MacGregor Council to Install Light Standard on Business Avenue
MacGregor council met on Monday July 14 to install new street light standards along Hamp ton Street business section. Manitoba Hydro discussed lighting changes and two proposals outlined cost implications and capital expenses. Council approved planning scheme draft from J N Whiting and building permit for Harry Painter. municipal bylaw transfers title for several lots. civic holiday declared for August 4 1969. centennial project bylaw read. street name McDougall Street to run from Temple to Dan McDougall property. former councillor Glen Hot 21 honored with gift.
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Village of
MacGregor
Hampton Street
Fox
J Council
Glenn Lyer
J. N. Whiting
Harry Painter
Counci
Jacob Giesbrecht
John B. Biesbrecht
McDougall
Temple
Dan McDougall
Glen Hot 21
Lye
Glen
Two Manitoba teachers on separate province wide courses
Lois I Clark of Plumas Elementary School joins twenty Manitoba teachers in a five day course on continuous progress in language arts at Colonel Barker School Dauphin August 5 to 9 led by Rodnie V Peppler and G Kris Breckman. Glen Lowe of Austin joins forty Manitoba teachers in Brandon University for a five day course on learning disabilities August 5 to 9 directed by Hugh Ritchie. Courses cover identification diagnostic techniques remedial work and new educational developments.
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Lois I. Clark
Plumas
Manitoba
The
Manitoba Tea
Chers’ Society
Colonel Barker School
Dauphin
Rodnie V. Peppler
Tuxedo
G. Kris Breckman
Glen Lowe
Austin
Manitoba Teachers’ Society
Brandon University
Brandon
Hugh Ritchie
St. James-Assiniboia
Minnedosa
Parage la Prairie
Roblin
Winnipeg
Weed Essay Scholarship Contest Open to North Central Youth
The 1969 Weed Essay Competition sponsored by the North Central Weed Control Conference invites boys and girls ages 12 to 18 in 14 north central U S states and three central Canadian prairie provinces to submit 600 to 1,000 word essays on how they control weeds on their farm. A $300 scholarship awaits the top essay, with additional prizes of 25, 15, and 10 dollars for Manitoba winners, and entry details include English, ink or typewritten text, single-sided pages, and author information on the reverse of the first page.
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North
North Central
United States
Central Canadian
Prairie Provinces
School of Home Economics
Manitoba
North Central Weed Control Conference
Stch
National Grain Company Ltd
Manitoba Reminds Precautions Against Tornadoes
Manitoba EMO urges caution as tornadoes recur in the province with four last year. Practical tips include seeking shelter in a basement or storm cellar, opening exterior windows before the approach to equalize pressure, and lying in a low area if caught outside. Tornado season spans March to December with hot, humid conditions and southerly winds signaling risk.
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Manitoba
la Riviere
Daushin
Interlake
arman-Emerson
New Emblem Designed by Manitoba Student
Cheryl Linderbeck nineteen submitted the winning design in a competition to produce an emblem for the Department of Youth and Education. The emblem features a Y shaped arch for youth with a hand holding a torch forming an E for education and the torch frame forming the M for Manitoba. The contest welcomed all commercial art students at Manitoba vocational institutes with forty two submissions. Linderbeck from San Clara Manitoba designed the emblem while in seventh month of her commercial art course at the Manitoba Vocational Centre in Brandon and she completes her course at month end.
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Cheryl Linderbeck
Department of Youth and Education
Manitoba
Miss Linderbeck
San Clara
Manitoba Vocational Centre
Brandon
Granary Tax Exemption Extended in Manitoba
The Manitoba government announced a one year extension to July 31, 1970, of provisions exempting granaries from the five percent provincial sales tax. Finance minister Saul Cherniak said slow rain movement to export markets and a good sized crop require larger farm storage facilities. He added the government believes tax benefits should not burden farmers facing added difficulties.
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Manitoba
Saul Chezniak
Manitoba Compares 10 Highway Tender Bids Across Region
Manitoba department of transportation opened ten tenders for highway improvements including recapping the Trans-Canada from Carberry to Brandon. Nelson River Construction Co. of Winnipeg bid the lowest at 496,442 for 20 miles with work due to finish this year. Other bids include 504,220 to surface Minnedosa to Newdale on PTH 4 by Royal Paving Co. of Winnipeg, 123,464 by Veteran's Construction Ltd. for PR 251 Waskada to PTH 83, Elmhurst Gravel Ltd. at 201,010 for PR 224 Fisher Branch to Hodgson, and 101,397 by Pasarena Construction Ltd. for PTH 10 Minitonas to Swan River with shoulder widening and four-lane sections.
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Manitoba Department of Transportation
Carberry
Brandon
Nelson River Construction Company
Winnieg
Minnedosa
Newdale
Royal Paving Company of
Winnipeg
Veteran’s Construction Ltd
Waskada
P.T.H. 83
Elmhurst Gravel Ltd
P. R
Fisher Branch
Hodgson
P.T.H
Minitonas
Swan River
Pasarena Construction Ltd
Pine River
Reeve election today in North Norfolk municipality
Voters in the Rural Municipality of North Norfolk are reminded that today is election day to choose a new reeve for the municipality. Two candidates, Jim Duncan and Frank Sims, are in the running. Vote as you please but be sure to vote.
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North Norfolk
Jim Duncan
Frank Sims
Town Happenings Amid Sun and Street Work Progress
The past week was sunny with a light shower Saturday. Town activity floods streets as crews widen a pipe line project and a CPR crew works elsewhere. Voters are urged to participate in Teeve election and the Threshermen Reunion and Rodeo continues. A fire destroyed Gordon Parkess’s Imperial Oil fuel truck but he and his two children were unharmed. Repairs on the east town street and a new car wash near MacGregor advance, while the Marsh house is torn down and Henry Boschman builds a new home.
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Old Town
CPR
Gordon Parkess
Imperial Oil
Gordon
MacGregor
Marsh House
Henry Boschman
Figure Skaters Attend Brandon School In Summer
Three MacGregor area skaters spent part of their summer at a figure skating school. Shelly Telford attended at Winnipeg Winter Club while Keith Burch and Brent Gilbert trained four weeks in Wheat City Arena Brandon. They will return to coach local youths this winter.
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T Tree
MacGregor
Shelly Telford
Winnipeg
Keith Burch
Brent Gilbert
Wheat City
Brandon
Induction Service at MacGregor United Church
MacGregor United Church hosts the induction of Rev Harold W Ritchie this Friday at 8 p.m. The service includes Rev C D Rupp Dr M G Elliott and Mrs Doris Drysdale from Portage la Prairie Neepawa. Coffee will follow the service.
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MacGregor United Church
Harold W. Ritchie
Portage
Manitoba vegetable quality report signals above average yields
The Manitoba vegetable marketing commission reports above average quality for this season with some crops arriving late. Potatoes lag due to spring frosts, delaying harvest by up to three stages. Pickling onions, turnips, beets, carrots and other roots near market readiness, while celery, tomatoes and peppers show excellent quality but won’t be available until mid August.
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Manitoba Vegetable Marketing Commission
T. A. Sandercock
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Douglas Charles Rowland
MacGregor Council
Business Avenue
Manitoba Hydro
Weed
No. 1 West
PLC. 4
Reeve
Teeve
Threshermen
Cecil Stocking
Kamloops
B.C
Mr. Stocking
United Church
Financial District
Manhattan
Staten Island
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