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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 07, 1950
Page
2
The MacGregor Herald established February 1807 lists Shaw as publisher and prints every Thursday from the Herald Printing Office. It notes second class mail authorization and annual postage rates of $200 in Canada and $250 in the United States.
The Farm Forum Group will meet on Monday December 1 at Image Creek School. Mrs A Wier from Saskatchewan is visiting at the home of Mr and Mrs J W Matthews. Sterling Matthews suffered a facial injury loading cordwood and underwent surgery but is recovering well.
Frank Hay received official notice from the Canadian National Institute for the Blind Winnipeg expressing thanks for support from MacGregor. A total of 152 dollars 16 cents was subscribed for the welfare of the blind, with funds from local donations and a Saturday tag day.
Local residents share visits and travels as Mrs L Bowes and Mrs A O Neill return from the United States. Dunc Emerson and J J Billings visit Portage while Stieben heads to Sioux Lookout for winter work. Curling schedule announced with eleven rinks entered. Earle Anderson recovers after a drag accident in Portage Hospital.
Mr and Mrs Ivan Taylor spent days in Winnipeg. Mrs Gertrude Sims of Winnipeg visited at the Andy Stone home. Mrs Roy Harkness and Faith stayed with the M E Harkness family of Portage. W Pears Patsy and Harry Shaw visited the W Lusignan home at Altamont. Eleanor Morton visited Winnipeg to be with a hospitalized mother. A Beaver School curlers meeting organized six links with plans for Garlin MacGregor Fridays. The Telford and Gilbert families joined the Grahams to Quill Lake for a visit and stay.
At the annual Beaver Cemetery meeting S. S. Thompson was elected chairman and W. L. Stone secretary. A five member committee was named. Planned work for 1951 includes erecting and painting a new fence, bulldozing to clear refuse on the west side, and negotiations to purchase additional land. New rates set: family plot six dollars and single plot two dollars. Financial statement shows a cemetery fund balance of 316.35.
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