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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 13, 1974
Page
3
The Pick-A-Week event begins February 22 with rounds on February 23 and 24 and continues March 1 to March 3. Finals for each week are scheduled for Sunday March 3. Four events are planned in this bonspiel.
Grace Vennard and Donald visited the C Henry home on Thursday evening. R Henry and C Henry entertained Mr and Mrs M Harland at Treherne on Friday. February U C W meeting to be hosted by Mrs Jean Crocker in Portage on Feb 20. Margaret Watson visited Harold Sherritt in Winnipeg last week. Norman Nicoll attended Jamieson Latimer wedding in Treherne on Saturday. Lil Ostopowich left for England to visit her parents. Leo Sieganski and wife visited Winnipeg on Monday. R Henry and family attended a Winnipeg hockey game on Sunday.
The MacGregorions Club second annual talent show is set for Saturday February 16 at 8 p.m. in MacGregor Memorial hall. CFRY Radio will air the event live. Entrants include The Drifters The Friesen Family Rainbow Colony Louis Unnau Liz and George Martens The Wall Family Janet and John Martens Warren Tilley Beaver Choir Bar-W-Ranch Boys and others. Popularity winners based on pledges will receive prizes of 50 0 and 20 while a Yamaha judged talent winner earns a cap and 25 prize and advances to Portage in March with other top placers. More entries are welcome. call 685-2424.
A National Grocers Ltd. spokesman says US trucking strike cuts Florida produce shipments causing tomato, lettuce and other perishables to tighten. Prices may spike briefly before a market glut as the strike ends, with oranges still arriving from California and grapefruit in short supply.
World Day of Prayer gathering on March 1 at 2 p.m. at the Evangelical Mennonite Church in MacGregor. The Get-Together Club meets February 19 at 2 p.m. in the lower room of the Masonic Hall.
Grant Someringham and Murray Kidd were recent winners in the MacGregor Community Centre 200 Club event. A water power source note mentions Quebec holds the most installed and potential water power of any Canadian province.
Manitoba's first nurse practitioner joins Gladstone's Seven Regions Health Centre, a pilot project coordinating medical services across Westbourne Lakeview Glenella Alonso Sandy Bay and Langruth regions. The board plans a new building beside the hospital and aims to unify hospital personal care home senior housing and health services under one governance.
A Toronto look at wrong numbers shows doctors and hospitals receiving calls for bodies at 3 a.m. from Stephen Gregor-Pearse who tells them to take a cab. Thelma MacDonald says rain triggers wrong calls to her line near a cab company. An elderly widow resists changing after calls related to Clarke Institute of Psychiatry.
Alberta sugar beet growers consider reducing beet acreage as local sugar prices surge. Lalovee Jensen of the Alberta Sugar Beet Growers Association cites higher grain costs and labor difficulties, suggesting less than 38,000 acres may be planted this year. Dwight Purdy notes international price ceilings and higher cane sugar input costs drive local beet sugar prices upward. Prices climbed from 21 cents to about five cents more over a decade, while production costs rose sharply.
Evangelical Mennonite and Pentecostal services are listed for February 17 in MacGregor and area. Churches include East End MacGregor, Bethel Church, Calvary Tabernacle Sidney, Austin United, Sidney United, Anglican St Paul’s, Christ Church Austin, with times for morning prayers, Sunday School, worship and evening services. Contact numbers and pastors are noted where provided.
Manitoba Public Insurance Corp will keep Autopac commission rates at five percent on basic and ten percent on extended coverage at least until February 28. Minister Bill Uruski said the government may review after the renewal period. Agents’ association pressures for a written contract and higher rates remain.
Conservative leader Sidney Spivak denounced the Manitoba NDP government during the Speech from the Throne, calling the regime old and failing to address rising living costs. He warned of an impending economic crisis, criticized tax increases, and faulted government spending and policy planning while urging bold reforms.
Insects have inhabited Earth for at least 50 million years. Their larvae defoliate hundreds of thousands of forest acres annually, contributing to widespread tree stress and habitat change.
Mrs xen Smith reports many visitors to Edrans including Mr and Mrs Jack Mc Phedran of Winnipeg and Mr and Mrs Ernie Campbell. Brandon's Bill Adkins and boys visited Mrs Henry Nelson's family. Winnipeg and Neepawa guests joined Mr and Mrs N McCullough and others for Mrs Dave Weibe's birthday. A dance is planned at Edrans this Friday February 15 with hopeful weather.
In Austin Community Centre action the 12 and unders beat MacGregor 64 while the 14 and unders defeated Gladstone 6 to 4. Allan Hotel Ricky Amen David Johnson Ronnie Friesen each scored once and Keith Carruthers twice. Austin then lost to MacGregor on Monday 133 with Carruthers Jager and Amen scoring. Earlier Portage West End beat Austin 75 to 0. The 12 and riders upset MacGregor 123 with Wayne Oeppky Rick Amen netting four goals and Peter Iniessen David Williams and Orval Harder scoring singles.
MacGregor Minor team squeaked out a 43 win over Wellwood last Tuesday as Darryl Koop Brad Lamb Tim Stone and Mark McGregor scored. Robert Wiebe tended net with key saves. The 14's then won 43 at Austin Monday led by Mark McGregor five goals with Klippenstein and Scora ach adding hats. Allan Boschman Brad amb and Howard McRae added singles.
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