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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 08, 1959
Page
8
Local residents recount Christmas week gatherings with relatives from Portage, Winnipeg, Brandon, Rivers, and Calgary. The MacGregor area hosts J C Lewis, H B Gilroy, H Dankes, and others, plus a New Year church meeting and a memorial hall school event.
The Edmonton home of Mr and Mrs R G Bacon welcomes a four month old honey bear also known as a kinkajou or potto nicknamed Teddy. Teddy joins a parro t live stock including a 99 year old parrot Carlo and two cockatoos. The bear arrived after a circuitous journey from South America via New York and Vancouver. a circus had ordered the animal but could not be located at Prince George. Mrs Bacon arranged Teddy’s feeding and he settled in. she contemplates expanding with South American monkeys and possibly opening a pet shop.
The Financial Post reports an extremely urgent situation created for Canada and Parliament by the Borden Couns on report. The giant and dynamic oil and gas industries of Canada underpin national finance and policy, prompting urgent scrutiny and action across federal institutions.
From the front page update the Carberry Agricultural Office announces grass seed orders under the Demonstration Forage Policy are due February 1, 1959. A 10 acre mix of Brome 50 lb Meadow rescue 40 lb and Alfalfa 30 lb costs 19 dollars and remittances go to the Provincial Treasurer. With 16 allotments remaining, farmers planning tree planting in 1959 are asked to complete required land summaries.
The congregation of United Church will convene in the Legion Room at Memorial Hall on Monday January 19 at 8 p.m. All members and adherents are urged to attend.
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