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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 29, 1959
Page
1
MacGregor Intermediates extended their unbeaten run to nine with a 5-4 overtime win over Gladstone. Scorers were Garry Buchanan with three, Walt Tilley with one and L Heselwood with one. The write up notes lineups and summaries not available.
This week focuses on exams and upcoming Bonspiel on February 6 and 7 with a Friday dance featuring the Black Hawks. Fifteen rinks from the school compete with ten boys and five girls directing events while skating is planned for the Spiel Friday. Wednesday curling results list Ariss, Snaith, Satkunas, and Moore among winners with Saturday draws highlighting Pettitt, Olito, Beaudin, and Stratton victories.
One of Fort William's oldest marriages ended with the death of Mrs. James R. King at 93 on January 24. Born Jane Sophia Veal in England, she married James R. King in 1891 and came to Fort William in 1912. Surviving are her husband, a daughter Grace, two sons Rev. Cecil A. King and Bernard C. King, five grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 11 am at Jenkins Funeral Home with Rev. D. M. Burns officiating. interment followed in Mountain View cemetery.
Obituary for Thos. Blake Macartney 82 of Austin B C who died January 14 in South Burnaby Vancouver area. Survived by wife Stella two sons Jack and Gilbert daughter Mae and two grandchildren. Formerly a brakeman on the passenger on Varcoe Branch out of MacGregor with crew stationed at Austin. Funeral held January 17 at Royal Oak Funeral Chapel Burnaby cremation.
A description notes Canadian newsprint mills produce a vast ribbon of paper each hour, equivalent to a 6,000 mile five-foot length, illustrating the scale of output spanning from Toronto to Baghdad.
The education minister announced a Friday February 27 vote in 48 divisions to decide on establishing new school divisions for high school education while local boards keep control of elementary education. Some divisions defer or need no vote where boundaries match existing districts, and provincial grants are to boost local influence.
A meeting in the Austin Pool elevator office on Tuesday January 27 organized the Austin Sub-District of the Manitoba Section of the Farmers Ottawa delegation. Chas Hotel was elected chairman and E. E W Cox secretary. A canvassing committee was formed to reach farmers and others, targeting school districts, with members from Bagot Rossendale Lavenham McCullough MacGregor Barber Katrinne Beaver Roy McLaughlin Chas Hotel F Lintott H Nelson H Aurther W Robinson Walter Bates. A sub-district chairmen meeting with constituency chairwoman Mrs George Crewsen of Edwin will be held in Portage next Saturday January 31 to plan the canvass. Contact any committee member for information.
The MacGregor team hosts Miami Thursday January 29 in the first of a three game playoff. Frank Hay the local playing coach is not expected to dress for the first game. The return match will be in Miami next Tuesday night.
Edmonton resident Williams B. Cairns aged 76 died January 16 after a banking career starting in 1902 with Bank of Montreal, later credit manager at Kingsway Lumber, retired 1957. Survived by widow, two sons, four sisters, seven grandchildren. Funeral at Foster and McGarvey with burial at Mount Pleasant Cemetery.
A weekly column shares reader letters about MacGregor and Emerson area creamery history. Mr A R Stinson recalls moving the creamery in 1902 for a buck a day, its 1903 operation, and its later uses as a pool hall. Mr G E Lewin details the creamery’s sites from 1894 to 1910 and a cheese factory rumor, plus birthday wishes for Jim Howell. Readers are invited to add light on the cheese factory history and comment on a new “As I See It” column by Don MacCallum. Mr and Mrs Lewin report a snowy Brentwood Bay stay with pussy willows and cold snaps.
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