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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 05, 1973
Page
4
Deadlines for classified ads and notices set at 1 30 p m Tuesday. Births engagements memorials and cards of thanks have minimum and per word charges with flat rates and late payment penalties. Death and funeral notices priced per column inch with photo charges specified. Local readers billed at five cents per word with six percent added for unpaid accounts.
For rent two suites contact Geo Lloyd MacGregor or call 685-2285 or 685-2245 before 7 30 am Also a house in MacGregor contact 685-2168 Auction Notice weekly Wednesday 2 pm and Thursday 7 pm Peter's Auction Sales 324 Young St Winnipeg Ta8 775 Grain hauling sale wheat oats barley Bev Allan 685-2908 contact for more details
Mrs Katharina Friesen a long time Austin Manitoba resident aged 78 died Monday November 25 1973 at Misericordi hospital Winnipeg. Born Rosenfeld Manitoba she married John Friesen in 1924 lived in Saskatchewan before moving to Austin district in 1949. Survived by three daughters two sons thirteen grandchildren three great grandchildren and brother Abraham Neufeld of Coaldale Alberta. Funeral Friday November 30 at 2 00 pm at MacGregor Sommerfelder Church with Rev A J Neufeld. Interment Sommerfelder Cemetery Austin. Card of thanks from Hugh Briscoe.
Ron and Linda Bull of 374 Roseberry Street Winnipeg announce the birth of Robert James Robbie, weighing seven pounds two ounces, on December 2 1973 at Portage General Hospital. Grandparents are Geo Bull, Winnipeg, Thomas Bull, Winnipeg, and Elizabeth Thomas of MacGregor.
In memory of Elizabeth templar who died December 5 1968. FOR SALE eight hereford and hereford cross heifers. Phone 685 2475. FOR SALE chicken broilers 60 cents per pound while they last. Phone 685 2240. FOR SALE two 2 week old bull calves. Phone 685 2005. FOR SALE 1948 John Deere with starter 150 dollars. Six year old bay gelding broke to drive.
British Columbia trailer owners must buy separate insurance when Autoplan takes effect March 1. Basic coverage includes public liability and accident benefits, costing $5 to $15 annually based on trailer weight, with optional damage coverage on a sliding scale. Insurance ties to trailer licence plates and must be purchased at plate renewal. campers on pickup trucks are exempt from compulsory insurance.
Residents report weekend visits and trips to Winnipeg Regina and Neepawa. Lloyd Street and family spent Friday in Winnipeg while Jim Smith and family of Edmonton visited Raymond Smith. Velma Rodgers attended an LPN reunion in Winnipeg. Robert Rodgers and Ken Green with families visited Ron Roe in Arden. Roy Harkness attended a square dance workshop in Neepawa. The piece notes Alaska purchase price history in 1867.
Spruce plywood x8 C grade 395 dollars D grade 4.95 Fir Degrade 5.75 Lye s MacGregor and Austin listed as sellers with price points for each grade and material type.
Late model used cars including a 1973 Valiant Scamp V-8 with automatic and vinyl roof, a 1973 Pontiac Laurentian V-8 with automatic power steering and disc brakes, a 1973 Chevrolet Belair V3 with automatic power steering and brakes, a 1973 Plymouth Fury III two door hardtop V-8, automatic and radio, and a 1972 Chevrolet Impala Custom two door hardtop V-8.
Wanted deerskins practical value offered by Brandon scrap firm Manitoba Hide and Fur Co. and Brandon, Man. fair payment per skin. Help wanted serviceman for Gulf Service Centre in Austin around January 1, 1974. Apply via W H Shortridge, manager, contact phone 637-2515.
Tenders for the position of custodian at MacGregor Junes Church are invited by the Board of Stewards. Salary set at 100 dollars per month with duties commencing January Tet 1974. Tenders close December 13, 1973. Submit to 10 Bev Allan, Secretary, Board of Stewards, MacGregor United Church, MacGregor, Manitoba.
