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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 02, 1956
Page
4
A card of thanks expresses appreciation and gratefulness to Doctors Swail and Parker and the MacGregor Hospital nursing staff and thanks local MacGregor business firms and friends for their support and kindness.
Mrs NE Wright and Laurie visit with relatives in Winnipeg while Gary Lindsay and Melvin Cooper of Swan River stay with friends in town. Bonspiel postpones the WJ Whist Drive to February 29. Debra Lynn Rands born January 30 at MacGregor Hospital to Mr and Mrs Glenn Rands. Mr FT ill with flu, resting at home. Mrs A Carr relocates from Vancouver back to Winnipeg. Commentary notes winter business and view on taxation versus progress.
Wild buckwheat has spread in Saskatchewan over the last decade due to competition disruption and favorable weather. Experiments at the Scott Experimental Farm show two applications of ester herbicides can reduce buckwheat in wheat or barley fields, with timing best at the first true leaf stage and when the grain crop is adequately advanced to avoid harm.
A 1955 reader predicts renewed flooding for MacGregor and District due to heavy snowpack and rains. The letter urges government aid for drainage works to bypass the CPR mainline, raise the road and create two ditches to drain fields and reduce snow buildup.
Charles Frederick Pullman died in Brandon on January 17 at age 77. Born in Mortchard Bishop England he moved to Canada in 1898, later farmed Ladysmith district and ran a general store at Lavenham in 1921, serving as United Church secretary for two decades. Survived by brothers Owen and Phillip and sister Mrs SM Catte. Funeral at St Mark's Anglican Treherne conducted by Rev J Rowlands with burial in Bethel cemetery. Pallbearers named H Henry D Hird G Painter S Paul Loyd Dobbin G Catte.
Mrs Wilbur Aikens of Winnipeg visited here last weekend with her mother in law Mrs Geo Aikens. Miss Trefenoff of Portage spent a few days with Mr and Mrs Laurie Perkins. Birthday greetings go to Master Morley Aikens turning ten on Feb 3. Mrs J Knox's daughter Mrs Tom Henry and her family from Winnipeg were visitors last week. Curling sink closed for season due to tough ice. Harold Towle and Miss Margaret Nichol of Portage visited their mother and brothers here. Mr and Mrs Dalton Aikens and son Derek visited relatives in Winnipeg last weekend. H Blagder Sinclair Henry Dalton Aikens and Geo Blagden moved Mrs J Knox's effects to her new home Friday and Saturday. Simon Henry busy on trap line this winter. Snowshoe fad remains a topic of note. Fred Towle became a new Herald subscriber. George Blagden attended the funeral of the late Charles Pullman in Treherne on Jan 23. The annual School District meeting was held Friday Jan 20 with Mr Wesley Hen Ty elected new trustee.
A fragmentary community column from North Norfolk mentions Mr Jos Bedford term status, council plans, road work talk, and greetings to residents including Wilbert Tomchuk, George Aikens, and Lloyd in Winnipeg. It notes Mr J Owen’s illness in Deer Lodge Hospital, honors Jimmie from the unit wounded at Ypres, and ends with a light anecdote and a farewell, no road comments this week.
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