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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 04, 1973
Page
4
The MacGregor Herald advertises classified rates for July 1973. Prices include 75c for the first 15 words, 5c per additional word, second insertion 50c, and 60c for words over 15. Death notices cost 60e per column inch, photos 1.00 per column inch, with a 40 percent late payment surcharge and a Tuesday 1:30 pm deadline. Local readers pay 5c per word.
In memory of Howard Thorn who died July 2 1970 and Wark family tribute dated July 4 1971. Card of Thanks for a baby shower at Lillian Sawatsky with thanks to organizers Sandra and Garnett Webb. Engagement announcements for Lois Anne McIntosh to Carl Franklin Burch and Arlene Peck to Robert Anderson with July 14 wedding plans at MacGregor United and United Church in MacGregor Manitoba.
The Department of Health and Social Development will expand the Home Care Program starting July 1. Interested community members with R.N., LPN, nurses aide, orderlies, homemaking or housekeeping experience may register with their district Health and Social Development Office or contact their local Public Health Nurse. Part time by the hour employment offered.
U. Nyun, outgoing executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East, urged rapid work to raise living standards across Asia. He said on Tuesday that many in Asia remain poor and emphasized the region's overall poverty.
New and young landscapers are invited to a weekly Horticultural Society program at the Norquay Building Auditorium Winnipeg running Tuesdays 8 to 10 pm from October 2 to November 27. Participants will create landscaping plans reviewed by professionals at the final meeting. Free registration closes July 31 with multiple secretaries listed by district.
Igor Danyliuk aged 18 at Bloor Collegiate scored 4100 per cent in six Grade 13 subjects. The Ministry of Education praised the feat as unprecedented while A. H. Milne noted only one in 500000 achieve over 95 per cent in six subjects. Danyliuk secured an $850 engineering scholarship at the University of Toronto for perfect marks in three mathematics papers along with physics chemistry and Russian. He works as a summer mail sorter.
The Highway Traffic and Motor Transport Board schedules a main hearing at 2:30 p.m. Thursday July 12 1973 in Brandon Court House Manitoba to consider Permits Part I Section 9 and Part II Section 17 HPA for Henry Loeppny and Henry Loeppky for signs along PTH No 1 in North Norfolk. Submit written or spoken remarks to the Assistant Secretary at 1075 Portage Avenue Winnipeg.
MacGregor residents are urged to suggest recreational ideas via phone or mail. A July schedule includes PET NITE on July 3, Youth Club on July 4, and a Playground program from July 16 to August 3 with daily sessions. The director invites adults to propose fitness, bicycle clubs, slow pitch, badminton, films or other activities.
Fourteen former Newburgh police officers face prison terms from four years to probation after a trial on charges including planting narcotics, money division from gambling raids, attempted burglary of a Sears Roebuck store, and concealing evidence. Former police chief Humbert Cappelli was among the 13 sentenced. Indictments last year cited more than 30 counts of official misconduct.
Over the long weekend Mr and Mrs H Brandenberg Tim and Sheila Miss Claudia Gall and Mr Mrs Bruce Sloane and Trent all of Winnipeg visited Portage area friends. The Emerson family moved into Jack Emersons house while Jack and Mrs Emerson reside in Norfolk Manor. Mrs Fred Wright and Mrs Fred Tarr returned from a month visiting Monkton Stratford Brantford Toronto and Sault Ste Marie Ontario. Several other visitors and local residents are noted among Tangent Pine Creek and Yorkton connections with Lye Lunn Sparrow Cairns and Young families.
Immigration department reports 26 288 total arrivals in Q1 1973 up from 23 967 in 1972. U S born newcomers led with 4 091, Uganda Asians influx rises to 513, Kenya 96 and Tanzania 318. Most arrivals headed to Ontario with 14 858. ages 20 to 35, roughly equal gender split, many seeking clerical and service sector jobs.
In Minna Nigeria the chief Alhaji Ahmadu Bahago orders all unmarried women to find husbands within seven days under threat of expulsion or other consequences. Wives who left homes must return within the same period. Prostitution is targeted as a corrupting influence on families. In Bauchi, drought blame shifts to prostitutes with house owners told to expel them by end of June or face consequences.
The Manitoba agriculture department and Manitoba Pool Elevators announced an expanded pasture and feeder program to keep more calves in Manitoba. The Manitoba Agricultural Credit Corp will insure cattle consigned to approved producers who don’t meet normal contract criteria, aiming to reduce reliance on Ontario and U.S. feeders and boost provincial farm income. The plan covers raising calves to stock size, then pasture and grain feeding to 800 pounds before sale to commercial feedlots.
Royal joke unsettles Kingston veterans as Prince Philip questions AA on a medal. Mr Hefford of the Kingston W Amputations of Canada explains it stands for Amputation Association and meritorious service. Hefford admits uncertainty about the joke.
Delegates at the federation annual convention endorsed creating a wilderness park between Lake Winnipeg and the Ontario border. The proposal follows from a Winnipeg led group led by Mark Vermayer, citing easy access from Winnipeg and natural advantages for wildlife and farming. The federation urged provincial action and also backed hunting-friendly and farmland preservation measures, including paying landowners hosting hunters and tax breaks for land left natural. George Clavell of Winnipeg was elected president for 1974, with Fred Mayer and Mel McGuffin named vice-presidents.
Week visitors include Miss M. MacWilliam of Winnipeg, Mrs Pat Pink and Brandon children, Mrs D Booth and Pinawa girls, Mr and Mrs S Hay and Mrs F Bogue of MacGregor. Minnie McRae and Peter Mitchelson of Winnipeg joined Monday supper with Mr and Mrs Jack McRae. Corey and Jason Wilson of Gladstone spent the weekend with grandparents Bert and Mrs Caskey.
Statistics Canada reports January to April cash receipts from farming rose overall to 1,831.1 million in all provinces except Newfoundland, up from 1,440.8 million in the same period of 1972. Includes sales, Wheat Board payments, grain advances, and dairy subsidies.
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