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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 22, 1955
Page
8
The MacGregor Herald established February 1807 prints every Thursday from the Herald Office in MacGregor Manitoba. Publisher A M Shaw lists the mailing rate as 250 dollars per year in Canada and 2 dollars per year in the USA.
A reflective piece on Christmas as a home centered celebration. It emphasizes family ties, hospitality, and the warmth of gathering around the festive table with Mary Joseph and Jesus as central symbols. The writer recalls Tiny Tim and urges readers to write to loved ones and return home for the holiday.
Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus and the idea of peace and unselfishness. The season renews childlike joy while adults rediscover faith and charity, urging churches to put Christ into Christmas and make it Christian.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Taylor express gratitude to the Good Neighbors' Club for flowers and friends' cards on their 55th wedding anniversary.
Katrime News lists Christmas greetings and hometown visits. Frances Taylor returns from MacGregor for the weekend. Miss Ethel Taylor of Winnipeg visits with her parents. Many locals plan Christmas holiday time with relatives in Portage, Bran don, Helston, Winnipeg and Bea ver.
The Travelling Basket completed its travels last week and Mrs E Duncan the Good Neighbors secretary reports the fruit and flowers fund raised $16. Thanks are due to all who donated or bought items.
Mr. Jack Smale Jr spent several days in Winnipeg last week. Mrs. W Forrest and Murray visited Winnipeg. Mr. and Mrs. Ron Young of Winnipeg spent the weekend at the Carleton Holliday home. Fred P Cor of Clair Sask spent a week visiting his brother and sister in law EK W Cox. It is fourteen years since the two brothers last met, and twenty eight years since Fred Ist MacGregor. Natural conversations filled the week.
The Southend-Macalay group met December 7 at Mrs. D. Collier’s home with six members and one visitor. The Christmas program featured carols, Bible reading, and devotions. Reports were read by present secretaries. Vermeulen sent 13446 dollars by end of Q3. New officers were nominated: President and Christian Steward Mrs. J Shaw, Vice President and Friendship Mrs. Chas Pennell, Treasurer Mrs. Clare Tarr, Supply Mrs. Art Chant, Associate Lee Mrs. B Vermeulen, Temperance and Christian Citizen Mrs. D Collier. The January meeting will be at Mrs. Chas Pennell’s on January 4.
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