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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 01, 1961
Page
5
Classified items list multiple sales offers and notices including a 1946 John Deere tractor and a 1948 half ton Chevrolet truck for sale. Also included are numerous household items, livestock, real estate, and service notices from MacGregor and Austin areas, with contact names and phone numbers for buyers and sellers.
You Have a Date inviting housewives to a public meeting and silver tea at MacGregor Memorial Hall on Friday June 2 at 2 30 p m to hear about the Canadian Association of Consumers. The MacGregor WMS annual Spring Tea is in the church hall on Thursday June 1 from 3 to 5 p m. North Norfolk and District Branch Canadian Legion will meet at MacGregor Memorial Hall Tuesday June 6 at 8 p m. The Y W C meets June 13 at 2 p m at Mrs Jean Harkness home. Pauls WA will not meet in June July. Members asked to bring fabric wool odds spools to Mrs Glen Lye by June 10.
Mrs Peter Bream of MacGregor dies after a long illness at her Winnipeg home on May 24 at 621 Muisey Avenue. Funeral held May 27 at St Pauls Anglican Church MacGregor with Rev Green officiating. Burial in MacGregor cemetery.
The North Norfolk Agricultural Society announces its 74th annual exhibition prize list is printed and in the hands of secretary Ho S Borton. Copies go to exhibitors by mail, with a few available at the Herald office and Red and White Store. Changes include cattle classes 18 19 20 new items, revised canning baking and fancy work classes, updated specials, and a new evening horse show class. Five weeks remain until Fair Day on July 8.
Mrs J Smith notes Hartford WA hosts a spring bazaar and tea this Saturday at 3 pm in the school. Families visit from Flin Flon Portage and Winnipeg area. anniversaries for D Landers and Gourley observed in early June. numerous Sunday calls among local residents and families from Macdonald Firdale Bodie and Milne areas.
The former Watruny Ungiana UP A police station has been repurposed as a pub named the Robert Peel Inn honoring Britain's police founder. Local authorities approved the conversion and celebrate the historic reuse of the building.
MacGREGOR LOCALS airs and visitors drop by over the weekend. Guests include Mr and Mrs WS Johnson and Wayne, Ted Critchlow from Winnipeg, and Mr and Mrs Jack Lunn of Belley, Alta, with others renewing acquaintances. Gardeners report heat and dryness while farmers sow crops. Local youths receive scholarships, and several residents attend events in St James and MacGregor Hospital. The Blake anniversary draws telegrams from dignitaries including Queen Elizabeth and Duff Roblin.
Mr and Mrs Bud Graham newlyweds reside at Birkett home. Winnipeg visitors include Ho A Ye, Sherman McIntosh, Glen Lye, and families. Fair prize list available from H S Barton or Herald office. Fair Day set for July 8. Bagot Tractor Club hosted a May 20 whist drive with 14 attendees. carving set presented to C Pogue. Alf Snaith released from hospital staying with George Snaith. Sympathy to P Henry on Sam Quinn’s death. Earle Farncombe of Flin Flon visited R Farncombe and Mrs E Farncombe’s mother east of Winnipeg.
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