Under Maples Curling Roundup and Local Lore
This week’s curling has gone smoothly with a seven ender. Laurie and Norm Smith had another Sunday game. Laurie won. Don Barber beat Bob Sims, coins fun with Joe Ritzer produced a copper Roman coin dated 147 AD. First heavy snow dropped four inches, roads heavy. A quip the ill patient had six weeks of typhoid fever. Neighbors discuss stove pipes and a white cat. Three locals attend the Gladstone Spiel. Horned lark spotted by Harry Painter. Butterfly hatched at Stan Cooper’s. lasted three days. Manitoba cold snap. 42 degrees below at times. Old timers mention an eclipse. Ladies Bonspiel starts February 8. Men’s Spiel February 5. News scarce this side of town. printers joke about setting type and presses. The old lady’s waiting.
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Laurie
Norm Smith
Don Barber
Bob Sims
Cleaners
Passing Roy Barber Wins Tribune Contest For $300
The Winnipeg Tribune Call The Shot contest awarded Roy Barber of MacGregor $300 after correctly identifying a tractor in a Monday night picture puzzle broadcast by CKY. Barber, confined to a wheelchair for years, has shown remarkable spirit and enjoys hockey, pool, and cinema.
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Roy Barber
Tribune
MacGregor
CKY
Winnipeg Tribune
the Tribune
Roy
Winnipeg
Mike Hopkin
Community meetings update with January notices
Members will meet at Mrs A Perkins home on Thursday January 21 at 2 30 pm. Former Sr WA of United Church gather at Mrs R Hotel home on Thursday January 28 at 2 30 pm. St Pauls JA hosts a Valentine Tea and Produce Table at Mrs C F Kitson home on February 13 starting 3 pm.
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Schn Lllen
Sill
A Perkins
Sr. WA
The
United Church
St. Paul's
Valentine's Tea
C.F. Kitson
Special Speaker for Youth for Christ Rallies
Rev. Dave Morken of Tokyo Japan, Vice President of Youth for Christ Far East, will headline Youth for Christ rallies at Peoples Church Sidney on Monday February 1 and Memorial Hall MacGregor on Tuesday February 2. Morken, who delivered the last English radio broadcast before Shanghai fell to the Communists, is a renowned Bible teacher and Orient evangelist. Weather permitting a large crowd is expected for the event featuring special singing before his message.
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Youth For Christ
Peoples’ Church
Sidney
Memorial Hall
MacGregor
Dave Morken
Tokyo
Japan
Youth For Christ For
Far East
Shanghai
Orient
Billy Graham
Korea
Bantam Booster Tag Day Supports Bantam Hockey
Bantam Hockey players plan a Saturday Tag Day in MacGregor to raise funds for equipment. Young Bantams ask locals to buy Booster Tags to help build their hockey kitty and support the players of tomorrow.
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MacGregor
Minor Hockey Teams Split Busy Two Day Weekend
MacGregor Pee Wees and Bantams played two games at Carberry and Portage. Friday the Pee Wees lost 3 2 with Merzil Albinet scoring twice. Bantams fell 4 2 as Glen Critchlow and David Booth tallied. Saturday the Pee Wees lost 2 1 while Bantams won 11 0. Portage players Vern Switzer and Chas Godfrey helped out.
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MacGregor
Pee
Vern Switzer
Chas
Godfrey
Portage
Gary Shaw
Jerry Owens
Garry Buchanan
Merril Albinet
Kelvin Palmer
Innis Harvey
Perry Allen
Richard Derksen
Barry Barber
David Booth
Pathhead Pioneer Mrs Mary Hunt Passes Away
Pathhead district mourns the death of Mrs. Thomas Hunt aged 86 in Winnipeg on January 14. Funeral held January 16 at Portage la Prairie with Rev HL Henderson officiating. Burial at Portage Anglican Cemetery. Herald notes lack of full obituary details and promises a complete notice next week.
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Pathhead
Thomas Hunt
Winnipeg
Portage la Prairie
HL. Henderson
Portage
the Herald
Mothers March on Polio in MacGregor Planned
Britannia Chapter LODe sponsors Mothers March on Polio in MacGregor with a house to house canvass on Saturday January 30 from 6 to 7 pm. Volunteers are urged to receive callers and complete the canvass within the hour as similar efforts run across Manitoba amid a historic polio epidemic.
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Britannia Chapter Lode
MacGregor
Manitoba
Two Women and Child Die in Treherne Collision
Four year old Nancy Wilks survived as Enid Wilks and E Goddard, both sisters, and eight year old Carol Wilks died after a new model car struck a work train at a level crossing on Saturday. The car was totally demolished and the other occupants perished.
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Treherne
Enid Wilks
E. Goddard
Carol Wilks
Nancy Wilks
Orangeville Tractor Club Reorganizes for 1954
A reorganization meeting of the Orangeville Tractor Club was held on Tuesday evening January 12. Officers elected include President Henry Goertzen Vice President David McQuiston Sec Treas Ralph Cibula Reporter Frank Zacharias Leaders Cal Moore and Russell Cairns. The club set meetings for the first Monday of each month with the next on February 1 and held a whist drive January 15 awarding prizes to Lavina McQuiston Melville Kennedy and to Mrs J Wiebe and L Wiebe.
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Orangeville Tractor Club
Henry Goertzen
David McQuiston
Sec
Treas
Ralph Cibula
Frank Zacharias
Cal Moore
Russell Cairns
V. McNair
Lavina McQuiston
Melville Kennedy
J. Wi
High School Bonspiel Invitations and Curling Standings
High School Bonspiel slated for Jan 29 and 30 with invitations sent to other schools and a planned social evening. Ray Quinn's rink leads undefeated with four wins. three other rinks tied for second at three and one. 4-H Club plans a Spiel in Carberry Jan 23 with Sewing Club link team Gail Nicholls skip and members Duncan Pogue Hay. Grade X student Noreen Barker has left school. Room I sick students Margaret Olito and Walter Smith expected back soon. Manitoba Urban School Trustees Association urged royal commission to study education at annual convention.
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Ray Quinn
Bob Wright
Glen Critchiow
Rae Anderson
Carberry
Gail Nicholls
Janice Duncan
Merlyn Pogue
Linda Hay
Miss Houck
Margaret Olito
Walter Smith
MTS
Theatre News list highlights wartime POW drama and Latin Lovers
The article notes Ptalog 17 at the Trioli January 22 and 23 starring William Holden Don Taylor and Otto Preminger as a top ten film. It profiles a POW camp mystery set along the Blue Danube with Holden unjustly accused, plus Latin Lovers showing January 25 and 27 with Lana Turner Ricardo Montalban John Lund Louis Calhern and Jean Hagen in a romantic Rio de Janeiro musical comedy with bright musical numbers.
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Ptalog
Troli
William Holden
Don Taylor
Otto Preminger
Stag
Blue Danube
P.o.w's
Germany
Lana Turner
Ricardo Montalban
John Lund
Louis Calhern
Jean Hagen
Lana
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Joe Ritzer
Tipperary
Norman Smith
Jack Emerton
H. Jones
Harry Painter
Lavenham
Stan Cooper
Croucher
Gordon Press
Harvey Glover
Harvey
MacGregor Hospital
Harvey William Glover
W. H. Glover
Ada McDonald
Noice
Ada
Vera Little
Minto
Sybil Jeffrey Ot. Pratt
Jean Henry
Stella Glover
Dorothy Moore
Mary Hunt
March of Dimes
Frank Zarcharis
Viola McDougall
Manitoba Urban School ‘Trustees’ Association
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