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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 31, 1973
Page
1
A Manitoba public meeting at MacGregor Community Hall heard Al Boychuck of the highways department outline plans to widen the Trans-Canada route between MacGregor and Austin to four lanes. Proposals require wide reconfigurations, cross-town intersections, and possible cloverleaf interchanges while preserving facilities and minimizing disruption to recreation areas and existing businesses.
The Whitemud Watershed District approves a 1973 74 budget totaling 247 900 with 108 500 funded by the district and 141 400 by the Province. Works programs exceed 73 700 funded from the district while 32 800 covers other costs and administration. Standing Committees on Soil and Water Conservation Recreation Public Relations will shape a long term land use plan.
Manpower minister Robert Andras said the Local Initiatives Program has allocated 148 million of 165 million. The board focuses this year on drainage maintenance with ARDA funds aiding Pembroke and Beaver Drains, and watersheds plan soil conservation. Sub-Watershed Nos. 35 36 37 in Portage la Prairie MacGregor area outline crossings repairs brush control and dyking with total project costs of 98 000.
The WI annual meeting was held at Mrs. M. Groves home on January 18 1973 with 13 members and one guest Mrs. Thomas. President Mrs. Annie Thompson chaired the business portion as committees reported. The group planned a February 10 Sandra Anderson Lynne Butterfield wedding a March 14 Consumers Co op dinner a April 5 spring tea and bazaar and donated 100 to MacGregor Boy Scouts Club for a camping tent. The officers slate and annual report will be presented at the next meeting at Mrs. Kowalchuk s home February 22 hosted by Anderson Blaine and Kowalchuk.
MacGregor council met January 15 with Mayor Lye noting discussions on a new highway route and a school tax rebate. A public street would open the 66 north of Block B Plan 230, and a 1953 land parcel would be registered as a roadway. A by law on officers and salaries was read thrice. The Whitemud Watershed minutes were tabled. A January 23 highway meeting and a public session at Memorial Hall were scheduled to discuss the Trans Canada Highway route. Woodlawn Drive water sewer extension nears completion at about 10000 dollars. The council invited bids for festive lighting on hydro poles and noted provincial reps will explain the school tax rebate on January 29 and March 2. John Toews proposed a Woodlawn Drive subdivision north of the road, which the council approved per the survey by J H Lennon dated November 2 and sworn November 30, 1972.
Seasonal weather lingers but hints of spring. Local sports note: Rick White named all round cowboy for 1972 by Manitoba Rodeo Association, runner up Neil McLeod. Big Game Trophy night in Regent Park Banquet Hall, Transcona. Norfolk Rest Haven progresses. two new homes under construction in Woodlawn for Funk and Klassen. Community Centre hosts two hockey games this weekend across Friday to Sunday.
MacGregor Intermediates won two of three in the past week to rise to fourth in SCILH.L. They beat Carberry 62 at Carberry with a 1-1 first period and three goals in the final frame, led by Bruce Stephens, Gordie Lye and Jackie Wood with two goals apiece. They then downed Crystal City 7-3 as Brian Telford shone in a high scoring spread, while Manitou erased MacGregor 5-4 on Sunday as the hosts stalled in the middle period. Ken Green left Sunday with an injured leg, with MacGregor planning for a Feb 11 home tilt and improvements to the arena and PA system.
Central Aid held a January 16 1973 meeting thanking donors for the Christmas Card Fund which totaled 322.68 dollars. Plans include installing a De Tonizer Unit, wedding arrangements for Janice Routley on February 10 1973, and buying work binders and more kitchenware for hospital staff. Each aid group will contribute toward a Mixmaster for shared use.
Worry’s annual bonspiel concluded last week with Wilf Mack’s rink taking first place. Walter Surminsky’s rink was runner up, Jim Elder placed third, and Rey Bickford fourth. Second event winners were Barry Donnelly, Sheldon Strain, Terry Blair, Norman Parkess. third event winners were Fred Thornborough, Don Brasksma, Olie Jones, Howard MacDonald. Eighteen rinks entered the competition.
Manitoba Premier Ed Schreyer announces a 14 million program of special loans and higher per capita grants to reduce municipal reliance on property tax. He cites large investments in Churchill River diversion and Lake Winnipeg regulation as part of northern hydro development and outlines a proposed province owned municipal loan fund. Health and nursing home care proposals also surface with plans to include prescriptions for old age pensioners and a potential hospital insurance expansion.
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