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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 16, 1967
Page
4
Local readers pay per word for classifieds with a 10 percent surcharge if unpaid within one month. Deadline for Classified and Local Readers is Tuesday at 1:30 pm at the Gerald Office. Death and funeral notices cost 60 per column inch. Also advertised are mouth sore relief products and corn pads with pricing and availability at Denwal Pharmacy.
An ad from Manufacturers Life Insurance Co promotes tax relief and savings up to 100k. Featuring Clare Tarr contact at phone 125 and a February 28 headline date for 1966.
Florence Kitson expresses gratitude to all who remembered her with cards flowers gifts calls and visits during hospital stay and after returning home. Special thanks to those who cared for her home in her absence.
George Bull thanks friends who sent cards gifts and visited him in hospital. He extends gratitude to those who helped at home and to Drs Bos tock and Chechinov, the Mac Gregor hospital staff, and ward B3 of General Hospital.
An earnest gratitude note expresses thanks from a patient at Misericordia Hospital Winnipeg for visits cards gifts letters and fruit. Special appreciation is given to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Williams and to neighbors and friends who aided the family at home.
The MacGregor Women’s Institute expresses appreciation to the ladies who helped in any way at the Ladies’ bonspiel dinner. It was very much appreciated.
A note of heartfelt gratitude to the organizations and everyone who sent cards fruit and visited me while I was a patient in the hospital and helped at home. Special thanks to Dr Bostock and the staff for care and assistance.
Mixed listings include a 1961 four door Chevrolet with rebuilt motor and trans. Also corn on the cob at 45 dollars per ton, eggs cheap at 5 cents a dozen, dairy cattle feed notes. Contact H Dreidger Sidney three miles west of Austin. Also registered Manitou seeds and Canadian crops seeds available from M W Burch Bagot Portage phone 453 15.
Auction of items including a 1956 Chevrolet four door, Jersey heifer, 8000 bales of hay priced at 40 cents each, a Zenith clothes dryer, and a milk cow. Also listings for washing machines, Avon sales opportunity, and live‑in household help in MacGregor area with contact phone numbers and addresses.
WANTED live chickens and an owl call Jarvey Brown Brown's Poultry Service Winnipeg phone 334-5570 collect. WANTED used upper and lower kitchen cupboards John Deere tractor with power lift two row cultivator grain cleaning mill Phone 329-21 MacGregor. WANTED caterers for Lions Club suppers and premises for meetings Apply by March 1 to H E Orchard secretary phone 241 MacGregor. WANTED feed oats cash at bin Apply Box 100 MacGregor Ted.
Tenders will be received by the undersigned up to March 6th, 1967 for the purchase of the Orangeville School Building and Site on the NW4 of 23-12-11. Tenders may be for Building or including Site. The school is modern and in good condition. Any tender is not necessarily accepted.
The Association for Retarded Children MacGregor Branch calls for tenders for an Occupational Instructor. Requires knowledge of greenhouse work and carpentry. Tenders close March 15 1967. Contact Mrs Hazel Olsen in MacGregor or Mrs E Anderson in Austin for details.
Sealed tenders will be received by the undersigned up to February 25 1967 for the purchase and removal of a frame building 16 by 24 feet with a 16 by 24 addition, situated on the seller’s lot in Austin. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.
Public auction to be held March 1967 at Bartons Red and White Store MacGregor under a mortgage clause. Property includes parts of Lot One and Lot Nineteen in Block Eight Plan Nos. 210 and 230, with 20 percent cash payment due at sale and balance per terms to be announced. Auctioneer: C W Slark or licensed substitute.
Mayor Stephen Juba condemns a five percent retail sales tax to start June 1 in Mani Joba. He says it hits low income residents hardest and will hurt tourism next year, criticizing the provincial budget announced by Treasurer Gurney Evans.
Village notes report visitors and greetings from Helston to Patterson and Beatty families, plus community visits to MacGregor and Brandon. Joe Livingstone wins 35 dollars in a CPR Western Show Pool. Curling club members at MacGregor Ladies bonspiel place fourth in the second event with Teflon pans and lifters as prizes. Sympathy extended to John Thomas’s family and to Livingstone and Clayton Stewart families.
February snapshots include anniversaries and birthday greetings for Nelson Hulme Jr and Frank Hulme, Darlene Palmer, and Mrs E Bueckert. Winnipeg visits and hospital updates involve Ric ard receiving care at the Children's Hospital and Robert Hulme recovering. Rink win at MacGregor bonspiel honors Marion McGregor and others while Carberry spiel winners include Colin Pennell and Len Stewart.
Premium Buys Used Machinery offers tractors and implements with live PTO hydraulic and power steering options. Items include John Deere models from 1960 to 1965 with prices ranging from 95 to 39 thousand dollars and various tillage tools and drills with multiple tool bars disks and cultivators listed for sale.
Christianson Ltd advertises as your John Deere dealer on F1rst Street NW with business branding and location cue. The notice emphasizes sales and service for tractors and agricultural equipment.
Local MacGregor curlers fill the week with bonspiel action and visitors from Winnipeg Brandon Oakbank Dauphin and Kenora. The 78th annual bonspiel official opening is at 8 pm with Hazel Allan leading the Centennial Committee and club officials in attendance. Municipal and visiting curlers share social visits to homes and hospitals across the region.
Mrs. W Nowosad and April of Winnipeg visited Hartford for ten days with her grandfather S Thompson while Mrs Thompson recovers in MacGregor hospital. Edith Hounsome returned to Brandon after two days with Elsie Frank and Arthur. The Hartford ladies meeting is postponed to March 14 at Mrs Enns home. Mr and Mrs Jas Smith visited Mr and Mrs C Fast. Anniversary wishes go to K Rintoul for four years of marriage and to Robert Tarr for 37 years on Feb 22.
In Winnipeg, CP reports that local students study Spanish outside school hours to help greet Latin American guests for the Pan American Games this summer. The program tests tape recordings as a teaching aid for the new language.
Manitoba Premier Roblin told the legislature a royal commission on taxation could open a path to overhaul Canada tax measures for greater equality. He suggested value added or turnover taxes, reviewed income taxes for individuals and corporations, and warned provinces are constitutionally limited to direct taxation.
Raymond Smith Wes Thomp son Bill Pears and Alan Drader attended Farm Progress Days at Brandon last week. Mr and Mrs Wes Thompson with Alf Graham and Raymond Smith visited Winnipeg on Monday. Jim and Terry Smith of Winnipeg spent the weekend at parental homes. Carole Drader's rink won second prize in the MacGregor Ladies bonspiel earning electric alarm clocks. Get well wishes go to Grace Smith in MacGregor hospital and Maurice Smith in Winnipeg General Hospital.
Mr and Mrs E McConnell of Sidney were Tuesday supper guests of Mr and Mrs A Giercke and family. R H Caskey and Beverley attended the Sander son Stewart wedding in Portage. Gary Giercke visits relatives in Edmonton. Community Club to sponsor a St Patrick dance March 17 with music by Austin Melodiers. Bonnie Telford curled with Ada Booth rink in the MacGregor Ladies bonspiel and won.
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