MacGregor 4H Beef Club Centennial Project
The February 2 meeting at John Scora’s home discussed the Centennial gate-post design options for the MacGregor 4H Beef Calf Club. A centennial style gate-post was debated and the idea will be reconsidered. Invitations were received to curling bonspiels from Bagot and Sydney 4H Clubs with listed skips and participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Scora
Bagot
Sydney
Art Scora
Dean Frank
Lynn Leckie
Bryce Frank
Bruce Hay
Syd
Beaver-Katrime 4-H meeting reports social games and notes
The Beaver-Katrime 4-H group met at Barry Rodgers home with 13 members and 3 leaders. A Beaver Hall social of cribbage and crokinole crowned Mrs. Siemens as grocery hamper winner. $26 from ticket sales was raised. New member brings totals to fourteen as Robert Taylor and Bruce Graham spoke on Langruth and Westbourne bonspiels. Speeches by Rodgers, Harkness, and Rumancik preceded a games and contests social hour led by Rodgers and Shawn Harkness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barry Rodgers
Beaver Hall
Siemens
Robert Taylor
Bruce Graham
Langruth
Westbourne
Grant Harkness
James Rumancik
Shawn Harkness
Iusch Rought
Manitoba Teachers Offer Aid to Quebec Colleagues
Manitoba Teachers' Society president Donald T. McKinnon said Friday that Manitoba will be asked to assist Quebec teachers morally and financially and to help them relocate if they choose to leave Quebec. He predicted many teachers would quit as Quebec's 8,000 striking educators face a back-to-work bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Quebec
Donald T. McKinnon
Manitoba Teachers’ Society
McKinnon
Foster homes offer shelter for former mental patients in Manitoba
Timely Topics by Mrs Ruth Geddes notes advances in treating mental illness allow shorter hospital stays for many Manitobans but long hospital tenures still leave scars. The story of Miss Smith illustrates the transition via a foster home where a Manitoba family provides room and guidance, aided by a hospital social worker and ongoing support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City and Country Board
Miss Smith
Hospital
Manitoba
Homefinder
Social Work Department
Hospital For Mental Diseases
Selkirk
Man
Forbes Urges MLAs to Get on with Business
Manitoba legislator Thelma Forbes admonished MLAs to focus on Agriculture Rehabilitation and Development Act allotments and farm pricing. She argued farmers bear the cost-price squeeze, that subsidies come from farmers, and urged treating farming as a business rather than seeking handouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forbes
Thelma Forbes
Manitoba
Agriculture Department
Wheat Quotas Set By Canadian Wheat Board
The Canadian Wheat Board authorized eight bushel per acre quotas for 1966-67 crop year. Effective Monday 181 points will have eight bushels quota distribution across Saskatchewan Manitoba Alberta and Betta? Cobrebissed. There will be 841 points on six bushels 554 on five 266 on four and 42 on three. Eleven delivery points are closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Wheat Board
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
Farm meetings set with Don Meadows as guest speaker
Lavenham news notes well wishes for Mrs. Dave Doerfler at Winnipeg General Hospital. A farm meeting at Lavenham Hall February 20 and Rosehill Hall February 21 with guest Don Meadows will start at 8 p.m. to discuss farm problems. Community members host and attend, with multiple social visits reported among local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Doerfler
Winnipeg General Hospital
Lavenham Hall
Rosehill Hall
Don Meadows
Abe Wiebe
Pete Reimer
Clarence Morden
Austin
Railways to pay municipal grants begin Jan 1
Transport Minister Pickersgill told the Commons that the privately owned CPR and the state owned CNR will begin paying grants in lieu of taxes. CPR will start Jan 1 in the Prairie provinces, with immunity east of the Red River also reduced. Grants will be calculated by the federal government and paid through Ottawa, not municipalities, replacing tax payments in unprofitable lines and areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CNR
CPR
Transport
Pickersgill
Commons
Prairie Provinces
Red River
Ian Sinclair
Gov
Transport Department
Ottawa
Margaret Rideout
L — Westmorland
Austin 14 and Anders Edge MacGregor in Hockey Match
Austin 14 and Anders defeated MacGregor with a 6 to 4 score on MacGregor ice last Thursday evening. A fair crowd attended as both teams showed strong play. MacGregor scorers included Brian Telford with two goals and a hat trick, plus Robert Litster with the fourth goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Ann Ungers
MacGregor
Brian Telford
Brian Nichol
Raymond Nichol
Telford
Robert Litster
Jim Snaith
UCW February Meeting At Mrs Hope Collier Home
U C W Evening Unit met in February at Mrs Hope Collier’s home on Monday February 13. Devotions by Mary Hotel and Dorothy Patterson opened discussions and plans for future projects. The group announced Hobo Teas to welcome guests at future gatherings and noted silver collections to the treasurer Mrs Lillian Torr. Materials for a Bazaar novelty item were to be ordered and made at upcoming meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.cw
Hope Collier
Mary Hotel
Dorothy Patterson
Lillian Torr
MacGregor 4-H Beef Club Bonspiel Evening Curling
MacGregor 4 H Beef Calf Club members and families curled at the MacGregor rink on Saturday January 21 and then enjoyed lunch. A rink attended the Bagot 4 H Bonspiel at Westbourne on February 4 and won fourth in the second event. Another rink went to the Sydney 4 H Bonspiel on February 11 and placed third in the second event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacGregor
John Scora
Westbourne
Sydney
Gloria Seora
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Ney Bonspiel
Skip
Alison Leckie
Bryan Hay
Gay Scora
Rog
Portage Animal Hospital
North Norfolk
G. M. Hay
Ford Sales & Service
Wishart
Wilman Motors
Eighth St
Sask. Ave. Wen
Brendan O'Brien
Your Portage
Hill's
East Rexall
YOUR
Denwal Pharmacy
Venir
Macuregor
Mmone
Beaver
L R
Lovina Lamb
Marion McGregor
Lorraine Chant
Elsie Hulme
Phylis Pennell
Mrs
Ruth Geddes
Nitobans
Starbuck - Portage - Carberry
FES
MacGregor Hi-Cs
Austin Melodiers
Lavenham News
Ted Bob McLennan
McLennan
Abe Doerksen
John Marten
Springstein
Nelson Stanley
Henry Wieler
Pete Wiebe
Pratt
Henry Bueckert
Mrs. Bueckert
Austin 14
Anders
Doug Barton
Ricky Smith
Robert Collins
Carl Burch
Curtis Sims
Keith Burch
Barry Scora
UCW
MacGregor 4-H Beef Club News
Moffat
Portage LA Pra
Wey
Risen Lerrenine
Torres Rio Forel
Macgregor Herald
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