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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 01, 1949
Page
2
The MacGregor Herald, established February 1297, appears weekly every Thursday from the Herald Printing Office in MacGregor Manitoba. Authorized as a second class paper by the Post Office Department in Ottawa, the United States.
A historical finance and activities summary for the MacGregor and District Memorial Hall and Rest Room Fund from its 1946 inception to recent times. It traces the plan by the Board of Trade, the purchase of an army hut at Portage in 1948, construction of the hall and rest rooms, and the October 1949 official opening with Premier Campbell and MLA Lawrie.
Memorial Hall committee reports 1949 receipts totaling about 6000 with main income from dances lunches and sales. Expenditures reach 111,262.96 on building materials wiring carpentry and repairs. Remaining work estimated at 4722.28 including 23000 payable to individuals. total hall cost cited near 18000 with donated labor considered.
A delegation was named to press councils to jointly take over the hall deed. SR Lamb received high praise for three years of work as chairman and will continue until completion. Central Committee to persist in efforts: Lamb, Mrs. Fukkley, Lye, Harvey, Shaw, J. Lamb, Barber, Kitson, H A Lye. New Year’s Dance set for January 2 at 12:01 am.
Mr Charles Welsh of Gainborough Sask returned home Friday after spending a month with his daughter Mrs M Smith despite threatening weather. A large crowd gathered for the last Friday night Whist Drive and Dance. Prizes for Crazy Whist were won by Miss Morton Mrs M Smith James Pogue and Walter Kelly.
Fragmentary notes list concert dates and places including EERELESS, SOUTHEND, BEAVER, PATHEAD, ORANGEVILLE and AY with December dates. Limited legible items mention December 20th to 22nd and school associated events. Prompted as a local calendar brief with multiple locations and dates.
The MacGregor November meeting of the Portage Neepawa CGF calls for the immediate resignation of Hon. Stuart Garson Minister of Justice citing suppression of the MacGregor flour milling report and alleged breaches of law. The assembly condemns rent control relaxation and endorses federal opposition to pipelines extending to the U.S. with officers elected including Chairman W. C. Hardy and Secretary Hazel Allan.
Miss Inkster spent in Winnipeg. Miss Blonde Billings of Portage la Prairie visited with Mr and Mrs J Billings. Clarence Dixon of Oxbow Sask recent visitor. F Tarr Winnipeg visitor. R J Shaw attended Union of Municipalities Convention in Winnipeg. Sympathy extended to Nelson Hulme Sr sick in Portage la Prairie General Hospital. Congratulations to Mr and Mrs John Scora on birth of a son at Gladstone. WMS meeting planned at Mrs Chas Pennell’s home on Wed Dec 7 at 2 30 p.m.
KC MA LYE a Manitoba lawyer advertises residency in MacGregor with Friday afternoon availability at Austin. The notice promotes insurance money loans and sale of farms and village property through his legal services and P O Box 69 address.
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