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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 05, 1961
Page
4
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Christmas visitors and family gatherings fill the Southend-Macaulay area. Residents report numerous trips to Winnipeg Treherne Portage and Austin with kin from Katrine Bagot Treherne and Brandon. The Hospital Aid posted a $16 profit and plans a Macaulay school dance on January 26 featuring the Wright orchestra.
The column records numerous Winnipeg area families hosting and visiting during Christmas and year end gatherings. Harveys, Gilberts, McGregors, Stewarts and Duncans share meals and gifts at MacGregor Portage and nearby towns with guests from Bran don and Amaranth. Several trips to Matsqui and Quill Lake are noted as traveling plans.
During the intercollegiate season, Peter Thompson of Port Arthur and gin Lewis of Toronto, a player and manager for Queen's University Golden Gaels, were spotted Wednesdays at Angada Children's Hospital House to learn psychology and help children, reflecting a unique community effort by the team.
Rossendale district news lists Boxing Day and New Year visits among relatives and friends. Many Winnipeg Portage Treherne and Regina connections appear including Crocker Basler Harland Judd and McIntosh families. Local weddings anniversaries and a prize winner are noted along with a New Year dance and hospital visits.
Manitoba reported its first polio free year in recorded history for 1961. Dr. R M Creighton credited the extensive use of Salk vaccine along with luck, noting polio luck is necessary but vaccines played the major role.
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