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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 13, 1956
Page
3
Reader notice lists hours nine to five Monday through Saturday with a half day Wednesday and two phone numbers for Portege le Prairie and Austin Money To Loan. It shows local business contact listings and a general satisfaction guarantee claim.
Community notes report residents driving a 1957 Ford and a 1952 Pontiac. J. S. Loewenig injured and hospitalized in Portage la Prairie with wishes for speedy recovery. Christmas exams end at MacGregor High. No 1 Highway survey underway for Transcontinental project. School Christmas concerts planned district wide. Cold snap brings near 20 below. locals cope with car trouble. Film night in Bagot Hall with National Film Board reels plus 4H Calf Club support. Curling preparations underway as bitter air arrives.
MacGregor entrant wins senior and junior events at Bagot Bread Baking Contest with Mrs R Doug las of MacGregor and Lorraine Th ompson of Bagot taking top prizes. Proceeds exceed $60 and E R Pogue donates prize money to St Stephen United Church Sunday School decorating. Local talent program precedes prize awards.
Card of thanks expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for help while in Portage Hospital and mentions flowers from Bagot W A and WMs. Deer and moose seasons update Areas 4 and 5 opened with no standout heads yet. note Gilbert Pleins Game and Fish event and Olympic medalists Gerry Ouellette and Gil Boa. Local anecdote about deer meat handling and hunting travels.
R T Bill Robinson notes hunter success during the 1956 deer season despite heavy winter. Reports are excellent from western Manitoba and the southeastern corner with more deer observed in the southwestern region than in many years.
N R Crump president of Canadian Pacific Railway pulls the first sod for a 1 8 0 million addition to the Royal York Hotel in Toronto. The 17 storey tower, scheduled for 1958 completion, will add 1 600 rooms and make the hotel the largest in the Commonwealth. Attending were Ontario Premier Leslie Frost Toronto mayor Nathan Phillips and ministers Bryan Cathcart and Fred Gardner.
The MacGregor Calf Club held a meeting on November 30 with Billy Anderson joining. Leader Bob Chant spoke on feeding calves. The next meeting is planned for December 28.
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