Manitoba museum reunion draws over sixty nine thousand attendees
Realism drives success at the Manitoba Agricultural Museum four day reunion and stampede with attendance over 69 000 matching last year. Volunteers from across Canada and parts of the U S contribute countless hours while the low key atmosphere and artifacts in the Centennial Building Pioneer Village and grounds keep crowds returning each year.
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Manitoba Agricultural Museum
Centennial Building
Pioneer Village
Joe
Mr. Sims
MacGregor inventor develops oven door work surface
Bruce E. Giesbrecht of MacGregor Manitoba has created an oven door device that combines a heating area with a work surface for cutting and mixing. The unit fits over internal heating elements and is backed by pending U.S. and Canadian patents and guidance from the Raymond Lee Organization of New York City which promotes independent inventors to industry.
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Bruce E. Giesbrecht
P.O. Box
MacGregor
Manitoba
Raymond Lee
New York City
U.S
Canada
Lee
MacGregor community notes recount growth and history
Hazel Alan reports on land development at the community centre grounds with eastward cleared land leveled for seeding, Irene Merrick’s tour of old school records, aviation antics in MacGregor including a Cessna 180, and a 1958 MacGregor Herald feature about the United Church demolition. The piece also highlights Pat Gilroy’s Maples column and Shannon Barton breaking gender role barriers by securing a railroad job.
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Hazel Alan
P.R
MacGregor
Irene Merrick
MacGregor School
Dave Wood
Bob Leckie
Ava Y
Smallieene
Saxe
John Boschmen
Tarzan Tarmax
Rover
MacGregor Herald
United Church
W. C. MacWilliam
Sven
Jennifer Lito
Gary Shaw
Pat Gilroy
Pat
Bob Douglas
Deep South
Alabamna
Jenny Assen
Katrime Friends Bid Farewell To Departing Couvier Family
Friends from Katrime, MacGregor, and surrounding districts gathered July 24 at Mr and Mrs Lawrence Heselwood’s home to say goodbye to Dean and Donna Couvier as they relocate to Riverton where Dean will work as a grain buyer for Manitoba Pool. The event featured corsage pins, verses by Janice Telford and Joan Grove, gifts for Shelby Dawn, a MacGregor vase, and a social hour with lunch ending in a chorus of For They Are Jolly Good Fellows.
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Lawrence Heselwood
Dean Couvier
Riverton
Dean
Manitoba Pool
Janice Telford
Joan Grove
Katrime
MacGregor
Egret
Mous Leas Aun Vonma
Tanice
Shelby Dawn
Donna
Synchronized swimming clinic at Southport Air Base pool
A synchronized swimming clinic will be held at the Southport Air Base pool on Tuesday August 5 conducted by Sheila McKay of the Manitoba Synchronized Swimming Association. The beginner friendly event is free and noseplugs are available for purchase if needed.
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Sy Launa Tickert
Southport Air Base
Shiela McKay
Manitoba Synchronized Swimming Association
Island Park
Portage la Prairie
Red Cross loan cupboard here
Local notice reports a Red Cross loan cupboard program location and availability details with sparse readable text. Limited names or places are legible, indicating a community aid effort and potential distribution timing.
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Red Cross Loan
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Reunion
Donna May
Jean Lowe
Roy Lowe
Brandon General Hospital School of Nursing
Brandon
Antonna
Austin
MacGregor Collegiate
Brandon General Hospital
U.S.A
Frank Sims
Vern McKelvy
Bill Oneur
Hart Parr
Case
Manitoba Threshermen
Bob
Shannon Barton
Canadian National Railroad
Ontario
Shannon
MacGregor Recreation News
Central Plains
Launa Birkett
Recreation
Winnipeg
Luchik Heads
Rec Group
Ata
Seth
Ball Diamonds
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