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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 11, 1957
Page
8
Local residents shared visits from Winnipeg notes to Danville and Sarnia guests. A Westman tripper list includes Holm Bergquist kids and Nora Jacqueline birth. Hospital aids plan Cedar Chest fundraiser and MacGregor Hospital Aid set August meeting for nominating committee.
Mrs G C Fotheringham will entertain at her home on Saturday afternoon from 3 to 5 30 for Heather, her daughter, at a Trousseau Tea. Everyone is welcome.
Farm equipment dealer STAN FIRTH offers haying specials including No 33 Oil Bath Massey Mow er No 7 Massey Hayloader No 66 New Holland Baler and related tools with large price cuts. Also No 1 Special No 3 MH Balers New Holland 68 Hayliner and twine in four brands. Call 77 MacGregor for full particulars.
A compilation lists Methodist, Presbyterian, and United Church ministers with years of service. Names include Ernest Barker, J Wesley Johnston, W A Lewis, D M Kennedy for Methodist. Andrew Chisholm, G E Lougheed, J H Courtenay for Presbyterian. J R Johns, J Irwin Walker, James Fleming for United. Dates span 1890s to 1950s, noting ongoing eligibility for additions.
The MacGregor Hospital Aid met June 24 with eight members present led by first Vice-President Mrs. E. Hay. The group announced the Fun Fair date as October 9 and urged donations of items such as china and silver to support the fundraiser.
In a close baseball tournament finale at the fair MacGregor Cubs and Gladstone tied 3-3 after strong pitching by Gerry Cobbe. Don Tuckey scored on Cheboyer in the third for the visitors while Shaw and Cobbe delivered key hits for MacGregor. Cobbe also starred on the mound, with Barber making a sharp catch to end a late Bluff threat.
Mr. Thomas Leckie pioneer of the Lavenham district died at his home on Monday July 8 after a lingering illness. He was 78. The funeral is today Thursday July 11 at Lavenham United Church with burial in Rosehill Cemetery.
One hundred twenty one students from eighty plus communities in Manitoba and north western Ontario will attend the fifth annual United Nations Seminar at the University of Manitoba from July 9 to 13. The program blends lectures on the UN with recreation including a Legislative Building tour, a theatre party, luncheons, a weiner roast and ball games. MacGregor sends David Booth and Jennifer Olito, selected by their high school council and sponsored by local organizations.
We extend heartfelt thanks for acts of kindness sympathy messages and floral tributes after the bereavement of our husband and father We especially thank Rev C L Morgan and Temple Lodge AF AM The Irwin family
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