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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 19, 1965
Page
2
A reflective piece argues the failure of communist systems to produce and distribute goods, citing private plots outperforming state farms. It urges personal goal setting and self driven initiative, warning against aimless striving and praising idea power in personal achievement.
The story recounts Emily and her husband who, as children, learned water divining from Emily's uncle and later settled in the northern United States. They raised a son and daughter, funded schooling, and built wealth by finding water on their land and reinvesting earnings into cattle. Despite lacking brilliance, their prudent use of talent and land yielded prosperity.
A reader protests larger cereal packages that keep the same weight. He questions the motive of packaging, warns of air-filled cartons and loss of stock lines, and laments shifts in paint and tile sizes that erode consumer trust and market competition.
Premier E C Manning announced the Prairie Economic Council will pursue uniform highway regulations across Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba. He said uneven laws will be discussed by the three premiers at Regina in October along with conservation resource development education power transmission systems and company registration. The premiers will compare approaches and exchange information on current economic and industrial development policies.
The Rhineland School Division selects the new Altona high school under construction to be the W. C. Miller Collegiate honoring the late W. C. Miller. Miller served 24 Rhineland years in Manitoba Legislature, was Provincial Secretary, Speaker, and nine years Education Minister, remembered for dedication to education and strong public debate. The Altona Red River Valley Echo notes the nickname Wally Miller and hopes the name will resurface in local daily use.
Canada seals another giant all cash sale to the Soviet Union the second in three years with 4.6 million tons of wheat and 400 thousand tons of flour worth an estimated 187 million bushels. Trade Minister Sharp urges farmers optimism as the 1965 66 crop year opens with targets near 600 million bushels while traditional markets stay loyal.
RCMP said they may never solve the mystery of nine year old Alexander Fields who disappeared March 5 from a dentist office. He was brought to town with other children by a nurse to retrieve two pulled teeth and may have decided to return to the Halfway Indian Reserve alone.
Mr and Mrs Albert Gibbs and boys of Toronto Ontario spent part of the holidays with Mr and Mrs Wm McDougall and Wayne Weekend visitors were Mr and Mrs Neil McDougall and family of Camp Robinson Ontario Mr and Mrs Allan McDougall and family and Mr and Mrs Joe Gibbs all of Winnipeg Wayne McDougall spent a few days in Winnipeg the guest Mrs Dan McDougall of Mac Gregor and Mr and Mrs Clyde McDougall of Brandon
A CBS slide shows Western Canada sowing declines across winter and spring crops. Wheat acreage fell five percent from 1964 to 28.2 million acres, oats dropped one percent to 9.62 million, while barley and flaxseed rose. Rapeseed hit a record planting of 1.445 million acres, up 81 percent, as durum wheat dropped 56 percent.
Carl Whittaker of Fleetwood Corporation predicts Canada will see color television transform family viewing and enhance content quality. He notes black and white productions lose impact in color, and CBC plans color rollout in 1967. Whittaker, chairman of the electrical industry association commission, argues color will push old sets to rumpus room after briefings to the government.
Sandra Gale Hill and Ordinary Seaman Clinton Grant Briscoe wed July 24 1965 at MacGregor United Church Rev E Armistead officiated Organist Miss Janice Snaith attended as music accomplice Maid of honor Miss Audrey Hill and best man Robert Briscoe stood beside the couple The reception followed at the bride’s home and telegrams from distant friends were read before the couple began a short western honeymoon and Briscoe returned to HMCS Stadacona custody
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