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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 09, 1962
Page
2
The piece argues Ottawa's fiscal plans include a broad import surcharge affecting about half of goods and $200 million in public works cuts. It warns the deficit may hit $300 million and equates deficit financing with inflation, stressing that government overreach devalues wages, pensions, and savings.
A Arizona utility argues that burying electric lines would raise power rates by 50 to 150 percent depending on location as it seeks higher charges for customers in new subdivisions. The state authority approved the plan as a direct area charge, though final cost impact remains uncertain.
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics warns of a weak method to estimate unemployment in Canada and urges a rational unemployment insurance fund. May 15 unemployment was 36 000, April 15 was 485 000, with April 30 totals between these. Earlier, 564 500 were drawing benefits. A sensible plan should favor those unemployed through no fault of their own and actively seeking work.
In a boys school, two pupils crafted a fake beetle by combining parts from several specimens and presented it to Professor Darwin. He examined it closely and, upon hearing it hum when caught, declared the clever ruse a humbug in a calm, humorous verdict.
History notes the Ingleton family from Ontario arriving around 1890 settling on farm land north of 30.11-9. It recalls threshing by horse, a 1906 spring snow flood, Indian trail remnants, and a wide cast of neighbors including Bedford, Gamble, Lawton, Harvey, and McMillan families. It highlights local schools, sawmills, picnics near Rat Creek, and hardy pioneer life across multiple farms and years.
Mary Genevieve Koscilecki and Mike Parynuik wed June 16 at 3 30 p m officiated by Rev E Armistead. The ceremony featured The Wedding Prayer and music by Donna Gilbert and Roberta Stone. The couple plans to live on the bride’s parents farm with guests from Geraldton Winnipeg Toulon Plumas Glenella Portage la Prairie and Newton Siding attending.
Frances Mary Friesen and Herman Dyck united in marriage on July 29, 1962 at 2 pm in MacGregor Manitoba. Rev. Dave Wiebe officiated as Marilyn Unrau played organ. The bride wore a nylon lace and net gown with seed pearl crown veil. Attendants Elvera Friesen and Betty Dyck wore yellow and pink nylon gowns. Over 150 guests attended the reception in the church basement and the couple plans a farm home in Muir.
A compact collection of moral reflections on smiles and happiness from George Eliot, Mary Baker Eddy, and William Makepeace Thackeray. The notes link smiles to friendship, mood, and personal poise, with brief lines on joy and expression.
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