Co op to take over MacGregor firm in 1975 transition
One of the oldest MacGregor business firms will change hands at the start of 1975. Portage la Prairie Consumers Co operative Ltd will assume control January 1, 1975, with joint announcement by Harry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacGregor
15 Verry
Portage la Prairie
Mera
Aesident
Consumers Co-operative
Glen Lye
Lye
Dankesmeter
Coop
Lye’s Ltd
School division approves tenders for 1974 75 year
At the regular board meeting of August 28, 1974 the division awarded tenders for gasoline tires batteries motor oil and heating oil to listed providers including Portage Co-op Gulf and Neepawa Gladstone Co-op. Staffing changes include Doreen Small as half time office clerk replacing Jean Scott and George Lewis as assistant custodian at Austin elementary replacing Douglas Bodnarchuk. Lye family business is acquired by Consumers Co operative with support from MacGregor residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
MacGregor
Portage Co-op
Rossendale
Bird Man of Brandon honored for bluebird work
Dr John Lane known as the Bird Man of Brandon has spent decades restoring Manitoba bluebirds. Since 1990 he and the Junior Birders built and maintain over 4 200 nest boxes, banded 12 000 bluebirds, and publish yearly statistics. He earned Brandon University honorary degree in 1971 and curatorship at the B J Hales Museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohn Lane
Brandon
Manitoba
Dr. Lane
Canadian Pacific Railway
Nora
Junior Birders Boys
Lane
Brandon University
B. J. Hales Museum of Natural History
U.S
Pine Creek School Division opens Sept 3 1974
All schools in the Pine Creek School Division start Tuesday September 3 1974 with 12:15 pm dismissal for students. Teachers will finish registrations and conduct orientation sessions. New residents without registered school age children are urged to contact the division office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Creek
Baker Colony
Drainage issues dominate Rural Municipality council meeting
The Rural Municipality of North Norfolk Council discussed extensive drainage complaints at its August 13 session chaired by Reeve Duncan. They approved varied salaries for road staff, building permits for Ed Dixon Emerson Randome and Dennis Sigurdson, cemetery grants, half tuition for an extension course, and a $60 rental for municipal land. Discussed drainage improvements for Image Creek, water problems near hangers by the air strip, and plans with Whitemud Watershed Board and Dept of Highways including larger pipes and bridge repairs after 1974 floods. The electors roll and flood-assist locations were reviewed, with ongoing correspondence and separate sewer and drainage work to be submitted upon completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Norfolk
Duncan
Clarence Denser
Council
Ttc
Ed Dixon
J.A. Emerson
Harry C. Randome
Dennis Sigurdson
Austin
Sidney
MacGregor
Beaver
Rose Hill
Waldner
Huronolony
Image Creek
Whitemud
John Boschman
George Loyd
Dept. of Highways
Alex Stieben
CNR
Teachers study bargaining seminars in Brandon
About 240 Manitoba teachers and educators attended Society seminars at Brandon University from August 19 to 23. Local representatives totaled 46 in bargaining, 57 in leadership, 47 in professional development, and 3 in public relations. Guests from Alberta and Ottawa joined provincial staff, with leadership help from Artibise, Carney, Paulson, Preece, Friesen, Gushuliak, and Sobie among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandon
Cordell Barker
Ralph Cibula
Brian Jones
Barbara Karaz
Ed Sklar
Gladstone
Pine Creek
Manitoba ‘Teachers’ Society
Brandon University
Manitoba
Kevan Rhead
Robin Stuart
Alberta ‘Teachers’ Association
Edmonton
Larry K. Young
Canadian Teachers’ Federation
Ottawa
Society
Conrad Artibise
Dauphin
Peter Carney
Barbara Paulson
Eleanor Preece
St. James-Assiniboia
Peter ‘Friesen
Minnedosa
John Gushuliak
Gerry Sobie
Winnipeg
Ed ‘See
Tragic car truck collision near MacGregor kills two sisters
In Manitoba near Portage la Prairie two sisters Catherine Sloane 18 and Arlene 17 died when their station wagon was struck from behind by a semitrailer at the Trans-Canada highway and Provincial Road 350 intersection. A 6-year-old Sloane boy injured. driver William Dale Patterson of Headingley uninjured. The station wagon burned. investigation by Carberry detachment noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macgregor
Portage la Prairie
Catherine Sloane
Arlene
William Dale Patterson
Headingley
Man
Sloane Boy
Portage la Prairie Hospital
Carberry Detachment
Livestock Truck Overturns Near Woodside
A single vehicle crash on a bridge west of Woodside sent a Yanke Transfer truck loaded with cattle and pigs into a ditch at about 6 30 am Friday. The driver escaped, suffering bruises and back injuries, and was taken to Seven Regions Health Centre in Gladstone. Two cows and three pigs were killed. another cow and pig were destroyed due to broken backs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wacwrsrauer
Woodside
Yanke
Vmovuen Vox
Seven Regions Health Centre
Gladstone
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Sawatzky
Jett
Neil Wiebe
Steinbach
A. D. Penner
North America
Arthur Cleveland Bent
Whitemud Watershed Board
Watershed Board
Water Resources Branch
Warren Sloane
Portage General Hospital
Trans-Canada
Yellowhead
Willowhend Creek
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