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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 23, 1964
Page
5
Advertising rates for want ads set at 73 cents for the first 15 words with per word charges thereafter. Birth notices and memorials have a base fee plus per-word charges. A 10 percent surcharge applies if payment is not within one month. Deadline for classified notices is Tuesday at 1 30 p.m. Death and funeral notices are 60 cents per column inch, photos 2.00 per column inch.
Mr Aime Marginet aged 70 years 10 months and nine days died in Treherne on January 14 1964 after a lengthy illness. Born March 5 1898 in Athembeke Belgium he married Bertie De Brauer on November 9 1917. They came to Canada in 1920 later settling in Holland district before moving to Baldur Bruxelles and then Holland where he farmed until 1983. Survived by wife Bertha five sons Gus Ed Alberic Cyril Gerard and two daughters Ida Denise Lee and Clara Wisgett, plus five brothers and two sisters. Twin sons predeceased him in 1980.
Card of thanks to doctors nurses and friends for care and get well wishes. Isabel M Irwin thanks Beaver UCW MacGregor UCW WI and 4H club for cards letters parcels fruit during hospital stay and after returning home. Also notes pig sales and obituaries for Ira Edwin Taylor aged 66 with funeral details and family burial in Elmwood Cemetery.
Robert Henry Hodgins 81, longtime Pratt district farmer, dies at home in MacGregor. Survived by wife Martha two sons David and Roy two daughters Violet Jones and Veria O Neill. Funeral at St Pauls Anglican MacGregor with Sidney Cemetery interment. Engagement of Bonnie Adel Hodgins to Ronald Dale announced. wedding set Feb 8 1964 at MacGregor United Church.
Mrs Mary Wiebe expresses gratitude for cards parcels of fruit hospital visits and the plant from MeeCregor hospital staff. She thanks the doctor and staff for kindness and asks God to bless everyone.
Multiple listings for farm stock and household goods in MacGregor and Pratt. Sows to farrow March 25 to May 11 with prices from 45 dollars, chickens and a 14x24 frame building for sale, two milk cows and a horse, girls skates, a movie camera and projector, car batteries, and travel reservation services. Contact George Harder, Chas Lamont, Mrs. Harold Hodgins, or Brendan Brien Travel Service.
Stop calf scours with SCOUREX COMPOUND tablets. 14 per tablet bottle $3. Available at DENWAL PHARMACY in MacGregor. North Norfolk Pool Feeder Cattle Association seeks managers. applications due February 1, 1964. John Abrin, Secretary-Treasurer, Pine Creek, Man.
Sealed tenders will be received by the undersigner up to February 7 194. The hospital system is in good condition and may be seen at the North Norfolk MacGregor Hospital. Highest tender not necessarily accepted. Tenders opened February 7. Wildred Roberts North Norfolk MacGregor Hospital.
Tenders will be accepted up to January 31, 1964, for the purchase of the barn on the Firdale school grounds. The barn measures 18 by 30 feet and is to be cleaned and levelled after removal. The highest tender may not be accepted. W Bird, Secretary-Treasurer, Firdale School, Firdale, Manitoba.
Local social notices detail visits among MacGregor Winnipeg Selkirk and neighboring towns. Readers list guest arrivals, weekend visits, and missed events. Upcoming WI meeting on Jan 23 includes officer installation. A shower for Bonnie Wark Feb 5 at MacGregor Memorial Hall. Other items note 4-H sheep club drive Jan 24 and church events in late January and early February.
Selkirk district farmers led by Bill Carr visited a Winnipeg packing plant to study hog grading. They judged four live hogs, compared live weight and grade with carcass grades A B or C, and noted waste differences. Officials welcomed more producer visits with advance notice.
Mr and Mrs Jack Barber of Winnipeg visited relatives over the weekend as guests of Mrs Connie McKeivy. Ellen Borton of Fort William Ontario visited with Mr and Mrs Herb Borton last weekend correcting a prior misstatement about Doug Borton.
Canadian Breeders urges cattle keepers to learn facts on breeding with American Breeders Service Beef Bulb-Eight noted as top breeds. Provides contact, Canadian Breeders Technician, phone 154, MacGregor Tam, with service hours tot pm to 8 pm.
Gregory spent the weekend with Mac Gregor and Barrie Rodgers. Mr and Mrs Howard Cobbe and their daughters of Portage were Saturday supper guests with Mr and Mrs Raymond Smith. The Smiths visited Winnipeg on Tuesday.
Harold Beckwith of Wichita Kansas was reported in fairly good condition in hospital after a Sunday two car collision about 12 miles northwest of Winnipeg. The crash killed August Brink, 29, of Stony Mountain Manitoba.
A collage of aphorisms on youth and aging by Wilfred A. Peterson Oliver Wendell Holmes Harvey Ullman Mary Baker Eddy Samuel Ullman Jonathan Swift notes that growth, learning, and mindset determine vitality more than years. The Somali tribesmen of northern Kenya are cited within the quotations as examples of aged youth.
Visits and greetings as neighbors gather at Helston and Carberry. Congratulations to Eddie Hanna and family on the January birth in Gladstone hospital. Mrs Grenville Smith earns thirds at the Neepawa bonspiel with Joan McDonald rink.
Edrans News reports Mrs. here emiry Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Schneider and Mr. Taylor visited Winnipeg on Wednesday. Wellington Fulford returned home from Fox Memorial Hospital Carberry. District folk attended the Game and Fish banquet in Neepawa Jan 15. Cliff Tyreman Sandra Seaman and Charlie Seaman visited Winnipeg to see Cliff’s hospitalized parents. The McCulloughs and Norman McCulloughs visited Neepawa. Charlie Seaman and wife attended a wedding in Winnipeg. A curling rink from Carberry joined the British Consols playdowns in MacGregor on Jan 7. Various Sunday visitors called on the Smith and Moffatt families in Neepawa area. Get well wishes go to Mrs. Bert Skeet in Neepawa hospital.
Manitoba health officials confirm investigation into an outbreak of venereal disease at Selkirk Collegiate Institute, the town 23 miles north of Winnipeg. Dr. Amanuell Snell and Dr. D L Hall say cases will be traced and sources removed, while remaining tight lipped about details. Principal J E Sigurjohnsson notes the large student body and unknown number affected.
Al McGregor Collegiate Institute will send five rinks to the Pine Creek Divisional Spiel in Gladstone this Friday and Saturday. Last year Ross Nichol and Chuck Lewis skipped the winning rinks in first and second events. This year entrants include C Lewis skip D Critchlow third T Chariton second S Kelly lead and others: Dwight Thompson skip T Longstreet third T Snaith second M Prank lead R Nichol skip D Barber third B Scora second L Nichol lead G Frizaley skip C Briscoe third L Watson second B Bodie lead.
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