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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 20, 1945
Page
10
St Pauls Church MacGregor schedules a Sunday service on December 23 at 11 am Holy Communion on Christmas Day. United Churches hold services on Sunday December 2 with Bagot at 1:30 pm and MacGregor at 7 pm as part of Special Christmas observances.
The Herald informs readers the Post Office will not be open on Christmas Day or New Year's Day. Mail will be received and sorted on those days, with dispatch on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve as usual.
The MacGregor area schedules a Christmas Tree and Day event with business closures on Friday December 21. Notices of an Auction Sale for The MacGregor Hotel contents are planned for around January 15. The North District Bra Legion meets January 5. Twenty two rinks compete in the Nevelty Bonspiels at the local rink with finals expected tonight. Ray's skates and boots size 4 await pickup at the Herald Office. Wm Roberts DFC attends a Winnipeg Vocational School and spends the holidays at home. Pte Roy Cook and Lieut Carl Bergquist arrived home recently. Manitoba endures a cold snap with temperatures around minus 20. A. L. Ruby confirms continued shoe repair business in MacGregor with a December 22 opening. Bobbie Joliffe and family visit from Vancouver for Christmas with T. L. Joliffe and L. J. Adams’s family. Mrs Adams improves after hospital treatment in Winnipeg.
Community notes recount the United Church Christmas service with songs such as Bethlehem and antic shepherds. Reeve-elect J L Lamb seen sprinting on highway, others preparing for hockey duties. Mr George Croucher resting, Mr J Smale filling in. Mr Critchlow ill but improving, 84 years old. Congratulations to Mr and Mrs HL Turner on 25th wedding anniversary at Grace United Church Winnipeg.
The Herald joins friends in wishing Mrs E Robinson a happy 95th birthday on December 19. She has lived in the community over sixty years with her daughter Mrs A F L Palmer. Also extending best wishes to Mr John Green on his 57th birthday on December 27. He has resided here over fifty six years and today leaves for St James to live with his daughter Mrs A B Mackie.
Rugged arena clash ends 5 all as Southend Poplar Leafs battle Katrinne Greyhounds amid rough play and one penalty to Greyhounds Birkett for tripping. Key scorers include Wright Anderson Sarre Tarr for Southend and Kav for Greyhounds. Lineups feature Patton Tarr Wright Anderson Sgarrow Hildebrand Brads Cor rigal Hildebrand and Gilbert McLachlan Dragger Harber.
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