Local Remarkable Milestones and Town Notes
Long time barber F T Course celebrated his 60 years in the same shop and remains a steady figure in town life. The column shares hunting yarns, blizzard impacts, Christmas decorations, and local tidbits about folks like Bob the barber, hockey ticket news, prize garden contest results, lighting upgrades, lost articles, and rising TV sets as winter settles in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. T. Course
Course
Bobs
Glen Hotel
Glen
Donates New Television Set To The Hospital
Mrs Laurie Smith aided by Ella arranged a five set order from CAE Consumer Products Winnipeg to donate a Carlile 1957 21 inch console TV to the hospital. The Nurses Lounge hosts the donation as hospital staff express gratitude and the board forwards thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CAE Consumer Products
Winnipeg
Laurie Smith
DuMont
Laurie
Ella
MacGregor Hospite
Sox
Lasath
Ae. Souk
ML Montgomery
Ivy Buckley
Clarice
Portage Orange Lodge Here For Installation
Portage la Prairie LOL members paid a fraternal visit to MacGregor LOL in 2011 for the installation of MacGregor Lodge officers led by W M Bro Cilley of Portage. Officers elected include Master F Venn and Deputy Master H Parkss, with a social hour and lunch following the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portage la Prairie
MacGregor
W.M. Bro. Cilley
Portage
MacGregor Lodge
Bro
F. Venn
H. Park
Chaplin
Bro. R. Stratton
Bro. P. Templer
C. Cathcart
F. Moores
Marshall
J. Irwin
Bro. S. Thompson
L. Anderson
Lt. Cooper
L. Anderson Tyler
G. Croucher
British to Pay 83 Cents a Gallon for Scarce Gas
British motorists learned Tuesday that gasoline will cost the equivalent of 83 cents a gallon for the next four months. Gasoline rationing starts December 17. The average price before Tuesday's announcement was four shillings sixpence a gallon (63 cents).
K Stanway Elected President of Local Legion Branch in MacGregor
A MacGregor Legion meeting on December 4 chose Ken Stanway as unanimous President. Officers named include Geo Inman as 1st Vice, Stan Head as 2nd Vice, and S R Lamb as Poppy Chair. Stanway plans a youth recreation club with Legion support, amid postal service notes highlighting morning mail operations and afternoon closures.
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Ie Norim Norou
The
Canadian Legion
MacGregor
Ken Stanway
Geo. Inman
Stan
Poppy
S. R. Lamb
C. F. Kitson
L. Fargey
Jas. Swal
J. Heselwood
H. A. Lye Legionary
K. Stanway
Austin
T. Bull Latrime
Sidney
Westbourne
Geo. Dathey MacGregor
W. Edkins
Stanway
Tarollers to Sing at the Hospital
Next Tuesday evening December 18 the Hospital Aids and others will gather to sing carols for shut ins at 7 30 pm. Attendees may bring gifts for the Hospital Christmas Tree and leave them on the tree. A short post event meeting of the Central Aid and MacGregor Aid will follow to replace the two regular meetings.
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Hospital
Aids
Central Aid
MacGregor Aid
Christmas Concerts Schedule Across Towns
The notice lists a series of Christmas concerts in multiple towns with dates in December. Cities include Beaver Hartford Elsmith Image Creek Lavenham MacAulay MacGREGOR UNL Church Bagot Katrimne Southend Southfield. Each venue hosts a recital between December 1 and December 22.
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Beaver
Hartford
Elsmith
Image Creek
Lavenham
Macaulay
Macgregor Unl Church
Bagot
Katrimne
Southend
Southfield
Outstanding Picture Coming To Tivoli Next Week
Douglas Bader defined by a legendary life in Reach for the Sky based on Paul Brickhill’s best seller. Kenneth More stars as Bader with Muriel Pavlow as Thelma, showing at Tivoli Theatre December 11 18 19 with seats via MacGregor High School students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Bader
Paul Brickhill
Tivoli Theatre
Bader
Kenneth More
Muriel Pavlow
Thelma
MacGregor High School
MacGregorifes Meet In Middle East Plane Lift
Pte. Jack Smale flying from Montreal to Naples meets F O Howard Turner aboard the plane. Both from the same hometown and now far from home, their reunion brings cheer during service overseas.
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MacGregorifes
Middle East
Jack Smale
Montreal
Naples
Italy
Canadian Armed Forces Postal Service
Howard ‘Turner
Splendid Attendance At Agricultural Meeting Here
A well attended meeting of local cattlemen and feeders sponsored by the local Agricultural Society featured talks by Dr. E Stringham of the University of Manitoba and Mr. Percy Ford of the Cereal Grains Department. They discussed loose housing, barn types, and feeding experiments. The new Agricultural Representative Welland Stone Rouse offered to assist locals from Carberry. The MAJA president Dr. Tyler addressed teachers at Neepawa, urging stronger district teaching service as delegates from multiple communities planned an improved program for fall.
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Loca Agricultural Society
E. Stringham
University of Manitoba
Percy Ford
Cereal Grains Department
Stringham
Ford
Welland Stone Rouse
Carberry
Agri
MAJA
Tyler
Brandon College
Neepawa
Maaitabo Teachers’ Society
Macdonald
Souris
Brandon
Winnipeg
Christmas Greeting Edition Next Week Dec 20
The 1956 Herald Christmas edition will publish Thursday December 20 mainly greetings from business firms churches and others. Readers asked to submit space requests in advance and early copy is urged. No Herald on December 27 new issue January 3 1957. Core earth changes shift the North Magnetic Pole about 4 miles annually east of north.
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The
Herald
Aval
MacGregor Intermediates Hockey Season Opens in Town
Hockey season starts in MacGregor with the first exhibition game set for Friday in Hol and. Many former players return, including Pete Dewis and Bud Kelly, though the squad may be weaker than last year. A league may form with Carberry Neepawa MacGregor and possibly Gladstone. Next week will bring lineup details and league news. Curling ice ready this weekend and curling club seeks more entries for five rinks.
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MacGregor
Holand
Pete Dewis
Bud Kelly
Carberry
Poplar’ Point
Neepawa
Gladstone
MacGregor and
Distret
Winter Scenes and School News at MacGregor
Winter has arrived with heavy snowfall noted since last year. A Manitoba Temperance Alliance lecture on alcohol occurred with no samples. MacGregor High hosts a December 27 dance with Brook er's Bombshells and multiple acts. Admission is $1 with lunch, novelty dances, and a door prize. Students toured to Winnipeg to see the Harlem Globetrotters. Exams returned with mixed results. Staff events included a Purity Bread Baking Contest and a workshop in Neepawa. School started at 9:30 after a light sleep-in. Curling rinks were drawn with all skip positions listed. Tivoli Theatre will show Reach for the Sky on December 16, 17, and 19. The piece mentions silk brocades and Indian textiles. Continued on page six.
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MacGregor
Boychuk
Manitoba Temperance Alliance
Brooker
Elvis
Sadie Hawkins
MacGregor High School
Stanway
Bergen
Winnipeg
Harlem Globetrotters
Purity Bread
Austin
Neepawa
Tivoli Theatre
India
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Harmon's Electric
Scoten
Jock
Donald
Danny Kowaicaux
Canadian Pacific Employees Garden Competition
Portage Division
Danny
Cartwright
Manitoba
the Herald
Duncan
Portage Orange Lodge
Mice
Legion Branch
Eecererarias
Frank Hay
Asfar
Hay
Tarollers TO
Eauaeaas
Tivoli
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