Rural council hires local men for winter works program
The North Norfolk rural council approves employing about 20 men for 8000 man hours to scrub creeks south of MacGregor funded by the winter works program. Decisions at the January 22 special meeting and February 11 regular meeting also cover a 34 inch diameter Trans Canada Pipeline loop line planned for 1964, land leasing near SE% 5-10-10, and a new 12 940 gallon tank by Imperial Oil at Sidney.
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North Norfolk
MacGregor
Wiebe Bros
Cana
Dian National Railway
Council
Imperial Oil
Sidney
Minister of Public Works
Katrime Mixed Bon Spiel Set To Begin Next Week
Katrime's annual mixed bon spiel starts next Monday with four events and four prizes. The event has drawn strong local interest in past years, including 35 entries last year. To enter, call Terry Dun can at 3025 or Fred Jenkins at 3243 before noon Saturday February 29.
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Katrime
Terry Duncan
Fred Jenkkins
Town Happenings in District Amid Blizzard and Events
Residents faced a Manitoba blizzard with heavy snow and strong winds but skies cleared by afternoon. A week of bonspiel activity ends as spring nears. A wave of break-ins touched Laurie and Ella Smiths and local offices. Lions Club housing project seeks a few more applicants. George Currie celebrates 76th birthday. Car licenses due next week with two plates issued. Education Week begins with open houses at the Collegiate Wednesday and elementary Friday.
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Manitoba
Collegiate
Minor Hockey Tourney Postponed
The Minor Hockey Tournament scheduled for this coming Saturday has been postponed due to the MacGregor Collegiate bonspiel on Friday and Saturday. It may be rescheduled if the weather stays cold.
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MacGregor
Lions Hear Talk On Mental Patients
Maxwell Kates of SmithKline and French spoke to MacGregor Lions Club on February 25 about breakthroughs in drugs and therapy for mental illness. He said mental illness affects 1,800,000 Canadians and is the top health problem, but prospects are improving with tranquilizers like chlorpromazine and ongoing research.
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Maxwell ‘. Kates
The
Lions Club
MacGregor
Kates
SmithKline
French Inter - American Corporation
Canadian Mental Health Association
Rhone-Poulenc
France
French Laboratories
Philadelphia
the SK and F
Thieves Active During MacGregor Bonspiel Week
The week of bonspiel in MacGregor saw multiple robberies. Thieves broke into Laurie and Ella Smith’s new building stealing a television cash and glass was broken at the Anglo oil station in Austin. The Ladies Curling Club booth at the rink was entered and cigarettes and bars stolen. MacGregor Collegiate and H A Lye’s office also suffered break ins with small change taken. Total loss was small but caused significant inconvenience.
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Laurie and
Ella ‘Smiths
Rink
H. A. Lye Office
MacGregor Collegiate
Anglo
Austin
MacGregor
Laurie
Ella Smith
Anglo Oil
Ladies Curling Club
H. A Lye
Austin Spiel Underway With 29 Entries For This Week
The Austin men's bonspiel began Monday with 29 entries, ten fewer than last year. Drawmasters Roy Snaith and Percy Ewen expect finals Saturday night if weather cooperates. Six events offer four prizes each with rinks entered including Katrime 2 Sidney 2 Worby 2 Pratt 1 MacGregor 8 and Austin 14.
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Austin
Mt Sidney
Weatherman
Roy Snaith
Percy Ewen
Katrime
Sidney
Worby
Pratt
MacGregor
Chamber Meets Next Thursday
The MacGregor chamber of Commerce will hold its regular monthly meeting in Memorial Hall next Thursday night at 8 o'clock.
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MacGregor Chamber of Commerce
Memorial Hall
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Rural Council
Nelson Hulme
A. J. Dickson
R. Maben
Portage la Prairie
Don Champ
Department of Public Works
Macaregors
Ron Botton
Dennis Lamb
Bill Turner
Péte McGregor
Gladstone
Jim Adamson
George Adamson
Jim Ferguson
T. Hinchliffe
Merchants
Borton
Carberry
Irwin Steen
Byron Steen
Cliff Nelson
Neil Olmstead
Adamson
Lorne Jordan
Jim Stewart
al Rice
C. Routledge
Carl Bergquist
Portage
Burnside
Macdonald
Worthy
Edwin
Ed Davidson
Russ Pugh
Earl Berry
Alex Beresford
Don Brugger
Stan Robinson Worthy
Clarence Troop
Cal Harvey
Edwin Gien Wright
Bill Kitson
Don Brownridge
Portage la
Ron Borton
Pete McGregor
Curling Club
Don Barber
J. Ferguson
G. Adamson
George Currie
Chamber OF Commerce
L. Rice
Lome Jordan
Eilis Bird
Bert McKay
Alex McKay
Chamber
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