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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 22, 1946
Page
8
George Little returns from Navy service and Portage la Prairie reverts to Central Standard Time at midnight August 15. Airs FE Turner of Winnipeg visits Mrs H T Trethear. Ladies Aid to meet at MacGregor United Church on Wednesday August 28 at 3:00 PM.
A small boys tweed coat is reported lost in MacGregor. Mrs V McKelvy is credited with locating it. she had been visiting Regina. The finder expects to reunite with the owner, presumed grandson of Mrs Kempverson.
An item notes Duncan Box in Australia involved with an actor and a cultivator named Joy Four. The fragmentary notice mentions individuals and locations but lacks a full event or context.
Miss Una Parr spent the week in town with her sister Mrs A M Shr. Miss Joan Stinson returned home after a month with relatives in Winnipeg and Emerson. A quiet wedding united Helen Edna Ritzer of MacGregor to Miller M Men of Norwood Man at Young United Church Manse. The Baby Clinic set for Aug 27 at the health unit office. Mrs F C Barton recovering after Winnipeg General Hospital operation. Harold Saunders of Winnipeg visited town en route to Carberry. MacGregor and Austin services scheduled for Sept 1 with 7 pm and 11 am times.
Mr and Mrs A M Phelps of Los Angeles Cal head a list of Mac regor friends and relatives greeting Ted Hay who left for university in Vancouver to pursue four or five years of study. Ted Hay met Norman Butch Folkerson in Regina before driving via the states to the coast. He had worked as a truck driver out of Moose Jaw with Stanley Sealey during highway resurfacing work.
Master Donald Henderson of Winnipeg visited three weeks at his grandmother Mrs. J. Taylor’s home. Howard Turner and Roy Gair left Sunday for a holiday in Winnipeg before resuming school duties there next Tuesday.
Mr. Alex McGillivray spent months in town with relatives and departed last Friday for Vancouver British Columbia to enjoy an extended holiday.
Miss Enid McLachlan resumes duties as private secretary to the president of the Success Business College in Winnipeg after a three week holiday with her parents. Nearby visitors include Mrs W Holmes and family of Winnipeg Mr and Mrs L Williams Arden Miss Donna Mansfield Moore and Mr and Mrs field. Also in town were Mrs N S Smith and Miss Hattie Smith of Portage Mrs Fred Smith and son Douglas of Port Arthur Ont and Mr and Mrs Douglas Smith of Dryden Ont visiting relatives.
A girl for genera casework on farm during September applies to Mrs Clarence at Box 147 MacGrewgr seeking help or services.
A cabinet level listing notes a residential project in MacGregor located south of the CPR tracks. The item mentions construction scope and local impact but provides few specifics.
Mrs Dina Usick and Mrs Peter Burnusky from Winnipeg and Mr John Prettie of Pine Ridge visited Mr and Mrs Wendell Dolejsi for a few days. Mil ton Dolessi returned home after weeks with his grandparents the Pretties at Pine Ridge. At St Pauls Church MacGregor A M Phelps of Los Angeles presided at the organ with Mrs Phelps and Mrs D G Mc Lachlan singing a duet I Waited For The Lord greatly enriching the service.
A tea in aid of the Hall Fund will be held Friday August 30 from 3 to 6 p.m. by Mrs. K G Gair and Mrs. R O McKel at the latter's home. An exhibit of curios and a produce table will be available. Donations are solicited and anyone with curios to loan should phone 64.
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