Barber Rink Tops MacGregor Curling Bonspiel
Barrie Barber's rink won the MacGregor Curling Club's 62nd bonspiel defeating Ed Hulme's foursome 12-5 in the final. The Bruce Barber team led 34 rinks in the event which ran Thursday to Sunday in ideal curling weather despite a warm finish. Other prize crews included Jack Hooper's group taking third and Ron Borton’s quartet finishing fourth. Merchant's Event honors went to Ed Anderson's rink with Denwal Pharmacy trophies, and Treherne claimed the Citizens and Farmers event trophies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrie Barber
Olson
Jim MacDonald
Jack Frank
MacGregor Curling Club
Barber
Ed Hulme
Bill Harder
C. Shaw
Art Leckie
Ray Nichol
Carl Burch
Dennis Burch
Keith Burch
Treherne
Allan Lansbury
Clare Statton
Harold Dobbin
Don Gray
Glen’ Wright
Allan Drader
Lloyd Street
Brian ‘Rod
Temple Lodge News and 62nd Spiel Report
A Tempe lodge gathering in Neepawa honors Grand Master John Rankin with a banquet and later a regular meeting where two members received their fifty year jewel. Local social events include Gladstone and Portage la Prairie evenings, Gothic Lodge guests from MacGregor, and curling results highlight the 62nd spiel with Telford and Litster earning prizes while Duncan’s name was omitted from the prize list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Harvey
D.D.G.M
Masonic Dist
Robert Douglas
George Snaith
Art Leckie
Temple Lodge
Neepawa
John Rankin
Grand Lodge of Man
Scotty) Mann
Scotty) Mathewson
R. Harvey
Gladstone
Assiniboine Lodge
Portage la Prairie
CGLT Bonspiel Winners Announced for February Event
Congratulations to CGLT bonspiel winners dated February 6 with first event led by Colleen Lamb and team Colberg. Second place featured Linda Gilbert skip and Stanley Robinson with others, while third and fourth positions listed Cathy Lye Glen Lye Elizabeth Chant Art Palmer and Patti Purkess Gordon Purkess Joanne Muir Bruce Muir. The second event saw Melody Burch skip with Murray Burch Allison Tarr Clare Tarr taking first, and Danita Peck skip with Don Barber Doris Duch in second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colleen Lamb
Carl Bergquist
Sally Olson
Malcolm Burt
Linda Gilbert
Stanley Robinson
Debbie Borton
Jerry Cowan
Lyle Gilbert
Cathy Lye
Glen Lye
Elizabeth Chant
Art Palmer
Patti Purkess
Gordon Purkess
Joanne Muir
Bruce Muir
Melody Burch
Murray Burch
Allison Tarr
Clare Tarr
Danita Peck
Don Barber
Doris Duch
Page Five
The Farmer Ellipsis and his Market Faithful Resolve
A reflective portrait of the farmer as a multifaceted figure who labs across fields and markets, balancing work, family, and weather's whims. He is a paradoxical manager, federally grounded yet pastoral, linking town and country with steadfast practicality and faith in the market. The piece ends on the idea that after noon, the farmer recharges with the markets reign.
North Norfolk Rural Council Meeting Tackles Water Rates
North Norfolk Rural Municipality held its February council meeting with Reeve Duncan presiding. Topics included winter works, water rates, lotteries, road crew pay, a joint recreation commission with MacGregor and the school division, EMO committee appointments, fuel tender from Imperial Oil, ward boundary committee, hospital board reappointment, bylaw for local improvement debenture, and water rate rework for the RM and Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Norfolk
Duncan
Berquist
MacGregor
Hulme
E.M.O
Imperial Oil
Harold J. Manns
Norfolk-MacGregor
Austin
Municipal Board
Manitoba Hydro
Pratt
MacGregor Cemetery Committee
Water Control Branch
Portage la Prairie
Car
Town Happenings Cools as Bonspiels Open Around MacGregor
Weekend temps in the high thirties usher in a stretch of fair weather. MacGregor and District Community Centre plans a mixed bonspiel for March 5 to 7 while Austin men’s, MacGregor ladies, and Katrinne’s mixed events roll in. Austin carnival slated for March 6. MacGregor twinned with Peachland for B C Centennial celebrations. Minor Hockey Day slated by local association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
MacGregor
Katrinne
MacGregor and District Community Centre
Peachland
B.C
MacGregor and District Minor Hockey Association
Nell Heming First Lady Signing Officer Dies in 1971
Ellen Bride Heming known as Nell Heming of MacGregor Manitoba died February 2 1971. Born August 1 1887 in Winnipeg she married Charles Ogilvy Heming in 1918. She was the first lady signing officer in Canada at a bank and served in MacGregor during World War II. Her ashes will be brought to MacGregor for interment later this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verry
Brandon
Winnipeg
Ellen Bride Heming
Rogers
Regina
Sask
Heming
Nell
MacGregor
St. Paul's Church
W.A
C.B.L
Britannia
Portage la Prairie
MacKinnon and MacKinnon
Merchants Bank
Canada
Bank of Montreal
MacGtegor
Busy Week For Minor Hockey Across Age Groups
The past week saw eight and unders split two games, beating Austin 7-0 then losing to Treherne 4-2 with Dale MacDonald and Stuart Thompson scoring twice each. MacGregor’s lineup included Bollman, MacDonald, Noble, and others as they also beat Brookdale 11-5, with Amann four goals and Tarr, Wright, Grove contributing. MacGregor’s ten and riders lost 4-0 at Brookdale, and the Midgets fell 7-2 at Carberry with Lye brothers scoring MacGregor’s goals. The ten and riders defeated Gladstone 3-2 in a high-energy game marred by a five-minute power outage, and the 10 and unders dropped 6-3 at Macdonald with Pogue, Borton, and Frank scoring for MacGregor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Treherne
Dale MacDonald
Stuart Thompson
Muray Noble
Bradley Rodgers
Scott MacDonald
Larry Jonasson
Vaughn Bureh
Kevin Nichol
Neil Ferris
Clayton Duncan
Daryl Scora
Tim Pennell
MacGregor
Brookdale
Ronnie Amann
Jamie Wright
Brent Tarr
Craig Grove
MacGre
Carberry
Bryce Rank
Gordie Lye
Jordie Lye
Roger Pogue
Gladstone
Mark McGregor
Robert Wiebe
Macdonald
Lyle Pogue
Darren Borton
Darren Frank
Also Mentioned on This Page
Barrie Barber Rink
Bob Anderson
Harold Ritchie
Ed Drader
Glenn Lye
Stan Konopski
Art Butterfield
Jack Clark
MacGregor Chamber of Commerce
Barrie Berber
Nelson Olson
Ralph Thomas
MacGregor Co-op
Temple Lodge News
Gothic Lodge
Doug McGregor
Robert Harvey
E. Chant
Ken Routey
Chas, Pennell
Gordon
Nichol
Ron Telford
Brian Telford
Robert Litster
Gordon Lye
Jack Wolfe
Dennis Beaudin
Bill Hulme
Tom Bailey
Don McCullough
Doug Pennell
Don MacDonald
Grant MacDonald
Phil Miller
John Scora
Telford
Erie
Jim Duncan
Agriculture Department
Austin Carnival
The
MacGregor Agricultural Society
Merchant
Ed Anderson
Ronnie Anderson
Jim Williamson
Lyle Anderson
Donna Barber
Denwal Pharmacy
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