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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 19, 1951
Page
2
The MacGregor Herald established February 1897 under publisher A.M. Shaw appears weekly from the Herald Printing Office in MacGregor Manitoba. The snippet notes a U.S. postage fee of 250 dollars and mentions the Post Office Department.
Winnipeg visitors and local residents are noted across a flurry of weekend and holiday trips. Duane MacDonald stays home in Winnipeg while Clifford Chant and Bill Muir camp at Delta, with many others visiting or holidaying in Winnipeg Portage Park Lavenham Minnedosa Emerson and Holland. A July WMS meeting at Mrs. Bert Moore’s featured reports and a sewing class prize, plus eggs packed for Gimli Fresh Air Camp.
Mr. G. T. Clark of McCreary has returned home following a visit at the Smith homes.
Miss Lydia Burr and David Buhr spend a week at Gimli Camp. Miss Glenna Rusk of Gainsborough vacations with sister Mrs. R. G. Smith. Mrs. O. Forrest and Keith leave for Churchill to visit a sister. Mass Margaret Dankesreiter ill at Portage Hospital and wished a speedy recovery. Mr. and Mrs. Brydon Young and Billy of Peterborough Ont. holiday at the Smith homes. Mr. and Mrs. H. White and boys of Lyleton visit Maurice Smith. Keith Jarvis returns to Winnipeg after a holiday with his grandmother, Mrs. S. Irwin. Master Vernon Rampton and Miss Lilla Mae Simpson of Dauphin stay with Marion Wilkinson at the Geo. Lamont home. Mrs. Ted Sims of Winnipeg was a week end guest at the A. Stone home. Mr. and Mrs. Stone visited Mrs. Stone Sr. in Winnipeg. Sims returned home.
Katrime friends extend sympathy to the Smith family and report Mrs Edgeworth in Winnipeg hospital. Visitors from Winnipeg include Mrs and Mrs Barber Mr E Alton and R Gilbert. Friends from Peterborough Ont and Winnipeg guests at various homes. Phylis Heselwood won fourth in Clothing Judging. Don Brugger returns from a States trip. Kay Forbister visits Helston. Winnipeg visitors at F Lake home en route to Clear Lake. Week-end guests at Cooper home and at J McLachlan home.
Mr and Mrs H D Ritchie spent the weekend in Winnipeg. Mr and Mrs J W Mathews Sterling and Mary motored to Nipawin Sask recently. Miss Merlyn Pogue visited with cousins Fernand and Betty Allan at Edwin. Lakeside visitors Mr and Mrs R Hall and family visited the Pogues. Work on the new school progresses with most of the roof shingled.
Card of thanks from a local resident expresses gratitude to visitors and those who sent cards and flowers. Special mentions to Mrs J H Adams and Miss Megg Robinson. The note also includes a brief agricultural aside on haying timing and protein loss in grasses and legumes as they mature, noting protein drops from about 14 percent at early heading to 11 percent at flowering.
The article discusses hay making at different stages, noting leaf preservation boosts protein content and urging timely raking and curing. It highlights modern machinery like power mowers sweep rakes hydraulic stackers pick up balers and hay choppers to speed operations and reduce labor, enabling farmer groups to share equipment for efficiency.
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