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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 05, 1957
Page
8
The MacGregor Calf Club met November 22 to approve a raffle of an 18 pound turkey. Tickets are available from members. The raffle occurs at the club dance on Friday December 6 at Macaulay School. The next meeting is Friday December 13.
In a country of 27.5 million, roves drinkers consumed 11,000 gallons of pure alcohol and 13,229,000 gallons of wine in the first nine months of the year, signaling growing use despite Communist attempts to curb consumption.
Mr and Mrs James Lampert of Estevan Sask greet congratulations on the birth of their son James Bruce born December 1st. The infant joins the family with Bernice LaPrance as the mother.
Weekend visits include Mr and Mrs Dave Brow in Minneapolis and Altamont guests for Mrs Leary. Regina trip for A J Struthers party. St Pauls W A Bazaar earns 330 dollars. Birth announced Patrick William to LAC and Mrs W J Ballance at Cold Lake Hospital, with brothers Greg and Ronnie.
A series of church group notices list meetings at Mrs H Dankesreiter’s home on December 9 and 10 at 8 pm, a Pathfinders bake sale December 14 at 3 pm in Lye’s Showroom, a Christ mas film after four, and an officer election for ZS with other office events noted. St Pauls Congregational Pot Luck Xmas Party is December 11 at 5 30 p m in Memorial Hall.
The Pine Creek Ladies Aid presents its financial report for 1956 57 with receipts totaling 324 06 and expenditures totaling 199 46. Cash on hand ends at 124 60 after offsetting income and costs from events such as bazaar quilt sales and March of Dimes contributions.
The event featured another edition of the Amateur Contest with the chorus Early One Evening. Miss Lois Emmond, Home Economist, handed 5 year certificates to Gloria Gibbs, Margaret Zimmerman, Joan Lamb, and Katherine Manns of local sewing clubs.
The schedule lists concert dates for Squirrel Creek Katrime on December 18 and 19 in several towns including Beaver Creek Norfolk Elwood Orangeville Light Hill Elsmith Hartford Macaulay and Mage Creek with corresponding December 18 to 23 showings, outlining a regional Christmas concert tour.
Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi, who died in 1901, produced his first opera Oberto in 1838 at age 25. Special flavor notes that sixty percent of Canada’s original forest has burned and only thirteen percent has been cut.
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