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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 17, 1973
Page
4
Classified ad rates listed for birth notices engagements cards of thanks and memoriams with minimum charges and per word pricing. Deadlines require notices to be in the Herald Office by Tuesday 130 p.m. Death notices and funeral notices priced by column inch with photo charges noted.
Portage la Prairie notices record Aganetha Grunau death at ninety in Portage la Prairie General Hospital and funeral details at McMaster Funeral Home with Reverend Neufeld officiating. The set includes multiple memorial verses for Margaret Templeton and James Earl Rose plus hospital thanks, card of thanks, and numerous sale advertisements from Portage la Prairie area merchants and residents.
For rent 90 acres of summer farm land in the Rossendale district on a cash rent basis. Contact MacGregor at phone 685-2106. Two bedroom unit available.
A mixed set of classified ads and notices including Wanted tractors and deerskins at Brandon Scrap Iron and Metal Co. Ltd Brandon Manitoba, priced commodities like cast iron and radiators, and a 5000 bushels feed data call. Found watch in MacGregor Herald and grain hauling notices plus home made wine recipe ad kits and supplies.
Notice to creditors for the estate of John Henry Smale late of MacGregor Manitoba retired farmer. All claims must be filed with C Chris Christianson solicitor administratrix at Portage la Prairie by March 9 1973. Dated Portage la Prairie Manitoba January 13 1973.
Sunday and weekend visits fill the Livingstone area as ana Weber and Mrs. Rank Weber meet with Mr. and Mrs. A Merke in Amaranth. Keith Griffith and Mrs. Griffith of Morden host their son Bud Turner from Uno with Ernie Wickstead. Donna and Danny visit Nesbitt with Herb Cunningham. Ed Drohomeriski and family host in Tucson. Bill Johnston Jr. returns from Alberta after three weeks away. Stan Fehr visits with Vic Fehr in Gladstone. Robert and Cheryl Reid attend K. C. Indoor games in Winnipeg. Dana Brinley and Brian Reid visit Winnipeg relatives.
MacGregor locals report weekend visits including Glen Barth and Marion Barth in Winnipeg and Helen Nohlgren with Gordon Nohlgren and children at Selkirk. Sympathy extended to Bernard Blaine and Ab Blaine families after Beverley, daughter of Bernard and Joan, passed away. Others hosted or visited include Rinmer and Schneider from Calgary with Oliver Schneider, and visits to or from Westbourne Portage Port Coquitlam.
Prime Minister Trudeau in the Commons said the government has contingency plans for price and wage controls and would activate them if needed without notice, though no move is imminent. He cited December CPI rise to 143.3 and addressed opposition queries on inflation, food prices, and interim measures while stressing the minority government’s support.
New York State tax reports show weekly lottery revenue nearly tripling the monthly draw with 113 million dollars in 1972 compared to 38 million from monthly one dollar tickets. Eugene Bird, head of the lottery division, notes faster action appeals to the public and says a daily lottery is being considered though no decision has been made. A separate item describes the walrus using tusks to scrape shellfish from the ocean floor.
Everyone is cordially invited to attend a miscellaneous shower in honor of Miss Sandra Anderson on Saturday January twenty seventh at 8 30 p m in the MacGregor United Church Hall.
The Department of National Revenue and Taxation urges farmers to set fair market values for their assets as of December 31 1971. A capital gains tax begins January 1 1972. A Dost Yourself booklet with forms helps determine values, with completion before disposal. Booklets cost a small fee and will be available at the Ag. Rep. Office after January 25. send name to receive by mail. Ag. Rep. Office is at 20rd Street N.E.
Ed Tehorzewski Saskatchewan minister expresses concern after Shell Oil and Imperial Oil announce wholesale gasoline price increases of one cent per gallon. He plans to review justification, notes potential higher living costs, and says department lacks power to roll back prices though authorities could be strengthened to act.
French and Iranian archaeologists report a six foot stone statue of King Darius from the Achamenid era unearthed in ancient Persia. The statue bears Egyptian hieroglyphics and Elamite inscriptions. Researchers are awaiting decipherment of the hieroglyphs while continuing digs for the upper portion.
Sunday schedule across MacGregor and Sidney churches includes Evangelical Mennonite East End and Rossendale United, Pentecostal Assemblies Bethel MacGregor, Calvary Tabernacle Sidney, Austin United Church, Sidney United, Anglican St Pauls MacGregor with Holy Communion and morning services. Rev Harold Ritchie leads MacGregor services. Rev A Hall and Rev Dick Fehr also scheduled. Rides arranged via local contact lines.
Premier Ed Schreyer forecast a substantial budgetary surplus for the 1972-73 fiscal year but declined to provide exact figures until the Legislature convenes next month. He disputed Conservative leader Sidney Spivak’s predictions and defended a public education advertising campaign, noting costs between 175000 and 187000 while comparing Ontario’s spending at 460000.
Lake Winnipeg fishermen and Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation employees accuse the Manitoba government of forcing welfare and unemployment insurance. A 4,000 pound per man limit has capped catches, with about 75 percent of the 300 lake fishermen already at their limit. The Fish Marketing Corporation has laid off 100 workers due to low fish intake to sustain operations. Ateah cited a promised lift by Resources Minister Sidney Green if fish stocks and prices were favorable. He warned four-year-old auger in the lake may die if not caught.
Winners at the Edwin hall whist party were Ladies high Gladys McCuaig and Men’s high Terry Simpson. Dorothy Cousins won Ladies low and Andrew Gourley Men’s sow. Visitors to the Robert Gould home included Mr. and Mrs. C J Fust with Mr. and Mrs. David Fust. Extended family visits noted with Mrs Gould, Harry in St Boniface hospital, and Ron and Leona Painter joining Ernie Painter at Winnipeg. U C W met at Mrs Roberta Chepil’s with eight members. devotional by Mrs Boak and Mrs Chepil, business items, plans for a pot luck February 10, hymn and prayer. Mrs Biberdorf returned from B C.
The Unemployment Insurance Commission may run out of money by February 8 without passage of $454 million of supplementary estimates. Treasury officials warned that warrants issued before Jan 4 may cover some programs, but the contingency fund needs replenishing. The Commons committee failed to vote on the first of 36 items after two hours of discussion, with 18 sitting days left before February 8.
E D Mallough of Regina reports final testing underway for two protusig wheat varieties with leaf rust resistance and high yield potential. A bearded wheat and a white utility wheat could be released next year if tests pass. Also announced are a new two row barley ready for release, improved six row barleys in Brandon and Lacombe, a durum with higher gluten strength, and rapeseed varieties shifted to low erucic acid.
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