Site Chosen for MacGregor Community Centre
At the December meeting in MacGregor Memorial Hall chaired by Duncan Lamb with minutes by Vern McKelvy, residents from rural areas and the village backed a site north and east of Norfolk Manor for a new MacGregor District Community Centre. The land, adjacent to Centennial Park, offers space for ball diamonds, show rings, fair activities, seating, curling, and future expansion. Current fair grounds are insufficient, parking was an issue, and a spring vote is planned. Community Centre concerts raised over $100 and a New Year’s Eve dance netted over $300. Your support is urged to make 1970 memorable for the MacGregor District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacGregor Memorial Hall
MacGregor and District Community Centre
Duncan Lamb
Vern McKelvy
Norfolk Manor
MacGregor
Centennial Park
Canada Bow Out Of World Hockey
Canada bow out of international hockey competition and the 1970 world championship was moved to Stockholm from Winnipeg and Montreal. Earl Dawson of the CAHA demanded equal access to prime players and vowed Canada will not take part until the right to use top amateurs and professionals is addressed. The IHF ruling allowing nine professionals was conditional, and the IOC protest led to continued amateur status concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Stockholm
Sweden
Winnipeg
Montreal
Earl Dawson
Canadian Amateur Hockey Association
International Ice Hockey Federation
J. F. Bunny Ahearne
Dawson
IHF
Ahearne
Switserland
International Olympic Committee
IOC
Avery Ede Mstead
Weekend Bonspiel Starts This Friday
The MacGregor Curling Club hosts its annual weekend bonspiel at MacGregor Rink with three events and cash prizes. Entry is $12 per rink, each rink gets three games, first draw Friday at 1 30 p m, finals Sunday night, contact Ron Telford or Bob Anderson to enter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacGregor
MacGregor Curling Club
Ron Telford
Bob Anderson
Austin Chamber Sponsors March of Dimes Campaign
The Chamber sponsors the annual March of Dimes drive in Austin with options to mail contributions to P.O. Box 135 deposit at the Credit Union or give to C. E. Cole secretary treasurer. Receipts for income tax purposes available on request. Last year’s contributions were 101 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Austin
Credit Union
C. E. Cole
Chamber
Pine Creek Board Fails to Reach Salary Agreement with Teachers
A special Pine Creek School Division committee reviewed admin replacements and a 1970 salary schedule after the teachers demanded over 10 percent. The board countered with no increase, prompting a call for a conciliation officer. Also approved were exam centers, a new attendance officer, bus driver alternates, and bus battery chargers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trustees of
Pine Creek School Division
McBride
Teachers Society of Pine Creek
Board of Trustees
Teachers Society of
Pine Creek
Teachers Society
Ees
Ne Ee
Pine Creek Association of M.T.S
Minister of Education
Gladstone
Peter Langes
Public Schools Finance Board
MacGregor Centennial
Gladstone View
W.m.cl
MacGregor Junior Rifle Club
MacGregor Collegiate
Axel Christtofferson
Local Christmas Visits Span Regional Families
MacGregor locals share holiday hospitality with relatives in St James, Kitchener, Fairfax Nova Scotia, and beyond. Multiple families from Bran don University to Calgary and Minnedosa are named among guests and extended kin during Christmas week.
MacGregor Starts Manitoba Centennial Celebrations
The MacGregor and District community opened Manitoba's Centennial year on December 31 at 11 p.m. in the local collegiate auditorium. Mayor Glen Lye read the proclamation, the Centennial Flag was unfurled by Clare Tarr, and residents sang Manitoba. A birthday cake lit by Percy Alderson launched a year of celebrations with readings, candles, and the official New Year farewell led by Mayor and Mrs. Lye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
MacGregor and District
Frank Sims
Glen Lye
Gregor
Clare Tarr
R. Percy Alderson
Lye
Tarr
Elsie Dougas
C. Tarr
Town Happenings for New Year 70s Weather and Events
Readers learn of 10 below nights and 10 above days with 8 inches of snow, a jonspiel weekend at the local ice palace, and a traffic safety night at the collegiate next Monday. Notes praise health and happiness, mention Henry Mason of Winnipeg and the Eldon Shaws in Honolulu, and report the Municipal office flag now shows the Manitoba Centennial emblem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Mason
Winnipeg
Eldon Shaws
Honolulu
Manitoba
Retarded Assoc Meets January 14 at Sprucedale School
The annual meeting of Mac Gregor Branch of the Association for the Mentally Retarded will be held in Sprucedale School Austin on Wednesday January 14 at 8 p.m. Guest speaker Jeff Gunn of Winnipeg is described as the oldest service coordinator and a very interesting speaker. Everyone welcome to make 1970 our big year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacGregor Branch
The
Association For the Mentally Retarded
Sprucedale School
Austin
Jeff Gunn
Winnipeg
CN Guts Off One Train
Canadian National Railways ended one of its two daily transcontinental trains on Wednesday amid union protests over layoffs. Spokesman Jack Skull said the cut will cause a temporary loss of 51 sleeping and dining car jobs in the prairies and 158 system wide, with no maintenance and operating crew figures given. Bill Matthew of the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway, Transport and General Workers warned of winter delays and service disruptions, arguing one train cannot handle current loads. Skull said a second train will run in summer and extra trains in peak periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian National Railways
Jack Skull
Winnipeg
Prairie
Mr. Skull
Bill Matthew
Canadian Brotherhood of Railway, ‘Transport and General Workers
Matthew
Also Mentioned on This Page
Portage la Prairie
Pertege la Prairie
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Finland
East
Germany
Austin Chamber
March of Dimes
Langruth
Mae
Plumas
Ian McBride
Margaret Giesbrecht
Margaret sJechrib
Ella Jarvis
Murray Hanna
MacGregor Locals
Lizzie Saunders
Jim Little
Harold Barber
St. James
Joyce
Jim
Kitchener
Ontario
Brian Northrup
Fred Clarke
Gail
Brian
Fairfax, NS. Me
Alex Frank
St. Hubert
Quebec
Frank and
Betty Jean Hay
Brandon University
Mrs
A. M. Hay
Calgary
Bexing
Mrs. G
Killarney
Mrs. Don
Minnedosa
R. Moore
Bert Moore
Harlem Pogue
al Collett
Bradley
Portage
Ed Hulme
Lorne
Lori
H. Pogue
W. B. Munro
Bill Hay
K. Cox
Ormiston
Gilbert
Ray Gates
Mary Anne
W. Bieganski
Amily
Sherman McIntosh
Glenn Lye
Cook
Airs
Oscar Nohlgren
Ralph Lye
Uring
AML
Auld Langayne
Ocal Ice Palace
Retarded Assoc
Air
Skull
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