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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 02, 1948
Page
2
The MacGregor Herald established February 1897 prints weekly on Thursdays from the Herald Printing Office in MacGregor Manitoba. Shaw is listed as publisher. Subscriptions are $2.00 per year in Canada or 1250 in the United States under second class mail authorization.
A reflective note compares large disaster headlines to tuberculosis tolls in Canada and Manitoba. It argues that tuberculosis deaths are preventable if all cases are found and treated, suggesting elimination within a lifetime with effective public health action.
The Sanatorium Board invites Manitoba residents to buy Christmas Seals to fund tuberculosis prevention in the province. Funds are used to find infection spreaders and detect new cases early, with mass X ray surveys and free clinics reaching half a million people over the last two years.
Southend and MacAulay visit Brandon as W Chant. Mrs RO McKelvy hosted the weekend with Chant. Lorne Pennell and Linda from Winnipeg also stayed home. Portage visitors include Mr and Mrs C her and Mrs Orville Hancock and Cheryl. Jack Smale in Winnipeg Monday. Snaiths also visited. Shilo workers spent the weekend home. Hulmes attended Frank Bradcord funeral in Carberry. WM S annual meeting set at Mrs Jack Smale’s home on Wednesday December 8 at 2 pm. Associate members urged to bring mite boxes.
Grace Payne is home after several days in the hospital with an infected hand. Achievement Day at the hall featured talk on fabrics by Mrs. Ames and displays of sewing items including two piece dresses and a model jumper by Elaine Brugger. A Whist Drive and Social Evening produced prizes for Mrs. Heselwood and Don Patonsky with consolation to Miss Maureen Cooper and J. Heselwood. Officers for the coming year were elected and committees listed. cemetery committee proposed a power mower purchase for the cemetery.
Mr Tommy Bull of Calgary visited the Collier home. Miss Jean Hote spent a weekend in Portage la Prairie with Mr and Mrs Elliott Collier. Mrs Ben Collier visited Regina with her brother-in-law and sister Dr and Mrs Hoag. The Austin Patriotic Club meets Dec 6 at Mrs Howard Westman, and its Drama Festival Dance is set for Dec 10 with Telford's Orchestra, admission 50c, 12 and under 25c. John Gilmour entertained local Consumers Co. directors at dinner. James Mitchell of Pine Creek Store is ill and receiving treatment at Portage. The Crop Improvement Club held its first meeting Nov 26 in the Community Hall to discuss grain crop improvements with plans for a future organizational meeting.
In loving memory Charles Campbell who died November 30 1947. We think of you today and yesterday. Time heals sorrows yet we miss you still. God gave us strength and courage to bear the blow. Lovingly remembered by his wife and family.
Memorial notice for Mrs M J McIntosh who died December 6 1943. Words express love and loss as Cecil Alex Annie and Elsie remember her memorially.
Memorial message from mother father and Audrey for Ronald Shaw who died December 7 1940. They express lasting memory and sweetness that will live forever, cherishing his memory through their lives.
Mr and Mrs JL Pogue spent the weekend at Treherne and other locals, including Miss Vivian Dankesreiter and Barry Pogue visiting parental homes. The first whist drive and dance of the season occurred Friday November 26 with prizes to Mrs A Pogue and Johnny Gordon, consolation to Vivian Dankesreiter and Albert Pogue. Club reorganized with SH McLachlan as President and Albert Pogue as Manager along with a roster of officers and committee members.
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