Manitoba Tourism Sets New Records In 1960 Visitor Boom
Hon Gurney Evans reports 1960 tourist spending rose to a record 36.57 million, with about 1.26 million visitors. American arrivals reached 740,000 and interprovincial travel climbed, while 4 million funded upgrades added five new motels and numerous camps. Government opened 40 campgrounds under a 500000 program, bringing total government camping sites to around 100.
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Gurney Evans
Industry and Commerce
Evans
Border Pots Found Near Boundary River Mystery
American divers recover a nest of 19 copper pots from Horsetail rapids near the U S Canadian border. Found in excellent condition after about 150 years near Lake Saganaga, the cargo likely tied to the North West Company or Hudson Bay men. Pots turned over to Minnesota Historical Society.
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United States
Canada
Lake Saganaga
Jock Richardson
Saganaga
E. W. Davies
Silver Bay
Minnesota
Minnesota Historical Society
Davies
Beg
North West Company
Hundsonay
Community Notes and Sympathy in Katrime News
Sympathy is extended to Mrs. W. Shaw on the death of her sister Mrs. Emily Peterson in Winnipeg on December 8. Families visit and return from Winnipeg medical care. numerous local guests share Sunday dinners and gatherings. Also noted are anniversaries, seminars, and community visits including Mrs. Fleming’s district sympathy and Joe Riley’s Brandon visit.
Boy Scouts Hear Constable at Memorial Hall
Local Boy Scouts gathered in Memorial Hall with strong attendance as Constable Smith of the RCMP Carberry detachment spoke for about an hour on better relations and mutual understanding. The session included details on training and ranks and concluded with an engaging question and answer period.
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Memorial Hall
Constable Smith
RCMP
Carberry
Safe outdoor lighting and pine cone fire colors guide
Safety tips cover weatherproof sockets cords and UL labels for outdoor use. Advice warns against stringing cords through windows and over doors, recommends insulated methods and proper circuit limits, and urges disconnecting power before maintenance. Pine cone fire coloring uses household chemicals with caution and proper containers, drying times, and color choices.
RCAF Begins Operation Santa for Remote Weather Stations
The Royal Canadian Air Force launched Operation Santa Claus landing a C-119 for Churchill Manitoba to haul 000 pounds of food mail candy and items. Over the next week it will parachute supplies to seven northern weather stations including Arctic Bay Pond Inlet Grise Fiord Alexandra Fiord Mouth Bay Isachsen and Eureka with a Christmas tree dropped at each site and clearance sought for Spence Bay.
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RCAF
Santa Edmonton
Churchill
Man
Arctic Bay
Pond Inlet
Grise Fiord
Alexandria Fiord
Mouth Bay
Isachsen
Eureka
Spence Bay
Hartford News Briefs From December Weekend Visits
Last week Tuesday visitors to the Stark home were Mr and Mrs H Bures and family of Portage and others from MacGregor Winnipeg Rossendale and Winnipeg area. Sunday guests at the Thompson home included Cameron Harvey Portage and Mrs A Fawcett Lloyde MacGregor. Milne and Betty of Winnipeg joined Mr and Mrs D Lamont and family. Donnie and Garry Cleaver spent the weekend with grandparents Mr and Mrs Smith. Hartford Christmas concert will be held on December 16 everybody welcome. Wedding anniversary greetings to Mr and Mrs D Lamont who will be married eight years on December 20. Mrs D Landers spent Monday in Winnipeg. Mr and Mrs R Thompson and family visited Fisdale with Mr and Mrs Stanley Smith.
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Stark
H. Bures
Portage
L. Kreitz
MacGregor
Ed. Steinke
Winnipeg
R. Culbert
R. Thompson
Fisdale
Stanley Smith
Beaver Visitors and Local Outings Highlight Weekend
Mr and Mrs Harold Jarvis arrived on Wednesday to visit at the J Irwin home en route to Thompson Manitoba. B Aikton was a weekend visitor with Lloyd Street. Cecil Cooper visited with his sister Mrs G Hanna who was hospitalized after a bat fell in her home. Marlene Muir of Portage visited the B Pears home and accompanied them to Altamont to see Mr and Mrs Lusignan. Mr and Mrs John Graves and Mrs Graves of McCreary were Sunday guests at the K Armstrong home. Craig Walker returned home from Camp Borden Ontario for Christmas with the J Martinni zen family. Miss Sally Graham of Portage spent the weekend at her parents home. Robert Rodgers of Winnipeg spent the weekend at his home and left Tuesday. Mr George Marr of Portage was a recent visitor at the R G.
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Walker and
Albert
D. Polinski
J. Heselwood
Eddie
Rev. Allan
E. Alton
Bert Caskey
Jim Caskey
Isabelle
Macdonald Janice Duncan
Tom Kelly
Ernie Duncan Stone
B. Caskey
J. Irwin
Beaver
J. McRae, Jr
C. Pennell
Colin
Doug
Wm. Pennell
C. Stewart
Betty
Leonard
Secada
Harold Jarvis
Thompson
Man
B. Aikton
Lloyd Street
Cecil Cooper
G. Hanna
Marlene Muir
Portage
B. Pears
Robert Rodgers
Winnipeg
George Marr
R. G
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Macgregor Herald
MacGregor Mera
Post Office Department
Ontario
Audit Bureau OF Circulations
Manitoba
ASSOC
Canadian
Allen McGregor
Katrime News
Doug Pennell
Fred Lake
Thomas
Elsie Groves
Wells
Mrs Fleming
Austin
Joe Riley
Mrs. Riley
Brandon
George Vancouver
Vancouver
English Bay
Burrard Inet
Vancouver, B.C
Cook
Discovery
Arol
Orner
By Carol McLaren
McKillop
Portage LA Prairie
Hartford
MacGregor Hospital
Christus
Reginald
Muskett
Serta
Saskatc
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