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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 18, 1963
Page
5
Classified ads list rates for want ads and birth notices with minimums and surcharges. Entries include for sale by tender notices, job wants like a full time cook, real estate and rental inquiries, and death notices with column inch pricing. Deadline details indicate submission by Tuesday afternoon and local readers charges plus a 10 percent late fee.
Sealed tenders for Drainage Westbourne Gladstone Wan are invited by the Municipality of Westbourne. Tenders due by August 16, 1963. Work includes construction of a drain about 300 yards long with a 20 foot bottom and slopes 5 to 1 and a leveed dike with 6 foot top and 5 to 1 slope. Profile studies to be prepared in the chapel of Chadian Den.
In memoriam notices honor George and Roy James Shaw with dates and condolences. Card of thanks expresses gratitude for cards gifts and hospital care from family and friends commemorating a 100th birthday and hospital stay.
This clipping gathers thanks from residents including Kate Leckie for hospital visits, Charlie and Dorothy Rodgers for their 25th wedding anniversary, and Hugh and Muriel Gray for a farewell gift. It also lists multiple for sale notices for farm and home items, reflecting community classifieds and personal notices.
Cathie Chepil and Lynne Boak enjoy holidays at United Church camp at Lynch's Point. Families including Chepils Boyers Semricks and J Tunskis travel to Clear Lake Grand Rapids and the West Coast for visits and fishing remains good. Church services noted for July 21.
Tenders will be received by the undersigned for building a basement with cement floor, approximately 22 by 34 feet. Work to commence on or around August 10, 1963. MKS A Roberts, Secretary Treasurer, Arizona School District Worby Man.
Gilbert Street entered eight plants and vegetables at Mac Gregor fair winning five firsts and three seconds. At Carberry fair he entered twelve exhibits securing six firsts three seconds and three thirds. Congratulations to Gilbert Street for the strong showing at both events.
MacGregor residents and visitors share events from visits by John McElvery and family in Vancouver to Spokane and Whitefish, Montana, with teas, renewals of friendships, and family gatherings. Local trips to Regina and Winnipeg are noted, along with church camp leaders at Lynch's Point and a note about an solar eclipse.
A Winnipeg couple joined friends on a Banff holiday trip this week. Numerous local families visited relatives in Portage, Edmonton, and Winnipeg, with patients at Deere Lodge hospital receiving visits. Several residents hosted guests from Austin and Winnipeg, while others returned home after short stays, keeping up with family ties and town gatherings.
Farmers must buy insecticides only from licensed dealers under the Pesticides Control Act. Since June 17, 290 dealers have licences. inspectors are checking sellers and a milk and feed testing program starts in Winnipeg. The act also requires farmers to indicate quantity and intended use when purchasing certain pesticides like dieldrin aldrin heptachlor endrin and DDT.
Vancouver report highlights Esther Pikethley as the sole woman in a male dominated field. She runs the family pile driving business started by her father, noting the challenges and persistence in this rugged trade.
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