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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 26, 1945
Page
1
Gwen Lewin holidays at Swan River with Marjorie Lynds. Local Masonic Lodge members and families assemble for a social evening on Tuesday July 31 at 8 p.m. Also notes visits and relocations from Portage la Prairie Winnipeg Torontos and Natal plus veterans updates and an Edmonton Oil Co appointment.
Elevators at MacGregor and Katrime Pool will close from August 3 to August 20 to allow employees a holiday. The Lake of the Woods elevator also closes from August 1 for two weeks. Oats and barley stay on open quota until August 31. Farmers are reminded of the August closures and quota policy.
Misses Mabel and Patricia Williams of Winnipegosis spend a holiday at Mr. and Mrs. C Mansfield’s home. Jas Jones has bought the Allies Theatre and property south of it from the Gilroy Estate. Mrs Jas A Lamont of Sheridan Mines Man visiting sister Mrs R E Lye. Their mother Mrs Street is well. LAC Gordon Philpott leaves for Dawson Creek B C after furlough at J W Smith home. Lieut H A Brown R C N V R and Mrs Brown with daughter Barbara visit the Irwin and Merrick homes.
Extra advertising features in this issue spotlight General Motors of Canada Wartime Prices and Trade Board and Emergency Shelters. Read notices from Manitoba Power Commission Canadian Banker Association British American Oil Goodyear Imperial Oil and Manitoba Telephone System along with local business firm adverts in this issue and supplement page.
Vic Palmer of the RCAF returned home last Friday after a year overseas. He enlisted in March 1942, trained as a pilot and instructor in Prince Albert, and later served as a ferry pilot in England before going to the Pacific. LAC Cliff Leckie of Lavendam also came home last Thursday after three and a half years at sea overseas. He enlisted September 1941, trained in Eastern Canada, served in England France Belgium Holland and was in Germany on V E Day.
Relatives report that George O'Neill Norman Cook Nelson Nohlgren and Bill Mc Dougall have arrived in Canada from overseas. The arrival details reflect a confirmed in country transfer with the four names appearing in community notices.
George L. Bishop, born in MacGregor and son of Mr and Mrs Wm Bishop, has been appointed Auditor of Express Accounts for Canadian National Railways in Montreal. He began as an assistant in the Herald office and later joined the Express department in Brandon in 1914.
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