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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 17, 1931
Page
5
Government and municipal notices specify contract and Doeplay rates on application. First insertion is charged per line with rates per line. Each subsequent insertion uses eight lines per line pricing and applies to the notice broadcast.
The Mac Gregor Agricultural Society held its annual meeting on Thursday. The secretary noted a slight deficit but the society remains healthy with 1466 entries across all departments, a strong year due to holding a fair. Officers were re elected and directors named, including President M E MacKinnon and Secretary Thos Clarke, with several lady directors and an honorary director.
Municipal officers met at Reeves and Company in Winnipeg to coordinate a united effort against an anticipated grasshopper plague. A central committee will head the campaign with federal and provincial agriculture representatives. poison for bait will be supplied by the Manitoba Department of Agriculture and mixing stations will be set up in affected municipalities. Reeve D A Campbell attended representing North Norfolk.
The December meeting of Temple Lodge AF and AM elected officers for 1932 and installed them with W Bro H A Lye assisting. Notables include WM Lewin, LP.M H A Lye, S W R E Walden, D of C J Mackinnon, organizer A Hay, and others. An annual At Home social is set for Monday Dec 28 with family invites extended.
For five weeks the Good Roads department employed many men and trucks to gravelling No 1 highway in North Norfolk and pile gravel for next year. About eighty workers dug at Chater with thirty more unloading east to Carberry and points in the municipality. More than 4000 cubic yards of gravel were moved to roads and piles, providing jobs. Three miles of snow fences were erected to keep roads open if snowfall stays light.
Bank of Montreal announces new note issue with denominations including $19 and $20. The series features portraits of President Jackson and Dodds. Despite signature differences, the bank states the notes are legal tender and circulate normally.
Premier R B chairs Ottawa meeting after London trip to discuss imperial wheat quotas. The plan envisions 15 percent domestic, 55 percent for empire trade, and 30 percent foreign, as forecast by The Miller.
Rev G L Armostrg rector announces Fourth Sunday in Advent at St Pauls MacGregor with Sunday School at 11 and 3 30 pm choral service on December 20 The watch night service is scheduled for December 24 at 10 pm and Christmas Day service follows with carols and greeting incl Oh come all ye faithful and Come let us adore Him
Rev. R. H. Fotheringham leads Sunday worship on December 20 at the United Church. MacGregor hosts the main Sunday School at 7 p.m with an Avenue Service and choir practice at 7 p.m. Beaver church holds a service at 2.30 p.m.
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