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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 20, 1964
Page
1
Local notes report mild weekly weather with temperatures in the 70s and 80s and occasional frost. Harvesting begins and farmers gauge a potentially strong crop. Town residents include former MacGregor resident Mrs. M A Shaw visiting, and plans loom for gas discussions and new local business changes.
Shelly Nelson of Edrans and Debra Manors of Pine Creek, both with the Firdale Norfolk 4H Club, captured the 4-H Provincial Junior Championship for their demonstration Apron Magic. They won the Martienson Shield and received train cases at a Kiwanis luncheon at the Royal Alexander Hotel on Tuesday afternoon.
Frank Porada of Gladstone represents Pine Creek Division Association at a Manitoba Teachers Society leadership seminar in Clear Lake from August 16 to 21. More than 65 Manitoba teachers participate, with consultants Don M. Graham and Vernon Trott guiding discussions on leadership, readership, and professional development. The final days cover future plans and education financing in Manitoba, capped by an address on international relations by W. Robert Gordon.
A Song festival will be held in MacGregor Memorial Hall on Sunday August 23 with two performances at 2:30 PM and 8:00 PM. The event features a mass choir of 50 to 60 voices, diverse numbers and small group selections. The festival has drawn full houses in past years and welcomes all music lovers.
Westbourne and Portage topped the MacGregor Cups annual Sports Day with 27 teams across baseball fastball and ladies events. Westbourne claimed the men’s baseball title, Portage isons won men’s fastball, and MacGregor Keys took the ladies fastball crown amid a large crowd and strong play from Foxwarren and Carberry.
Mrs. Wm. Pennell returns home after a month with daughter Mrs. Agnes Ackerman in Riding Mountain. Numerous Winnipeg and Transcona visitors stay with local families. Charles Yule dies in Vernon July 27. Sharon to begin training at Winnipeg General Hospital September 1.
MacGregor Keys host a busy sports day with a four team ladies tournament featuring Winnipeg's West End Tigerettes and CPAC plus North Dakota state champions Minor Merchants and MacGregor Keys, an eight team invitation men's event, an open ladies field, and four team Little League and Pony League play.
Glen Ritzer of the Hidden Valley Tiger Sharks wins the boys trophy and posts the day’s fastest 50 yard freestyle time 30.1 seconds at the second annual Hidden Valley swim meet. Barbara Wenitoway of Birtle Swim Club wins the girls trophy with three wins and a second. Other event winners include Reid Huzzy Robert Lund Brian Salmon Jan Robinson Sid Roberts Merrilee Gordon Bill Smith and Rick Smith of Birtle.
Tivoli Theatre in MacGregor will reopen on Friday September 4 with shows on Friday and Saturday nights. One 8:30 p.m. screening Friday. two shows 8 and 10 p.m. Saturday. Manager Robert Harvey says strong lineups promise good entertainment for moviegoers.
At the August meeting the MacGregor village council discussed Plains Western Gas Co. interest in supplying natural gas within a mile of the Trans-Canada pipeline. The council will invite company representatives for talks and study drainage, safety along Highway 1, and a senior citizens home project led by the Lions Club. Financials show a 1963 deficit trimmed by revenue gains, with taxes and per capita grants noted. Janice Snaith was chosen for Gimli Youth Training Camp.
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