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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 31, 1969
Page
4
Classified and local reader notices outline rates for text ads and notices. Death and funeral notices and photos incur column inch charges. For for sale items raspberries and a GE motor are advertised. a found hoe is announced with Herald office contact.
Thomas Gordon Lowe aged seventy two of Austin Manitoba dies July 23 1969 at Assiniboine Hospital Brandon. Survived by wife Beulah May Duncan Lowe two sons Ralph and Thomas Jr and four daughters Ella Jedel Phyllis Leslie Shirley Ayers Barbara plus nineteen grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral July 26 at Austin United Church officiated by S N Stately with McMaster Funeral Home Portage la Prairie in charge. Interment Austin Cemetery. Also notices for William G Coltart of Portage Prairie dies July 25 in Portage General Hospital. He served in WWI and leaves wife Margaret and three daughters Lola Tarr Audrey Malek Jean Keast and sons Jack and Harvey plus fifteen grandchildren and four sisters. Funeral July 28 at Prints United Church conducted by Rev J T Quigley with organist Mrs M Batters and Portage Senior Curling Club in attendance. Interment Hillside Cemetery.
The Farncombe family thanks relatives friends and neighbors for kindness flowers and sympathy after the sudden loss of husband father and grandfather Alfred Roy Farncombe who died June 6 1969 Special thanks to McMaster Funeral Chapel Rev C D Rupp pallbearers and Mrs V Galbraith The Farncombe family.
We thank friends neighbors and relatives who remembered us with wards and gifts on our 45th wedding anniversary. Special thanks to our sons and daughters in law for arranging the at home. Bob and Ann Barber.
For sale two storey three bedroom home in Austin with bath water oil furnace and large lot with garage. Apply Cecil Jones at 637-2074. Also for sale Worby General Store contact J Lunn Worby. 25 ce tin
Multiple old classifieds offer items for sale including oats and barley, steel grain bins with fir plywood round bins, 12 by 16 by 9 feet, and 1350 to 5000 bush quantities. Also listed are a 1965 GMC Handi Van, a 26 Massey Super combine, land parcels near No 1 highway, and grain bin stock with truckload pricing. Contact numbers and town names appear for each listing.
A local rental shop advertises tools for digging cutting sawing drilling cleaning sanding nailing plumbing fencing sporting gardening lifting caulking trowelling and most any fixing task. The listing emphasizes a wide selection for DIY projects and professional work.
Lye's Ltd Building Centre lists hay baling rates 10c unstocked 12c stocked and offers custom baling 10 per bale. Contact Gordon Taylorson or Jim Cox MacGregor. Also job ads for mechanics and foreman at Chapman Motors Ltd Killarney Man. Personal ad promotes Future Men's Knee Length Elastic Hose available at Denwal Pharmacy. Found box of honey cans contact Fred Clarke 685-2447 MacGregor.
Sealed tenders marked Bus Service are invited by L Brown SecTreas Pine Creek School Division No 30 for the 1969 70 term. Tenders due 5 pm August 15 1969 to supply filters change and grease jobs for division owned buses in Gladstone Langruth Austin MacGregor. Submit prices per item. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.
Tender entries due by 5 pm August 15 1969 for regular gasoline for Pine Creek School Division buses Gladstone Manitoba. Langrath two buses expected use 1700 gallons per bus per year. Submit price per gallon. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. L. L. Brown SecTreas.
Thirty seven Manitobans have drowned between January 1 and July 24, signaling a possible record drownings year. The province’s record is 69 deaths in 1967, with current figures showing a five death rise over the same period last year, the largest increase in drowning statistics to date.
A large crowd enjoyed 27 cars in afternoon races at Salt Plains Raceway on Sunday July 27. John Roy in No 16 posted 30.11 seconds the fastest time, tying a 1967 record. multiple incidents and dramatic finishes marked the events with Nor No 96 Old Faithful winning the Le Mans style race.
Local notes list visitors and relatives dropping by in MacGregor area households. Guests include James Garnett of Selkirk and families from Salmon Arm Portage and Toronto. Still missing, Art Anderson remains in hospital in North Bay while others report travels to Florida Brandon and Ottawa.
Weekend toll rises to 17 with fatalities across Alberta Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Alberta reports five deaths including a southeast of Edmonton flaming crash. identified victims include Kenneth Rotto and Paul Dehoe. Children and others perished in various crashes and drownings. Manitoba and Saskatchewan deaths noted, plus new fatalities near Hanna and Lumsden.
Canada will create a national film collection to preserve 75 years of newsreels, documentaries, and instructional films. W E Gallaway will lead the effort, starting with century turn to 1950, as about 5 million feet have been evaluated and restored since February.
The agriculture department announced deficiency payments of 15.98 per standard ton for beet, matching the 1968 crop level to support growers against drops in world sugar prices.
Premier W A C Bennett forecast a Social Credit victory with a clear majority as he entered a cabinet meeting. He noted an Aug 27 election date and avoided commenting on John de Wolf's decision to back him in South Okanagan. The premier said campaigning would intensify about three weeks before vote day.
BEAVER NEWS reports Mr and Mrs Fred Keeley of Winnipeg visited with Mr and Mrs A W Graham. The Keeleys left last Monday for a holiday to points in the Maritimes while Mr and Mrs Wm Moffat of Selkirk Scotland visited with his cousin Mr and Mrs M Smith.
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