Curio and Relic Display Draws Crowd at Town Exhibition
A large crowd gathered at Curio and Relic displays last Thursday and again this week as hundreds viewed old photographs, crafts, and artifacts from local families. Notable items included 18th and 19th century tools, a 250 year old grain cradle, a Fenian Raid sword, and ivory pieces from Gregor Carl Heigquist.
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United
Citu
Ben Richardson
Kate
S. McElrevy
Oae
MacKinnon Cousins
Isle of Alva
New York
G S Son
Pathead
Beaver
Williamson
Course
Mer
Haley
Jacob Haley
Nova Scotia
Grant Fotheringham
Pompeii
Italy
Salerno
Ates Aires
Guiana
British Guiana
Regora
MacGregor School Students Hold Successful Track Meet
MacGregor School staged a track meet featuring 12 to 60 yard sprints and relay events. Prize winners include Dennis Kitson Fred Whalen Ralph Critchlow Gwen Lewin Vivian Telford and Esther Core with full results to be published next week.
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Dennis Kitso
Fred
Whalen
Ralph Critchlow
Kitse
Whale
Howard Cobbe
Dean Running
Critchlow
Dennis K
Arnold Elliott
Dennis Kitson
Hermian Weber
Jim, Lambert
Glen Anderson
Dennis Lam
Herman Weber
de Lamb
Gwen
Lewin
Vivian Telford
Jean Guttormson
Templeton
Lew
Broad Lewin
Charlotte Muirhead
Tabolotey
Gwen. Lewin
Elsie Templeton
Janice Fotheringham
Hope Olson
Diana Lye
Donna Lye
Leona Steen
Esther Core
Joan Guttormson
Mae Pogue
Isabelle Kalbers
Joan Iison
Eva Tabolotney
Unfortunate Accident In Colton Injures Turner Party
A motor trip from Los Angeles ended in Colton California when the Turners Mrs Turner and companions J J Clarke and Mrs A Brisco were in a head on collision. Mrs Turner suffered a broken shoulder blade and Bill Turner ribs with possible ankle fracture. Clarke was hospitalized earlier but improving. The Plymouth car was destroyed.
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H. L. Turner
A. Brisco
J. J. Clarke
MacGregor
Vancouver
Victoria
B.C
Los Angeles
Calif
Holida
Jos. Clarke
J.J
Dauphin Health Unit Opens New Diagnostic Facilities
The Dauphin Health Unit launched its first diagnostic unit in March under the Manitoba Health Services Act. X rays and labs at Dauphin General Hospital are free with physician request, open to residents with a small service charge for X ray. A full-time technician runs the unit with radiologist and bacteriologist support. demand soon required a second technician in May. The unit aims to expand across Manitoba, hindered by staff shortages.
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Dauphin Health Unit
Dauphin General Hospital
Dauphin 1 Tte
Dauphin
Leech Named Manitoba King’s Printer
Cecil E. Leech, RCAF veteran and Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association member, is appointed Manitoba’s new King’s Printer. He fills the post after the death of Jas L. Cowie on December 16. Leech founded The Brandon Optimist at 21 and ran Leech Publishing. he later edited the Waswanesa Optimist and now heads the firm with a wife and two children.
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Manitoba
King’s
Cecil E. Leech
RCAF
Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association
C. Rice- Jones
Jas. L Cowie
Mr. Leech
Brandon
Leech Publishing Company
Brandon Optimist
Wawanesa Optimist
Masons Elect Officers at Grand Lodge Winnipeg Meeting
Local Masons attended the Grand Lodge annual communication in Winnipeg last week. Officers elected for the coming term include Most Worshipful Grand Master H. Donnelly of St. Vital, Deputy Grand Master W C McDonald of Roland, Grand Secretary Dr P T Pilkey of Winnipeg, Grand Senior Warden H Coddington of Winnipeg, Grand Junior Warden Chas E Cole of Portage, and R J Wallace of Gothic Lodge No 75 Austin named District Deputy Grand Master of the Second Masonic District.
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Grand Lodge of Manitoba
Winnipeg
MacGregor
Austin
Grand Lodge
Rand
H. 2. Donnelly
St. Vital
W.C. McDonald
Roland
P. T. Pilkey
H. Coddington
Chas. E. Cole
Portage
W. Bro. R. J. Wallace
Gothic Lodge
Masonic
Floyd LaCroix Wins Fiddlers Contest in MacGregor
Heavy rain did not dampen turnout as over 300 attend the Amey Night and Fiddlers Contest in MacGregor Manitoba on Monday. Floyd LaCroix of Poplar Point won first prize, with Grant Lamb of Edwin second and Jack McGillvray of Austin third. Len James of Winnipeg impressed with ventriloquism and magic. Dancing followed the program with Walter Machan and orchestra. R J Shaw served as master of ceremonies.
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Manitoba
MacGregor
MacGregor and District Memorial Hall
Floyd la Croix
Poplar Point
Grant Lamb
Edwin
Jack McGillvray
Austin
Len. James
Winnipeg
James
White
Walter Machan
R. J. Shaw
Beaver News items and visiting families noted in Winnipeg
Beavers and visitors appear in a string of short notes from Winnipeg with references to Mr and Mrs Wickware from anipeg Mr and Mrs Daniel Winnipeg and Mr and Mrs Smith leaving Thursday for Carnevale and A Fredosa visiting their son or daughter Meanwhile Beaver pupils played a hotly contested baseball game with visitors winning by a large margin and S R Stone visiting Nin with the condition unchanged.
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Winnipeg
Wickware of
Fair Prize List Mailed for North Norfolk Exhibition
The 1917 edition of the North Norfolk Exhibition Prize List has been printed and mailed. Secretary Thos Clarke reports over a hundred copies sent to former exhibitors and more will follow. contact Clarke if you do not receive a copy. The fair is set for July 4 in MacGregor.
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Clarke
MacGregor
Grim 1837 poster reaches Mr. Borton from England
A curio poster dated March 27 1837 arrives from England to Mr. F C Borton and is reviewed as a grim artifact. The text includes a harsh admonition about a sister and a man’s alleged cowardly conduct. The item is noted as part of a distant family history, with links to Linton Hughes as an ancestor.
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F.C. Borton
England
Blackjack Street
Linton Hugh
Barton
Linton Hughes
Fracas Bet
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Skyways Services Limited
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Curio
MacGregor School
Wincharger Corporation
Sioux City
Iowa
U.S.A
William A. Robertson
Canada
Mr. Robertson
Robertson
Wincharger
Britain
Canadian Auxiliary War Service
Collge
General Motors of Canada
United Motors Service Organization
Toronto
Winipes
MH MacGregor
H. L
E. Leech
New King's Printer
Masons
Floyd LaCroix
Fiddlers
Beaver News
Mrs. M.smith
Carnevale
Mrs. A. Eredosa
Mr. Rodgers
S. R. Stone
Nin
Buuss
Enid Smith
Hugh Brisco
Enid
Skyways Limited
Vsc
Palmer
Ling Districts
Sor MacGregor
Suri
Roune
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