Mennonite Private School Planned Near Austin
A Mennonite private school is to be erected five miles north of Austin. The Rural Municipality of North Norfolk approved a 7000 building permit in Bill Zacharias’s name. Enrollment is expected at 25 to 30 pupils, with religious motives given. Pine Creek School Division No 30 disapproves, warning of higher taxes and grant losses. The department of education would oversee quality of instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
North Norfolk Council
Bill Zacharias
Rick Locre
Pine Creek School Division No. 30
Pine Creek
Department of Education
Minister of Education
Waste disposal grounds for Sidney approved
The Manitoba Clean Environment Commission approves a new waste disposal site one mile east and half a mile north of Sidney, with strict rules on trench depth, annual earth cover, separate sections for bulky wastes, no burning of large debris, and wind containment with fencing. The commission also approves the Valley Abattoir sewage lagoon in Minitonas, requiring by November 30 1976 a dewatering system or expansion to meet biochemical oxygen demand limits and groundwater protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba Clean Environment Commission
North Norfolk
Sidney
Minitonas
Brenda Wright Calf Wins Beaver Beet Club Grand Championship
At the Beaver Beet Club 4 H event on July 10 Brenda Wright won the Grand Champion with her calf Bank of Montreal tray. David Street Sr won Reserve Champion Pool Pen. other placings included Sheila Siemens Brent Wright Jerry Woesnek Howard McRae and Eileen Street with multiple awards for best groomed, junior and senior showmanship, home grown calf, crossbred, Hereford and other categories. Buyers included Murray and who purchased the champion calf at 61 cents per pound. twelve calves were shown and sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaver Beet Club
Bank of Montreal
Brenda Wright
David Street
Sheila Siemens
Brent Wright
Jerry Woesnek
Howard McRae
Jerry Voesnek
Peter Letkeman
Eileen Street
Howard
Bob Wotton
Ken Friesen
Manitoba Charolais Ass
Murray
Lloyd Street
Co-op
William Walkers
Bill Moore
Wayne Moore
Tractor pull electrifies crowd at MacGregor Fair debut
The MacGregor fair board staged its first tractor pull drawing large crowds. Twenty local entrants competed in two wheel drive and four wheel drive events with John Deere and Case tractors earning top prizes. Skid pull gear donated by Carman and Treherne boards will make the event an annual feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacGregor
Bill Hulme
John Deere
Barry Rodgers
Bob Anderson
Clarence Pennell
Ralph Alderson
Jack Anderson
Lyn Butterfield
Glen Bodie
Burch Seed Farms
Monty Kerr
Stan Legg
Stan Robinson
Bob Smith
Tom ‘Telford
Jack Wolfe
John P. Welbe
Hidden Valley
Baker Colony
MacGregor Fair Board
Anderson
Fair Board
Carman
Treherne
Carman Fair Board
MacGregor Fair
Public meeting on MHRC home programs set for Sept 8
Walter Jackson of the Manitoba Housing and Renewal Corporation told MacGregor council at the July meeting that families earning $11,000 or less may qualify for a new home under the proposed program, with senior citizen repair help also available. The council scheduled a September 8 public meeting at Memorial Hall at 8 p.m. to discuss eligibility. June bills were approved for $14,997.29 and building permits were issued for a mobile home, shop addition, dwelling, and car port totaling $81,200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Jackson
Manitoba Housing and Renewal Corporation
Village of
MacGregor
Jackson
Village of MacGregor
Memorial Hall
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MacGregor Tennis Committee
Community Centre
Darwin Crabbe
Tom Telford
Russell Cairns
Vivian McGregor
Ken Early
Early
MCEC
Lawrence Smith
Garry Buchanan
Rinana
Grant Smith
Winnipeg
Allan Smith
Portage
Brydon Young
Bill
Peterboro
Ontario
MacGregor Herald
Zenith
Arthur Butterfield
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