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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 14, 1969
Page
4
Rates and deadlines for classified ads and notices are outlined. Base charges include 75 cents for 15 words, with 10 percent late fees and per word additions. Death and funeral notices priced by column inch, with photo charges. Deadline for notices is Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. at the Herald Office.
Pine Creek School Division invites applications for two bus drivers for the 1969 70 school year in the MacGregor Area. Obtain application forms and information from the Pine Creek School Division Office in Gladstone by contacting 26 or Box 69.
The Austin UCW thanks the ladies for four days of dining hall service during the Threshermen's Reunion and for help in the church basement. Gratitude given for donated pies and cakes.
Our sincere thanks to relatives friends and neighbors for acts of kindness floral tributes and sympathy in our time of sorrow for the sudden loss of our father and grandfather Wm G Coltart. Clare and Lola Tarr and family.
We thank friends for an evening in Austin and the gifts of a chair and lamp. Grateful to the Anglican church congregation and Lady Foresters. Invite all to visit at 182 16th St SW Portage. Sincerely, George and Edna Bull and family.
Mrs. Kate Leckie thanks friends for cards gifts and support received during hospital stay. gratitude extends to Dr Hew and the nursing staff for their kind attention.
Classified notice from Jacob Unrau listing a 1961 Dodge V-8 with automatic transmission for sale or trade for cattle or grain. Also offers a rebuilt automatic for a slant six. Contact Jacob Unrau at 685-2658. Describes item as 32-2 classified line.
Sealed tenders marked Bus Route due by 5.00 pm August 15 offer transport from homes to Austin at noon for Route 10 Sidney Area 12 miles 8 children Route 11 Edrans Pine Creek 25 miles 7 children Route 12 Orangeville 10 miles 8 children Route 13 Pratt Area 14 miles 6 children Lowest bid may be rejected
Fragmentary notice outlines areas along Route 12 at Bagot and Route 13 at Katrime, each about twenty miles distant. The text mentions Beav er area specifics and lists W L Brown as treasurer for Pine Creek School District. The legible parts indicate a civic or land area update with geographic markers and a local official.
Short classified notice seeking a large dresser or chest of drawers. Contact by phone at 685 2898. Item appears in the 33 p 1 section.
An elderly man’s diamond willow cane is missing around Pilot Mound. If found, please notify George Currie at Box 65 MacGregor. Reward offered.
Rev. A. B. Lovelace of Sherbrooke argues preaching is a key form of both oral and written communication not limited to clergy. He notes that even a Communist can be seen as teaching with zeal, and asserts that everyone preaches hope, discouragement, or anxiety.
Mr and Mrs Bob Schweitz and family visited Snowflake. Jack Smale of Forest visited E Bueckert home Sunday. A surprise miscellaneous shower for Betty Bueckert a bride elect on Aug 17 was held Aug 7 at the E Bueckert home. Terry Longstreet of Winnipess spent the weekend with Doug McGregor. Mrs Longstreet and Dale returned home with him. Vicky Snaith visited her aunt Mrs Tom Kelly of Lavenham.
The New York Times reports organic material found in two Apollo 11 moon dust samples, hinting that organic synthesis occurred on the moon. Detected hydrocarbons, possibly from carbonaceous chondrites, are under study at NASA facilities near Houston, with contamination leaks ruled out as a verification step.
MacGregor residents held a family reunion at Crescent Park Fort Garry on Saturday August 9 with 144 guests from Langley Vernon Calgary Ottawa and many other places. Attendees included the Hartnolls Atchesons Erbs Dankesreiters and Taylorsons among others.
The August meeting of the Katrime Good Neighbors Club will be held in the hall on Wednesday August 20 at 8 p.m. The notice calls members to attend and participate in the club’s planned agenda.
Church notices for MacGregor and Sidney list summer Sunday services August 17 with times for Sunday School worship and gospel rallies. Includes Bethel Church MacGregor and Calvary Tabernacle Sidney with evening service and brief speaker note.
Churchill shipping agents expect a subnormal season with about 30 ships loading at the Hudson Bay port 510 miles north of Winnipeg. Four ships have cleared for Europe as the season nears mid October. Northern wheat totals around 2.3 million bushels. Ice in Hudson Strait is normal and channels are clearing rapidly.
Bennet of Edmonton, a provincial lands and forests employee, learned a radio call announced his name as the $50,000 gold prize winner in the Klondike Days Exhibition. A week earlier he bought the winning ticket for the finale of the 10 day event. Another top prize went to Mrs M G Sanderson of Edmonton for a $40,000 furnished home. she could not be reached for comment.
A note on Asmat people of New Guinea who value equality, illustrated by a classroom soccer lesson where schoolchildren consistently end games in a tie.
Friday evening visitors with Wir and Mrs. A Giercke were Mr and Mrs Alvin Vust and girls of Portage. Neighbors Club will be held in the hall on Wednesday August 20 at 8 p m. Weekend visitors at the A Giercke home were Miss Karen Calverley of Toronto and Bryan Ardiner of Transcona. Sunday upper guests were Mr and Mrs George Leslie of Oakville.
Premier Ed Schreyer floated Melville Watkins of the University of Toronto as a possible part time economic adviser to Manitoba. Schreyer said a decision would depend on cabinet review of social and economic policy, with a possible appointment if beneficial. He also indicated next week’s Speaker selection for the 29th Legislature, opening Aug 14, will favor a New Democratic candidate.
Alberta Indians Metis oppose hiring the Western Centre for Social Dynamics to run community development in Edmonton. Officials favor the private firm, but Aboriginal leaders prefer to handle projects themselves, arguing local expertise and provincial funding concerns.
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