Austin and District News Highlights Local Happenings
January pages recount winters of the region, births in the community, and social events. Reg Winter returns from Vancouver. congratulations to Jake Peters and Jake Quiring on newborns. New Year visits to Neepawa. United Church Explorers host a February fair. various residents attend openings, birthdays, and gatherings in Austin and nearby towns. Community groups plan ice carnival preparations, curling bonspiels, and recreation meetings with a Thomas Cowan-inspired note of local life.
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N. R. Oohiours
Reg. Winter
Vancouver
Jake Peters
Jake Quiring
Lowe
Barbara
Sharon
Frank Stanton
Treherne
Chas. Wallace
Levi Orr
Winnipeg
Cyril Randall
Austin Recreation Association Club
Austin
MacGregor
O'Keefe
Jean Lowe
Pat Kowalchuk
Dan Rintoul
Fred Amenn
Portage Arena
Cathy Corrigal
Ricky Amenn
Community notes from Rossendale and area
Kenana on Green of Portage visited the R Frizzley home on Tuesday. Mrs C Henry and Elsie Wilke visited Vennards and Ray Vennard in King George Hospital. Several locals hosted and joined friends at Sunday dinners and visits around Portage, Regina, Westbourne, and Winnipeg. The MacGregor community centre opening drew many from Rossendale. Gordon Urie undergoes surgery and a local house change is noted.
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Kenana
Green
Portage
R. Frizzley
Norman
Bea Vennard
C. Henry's
Fred Orton
C. Watson
P. Macintosh
Bertha Watson
J. ‘Tomchuk
Walter Neufeld
Westbourne
Bella Hird
Rossendale
MacGregor
Margaret Watson
Doug Morrey
You Have a Date Katrime mixed bonspiel
The event runs from February 28 to March 3. A senior citizens group named Get-Together-Club holds a third party on January 23 at 2 pm at the Masonic Hall.
Sprucedale Workshop News Update and Dates
Sprucedale Workshop reports plumbing fixes and upcoming rummage for public viewing. A bingo date was corrected to January 25 from January 18. Carnation workers donated 83.50 from a Christmas dinner. The note requests projects and funding for renovations and items. W I annual meeting set for January 18 at Mrs M Grove’s home. MacGregor Ladies Curling Club bonspiel meeting January 22 at 8 pm in the Community Centre.
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Carnation Workers
W.I
BC Liquor Prices Rise Across Canadian Brands
The British Columbia Liquor Control Board raises prices five to 15 percent effective January 1, driven by wholesale hikes from distillers. Major brands including Seagram and Walker increased earlier, with several others such as Gilbey Corby Wisers McGuinness Park and Dilford Schenley Alberta Distillers Melcher’s Acadian Distillers following. Most wines largely untouched, though some California Christian Brothers and Moulina Vent French wines also rose.
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British Columbia
B.C
Seagram
Walker
Gilbey
Corby
Wisers
McGuinness
Park and Dilford
Schenley
Alberta
Melcher’s
Acadian
Ontario
Mr. Mason
Christian Brothers Wines
California
Federation Seeks End to Farm Land Freeze in BC
The British Columbia Federation of Agriculture urged the province to lift the sale freeze on farmland to developers. It proposed a policy giving the government first refusal on land sales, aims to preserve family farms, and seeks tax relief including removal of succession duties and gift taxes on transfers within families, plus property tax relief for non serviced acreages.
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British Columbia Federation of Agriculture
Federation
Dave Stupid
Charles Bernhardt
Summerland
B.C
Stupid
Bernhardt
Stupich
North
Okanagan
Victoria
Community notes keep locals visiting and traveling
George Skeet returns to Lynn Lake after a month with parents Bert and family. Several Manitoba residents, including Gilbert Lowe, June Kerr Day and Marilyn Chandler, visited kin in Moose Jaw, MacGregor and Morden over the weekend. Weekend visitors to the Smiths include Al Black Randy Neepawa Ernie Dahmer and others. A Brandon trip saw eye surgery for Mrs. Moore and a well attended hall dance rounds out the week.
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Ken Smith
George Skeet
Lynn Lake
Bert Skeet
Gilbert Lowe
Churchill
June Day
Nee Kerr
Moose Jaw
Harry Henderson
Mason Kerr
Morley
Marilyn Chandler
MacGregor
June
Four Day Week Faces Police Complaint in North Bay
North Bay police officers, led by association president Constable Merle Jordan, condemn the current ten hour shifts on a four day week. He plans to present a resolution at February association meeting urging the police commission to end the system.
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North Bay
The
North Bay Police Association
Merle Jordan
Watkins Products a Local Dealer for MacGregor Areas
A local Watkins products dealer lists contact options by house call or phone 685.2223 offering MacGregor and Austin Districts products. Hours are partially stated but incomplete in the message, indicating sales service details.
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MacGregor
Austin
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Gus Service Centre
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Nyel Fredrickson
Chusaren
Lye
Job
Citation
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Malabar
Mission
Lye's
Sunworthy
T.carton
Rossendale News
Sprucedale Workshop News
LCB
Robert Mason
Edrans News
Watkins Products
Mrs. Wallace Martin
Lee ‘S
Chris) Christianson
Nicholl’s Laundromat
South-Central Auction Sales LD
Pilot Mound
Manitoba
Claude Durham
Manitou
Datsun
Neepawa
Nissan Automobile Company OF Canada Ltd
John Deere
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