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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 15, 1948
Page
3
Rev. M J V Shaver serves as minister at L Lam Austin United Church at 7 p.m. Sidney United Church hosts afternoon services at Pleasant Point and Melbourne.
Mr John Leckie celebrates his 81st birthday on January 4 1945. Austin Christ Church plans its annual meeting and requests branch reports. Mr Percy Dodwell a patient at Deer Lodge Hospital Winniper and Mr Percy Pearson treated at Portage Hospital last week. The Fatriotic Coup to meet January 20 at Mrs C Randall home. Ice Carnival posters awaited for February 4. The Unincorporated Village of Austin to hold an annual meeting February 3 1948 in the Community Hall. Mr E Routledge spent Thursday in MacGregor with the Austin Town Fathers Committee books to be audited by Mr B Shick.
James McCreadie age 74 died December 24 1947 at his Orangeville district home after a brief illness. Born in Scotland he married Isabella Simpson in 1909 and came to Canada in 1910 farming in MacGregor and Austin. Survived by widow sister nephews and a niece. Funeral held December 27 at Austin United Church with interment in Austin cemetery.
An elderly traveler from Darbin South Africa began a notable journey during Christmas moving from England to Canada by air. He flew as the second leg of his voyage after arriving by boat in England and now visits Austin with his nephew Mr Thos Ball.
Classified ads list items for sale including a winterized Model A Ford in Austin with $325 price and viewing times, a cement block house in Austin Manitoba for sale, a N4 land description in MacGregor area, a stray steer claim near Bagot Ariss farm, and local help wanted for housework in MacGregor as well as a 5 room rental in Mrs Brisco's house in MacGregor.
Francis Lowell Palmer and Victor Albert Palmer of MacGregor Manitoba apply to the Government Liquor Control Commission for a Hotel Beer and Beer Vendors license for premises to be built on Lots 7 8 and 9 Blk 1 Plan 48 known as the Norfolk on North Railway Street MacGregor Manitoba. Objections may be filed within ten days after the last Manitoba Gazette issue, with notice of hearing to follow. Dated January 5 1948.
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