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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 05, 1940
Page
4
Three weeks from Christmas, merchants urge shoppers to begin early as many gifts suit family needs. Stores highlight clothing, chinaware, footwear, cutlery, utensils, confectionery, radios, linens, and more while encouraging customers to request items not in stock. Buy Canadian and British goods and support home merchants.
Good weather aided the MacGregor rink caretaker to ready the curling and skating rink for another season. Public skating nights are Wednesday and Saturday with low admission fees. Curling sheets expected ready next week. A skating club movement is planned to boost activities this winter.
The club plans to start the 1940-41 rink season earlier than usual to clear decks for club games and a Red Cross bonspiel during Christmas week. Members are urged to register with H. A Lye, secretary, if not yet approached, to join rinks and enjoy winter sports, with skating tonight as a kickoff.
The RCAF recruiting centre in Winnipeg plans a survey of able men aged 18 to 50 in MacGregor district. Skilled tradesmen, especially motor and radio mechanics, may obtain information from G E Lewin or J P MacKinnon. The aim is to identify qualified new recruits and reduce multiple trips to recruiting centres.
The 37th annual Union of Manitoba Municipalities convention in Winnipeg drew over five hundred delegates from across the province November 27 to 29. North Norfolk reps urged government to amend Hospital Act to require municipalities and province to cover extra hospital services for public ward patients unable to pay, via a fee schedule agreed by the Union, the Manitoba Hospital Association, and the Manitoba Medical Association.
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