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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 19, 1967
Page
6
Mrs Ruth Geddes outlines upcoming Extension Service courses for February including an advanced course and a beginners sewing class with contact numbers 857 3871 and 857 6659. The article also provides practical tips for storing nuts from the holiday season to maximize freshness and avoid waste.
Beaver-Katrime 4-H Club held a meeting with pledges by members and three leaders. Law spoke on uniforms for the year. Junior leader elections were held. A social evening of cribbage and frokinole was set for Friday January 27 at 8:30 pm in Beaver Hall. A grocery hamper draw was planned. Tickets available from members and leaders. Lunch followed, served by Mrs. Rumancik. Reporter Shawn Harkness.
The 1965 edition of Telephones shows Canadians again as world champions in phone talk, averaging 655 calls per person, with Manitobans at 832.5 calls. Canada totals 7,455,660 telephones, sixth globally, while world total passes 195.3 million on Jan 1, 1966. Manitoba holds 350,031 phones, 230,147 in Winnipeg metro.
Southend Macaulay guests included Donna Butterfield and Dorothy Richardson at Mr. and Mrs. Lyn Snaiths. Ellen Hulme and Jake Thiessen stayed with Harold Radford. Winnipeg visits by N Hulme Sr and Mrs. Hulme Jr accompanied by Roy Thompson and family. Others hosted or visited include Sam Mulder, Keith Melver, Bert Radford, S Bueckert, Jake Guenter, Bob Douglas, Lyle, Ken Larsen, C C Reimer, and Pete Reimer. Curlers from the district joined the MacGregor weekend bonspiel. Jack Wolfe rink won the top event. Marion McGregor and others competed in Portage playdowns.
Winnipeg native Colonel R. Stuart Graham, a 27 year infantry veteran, becomes comptroller of Canadian Forces Training Command in Winnipeg. He will head the organization and establishments, management information, engineering, finances, and camp commandant services under Air Vice Marshal Stovel. Predecessor Commodore Timbrell moves to chief of staff for administration. Graham entered RMC in 1937 and was commissioned in 1940.
Dr. R C McGinnis of the University of Manitoba says the Tri ticale wheat rye hybrid, two thirds durum wheat, could be licensed by 1970 after successful field trials yielding up to 55 bushels per acre. He notes uses in pasta breakfast foods and distilling, with hybrid strains expected within a decade. Dr G N Irvine cautions that Canada’s high quality spring wheat may no longer be indispensable in world markets.
Preliminary hearing scheduled for February 20 for Maurice Baxter aged 22 of Hamilton Ontario and Gary George Davies aged 24 formerly of Springhill Nova Scotia. They are charged with capital murder and attempted murder in a $15 hold up at a used car parts firm in north Winnipeg.
Sunday dinner guests with Mr and Mrs A Giereke and boys were Mr and Mrs T Thompson and family of High Bluff. Mrs B W Gilbert of MacGregor spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Harvey Gilbert and family. The community extends get well wishes to Joe Riley who is a patient in Portage hospital. Henry Duncan left on Saturday to spend a few days with relatives at Moose Jaw. Sympathy of the district is extended to Mr and Mrs Gerald Markin in the passing of his grandfather at Neepawa.
Public meetings on the March 10 single district division referendum are announced for Austin Collegiate on Tuesday January 24 at 8 p.m. with Inspector Earl Outhwaite as speaker and at MacGregor Collegiate on Wednesday February 1 at 8 p.m. with R W Lightly guest speaker. The meetings are open to all residents to learn more about the proposal.
Dr J J Madden of Guelph University told Canadian Hospital Administrators that health service outlays are rising faster than the GNP but a plateau is expected. He noted 1964 to 1966 inflation will ease later, with spending growth slowing 1967 to 1971 though still high. The federal health bill reached 3.3 billion dollars in 1966, about 168 per person.
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