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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 03, 1955
Page
5
Mrs E J Manns thanks friends for kindness during hospital stay for letters cards visits and fruit gifts from Christ Church WA and members on return home. Mrs T Bush also expresses gratitude to all who sent support and visited.
Community notices record visitors to local households including references to Cronk Harris and Gerald Atkins among others. Activities include United Church events, YWO, WMS meetings, a polio drive fundraiser, 4H club visits, and a weekly Community Hall social with prizes and a high score grand prize.
School details a curling event at Austin High with lights failing for an hour and games continuing later. Notes widespread colds among students and teachers hoping to catch up on studies while welcoming Susanna Neufeld back from Winnipeg. Curling results show Halkyard edging Makinson in extra end and Ewen defeating Kowalchuk. 3 o clock draw notes Frances Atkins over R Hotel.
The annual meeting on Tuesday January 25th heard reports from committees noting a successful year and a solid bank balance. Rev C Lamb presented church work achievements and attendance. Officers named: Rector's Warden H F John Peoples. Warden Cyril Randall. SecretaryTreasurer Mrs P Hanson. Assistant LecTreas Mrs Gray. Mission Secretary Yvonne Hanson. Vestry members J P Dodwell Geo Bull Art Johnstone A Hill O Mays N Kowalchuk E Routledge Mrs H Atkins Mrs J Halkyard Mrs H Gray Mrs Routhwaite. Delegate to Synod J P Dodwell with Cyril Randall. alternate.
Classified notice lists sale of rough lumper spruce lumber and dimension lumber with pricing per thousand board feet, planing charge, and contact Abe Doerk sen in Austin. Also requests offers for 4 cards foot length seasoned poplar with responses to John Giesbrecht in Lavenham or Z Doucette in Austin. includes multiple phone numbers. Additional listings include alfalfa seed cleaned by seed house via J Poole in Sidney and a Gendron baby carriage with furniture and crib items available through Mrs. Walter Allan in MacGregor. Stomp locality noted.
Notice to creditors for the estate of William George Bryce of North Norfolk Manitoba demands all claims be filed with solicitor 1 H Greenberg LLB at Portage la Prairie Manitoba by March 15 1956. The notice is dated January 26 1955 and concerns administrator SNP William John Bryce.
Governor Hryhorczuk biography notes he was born at Gil Ibert Plains son of long-time legislature member Nicholas Hryhorczuk The Attorney General holds BA from Saskatchewan and LLB from Manitoba He is married with one son and has chaired Ethelbert School Board and Chamber of Commerce Also Rural Municipality of Ethelbert reeve He also chairs a redistribution committee Bond from Poplar Point earns BSc from Manitoba taught 17 years Health minister married with two sons member of Stonewall hockey and baseball clubs
Miss Doreen Calvert of Winnipeg spent the weekend at her home Five ladies links from Sidney are curling in the Ladies Spiel at Austin Mr J McConoghie spent a few days in Carberry with Mr and Mrs B Benton Dont forget that the Sidney Open Bonspiel starts Monday February 7 Miss Rose McMillan returned home from hospital last week Mr Dunton is progressing favorably but is still hospitalized Mrs D Beswitherick held a Stanley Party at her home on Friday
Premier Campbell names Michael N. Hryhorczuk and Ethelbert Sawyer as Attorney General and Health Minister respectively. Robert W. Bend becomes Public Welfare Minister, William Morton is Minister Without Portfolio. All are native Manitobans first elected in 1949 and sworn in by Lt. Governor J. S. McDairmid.
On January 28 hosted by Mrs Erma McElrea Winnipeg an enjoyable evening with twenty eight ladies in the Community Hall featured Pool Elevator films. Bad roads reduced turnout but attendees enjoyed lunch social period. Four Sidney rinks competed with three prize finishes Lionel Ron and L Wright Murray Ham won third in Grand Challenge for lace tablecloths. Calvert and Calvert team won second in Citizens Event heating pads. Web Sylvester Ken Sylvester Henry Calvert and Jack Calvert took fourth in Hydro Event receiving lighters.
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