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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 24, 1955
Page
5
The North Merfolk Branch of the Canadian Legion will meet in the Community Hall Austin next Tuesday March 1 at 8 o clock A good attendance is requested.
Weekend visits mark the Austin area with Mona Bickford home for a month. Mrs Duncan Patterson hospital stay at Fox Memorial Hospital prompts well wishes. March gatherings include Christ Church W.A. meeting and World Day of Prayer at Austin United Church. Curling events feature Bonspiels in Carberry and MacGregor with multiple rink participants. Local clubs hold meetings and whist drives as residents host visitors from Swan River to Regina.
Austin students rush to host the High School Bonspiel with five external rinks from Sidney MacGregor Firdale and Springbrook and nine local rinks competing. A bonspiel dance Friday February 25 will include lunch and welcomes. Substitution noted as Miss Hazel Bickford filled in for the absent Sheena Williams due to snow.
A dense classified page lists a young general purpose team of horses for sale or hire under J H Peck. several farm entries include 63p notes and property around Nor folk and MacGregor. Buyers are asked to apply via names such as HA Lye W H Anderson and Carl Hendrochs and Lloyd Willis with phone numbers and local farm descriptions.
The Eighth Annual Bonspiel of the Austin Curling Club concluded last Saturday after a week of curling. MacGregor rinks captured two main-event firsts, with Austin and Sidney rinks also securing multiple top finishes. Prizes were awarded across six events as clubs shared honors and thanks were extended to host facilities and donors.
Rae MacGregor leads the winners lineup at an Austin event with Ko left to right securing top marks in a busy display.
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