Cubs and Oakville tie in ten innings to force final game
The MacGregor Cubs force a decisive Game three in the Civil Air League final by tying Oakville 2 2 in ten innings at home. Don Blight dropped a deep center fly allowing two runs, while Nelson Olson and Gerald Cobbe locked down the Cubs defense. Oakville’s Floyd Blight worked the mound through nine, with Ken Blight leading Oakville hitters. Ralph Critchlow and Garry Cobbe had two hits for MacGregor as the crowd, weather, and strong play surrounded the crucial contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacGregor Cubs
Oakville
Don Blight
Cubs
Nelson Olson
Gerald Cobbe
Floyd Blight
Blight
Baby Bears
Olson
Cobbe
Ken Blight
George Blight
Garry Cobbe
Ralph Critchlow
Oman
MacGregor
Floyd
Under Maples and Small Town Gossip Mixes In a Prairie Column
Readers share finds and odds and ends from the town beat. A missing gold brooch with a pearl is sought at The Herald office. Municipal clerk M Hay returns from California with a tale of near doom and a safer route home. Jack's Barber Shop gets a new sign crafted by Ralph Critchlow. A cartoonish jab at fashion and a horse business rumor circulate. The postmaster’s lawn and small storms yield windows and icy lemonade. Kids raid green fruit trees, calls for more enforcement rise ahead of the Threshers Reunion. Highway 7 work progresses between Portage and Sidney with bridges out and a temporary road in place. A shoe joke pops up. Axel Nohlgren trips to Eno Ontario to see Elmer Peterson and spots a bear with charcoal and birch bark asking for his name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald Office
M. Hay
California
Jack
Ralph Critchlow
Mac
Alex Frank
Roy Rodgers
John Dankesreiter
Austin
Highway 7
No. 1
Portage
Sidney
Axel Nohlgren
Eno
Ont
Elmer Peterson
Farewell Party for Mrs Belle Shillington in MacGregor
Mrs Belle Shillington was honored by friends before moving to Calgary Alberta. She received a white chenille bedspread, coffee spoons, a necklace and earrings from about thirty guests and shared thanks for the social evening and gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacGregor
Calgary
Alta
Belle Shillington
Muriel Snaith
Mrs Shillington
Belle
Snaith
Margaret Pennell
Mae Harvey
Mary Butterfield
Margaret Cobbe
Shillington
A. Roberts
Chambers Wedding at St Andrews United Church Winnipeg
Joyce Margaret Holliday, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Holliday of MacGregor, married Joseph Chambers, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Chambers of Winnipeg, in a quiet ceremony at St. Andrews United Church. The bride wore a turquoise linen suit with white hat and accessories, a pink sweetheart roses corsage, and was attended by cousin Mrs. Joan Scott in a pink gabardine suit. A reception at the bride’s parents’ home followed for forty one guests with a three tier wedding cake at the bridal table and a toast by Mr. M. E. MacKinnon, the groom replying.
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St. Andrews United Church
Winnipeg
Joyce Margaret Holliday
Ernest Holliday
MacGregor
Joseph Chambers
William Chambers
Joan Scott
Frederick Scott
M. E. MacKinnon
Hospital Aid Meetings Set For August Evenings
The Southern Schemers Hospital Aid will meet at Macaulay School next Monday night August 26 at 8 30 p m Pathfinders Hospital Aid also meets August 26 in Pathead School Prtannia Chapter IODE will gather at Mrs C F Kitsons home on August 27 at 8 p m Urgent attendance is urged Polio immunization continues at baby clinics Five year olds who had a November dose and January second are due for their third dose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macaulay School
Pathfinders Hospital Aid
Pathead School
Pritannia
IODE
C. F. Kitson
Engagement announced for Louise Mae Brown and Edward Bovet
Mr and Mrs Clarance S Brown of MacGregor Manitoba announce the engagement of their younger daughter Louise Mae to Edward George Bovet son of Mr and Mrs F E Bovet of Winnipeg The wedding is set for Saturday September 7 at 4 00 CST in St Pauls Anglican Church MacGregor
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarance S. Brown
MacGregor
Man
Louise Maehel
Edward George Bovet
F. E. Bovet
Winnipeg
St Paul's Anglican Church
Pupils Return to Studies Next Thursday
MacGregor and district schools reopen next Thursday with most pupils in new classes and teachers. MacGregor High joins Secondary School Area No 2, with new boards overseeing public and high schools. Textbook lists issued for Grade X and Grade XI as schools prepare new buildings in MacGregor and Rossendale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacGregor High School
Secondary School Area Board
L. B. Patterson
Margaret Pennell
Marlene McCorrister
Joyce Marks
Jean Anderson
MacGregor
Austin
Sidney
Rossendale
J L. Lamb
Secondary Area Board
K. Stanway
A. M. Shaw
Lorna Walley
Balmoral
Department of Education
C. E. Cole
Marjorie Seaman
Frank F. Jacobs
Wm Domitrack
Stanway
Bradley
Great Britain
Mackie
Dent
Canada
Chase and Lower
Moyer
Anglican Minister Takes Up Residence in MacGregor
The town welcomes Rev. and Mrs. Hicks and their daughter Lois who arrived to reside in the Anglican Church rectory. Hicks will lead the Anglican Parish after nineteen years in Shoal Lake and James Bay, with prior WWI service and Somme wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
3. Hicks
Dughter Lois
MacGregor
Hicks
Lois
Shoal Lake Indian Reserve
Mafeking
James Bay
Grand Old
44Th Battalion
Somme
Mrs. R. B. Wimsett Dies Suddenly at 76
Friends learned Tuesday of the sudden death of Mrs. R. B. Wimsett at Winnipeg General Hospital after a brief hospitalization. She was 76, with funeral planned for Friday at St Gregor at 2 pm and burial in Beaver Creek cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Wimsett
Winnipeg General Hospital
Tragic Farm Fire Claims Two Foster Children
A farm home five miles north west of MacGregor burned early Thursday August 15 destroying the one and two story structure. Foster children Shirley Gray aged 3 and Douglas Gray aged 2 died in the blaze. The Remples were away milking when smoke was spotted and the MacGregor Fire Brigade arrived after the house was already a total loss. Funeral services were held in Portage with burial in Hillside cemetery.
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Peter Remple
MacGregor
Shirley Gray
Douglas Gray
Remple
MacGregor Fire Brigade
Archibald Gray
Portage
Douglas
Children’s Aid Society of
Portage la Prairie
First 1957 Wheat Delivered Here
Herman Schweitz of the Lav enham district has the distinction of delivering the first 1957 wheat to the local Lake of the Woods elevator. He delivered about 72 bushels of Selkirk wheat on Tuesday morning. It was combined Monday, weighed 59 pounds per bushel, and graded No 3 Northern.
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Herman Schweitz
Lavenham
Lake of the Woods
Herman
Selkirk
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wim
Mrs. B. Shillington
Holliday
Elké
Blaze
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