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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 13, 1961
Page
5
Mr and Mrs George Mottatt of Pirdale Manitoba announce the engagement of their eldest daughter Shirley May to Wayne Moore son of Mr and Mrs W J Moore of MacGregor. The wedding is set for Saturday at 4 pm in Sidney United Church.
Farmers urged to act on a special sale featuring used balers mowers and rakes from srennty Ferguson and New 110 land Balers. Allis Chalmers forage harvester with pickup extension reels hitch blower and heavy tires. Includes drive prices and several cultivators and a Buck rake with push off stacker compatible with Massey Harris and Cockshutt models.
Local notices report visitors and holidays across MacGregor and Delta. Calgary guests Doug Lamb family and Mrs Aga Glover visit relatives. Toronto visitors the Robinsons meet Andersons. several families travel to Delta for holidays. Plans include a trousseau reception for Saynor and a weekend camping trip near Clear Lake amid weather delays.
The Senate agriculture committee gave tentative approval to an emergency one year wheat program. It would require wheat farmers to cut planting or production by at least 10 percent for the next crop. Chairman Allen J. Ellender said the plan targets reduced present allotments and planting.
Bethel Church holds Saturday prayer and Sunday service July 16 with morning worship at 10:30 and 11:30 for all ages, marking Rev and Mrs L Dickinson’s last service. United Church MacGregor announces no services or Sunday school until August 6 due to holidays. Calvary Tabernacle Sidney lists Sunday School at 2:15 and Worship at 3:00 on July 16.
McGill University student Darvanus BNDUELUW assists summer survey aiding Windward Island fishermen. Simon Anienaier, Montreal honors graduate and Barbados merchant’s son, helps Dr John Lewis with Bellairs snapper banks study. Deepwater banks lie below 200 fathoms. Kriendler plans to return to McGill for medical studies in September.
Kuala Lumpur report notes May information ministry circulating leaflets titled Dont Beat Up the Driver. Government says in two years sixty motorists who stopped after hitting pedestrians were assaulted by angry crowds.
A Manitoba drought spurs a new crossborder issue as farmers cut soil bank hay on Minnesota lands and smuggle it back. US rules ban selling soil bank hay, limiting to distress areas, while border officials allow equipment but not hay. Agriculture Minister Hutton appeals to US authorities, but Freeman notes it would violate American law to move hay to Canada.
Community updates from Rossendale include July 4 bingo attendees list, building of a new home, and congratulations to couples married years. Numerous visits from Winnipeg and Portage residents are noted along with a Shillelagh show and an Island Park game featuring the Sioux City Colored Cowboys versus Portage Mercury at 6 30 p m Thursday night.
EGINA CP Sask atchewan Department of Agri culture said today most crops in eastern and southeastern sections have reached the point of no return Farmer advised to cut burned out wheat fields for fodder before grasshoppers finish them Our big push this week is to move into wheat fields with mowers to salvage feed If we are to salvage feed it must be done now Chemical poisons are no longer economical as grasshoppers on the wing are hard to kill and crops are poor
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