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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 06, 1949
Page
2
The MacGregor Herald and Printing Office in MacGregor notes publication details with Thursday printing at the post office department in Orta and authorization as a second class mail item under 1250 in the United States.
This fragment reflects on Christmas remnants and the approach of 1948 with nostalgia and hopeful resolutions. It evokes the Ghosts of Christmas Past and a renewed sense of purpose as people toast to lasting happiness despite prior sorrows. The tone mirrors a reflective year-end column.
A year-old Austin youth was sent to Headingley jail for five months after pleading guilty to forging and uttering. He worked for an Austin farmer and allegedly cashed a $50 cheque at a garage before the farmer was alerted. He later used a $75 cheque in Austin and hitchhiked to Winnipeg where he stayed in a hotel.
News from Bagot and District highlights Christmas visits and guests across MacGregor Portage la Prairie and Winnipeg. Mentions include Dolores Johnson in Austin, J L Pogue at Treherne, N Robinson of Edmonton visiting Andersons, Marion Melvor Toulon with Boyers, Jessie Laurie with her mother, C Lamont MacGregor with Barth, Muirhead siblings, Nicholan Gernice Xmas in Portage, Evelyn Ritchie Winnipeg with H Ritchie, Graham McLachlan and family in Portage, Finnie family Oakland, funeral of Black of Winnipeg, Dianne Nichol with Nichol grandparents Portage, Kay Towerzy Winnipeg family in MacGregor, Humiski Elsmith Oakville, Thompson Image Creek Rapid City, Christmas guests with Birch, Baskier and riding mountain visitors, Coulthard relatives Winnipeg, Barbara Ann Bodie and elyn Ruth Smith births, schoolchildren vacationing at home, Bagot snow clearance relief, farm licences taxes concern, thanks to Mrs Lawrie Bagot School for Dec 22 program with Santa, featuring songs and dances.
Mr and Mrs James L Pogue spent Christmas with J English in Treherne and others at homes. Winnipeg guests M Ritchie Evelyn Ritchie Johnny Pibulak visited H D Ritchie family and J W Matthews. Portage hospital care for E Pogue and A Barth after illness. December 17 report notes pupils present and a well decorated tree.
We thank friends who sent flowers letters and sympathy cards during our bereavement for Mrs A Walker and family. The kindness of friends and helpers meant a great deal to us in this difficult time.
Cecil Zimmerman thanks kind friends for boxes of fruit flowers cards letters and kindness while a patient at Portage Hospital. sincere appreciation expressed to all who offered support.
Post Control Ltd inaugurates a spraycopter using a Westland Sikorsky 51 helicopter with 65 gallons of spray liquid. The unit sprays 20 to 30 acres, with 48 nozzles across 34 feet of spray bars over crops.
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