Tender bids for the Bernthaler Mennonite Church located six miles south and a half mile west of Glagstone are invited by the undersigned up to December 31, 1973. Pews to be tendered separately. Highest or any bid not necessarily accepted. Contact W. Warkentin at 353-2 Gladstone Manitoba for information. Gladstone Mennonite Church Box 6 Gladstone Man.
Fully qualified mechanic with negotiable salary and great fringe benefits sought by Murray's Garage Ltd in Neepawa Man. Also yard laborer needed by General Scrap and Car Shredder Ltd to operate in Winnipeg with postal box and phone contact. Neepawa Plumbing and Heating Ltd seeks plumbing oil and gas service personnel with installation experience.
Red and white faced steer weighing 750 to 800 pounds missing in Austin region. Penner Bros. offer reward for return. Contact Austin ranch handlers with any information.
Sprucedale Workshop will host a pot luck supper at Austins Christmas Festival on December 14. Those spending the day in Austin may bring dishes to Sprucedale Workshop, which will heat items for serving from early evening until 7 p.m. A pot collection will help cover supper costs, followed by an interfaith program.
WANTED TO BUY listings from Bagot General Store Bagot and Brandon area. Buyers seek scrap copper brass batteries radiators beer hides scrap iron cast iron car radiators copper price 68 cents per pound and other items with quantities up to 1000 bales. delivery locations Brandon and Manitoba.
The article notes an annual meeting in the hall on Thursday December 6 at 8 30 PM. Sprucedale will host a potluck supper at Austin's Christmas Festival on December 14. Attendees may leave food at Sprucedale for pickup for supper 5 to 7 PM and a collection pot is planned. A curling schedule for MacGregor Ladies Curling Club requires a phone call to Helen Borton by December 31.
Mrs H Dankesreiter spent last week at Fort Saskatche wan visiting with Stan Carole and Michael Dodds also with Miss Donna Dankesreiter of Toronto. Mr and Mrs Jack Lewis of Coquitlam are visiting in the district. Eva Collins and Janet Kilpatrick returned from Regina after visiting with Mr and Mrs D D McLennan. They learned Denver Collins and family lost nearly all belongings in a fire on Nov 21. Sympathy to McCaskill families on Mrs George McCaskill’s passing. Get well wishes to Mrs Harvey Jones and Ab Blaine. Chester Cairns Portage visited his mother Mrs W Sparrow and Stirling Cairns Winnipeg.
Evie Atkinson in Vancouver sells a French made bike with a 49 cc two stroke engine. The machine weighs light and can go 20 to 25 mph on flat ground and 18 mph uphill. A fill costs 12 cents and the range is about 65 miles. Government rules on licensing could determine its popularity. The Atkinsons cite Holland and Continental regulations where engines under 50 cc are treated as bicycles.
Congratulations go to Mrs. W Pennell who celebrated her birthday on Monday December 3 and Mr Templer who marked his 89th on Wednesday. Roy Pennell of Edmonton visited his mother, Mrs Pennell, on Friday. George Wood of Carberry visited Mrs North. Mr and Mrs Glen Hyde of Brandon were Sunday visitors. Residents thank the car drivers who ferried them to the hall for the supper and the Lions Club for an enjoyable evening.
Katrime Curling Club meets Thursday evening at 8 30 with details of recent visits to Souris Regina and Neepawa. Sandra Gilbert wins Juvenile Ladies at the Manitoba Figure Skating Championship in Thompson amid 14 competitors.
The Manitoba Aviation Council and the Canadian Armed Forces plan a forthcoming air patrol program to train civilians in air search and rescue. Dr. Olaf Skjenna, director of civil aviation medicine, says the course will create a trained group to assist in military searches, addressing current lacks in pre event training and civilian pilots' haphazard methods. The course should start within three months. King Henry VIII held six marriages, last wife Catherine Parr had four husbands.
Names may be left at Lye's Hardware Store and the hospital and must be in by December 15 to be published in the paper for Christmas. This year the fundraiser supports the hospital's purchase of a collapsible stretcher for ambulance service in station wagons.
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