wells produce, development begins and Leduc Field enters production phase.
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Leduc
Edmoncording
Imperial Oil Review
Imperial
Canada
H. H. Hewthen
Imperial Oil Oil
Leduc Ou
Local Farmers Form Protective Association Meeting Notes
Atawei attended a July meeting where district farmers formed a Local Farmers Protective Association and signed an Ottawa Petition seeking a wheat price equal to that in the United Kingdom. Major H. G. Lange of Searle Grain Company provided data on farm prices amid debate over the British Wheat Agreement and Canada’s $100,000,000 losses under the contract.
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Atawei
Masonite
Farmers’ Protective Association
Ottawa
United Str
Ben. Richardson
Beaver
H. G. Lange
Searle Grain Company
Winnipeg
Major Strange
Rt. N
U.K
United Kingdom
Canada
Examination Results Announced for MacGregor School Grades X and XII
The Mac Gregor School reports Grade X and XII results compiled by Assistant Principal A J Struthers. Honors go to Joyce Peterson, Joan Stinson and Billie Laughton in Grade X. Honors for Grade XII include Glenn Lye and Brian Pepper. Pass and supplementary lists follow with names such as Gene Kitson and Betty McLachlan. Grade IX results await publication. School reopens on Tuesday August 20th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Struthers
MacGregor School
Joyce Peterson
Joan Stinson
Billie Laughton
Joyce Steen
Gay Lambert
Dorothy Wright
Isabel Ariss
Kenny Gair
Glenn Lye
Brian Pepper
Gene Kitson
Betty McLachlan
Audrey Stevenson
Eleanor Jeffrey
Marjorie Telford
Laura Giles
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Maurice Smith
G.S Thompson
H. Rodgers
J. A. Fraser
H. M
Earl Lougheed
Norman Pogue
K. Anderson
S. E. Thompson
R. J. Shaw
J. A. Emerson
Lindsay Shaw
Russell Thompson
H. Anderson
J. A. Cavers
Slade
Brandon
Regina
Beverley MacKinnon
H. I Collins
H. T. Trethewey
C.D. Heming
R. 0. McKelvy
C.F. Kitson
H. A. Lye
A.M. Shaw
Beverley
United Church
C. C. Heming
Leona Glover
Muriel Collins
J. P. MacKinnon
S. R. Lamb
D. A. Shaw
N. R. MacKinnon
Ella Smith
Sparks
Portage Flyer
Alberta
Local Farmers Farm Protective Association
Local
Nelson
Esther Jeffrey
Howard Turner
Art Anderson
Cecil McIntosh
Glen McGregor
Dorothy Weber
D. Primmer
L.R. Labossiere
Stratton’s
Malu
Iachan
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