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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 27, 1955
Page
2
The MacGregor Herald and associated Ottawa notice list class mail authorization for the Hotel MacGreer and Manabe. Publisher fee is $250 per year in Canada and $3.06 per year in the United States.
Local residents donate 25 dollars to the Polio Fund. Ron Refvik family visit Portage. Tarr Stanley Ritchie recovering after surgery at Carberry Hospital. Social events postponed due to weather. next social Jan 21. Trustees attend convention in Winnipeg. local curlers gain two more foursomes. Sympathy extended to Hounsome and Dankesreiter families. Bagot School District annual meeting held. mill rate lowered. building questions discussed. General commentary on greed versus honest effort.
Readers receive birthday greetings and club notices including the Bonspiel dates on February 14 and 15 for Ladies, WA and WMS meeting recap with plans for a sale and bazaar, Mission Band leadership change, and 1954 Emergency Fund receipts. Calf Club reports, curling plans, and a thanks card conclude the community roundup.
Katrime notes a busy week with the third annual mixed bonspiel starting Feb 28, visits from neighbors and Highway 1 companions, and a postponed Manitoba Pool Elevator film showing. Church services planned for January 30 at 2 30 pm weather permitting plus World Day of Prayer planning for Feb 25.
Beaver district reports a busy weekend with visitors from MacGregor and Pathhead, several bonspiels upcoming in Portage and Westbourne, and good turnout at Beaver Creek School’s annual meeting. Families attend events, new trustees elected, and community sympathy extended to bereaved families.
Mrs A Pogue ley and Evelyne Pogue spent part of the weekend at their homes. E Smith and Jim Pogue drove to Winnipeg to attend the Trustees Convention. Birthday greetings go to Mrs M Barth on Friday January 28. A Pogue attended the Poultry Pool district meeting in Portage. Sympathy extends to the Dankes Feller families on the passing of Mrs T Hounsome of Hartford. Nurse Mushynski of MacGregor visited the school for a dental inspection Thursday. Mrs H Ritchie left for International Falls USA to visit her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs J Pihulak and their son Ronald.
Colin Snow of Southend and MacAuley competes in the Carberry Bonspiel this week. The Junior Red Cross hosts an evening of games at Macaulay School on Friday January 28. Miss Marjorie Chant and Mr Clifford Chant of Winnipeg visit the Chant family in Art Chant's home. Colin Shaw and his rink win the district curling match in the British Canals and seek further competition in Winnipeg.
Multiple ads list farm welder 180 amps $185 CSA approved, milk cow $130, red bull $125, two wheel trailer $2500, 10 000 ft rough lumber $50 per thousand, spruce lumber $65 per thousand, dimension lumber $10 extra per thousand, business place with rooms and garage, used piano wanted, all in Sidney Manitoba area with various contact names and phone numbers.
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