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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 22, 1960
Page
10
A Canadian study based on 48 600 farm workers excludes Ontario, finds 4.05 percent injury rate and one death per 50 farm accidents. Two thirds occur on farms, 27 percent due to machinery, tractors in seven percent. Age group details and poultry stock guidance follow.
Local notes record Miss Linda Walker visiting Miss Lynn Zimmerman of MacGregor and Jean Kerr visiting her parental home for Christmas. Other items mention birthday fun for Grant Harkness, a cake raffle won by Billy Philips, and visits between Miss Joyce Rodgers and Miss Lois Hicks. The farming column covers egg quality and production metrics, stressing high quality stock and hen housed productivity. The writer wishes a merry Christmas and outlines office availability through January 1961.
Mrs J E Heselwoar reports Katrime column notes a string of visits and health updates. Mr and Mrs E Alton spent last Thursday in Winnipeg. Tom Telford returned from MacGregor hospital Friday. Multiple locals visited relatives in Austin Fortier Oakville and Beaver. A school Christmas concert benefited from good attendance despite stormy weather.
The Sanatorium Board of Manitoba reports 140 153 Manitobans received tuberculin skin tests and free chest X rays in 1960. Tests were conducted at 178 sites across 31 municipalities, 288 communities, the University of Manitoba and colleges, and 10 Winnipeg high schools. About 18 029 reactors were identified, with plans for follow up. TB remains a major health issue with Canada reporting 700 new active cases last year, over 250 in Manitoba.
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