Agricultural Society Banquet a Proud Night in 75th Year
The North Norfolk and District Agricultural Society hosted its first banquet last Wednesday November 29 with over 170 guests at a turkey supper prepared by the United Church. Guests included Rev E Armistead, G Fotheringham, W Witherspoon, H Dankesreter and others. Allan McGregor and Ken Hay delivered greetings from local bodies. Prizes were awarded to George Moffatt for best ten-of-three commercial calves and Linda Duncan for Champion 4H calf. Art Wood of the University of Manitoba spoke on farming’s future.
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Phe
Nora Sore
Agricultural Society
United Church WA
Harry Dankesreiter
North Norfolk and District Agricultural Society
E Armistead
G. Fotheringham
W Witherspoon
H. Dankesreter
Hyde
HS. Barton
RE Lye
Peggy Hood
Don Meadows
Howard Barnsley
Nev Armistead
United Church
Fotheringham
W. Witherspoon Mt Carberry
C. Hyde
Porage
Allan McGregor
MacGregor Chamber of Commerce
Ken Hay
Ris
William MacWilliam
MacWilliam
George Moffatt
Firdale
R. Muskett
Bank of Montreal
Linda Duncan
Katrime
Art Wood
University of Manitoba
Howard Barnsley Ag
Wood
Camper of Commerce
Collegiate Hopes and Holiday Plans Mark December Cheer
Snow and Christmas spirit fill the air as students at the Collegiate prep for festive events. Lynn Snaith wins six dollars in a school cup pool, blue bombers claim the cup, and budding carollers rehearse during noon and recess. A dance on December 22 with the Shades, class gift exchanges, and an outing for carolling on December 20 are planned. Evangelistarty Moore from London Ontario visits with a teenager focus, and the Canadian Army presents a talk and film on service members.
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Lynn Snaith
Lynn
Blue Bombers
Colegiate
Evangelist Arty Moore
London
Ont
Pope Eight
Fire call near MacGregor ends as chimney scare
The Macuseaue vuluancer Fire Department answered a fire call last Wednesday night to the home of Mrs OFW Turner south of MacGregor Fortun. Luckily the blaze was confined to a chimney and nothing more.
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Macuseaue Vuluancer Fire Department
Ofw Turner
MacGregor
Santa Claus Parade Plans Ready for Dec 16
Plans are complete for a Santa Claus parade on Saturday afternoon December 16. The jolly man will arrive by airplane around 1 p.m. and circle town before landing west of MacGregor. He will travel main street to Lye Motors and past the rink to Memorial Hall to give candy, followed by a free Tivoli Theatre picture show for children.
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Santa Claus
MacGregor
Maintreet
Lye Motors
Memorial Hall
Grasshopper forecast flags bigger Manitoba outbreak in 1962
Entomologists from Canada’s agriculture department predict a sharper grasshopper infestation in Manitoba in 1962 than in 1961. Major outbreak zones cover the southwest, north of the south central district, and the Red River Valley, with new pockets expanding to about 4 000 square miles and severity roughly doubling due to hot dry weather in 1961. The egg-based forecast notes light to very severe infestations, with a notable severe pocket south of Neepawa and moderate areas around MacGregor and the Red River Valley toward Portage la Prairie.
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Manitoba
Canada Department of Agriculture
South Central
Red River Valley
Neepawa
MacGregor
Portage la Prairie
Por la Prairie
Nine Month Term For Car Theft Is Imposed
Magistrate HD Sparling QC in Headingley police court sentenced Jos Beaulieu of MacGregor to nine months for theft of an $800 car owned by Arthur Kolke and an additional nine months for stealing a six volt battery from an Amaranth resident. The terms run concurrently. Beaulieu, with a lengthy record of breaking and entering theft and motor vehicle theft, faced the court Thursday.
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Ave Orno
Headingley
HD Sparling
Jos Beaulieu
MacGregor
Arthur Kolke
Amaranth
Beaulieu
Veet Consols Committee Sets Plans for Zone Curling
The Veet Consols Committee, representing 38 curling clubs across six districts, met in Neepawa to outline an aggressive 1961-62 British Consols curling program. Zones, group finals by January 26, zone finals by January 31, and a MacGregor double knockout playoff kick off in January. Vern Mekelvy and Frank Hayrs Murray of Neepawa chair Zone four and Group 20 respectively.
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Charwen
Cone 4
Poplar Point
Oakville
MacGregor
Cordova
McCreary
Neepawa
Portage
MacDonald Tobacco Co. Spon
Man
Winnipeg
Henry Birk
T Eaton
Manitoba
Rossendale
Pine Creek Bagot
Austin
Edrans
Mac
Gregor Rere
MacGregor Club
Vern MeKelvy
Frank Hay Rs Murray
Weir Proposes Annual Rural Area Census
Weir urged a yearly municipal census to track rural population shifts for better long range planning. As Manitoba municipalities met in Winnipeg, the new municipal affairs minister questioned five year counts, stressing youth and labor force movements.
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Union of Manitoba Municipalities
Winnipeg
Walter Weir
Local Choirs Enter Festival at Portage
Portage la Prairie hosts the second annual Christmas Carol Festival at Trinity United Church auditorium on December 7 with 19 choirs from Portage and nearby communities. The event features school and church groups including Manitoba School Choir, Kort la Reine, Prince Charles, MacGregor Ladies Ensemble, and the Church of Assumption choir, with community carol singing before each program half hour.
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Portage la Prairie
Trinity
Manitoba Home For
First Presbyterian
Portage
St Hyacinth’s
Trinity Juni
Manitoba
Victoria School Choi
Kort la Reine
Prince Charles
MacGregor Laides
Austin United Church
Portage Collegiate Glee Club
Church of Assumption Catholic Echo
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Canada
Northland
Cape Farry
Pin Main
Arctic
Percy Alderson
North Norfolk Council
Linda
Myrna Nichol
Bagot
Mrs. L Stone
Nancy Allan
Bobby Stratton
Betty
Terry McGregor
D. McGregor
Faith Harkness
Beaver
Louise Stephenson
Walter Allan
Allan
Everone
Dankesreiter
Toronto
Wm. Moore
Wm. Shaw
L Kennedy
L. McDougald
Tivoli Theatre
Veet Consols
Weir
Hughie Rea
Little
Harry Corey
Percy Dalzell
Gordon Tufford
Neil Muir
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