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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 18, 1973
Page
3
Canvass for artificial ice at MacGregor Community Centre skating portion is underway with funds target and tax levy plan. Estimated cost $55 000. canvassers will seek donations cash or pledges including produce. Current funds on hand $4 000. goal balance $99 000. committee hopes to raise $16 000.
A May 26 double ring ceremony united Laurie Ruth Hurl and Constable Kenneth Lisle Patterson at St Benedicts Anglican Church with Rev. Douglas Jackson officiating. The couple, from Calgary and Vancouver, celebrated at Highwood Memorial Centre with relatives from Calgary, Ottawa, Montreal and Manitoba attending.
The agriculture department said a 10 percent tariff on imported hothouse tomatoes is being reimposed to protect Canadian producers. The tariff had been removed in February during tariff cuts aimed at cheaper imports. Finance Minister John Turner had indicated the tariffs would be extreme downturn for Ontario hothouse tomato producers, with imports central to the impact.
Birthday wishes for Laurie Barth and others, plus a long column of moral reflections and local happenings. The piece notes RCMP work with Moses Lake youths, upcoming events, funerals in Portage, camping trips near Snow Lake, and horse show results, ending with varied weather data and a call for reader contributions.
Visitors drop by the J Smith home including J Lunn Wanham Alta H Jonasson Brandon Doug and Cheryl Brandon and Rintoul McIntyre return from a Kempville Ont reunion with six brothers and three sisters. Timely nuptials include Lois McIntosh and Carl Burch in MacGregor and Wayne McDougall with Debby Stewart in Sidney. Jack Rintoul returns from Portage hospital as 4-H calves shine at MacGregor fair.
Project People in its third week offers easy tasks for senior citizens while welcoming younger volunteers. A July 10 Lions Manor musical night featured Mrs Pilkington, Mrs Pallister and Mr Keast to a ~40 attendee audience. An outing is planned for July 19 to Pioneer Village and Island Park with a pot luck supper. A day care centre will run playground activities until August 3 for ages 4 12. For info call 685 2206.
Mr. and Mrs. Esau traveled two weeks through western provinces visiting Susan in Saskatoon and John and Ruth Anderson in Edmonton, then Banff and Kamloops. They ferried to Vancouver Island, toured Butchart Gardens, and stayed with relatives in Hope and Fruitvale before returning to Saskatoon and arriving home June 22. No pronouns were encountered.
The Saskatchewan Wheat Pool reports improving prospects for an above average crop with above normal conditions in many areas. Northeastern areas suffer from excessive rain, with over one inch weekly rainfall and more than half the land flooded and out of production. Estevan Weyburn Kindersley Rosetown areas indicate more rain needed in the next two weeks while grasshopper spraying continues.
A provincial plan offers start-up grants of 2900 dollars and daily payments of 8.80 to 4.20 per child under a proposed day care program. An official said in principle agreement with the federal government exists and the program may start this fall with 900000 dollars from the province and matching funds from Ottawa. The plan targets both group projects and smaller private home arrangements to be introduced later.
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