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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 14, 1958
Page
2
Mr and Mrs R Storie spent Saturday in Winnipeg. Numerous relatives and friends travel between Austin district and Winnipeg visiting kin in Manitoba. Community members attend weddings and church services, with school results listed and local union meeting planned for August.
Olive Palmer reports on August 12 greetings to Mary Larson and various visits. Bruce Hampton and Larry Larson return from trips. Murry Forest visits from Treherne. Betty McGregor stays with grandparents. D Wayne Palmer at Harvey's Delta cottage. Reg Palmer and Alvin visit Art Palmer. wedding of Jack McRae and Jean Pennell on August 9. local visitors from Portage, Sidney, Vancouver, Montreal and Winnipeg.
Mrs Edith McGregor held a Sunday family reunion with 38 guests. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Chas Lindsay of Swan River, Mr and Mrs Wm Lindsay of Ridgeville, Mr and Mrs Ray Long of Emerson, Mr and Mrs Ernie Baldwin of Starbuck, Mr and Mrs Stanley McGregor of Hilton, and relatives from Carberry Vancouver Montreal MacGregor and nearby districts. A turkey supper was served on the lawn.
The 4 H Garden Club received scores for their garden plots judged July 29 by Mr. Doroschuk of Agricultural Extension Service. Dennis Lewis won first, Alan Lewis second, Ferne Bull third. Despite heat and drought, the judge praised the showing of 11 members with an average score of 8. The club also participated in the Portage Fair with prizes awarded to Lorraine Anderson Ferne Bull Barbara Bull and Dennis Lewis for judging. Ferne and Dennis earned red ribbons for their demonstration, red ribbons awarded for 80 points or more.
Principal C E Cole reports Austin High School had the largest enrolment yet with XI and XII grades posting a 70 percent pass rate from 145 papers, 44 failed. He notes improvements but says the rates are not good enough and all three parties the school home and pupil must cooperate to lower failures.
Hartford News reports Mr and Mrs Roy Thompson and family spent Sunday at Delta Beach. The Bodie family mourns the death of Mrs Wm Bodie Sr. Artie Thompson visited relatives in Macdonald and Blaine Thompson stayed with Mr and Mrs Stanley Smith in Firdale. Rintoul family visits Winnipeg area and a nephew Frank Ward, injured in an accident, is mentioned.
Mr and Mrs John Steen of Abbotsford British Columbia announce the engagement of their daughter Leona Florence to David Odren son of Mr and Mrs John De Grandpre of Great Falls Montana The wedding is set for September 6 in Great Falls Montana
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