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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 23, 1954
Page
1
Weather expert predicts one of the warmest winters in years as the Herald wraps 1954 with holiday wishes. Local notes mention school drive slowly signs, hockey and skating events, a deer feeding feature, a jail or asylum joke, and small town life reflections with Santa visits and church holiday concert details.
Mrs Margaret Isabel Stewart pioneer mother of Pine Creek died December 16 in Gladstone Hospital. Born October 8 1872 in Pakenham Ontario she married Wm F Stewart in Winnipeg and moved to Pine Creek with seven children. Funeral December 20 at Austin United Church, McKillops Portage in charge. Memorials note deep family loss and gratitude from the Stewart family.
The Katrime Anglican Vestry presents the Austin play Aunt Tillie Goes to Sea on the Wednesday January date. The event is hosted under church auspices and aims to entertain local residents with a lighthearted stage production.
The United Church W A held its annual meeting at Mrs. W McKelvy’s home with seventeen members. Officers elected include President Mrs W Critchlow and vice presidents Mrs C Zimmerman and Mrs N Critchlow. secretary Mrs F Clarke. treasurer Mrs A M Hay. press reporter Mrs J Switzer. Financial report shows 1953 balance 267.13. receipts 1,375.36. expenditures 728.31. balance 647.05 for 1954.
Curling to open season with a Novelty Bonspiel on Monday December 27 in MacGregor. Teams will have two ladies and two gentlemen with a lady at third, entries to Robert Harvey or Fred Snaith, proceeds to the Hospital Fund.
Mac Gregor firms urged to donate to The New Year’s Baby with gifts ready for canvassers between Christmas and New Year. Other donors may contact Mabel Palmer or Mabel Montgomery.
MacGregor intermediates finally skated Monday night with seventeen players as slow ice making due to warm weather delays their South Central Hockey League entry. Holland hosts the first home game with coach George Little confident despite expected early losses as the team develops. Brian Bel, Peter Dewis, and a roster of Olson Lafreniere Weber Stewart Dennis Lamb lead a mix of forwards and defense as Heselwood plans to dress. The locals beat Swan Lake 64 in a Tuesday night game on soft ice.
Mr and Mrs William Pennell of MacGregor celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with about one hundred friends and neighbors visiting their home on Tuesday December 14. Their son Clarence hosted a family dinner the previous Sunday with twenty nine guests. Relatives from Beaverton Portage la Prairie Calgary and Riding Mountain attended, and the Pennells received a chrome kitchen set as a gift. The couple married in Winnipeg in 1904 and moved to the Southend district before retiring to MacGregor in 1951. They have four children and twelve grandchildren.
The Herald Office expresses heartfelt thanks to correspondents, readers, advertisers, churches and friends for contributing to the special Christmas edition. They highlight the generous, wholehearted support from the community during a busy season.
The Austin area mourns the sudden death of William G. Bryce while in Winnipeg for a medical check up. A heart seizure occurred and he died at Winnipeg General Hospital. Funeral services are scheduled for Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Austin United Church.
Postmaster Frank Hay reports the MacGregor and district Tag Day raised 126.73 for the Canadian Institute for the Blind. Chairman of the Winnipeg board confirms the total and thanks all donors for their support of the appeal.
No Herald next week as in customary practice. The paper will not publish through Christmas and New Year. The first 1955 issue is scheduled for January 6.
The article notes students eager for holidays and describes decorating with Christmas trees Santa figures and reindeer. It extends season greetings to all readers and wishes a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Gail Nicholls with best wishes to those hosting parties.
At St Pauls Anglican Church a Sunday christening service baptized Gordon Callan infant son of Mr and Mrs Glenn Lye of MacGregor and Hazel Elizabeth Mac infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Harvey McIntosh of Winnipeg. Godparents included Gordon McIntoch Harvey McIntosh Donna Lye Wm Cook Eileen Sadler Diana Lye. Grandparents hosted a family lunch after the ceremony.
The Ladies Curling Club lists its rink personnel and prepares to start a ten rink season. Skips are named with followers listed in playing order including Lois Fotheringham Muriel Snaith Mabel Montgomery Carol Reimer Margaret McKelvy and others.
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