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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 31, 1947
Page
4
Local brief notes report H A Lye office holiday from August 1 to 15. Community events include a wheat agreement meeting July 31 at Masonic Hall with Major Strange speaking. Births, visits, and travel updates from Brandon to Vancouver and Winnipeg families, plus a gift shop expansion at R W Cobbe’s hardware.
Mrs. R A Stone recuperating from an operation. Mrs Walter Kelly and family spending the week at Delta. Mr and Mrs Carl Kienas of Grenfell Sask visiting Miss Annie Anderson. Carl Alf Graham began work on a Moose Horn basement after 31 years. Mr and Mrs Bi and Billy left for Peterborough Ont. Mr and Mrs Vic Good of Treherne spent weekend with Roy Harline Wickware Street family. Lusignan of Altamont spent weekend with Mrs Selena Shaw family. John Dankesreiter confined to bed then left for Ninette for a medical examination.
While playing at the reserv on Sunday, Donald McLoughry was pushed off the dam. He struck his knee on timber and suffered a deep gash requiring fifteen stitches. He was taken to Children's Hospital in Winnipeg today.
Local residents from Winnipeg to Neepawa and Pierson are visiting relatives and enjoying outings. A Boy Scouts group led by H Orchard camps at Rae Ferry. Ross Anderson underwent an appendectomy at Portage Hospital and is progressing well. The district extends sympathy to the Palmer family on the death of Mrs Robinson, a Macaulay pioneer.
In Newdale Mr. and Mrs. Fred McIntosh and two children visited relatives, with Phyllis McIntosh of Winnipeg also visiting. A. McIntosh and Nelson Cheney, formerly Jen Watson of MacGregor now in Portland Oregon, called on T. D. Lambs. Cheney, once a tinsmith with the late Wm. Glover, left MacGregor in 1912. Dr. and Mrs. A. V. Jubb left for Vancouver and Dr. Arm Strong of Portage will cover medical needs until August 23. Enid Jubb, attending miner school, will soon join her parents in Vancouver. ARD OF THANKS expresses gratitude for snow sighting, neighbor kindness, and fruit from the Ladies’ Aid to Mrs. T. Wark.
Mrs Hugh Davidson extends gratitude for fruit cards and gifts received during her hospital stay and after returning home.
Rev Bitkett announces the engagement of Phyllis Rowena, daughter of Mr and Mrs W Easy of Toronto, to their son of Easy of Toronto. The wedding is planned for a later date with details to follow.
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