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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 24, 1967
Page
5
A local newspaper advertises notice rates for engagements, memoriams, and thanks with a minimum charge of 1 and a flat rate of 1.80 per word over a 10 percent late payment surcharge for nonregular accounts. The Horald Office deadline is Tuesday at 1:30 pm for classified and local reader notices, with death and funeral notices priced at 00 per column inch and photos at 1.00 per column inch.
Obituary and memorial clippings recount marriages in 1903 and subsequent moves through Saskatche wan and Manitoba, service in World War I, and family losses including Harriet in 1987 and John Thomas in 1919. Funeral details note Park Lawn Funeral Home and St James Cemetery, with care by Helmsing Funeral Home. Also memorials for Gordon and John Ross Gair dated August 1966 and a card of thanks for hospital care and meals. Multiple classified notices offer fall rye and Hereford bulls, gravel, and local goods for sale, with contact details.
A community column lists numerous visitors and residents sharing Sunday activities in MacGregor. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Ed Chant and others from Virden Winnipeg Churchill Dryden Kelowna Fort William Toronto Cloverdale Pine Falls and Rivers. Families note trips to Peace Gardens and several two week holidays.
Donald Fleming, finance minister in the Diffenbaker Conservative Cabinet, said he hopes the Social Credit party withdraw from federal politics arguing there are too many political parties in Canada. He cited party abundance as delaying public business and fueling infighting.
Heavy ice in Amundsen Gulf about 1400 miles northwest of here hampered summer shipping. A 510 ton Northern Transportation vessel was crushed by ice and towed to Toktoyaktuk. Two icebreakers joined efforts. officials call this the worst year yet for Arctic ice affecting deliveries of fuel flood building supplies and equipment to posts along the Are- Saskatchewan?
Mayor Stephen Juba criticizes a Juba Lashes Sports Weekly article by John Underwood on the Pan American Games in Winnipeg. He complains the piece distorts the city image and climate, and mocks Winnipeg’s nightlife references. The Aug 7 article notes the games ran July 23 to August 6.
Mr and Mrs Jack Clark with guests enjoyed The Sound of Music at Rainbow Stage Friday. MacGregor students Darryl Gilbert Patti Birkett Myra Clark and Greg Birkett left Sunday for Expo. Mr and Mrs R H Caskey attended the Macdonald district centennial reunion on Sunday August 20.
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