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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 04, 1943
Page
4
In February, the Minister of Finance and the National War Finance Creation coordinate with the food trade industry to sell War Savings Stamps. Grocers, bread stores, meat concerns, and related businesses will display special ads to encourage public support for the campaign and Canada’s path to victory and peace.
The Brevor School District trustees met January 1 with H. J. Collins presiding and GE. Lewin as secretary. Delegates outlined a 1943 budget including provincial responsibility for medical inspection, fire drill instruction for rural teachers, and province covering salaries. Estimated year costs total about 9,000 with 7,350 for seven teachers, 700 debentures, 500 fuel, plus insurance and supplies. Receipts include provincial grants, per teaching day funding, and local taxes totaling around 6,700 plus grants reaching 3,000.
A small gathering at Municipal Hall included Councillor MeP acting mayor F C Berry Fire Commissioner F C Alderman D S Naylor Finance Minister GE Lewin and Rex Cobbe. They approved continuing a tax levy to fund improved fire protection and noted street lighting expenditures of 595.32 out of 1125.96 total. The meeting adjourned with social curling at the rink and reflections on wartime suffering.
The death of Reverend John Mackie Niven occurred in Victoria British Columbia on Tuesday at age 77. A noted Presbyterian minister with Manitoba roots he studied at Manitoba College in 1906 and served rural Manitoba communities. Niven was affiliated with the British and Foreign Bible Society in Winnipeg. His daughter Emmeline Mrs C J Hertslet and many friends extend sympathy to the family during this bereavement.
Carberry curlers visited MacGrego yesterday for District games in the Ganong and Free Press competitions. Bannister rink defeated McPhee by three points, Lye defeated Walkey, and later Carberry won a close rematch with Walkey by one point.
The 51st annual statement shows Great West Life placing 78.9 million in business, 698 million in in force insurance and 189.3 million in assets. Payouts to policyholders reached 15.18 million, including 4.85 million to beneficiaries of deceased policyholders and 10.32 million to living policyholders. The firm notes sustained service despite one quarter of male staff serving in the armed forces.
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