In Memoriam Nohlgren and Thanks From Friends
In memory of husband and father who died Feb 19 1960. Wife and family express thanks for support during illness including cards and flowers. Also notices of births and sales listings and local classifieds from MacGregor Manitoba with multiple names and contact details. Lord Montagu plans to issue a long play record of antique car exhaust noises from his Hampshire estate museum.
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Nohlgren
Helen
Harvey
Ed Chant
Beaulieu
England
Lord Montagu
Hampshire
History of Glass Earliest glassware made in Egypt and Assyria
A brief survey traces glass craft to ancient Egypt with early Egyptian artifacts and notes Assyrian proficiency in glass making, highlighting early innovations and craft as foundational to later glassware.
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Egypt
W L Notes on Club Room Meeting February 8
W L Notes report a February 8 club room gathering that drew many attendees. First prize went to Mrs F Wright and Mr W Harmon, with consolation prizes awarded to F Tarr and Ted Critchlow. next meeting set for February 22 at 2 30 pm in the Senior Citizens club room with hostesses listed.
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F. Wright
W. Harmon
F. Tarr
Ted Critchlow
Sme Club
W.1
Kilfoyle
Hodge
McLoughty
Ormiston
Striped Bass Migration Traced From Maritime Shores
Saint John New Brunswick reports the first striped bass recovered in New England waters after tagging in Canada. Tagged at the reversing falls on July 1 by 5 M Yorke, the 19 inch, three quarter pound fish was later caught at Cummaquid on Cape Cod by Harbert M Lovell. The tagging project aims to study migrating habits.
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Saint John, NB
New England
Canada
Maritime Provinces
M. Yorke
Harbert M. Lovell
Cummaquid
Cape Cod
Iass
Lovell
Tv begins in British schools with six Middlesex trial sites
Television in British schools started in 1952 with an experimental series broadcast over a closed circuit to six Middlesex schools.
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Middlesex
MacGregor Locals Highlights From May 1920 Edition
Community notes from MacGregor cover a range of local happenings including Brandon Creamery’s 42c per dozen strictly fresh eggs in 1920, cribbage reports, visits by C A Sear and Mrs C McKelvy, Harold Lamb seeking a collie puppy, and travels of Morris Hayett to White Rock BC for a funeral. Other items mention former resident William H Little in Brantford, family visits by David and Jack Little from Thompson, weather with light snow and mild temps, and a hospital dedication service featuring Shirley Palmer who passed exams with 81 percent.
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The
Herald
Brandon Creamery
In Every Office Girls There Are All Types
New York AP reports a lighthearted office portrait of bachelor girls in modern workplaces. Profiles include Romantic Roberta with Cary Grant fantasies, Hopeful Helen hoarding piggy banks, Hopeless Hilda, Sourgrapes Sally who once dated a borrower, Learned Lena seeking a professor or mechanic, Practical Priscilla awaiting a knight, Tomboy Tilly challenging bachelors, and Honest Hortense ready to marry for a kitchen-ready life.
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New York
Roberta
Cary Grant J
Helen
Chicago
Hilda
Priscilla
Tilly
Million Job Dream Tied to Labormanagement Drive
Winnipeg dispatch notes Canada must create one million new jobs in five years through constant labor-management committees to boost industrial efficiency. Keith Cowan of the National Productivity Council eyes four regional officers, while Rex Grose highlights Manitoba’s push to add 40,000 jobs in a decade. Union leader Joseph James faults management apathy. Charles Greb cites new committees but opposes interference.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Keith Cowan
National Productivity Council
Canadian Labor-Management Committee
Western
Neepawa visitors note club bake sale support
Penny of Neepawa and Mr. and Mrs. C Brugger visited weekend. Curling club thanks workers and pie donors for the boyspiel yielding 143.47 from lunches. Sympathy extended to the Smith family on Mrs Corrigal’s passing February 8. Several locals attended bonspiel events and prizes were won by district high school students.
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Corrigal
Finkewich
J. McRae
F. Amann
Austin
Russell Gilbert
Indaw
Townsend
Baby
Goodeve
Sask
T. Kelly
E.duncan
Tom
C. Brugger
F. Jenkins
Joe Riley
H. Duncan
Terry Duncan
Doug
Beaver News and Community Notes From Portage
Messrs Ken Armstrong Charles Rodgers Wallace Stone and Phillip Romancik attended the opening of the new grain Growers elevator in Portage. Karen Butterfield has accepted a position in Winnipeg at the Bank of Montreal. Mrs C Cooper and others spent time in Portage with local families. The Bagot bonspiel prizes went to Alf Graham W Thompson D Smith and Liz Armstrong. United church Women set a meeting at Mrs Maurice Smith’s on February 21 at 2 p.m.
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Ken Armstrong
Charles Rodgers
Wallace Stone
Phillip Romancik
Portage
Mass Karen Butterfield
Winnipeg
Karen
Bank of Montreal
Alf Graham
W. Thompson
D. Smith
Liz Armstrong
Clarence Smith
Pas
J. Gair
David Coulthard
Andy Stone
Brandon
George Bull
Austin
Percy Smith
United Church Women of Beaver
Maurice Smith
Highway Engineers Review Techniques
Thirty Manitoba Highway Branch resident engineers are recalled to Winnipeg for a two week conference opened February 12 in the Norquay building. Hon Walter Weir says the sessions cover operations construction maintenance and administration of highways with topics on rights of way surveys materials control and bridge work among others.
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Manitoba Highway Branch
Winnipeg
Walter Weir
Public Works
Norquay
Also Mentioned on This Page
Memoriam
Katrime
Beaver
Kemsley
Sidney
George Lloyd
MacGregor
B. Vermeulen
Man
G. Raymer
Hereford
C. H. Procter
Edwin
Portage Exchange
Carberry
Rivers
Friesen
DODGE
Regent
FORD
Islaeau Sedan
Chevrolet
Biscayne
G.M.A.C. Purchase Plan
LYE Motors Ltd
W.l
Macgregor Locals
Reg. Sharp
Reg
Joe Lambert
C. A. Sear
C. McKelvy
Harold Lamb
Pathead
Morris Hayett
White Rock
B.C
G. E Lewin
David
Jack Little
Thompson, Man
Mrs. T. Little
J. R. McGregor
Sanford
G. W. McGregor
R. W. McGregor
Norma Chariton
Norman Critchlow
Fred Wright
Misericordia Hospital
Shirley Palmer
Shirley
Sally
Lena
Rex Grose
Manitoba
Industry and Commerce
Committee On Manitoba
Joseph James
Manitoba Federation of Labor
Maey
Charles E. Greb
Giri
Riitta Mustonen
Buoksenniska
Finland
Mustonens
West Townsend
Mass
Mrs. J. Hesexwaun
Beaver News
Mrs. G. Stone
C. Smith
Mrs. C. Cooper
Air
Jim Irwin
N. Jarvis
Alf Rosling
Wes Thompson
Stuart Bains
Guar
Austin Community Hall
Austin Foresters
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