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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 16, 1970
Page
6
A sweep of community greetings, visits, and upcoming nuptials across Rosendale and Portage. Families Like Moffats, Frizzleys, Watsons, and Forzleys host friends from Winnipeg, Holland, and Edmonton. Wedding anniversary wishes and a Royal Family picnic note add to a lively regional record.
Summer heat and thunder showers accompany Centennial fairs in the Austin district. Many weddings and visits unfold as Cyril Randall heads to Toronto with family, Gerry Hay travels to Salmon Arm, and numerous relatives and friends from Ontario and Manitoba gather for dinners, teas, and picnics. Nearby deaths prompt condolences as families note losses and memorial visits.
Six men were fined 200 each and sentenced to 10 to 15 days in jail after a Lundar magistrate court found them guilty of hunting moose from an aircraft in the Interlake area on December 2. All six pleaded not guilty under the Wildlife Act.
Local notes list numerous weekend visitors to Lavenham and area. Residents from Portage Winnipeg Lac du Bonnet Calgary Norquay and Kenora travel to see families such as Friesen Perkins McDougalds Doerflers and Reids. A silver wedding anniversary is noted and several birthdays and anniversaries are acknowledged.
A committee of grain marketing specialists led by Dr. M W Menzies will examine Canada’s wheat export marketing system. The three to five month project includes Dr. John Schnittker and A P van Stolk among others and will involve consultations with grain industry representatives in Canada and abroad. W C McNamara emphasized ongoing review of policies to serve prairie wheat producers best amid rapid world market changes.
Police withdrew a charge of unlawfully pointing a firearm against Robert Ernest Brydon of Hargrave Manitoba Following Davy Jones of Winnipeg dying in hospital after an accidental shooting A coroner's jury found Jones death resulted from the shooting Inquest heard Jones and three juveniles stole a car belonging to Brydon Brydon and two friends chased the youths after the theft
Mon day visitors from Staveley Alberta were Mr and Mrs Roy Duncan with the Harkness family. Mr and Mrs William Doherty of Manotick Ontario joined the Lamb reunion with Glen Harkness. Doreen Lamb is the daughter of the late Adam Edgar Lamb. Grant Harkness at summer school in Winnipeg visited home. June Clark of Winnipeg spent the weekend with Karen Smith and the Harknesses. Bonnie Brenda Holly and Ross with Dale Braun visited Snow Lake. Holly stayed for the summer.
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