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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 25, 1949
Page
1
Gerald Cobbe completed installation of a new hot water heating system at the local school. The upgraded system uses a stoker fed boiler with radiators and electric thermostats, expected to reduce fuel costs and improve air quality. The project cost about 6500 dollars, with renovations expanding into the older wing including new floors and sound proof ceilings.
A 42 man hydro crew led by Foreman Charles Harkess of Portage with Manitoba Power Commission veterans W Onion and Tug Wilson has camped at the fair grounds to install poles for rural electrification in a line from the B.A. filling station toward Katrime. The operation uses a Caterpillar digger a Leroi air compressor and an A-frame on a converted army wagon to lift and position poles. A second crew will work from Neepawa through Edrans and Firdale to meet the main line and a southern section will start within a week as heavy bush slows progress.
An estimated 80 percent of Delta Beach summer cottages now have electrical power, with the remaining cottages either locked up for the season or awaiting next year. Eleven new street lights brighten the east and west beach roads as a public project.
Dominion observatory scientists say the August 1 tremors on the west coast likely mark the largest quake ever felt in Canada. The event prompted swift readings and warnings as researchers assess its magnitude and regional impact.
Mrs Corinne Stokes of London Ontario died suddenly of a heart attack on Tuesday August 16 aged 39. Born Corinne Brown in Prairie Manitoba she lived in Winnipeg since 1925 and married Stanley Stokes in 1928. She is survived by husband son Jack parents sisters and a brother. Burial was in London Ontario. Further details note her RAF brother was killed in 1944 over Sicily.
A Royal Canadian Air Force Canso Amphibian crashed in a northern Manitoba storm en route from Churchill to Winnipeg on a mercy flight. All 21 aboard were killed. casualties included Manitobans and RCAF personnel. Rescue crews and officials moved wreckage and remain handling followed by additional reconnaissance flights.
The Manitoba Agricultural Societies provide a $1000 scholarship for rural Manitoba students pursuing a BS degree at the University. The award payments include $5000 on registration and $50 at the start of the second term of the first year, contingent on satisfactory averages. Applications may be filed by rural students, with preference to club affiliates.
The Bureau of Statistics prepares a comprehensive census starting in June to collect data on age religion sex family size income marital status education language and other demographics for a detailed government survey.
Mrs G A Stirling notes social visits and travels including Clifford Chant at Cardinal Baseball School Winnipeg Wm Cooper of Wolseley Sask Earle and grandparents Balmoral Balmoral residents Inkster Edith Bruce and others. Hospitals Portage visitations L Ackerman Pennell Cox Melville Riding Mountain and Portage Hospital progress mentioned.
Doreen Thompson has moved to Garson Ontario to teach. Beaver School reopened with 29 pupils including seven beginners. Miss Lois Harkness earned a Bachelor of Arts and joined Carberry Collegiate staff. Master Dennis Graham returned home at Swift Current after summer with grandparents. Various visitors and local updates noted among families and friends.
The Vacation Bible School in the former Briscoe residence has twenty pupils enrolled in three classes pre school primary and junior. An achievement program will be held Friday night at 8 p m featuring the pupils play. Parents and friends are invited to attend.
Poliomyelitis cases in Manitoba rose to 30 for the year as of the weekend. A 21 year old man in Darlingford has been diagnosed with the disease, prompting a report to the Provincial Health Department.
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