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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 08, 1970
Page
4
Persistent ad rate details for ASOT Ald January 8 1970 include 7 cent first 15 words 8f for each additional word and flat 1.50 for 60 words or less with 10 percent late fee. Deadline for classified and local readers is 1 30 p.m. Tuesday at the Gerald office. Photos may be included.
Classified ad notes an Alouette power oboggan for 350 dollars with trade for a milk cow. Contact H B Friessen at 685 2554. Also lists a 1970 Maverick with standard transmission in mint condition and selling due to marriage. Apply Fred Clarke at 685 2447.
Applications invited until January 16 1910 for a typist and payroll clerk position at the Division Office. Requires typing speed and bookkeeping experience or related assets. employment starts February 1 with first year salary 265. Submit age status experience references and qualifications to J L Brown Sec Treas Pine Creek School Division No 30 Gladstone Man.
Obituaries and memorials list the deaths of Austin residents and area figures. Details include Henry Goodridge of Austin aged 88, wartime Canadian Army service, survivors Gwen Troop Dorothy Hotel and Garry Goodridge, and arrangements by McMaster Funeral Home Portage la Prairie with interment at Austin Cemetery. Also noted are memorials for Isabel Tingley of Portland Oregon and Charlotte Sims, with condolences from Frank and Bob Chant.
Sincere thanks and appreciation go to the people of the Austin Sydney and MacGregor area for gifts and donations. Special thanks to the Austin and MacGregor Fire Department and to everyone who helped during and after the time of Henry and Margaret Hiebert.
The family thanks friends neighbors and relatives for kindness messages sympathy and floral tributes after the recent bereavement. Special appreciation goes to Tememberh Goodridge Doro fiotel and Gwen Troop for their support.
Messages of thanks from MacGregor Community Centre attendees and donors. Alice Bodnarchuk expresses gratitude for gifts and visits during hospital stay at Carl Derry Hospital. Merle Taylorson thanks friends for gifts and cards from Winnipeg General Hospital stay. Mrs Geo Booth wishes everyone a good 1970.
A sincere thanks to relatives and friends for cakes cookies pastries fruit juice candy and cards sent to Nellie Meffen at Christmas and for remembering her dad on his birthday and during hospital stays. Best wishes for 1970 are sent.
Mr and Mrs S N Stutely send warm New Year greetings to friends. They thank recipients for letters, cards, and gifts received during Christmas and New Year season. They note the large volume makes individual replies difficult and express appreciation for the goodwill and affection shown during a difficult year.
Mr and Mrs Duncan Broadfoot of Gladstone announce the birth of their daughter Heather Lynn on December 17 at Gladstone Hospital. She weighs 7 pounds 7 ounces.
For sale eight first and second litter sows to Jarrow Dee. January and February. Apply Harder Bros. phone 685-2349 or 685-2613. Also for sale Pearoom name in MacGregor waterworks gas heat basement finished. Apply G Marginet Ph 685-2178 MacGregor. 48-ce-3 Eggs three dozen for one dollar. Pete Martens phone 685-2775. Lp-l
Spruce Hills 4-H Club held its Christmas party at the Community Centre on December 28 at 2:30 p.m. Fourteen members attended as pledge and motto were recited and roll call taken. Games and dances entertained, with Velda Dobbin Joan Stephenson Loren Fenton Judy Hodgins and Kieth Hodgins winning prizes. Gifts were handed out and lunch concluded the afternoon.
The U C W will hold a regular meeting in the church hall on Thursday tonight January 8 at 8 p.m. Installation of officers for 1970. A Hobby Club meeting will be at Mrs. Mary McKelvy's home on January 12 at 2 p.m. A mixed bonspiel is planned for February 2 to 7 with limited entries for night rinks and a third player requirement for ladies.
Austin News notes that Mr. and Mrs. Murray MacFarlane and Teresa Verla and Laurie Moreau of Winnipeg visited with Mr. and Mrs. Reg MacFarlane during Christmas. Also calling were Miss Mabel Montgomery and Miss Eleanor Montgomery of Oak Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Thomson spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Glen Thomson at Brandon.
Christmas and Boxing Day visits populate MacGregor area as families and relatives travel between Winnipeg Russell Brandon and local towns. The lengthy list names many households hosting and visiting including Dankesteiters Kane McDougalds McKelvys Smales Patterson Andersons Jorgensons Hoyes Lye Morris and others.
Edwin Community Hall hosted a successful December variety concert as the newly formed Community Club thanks participants for time and talents. Skating at the rink continues with a friendly Sunday game against Poplar Bluff. Local visits and holiday gatherings are noted along with a change of correspondent to Mrs. E Painter.
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