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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 07, 1932
Page
4
The community fair at MacGregor celebrates its 45th annual exhibition with a one day event on Wednesday July 20. Entries are sought for stock grain vegetables and dairy products with prize lists available from Secretary Thos Starke or the Herald Office.
The report highlights generally promising crops in Manitoba with heavy rains in most areas and water in some sloughs. Wheat readiness appears early, pest issues include a central grasshopper outbreak with 12 000 tons of bait used, cutworm limited to gardens, and potato beetles in some fields. Hay yields are about average, though wild hay down from grasshoppers. Dairying remains active and creamery butter prices rose in May before a later dip.
The article urges town residents to back their weekly paper as a community institution. It emphasizes journalism serves the area, relies on patronage, and notes leaders will discuss farm and horticultural topics with Miss Margaret Joheson of the Manitoba Free Press attending to speak on home beautification.
A field meeting at the Arustration Station Farm of AE Walker Katrime is planned for Saturday July 16 starting at 2 30 pm. The farm lies eight miles north of No 1 Highway northeast of MacGregor. Emphasis will be on horticulture with crop inspections led by Mr WK Leslie of Morden Experimental Station.
A renewal notice urges readers whose Herald subscription expired in the past year to renew for another year and to pay any past due balances, especially if arrears reach one year or more. Continuous service is requested.
Under the Women’s Institute of Arizona an Old Timers picnic on June 29 marked fifty years since the first settlers arrived. About two hundred attended with impromptu softball and a children’s contest before a supper served by institute ladies. Pioneers present included Mr and Mrs Sharples and Mrs North among others. Rev. W T Marchant gave a toast praising pioneer virtues. Mrs G H North spoke of community kindness and continuity.
Mrs. Ed C Wheeler of Mara B C died after a long illness in Vernon Hospital at 67 Interment was in Enderby cemetery Rev J A Dow officiating The Enderby community mourns a mother and friend whose life of service embodied highest principles Their son Elwin was among the first Enderby casualties in the Great War reported by Enderby Commoner.
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