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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 20, 1961
Page
5
Local classified rates and deadlines appear alongside birth and engagement notices from Emerson and Thompson families. Announcements cover Kimberly Anne’s birth, Lorraine Marjorie Thompson’s engagement to John Wright, and July memorials for Roy Shaw and George McDonald, with thanks from readers for support after a fire and condolences to bereaved families.
Multiple small ads list dressed lumber, two 50 by 130 foot lots near Austin Elementary, raspoeries, pigs for sale, a 35x8 general house trailer, and potatoes and honey for sale. Local social notes mention Mr and Mrs C Laing of Kim Were, various visits, family gatherings, travel to the USA, weddings and anniversaries in July, plus hospital and fair updates.
A Monday night storm battered the Zehner district twelve miles northeast of Regina with hail and rain. Crops and gardens suffered 25 to 100 percent damage in a narrow band, along with broken windows and stripped trees. Regina reported 0.27 inches of rain, lifting 24 hour totals to 0.54 inches, while other Saskatchewan areas saw lighter rain and scattered showers expected in the south.
Adolph Splett, 31, a construction foreman, died when a road machine rolled over him late Monday. The accident occurred in Stuartburn, about 65 miles southeast of Winnipeg, RCMP reported.
A long list of visitors and residents in MacGregor and district fills a town column. Families from Winnipeg, Oakbank, Kenora, Victoria, and Ottawa are noted visiting relatives and hosting weekend guests. Trips include Niagara Falls, Chicago, and Detroit. several homeowner improvements are announced. condolences and well wishes are offered to local residents recovering in hospital.
Community notes detail weekend visits among Brandon area families and friends. Mentions include Roy and Shaw families, camps at Clear Lake, trips to Winnipeg Portage and MacGregor Fairs, visits from Weyburn and Montreal connections, holidays at Clear Lake and Lynch’s Point, and attendance at funerals in Bricksdale.
A Canadian Press survey shows the weekend toll climbing with Ontario recording 25 of at least 58 fatalities in 54 hours from Friday evening to Sunday night. Deaths spread: Ontario 13, Quebec 7, Nova Scotia 3, Saskatchewan 2, and New Brunswick, Manitoba, Alberta one each. Drownings: Ontario and Quebec lead with six and ten respectively nationwide. Fires killed three. two Albertans died in undetailed accidents, and a Quebec woman perished from lightning. The count excludes normal deaths and industrial or personal crises. A dog from Lad is seen at Warner Brothers Studios with John Barrymore’s former car.
Winnipeg report cites US Agriculture: American soil bank hay fodder unlikely for Manitoba farmers. Premier Roblin says livestock liaison Peter Hermer to direct farmers to privately sourced hay in border areas. Government offers five cents per ton mile with up to nine dollars on homeward haul. first 25 miles reduced. Twenty two municipalities have submitted winter fodder needs.
Community updates list residents and visitors across Portage la Prairie and area. Families from Peterborough Winnipeg and Portage share holidays at Falcon Lake Lynch Point Minneapolis and Winnipeg while garden clubs prize blue ribbons at Portage Fair. Local moves include Thompson family settling in George Thompson farm and Bergman Vancouver visitor at Thomasson home.
Walter Thorburn of Pinewood Ontario suffered serious injuries when gored by a bull in a cattle car loading incident. The bull knocked him down, then broke free and was shot after a chase through the yard.
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