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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 05, 1969
Page
4
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William George Eardley aged 61 died May 27 1969 in Winnipeg after 23 years with Metro Transit. Survived by wife Jenny and four sons four daughters in law and a grandson. siblings and step family noted. Funeral held at Clark Leatherdale Funeral Home Kennedy Street with Rev A M Thompson officiating. Burial at Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens.
Mr and Mrs Albert H O Neill of Onanole Manitoba announce the engagement of their eldest daughter Pamela Ann to James Allan Smith eldest son of Mr and Mrs Raymond J Smith. The wedding is set for Saturday July 5 1969 at 4 o clock in Minne dosa United Church.
Card of Thanks from Joe and May Lambert and family for sympathy after the loss of their brother Bill. Also thanks to Dr Hew and hospital staff and to those who sent fruit baskets cards and visited Oscar Nohlgren at MacGregor hospital.
Reader expresses gratitude for visits cards fruit and flowers and special thanks to Dr Hew and nursing staff for care at MacGregor hospital. Also notices items for sale including kiddies swings bungalow and various household goods. Church schedule for MacGregor United Church on Sunday listed with service times.
Buffet table and four chairs in good condition. Also pasture for 100 head of cattle. Phone 763-4414 Douglas.
A Denwal Pharmacy ad promotes Pamo vin as a one dose treatment for pinworms. Also a notice offering sewing services by Mrs. Klassen including dresses suits and children’s clothes with phone number 885-2822.
Sealed tenders will be received up to June 7, 1969 for painting the senior of the old part of the North Norfolk and MacGregor Hospital Unit. The lowest tender may not be accepted. Joe Lambert, Secretary, Building Committee, MacGregor, Man.
You have a date and ACW afternoon unit will meet in the church hall on Tuesday June 10 at 2 p.m. The evening unit will meet at the home of Mrs Audrey Hay on Thursday June 12 at 8 p.m. The Macgregor sergthaler Young People sponsor a bake sale on Saturday June 14 at 2 p.m. at Paunch Electric. The ACW will meet at the home of Mrs Connie McKelvy on Wednesday June 11 at 8 p.m. Hostesses are Mrs Hazel Lye, Mrs Vi Lewis and Mrs Helen Nohigren.
Dr J F Murphy vice president of Swift and Co told the National Restaurant Association convention that proteins dissolving at cooking temperatures are in labs. He said flavored boxes wrappers or flavors could complement meals and edible food containers are part of disposable packaging innovations.
Delegates at a national YMCA convention voted to retain Christianity in the organization’s statement of purpose, defeating a Halifax and Vancouver backed proposal to modify the 1949 wording. The old statement describes members as committed by their faith as Christians and urged seeking to understand Jesus and grow in the knowledge and love of God.
R W Bobby Bend Manitoba Liberal party leader pledges tax reform as a priority if elected in the June 25 provincial general election. He proposes shifting school funding from property taxes and criticizes the Weir government for higher taxes via medical premiums. Paulley challenges Bend in Transcona then debates his leadership bid. Ed Schreyer and Sidney Green vie for the Liberal leadership at a June 7 convention.
CBC offered a televised debate on June 23 before the election with all three major party leaders. Premier Walter Weir declined, saying he would not participate, while Conservatives suggested a senior cabinet minister attend. Liberals agreed that all three leaders must take part, and NDP indicated its new team would participate.
Saskatchewan and Manitoba, with North Dakota, showed interest in a cross border flood forecasting service to be built on the US Souris river basin. North Dakota official Milo Holsveen said funds are being provided by the US Weather Bureau following a state resolution, with agencies agreeing on the system’s importance after spring Minot flooding.
The United Church met at the University of Brandon from Friday to Sunday with Rev. E Armistead and lay delegate Mrs Hazel Arlan in attendance. Sunday ordained Harold Ritchie to Christian ministry and he will begin duties on August 1 with his bride on MacGregor charge. The Manitoba conference et al.
Recent visitors named include Mr and Mrs C 8 Brown welcoming Henry Hen Kil and W L How Jett from Victoria and Gladstone with George Brown Ninette and David Maxwell Belmont. Attendees joined funeral for D Smith in Deloraine. Harry Shaw improving after eye surgery at Misericordia Hospital. Florence and Sid Hay celebrate 30th wedding anniversary with guests. Sympathy to Bill Bartley Winnipeg and families. services held in Winnipeg. Ken Kane Russell spent weekend with Lloyd McDougald H Kane. J Lorimer Winnipeg visited A Grove. Janice Snaith Russell and Al Bush Gladstone toured Snaith home. Wayne Palmer, injured on Hydro job, hospitalized in Carman.
Gordon Beard, 47, former Progressive Conservative MLA for Churchill, resigning in 1968, announces a June 25 provincial run as an independent. He says northern development would be best served without party affiliation and criticizes the pace of north Manitoba development. He resides about 400 miles north of Winnipeg.
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