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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 11, 1961
Page
1
A northern blizzard hit MacGregor and the district last Thursday causing heavy road conditions and many side roads closed. Winds to 30 mph, temperatures down to five below, and visibility of about a quarter mile disrupted travel while main market routes stayed open.
A new Midget hockey league with four clubs from Gladstone Carberry MacGregor and Portage began play last Friday. Games use two twenty minute straight time periods and one twenty minute stop time period. A January schedule is set with plans to decide by end of January on extending into February based on MAHA playdowns.
Curling schedules loosened after the holidays as 23 rinks contest titles in regular play with Jack Hill and Don Sarver undefeated. Mel McRae vows to halt them, while Harvey Jones rests near top with one loss. Drawmaster Carl Bergquist aims to complete the season’s slate. Katrime hosts a novelty bonspiel and welcomes evening curling, with Katrime mixed bonspiel starting Monday January 29. Milford Kilfoyle pursues top event, Mil f winning prize three to four years running. Neepawa hosts its annual spiel with Don Barber, Glenn Lye, Ron Emerson, and Tom Telford. Portage la Prairie looms next week with strong MacGregor representation.
Health officials in the Fortage Health Unit warn residents to be cautious when buying fish door to door as improper sales may be occurring. The Manitoba Health Department prohibits unpermitted meat or fish hawking and requires receipts listing seller, buyer, species and freshness. Citizens are asked to contact the RCMP detachment or Local Health Unit at Portage 857-6891 with concerns.
North Norfolk council discusses families returning from new homes to their former shacks. Health officials report issues with displaced Indian and Metis families, urging department action and potential land purchase to vacate the road allowance between sections 35 and 35-11-10.
Samuel Hodgins dies at Pratt Man on December 24 at age 73. Born in McGillvray Ontario he spent much of his life in the Austin and Pratt districts. He married Sadie Handley in Holland in 1910 and survived by son Russell Hodgins of London Ont and siblings Wilfred Hodgins Fred Robinson and Jim Engelson. Funeral December 28 at the Anglican Church Holland with burial in Sidney Cemetery. Flowerbearers named. pallbearers listed.
Mrs. Sid Hawkins of Carlyle Sask died in Weyburn Hospital on December 28 at age 67. The Hawkins family once lived in the MacGregor district and she was well known there. Funeral service was held January 2 at Carlyle United Church with interment at Glen Morris cemetery. Surviving daughter Mrs Beech Hodge of MacGregor. Mr and Mrs Hodge attended.
William Henry Shaw, an Austin area native who moved to Winnipeg in 1921, died at 193 Gateway Road Winnipeg on Saturday January 6 at age 81. He farmed in Austin until 1921 and worked for CPR 25 years. Survived by wife Margaret, daughter Mrs Alice Foster of Austin, five sons Edwin David John James of Winnipeg and William of Victoria, and 12 grandchildren. Burial set for Brookside cemetery in Winnipeg after services on Tuesday January 9.
W. F. Sims new reeve of North Norfolk rural municipality called for active council committees. At the January 2 inaugural meeting he urged chairmen to report monthly, and outlined future projects including hiring a public works foreman, a civil defence program, roadside mowing and watershed control. Councillors sworn in were L. J. Fox J. A. Emerson Percy Alderson and W. Pilkington. Committees named Finance Machinery Public Works and Drainage and Protection of Persons and Property. Various appointments, reps to boards, and meeting date plans were approved.
Local beard growing contest to promote the North Norfolk and District Agricultural Society 75th Fair on July 6 and 7. MacGregor Chamber of Commerce sponsors with the Fair Board. Entry open to all by letting whiskers grow, with a possible shaving penalty. Many men already stopped shaving, including Dennis Lamb and others named. More details next week.
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