Community notes from MacGregor July events and notices
July reports from MacGregor detail a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. B C Peter. Lavenhare Patriotic Sale donations. Dominion Day troop departures. Elma Spence named in Normal students. a special Winnipeg Camp Hughes tram schedule. two more district recruits for the 21st Battalion. local Lawn Social for Union Church funds. word of wounded son William Saunders and killed soldier Walter Cowell with Clen Cowell wounded. Governor General Duke of Connaught and Duchess visit Camp Hughes. exhibition plans for August 4 and a call for prize lists. fair committee urges local support. and Mrs G A Hay and children enjoy Delta Lake breezes.
Big Drive changes and wartime notes in town
Bert Mansell rents Merrick’s old store and converts it into a motor garage while Isaac Fleming relocates his livery barn east of his home. Mrs. Merrick of Brant visits, and Hazel Kitson visits from Portage Teaching staff. War dispatches note British advances and prisoner captures with Kitchener’s prophecy debated. local events include roadwork contract awarded to Bill Carr for $961.75 and community notices on farms and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Fleming
Earl Kitchener
Lright
Britain
Josiah Scott
Verigin
Sask
Kitchener
George Wil Howard
Alof Prisigners
Russia
Germany
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Macgregor Cash Store
Peoples’ Shopping
Turner
THE
Quality Store
E. Turner
Maccrecor
Boots & Shoes
Ames
Holden
Amherst
Merrick’s Corner Store
Macgregor
Lavenhare
Dominion Day
Camp Hughes
Soldier Boys
Elma Spence
W. A. Spence
Winnipeg
Mac.Gregor
Thomas Wellham
W. G. Sutherland
Bagot
Bull Dogs
Col Lendrum
McMeans Crack Regiment
Ladies Aid of the
Union Church
R. Saunders
Ottawa
William
Bill
Lavenham
Walter Cowell
Clen Cowell
Canada
Duke of Connaught
Princess Patricia
Duke
England
Duke of Devonshire
W. B. Gilroy
Herald Office
G. A. Hay
Delta, Lake
Jhas
Becare
Bert Mansell
Merrick
Fred
J. L. Merrick
Brant, Alta
J. B. Merrick
C. Hamilton
Ruth
Nellie Fleming
Wim. Jeffrey
Hazel Kitson
Portage
Llorence Hodge
Britannia
L. D.E
William Mastin
Jos. Crosedale
Wn. Carr
Good Roads Commission
Main Street
Braund, Jeweller
NG Strictly
Massey-Harris
Maytag
R. E. Lamb, Macgregor
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