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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 12, 1974
Page
4
Classified and local readers must submit by Tuesday 12 noon. Rates include birth notices engagements cards of thanks and memoriams with minimum 81.80 for 60 words or less. Death and funeral notices 60c per column inch with photos 1.00. Card of thanks from the Houghson family for Mrs R Craig.
A compilation from the Austin area includes obituaries for Thomas Louis Carrothers and Edward Arthur Hay with service details, family survivors, and interment. In Memoriam and Card of Thanks sections honor deceased relatives, with engagements announced for Doris Edwards Gladys Ducharme and Betty Reilly. Various classifieds list sales, items for sale, real estate, lost items, and help wanted notices across MacGregor and area communities.
Major developer seeks an experienced carpenter to train and lead a basement crew for residential basements. Salary negotiable. Apply in writing to Ladeo Co. Ltd. 150-50 Lake Blvd. Winnipeg Man R2J 2M. Includes address and contact details.
The agriculture department forecast pork production will peak this summer after a rise since late 1973, with hog slaughter in Q2 1974 about five percent higher than 1973 and Q3 1974 up four percent. Combined Q4 1974 and Q1 1975 marketing is expected to be slightly below the year-ago level, due mainly to a likely drop in breeding in early 1974.
The consumer affairs department continues lead testing of electric kettles to clarify models with mixed results. McGraw Edison EK3038B samples ranged from under 50 ppb to 10 300 ppb, while Sunbeam KE2SD samples spanned under 50 ppb to 1 000 ppb. A spokesman called the results a quirk and said more testing is needed.
Mrs Jean MacDonald Trevor and Donna were Sunday visitors with Mrs Annie Sparrow. They also visited with Mr and Mrs Lyn Snaith family. Mrs F Lake returned home after ten days with Mr and Mrs John Tomchuk in Portage. Recent visitors with Mrs Lake included Mr and Mrs Fred Amann Mrs Minnie McRae of Austin and Peter Michealson of Winnipeg. Mrs Russell Cairns and Mrs A Sparrow visited Mrs Bernard Lowe and attended Coralee who turned two. Mrs Ken Cairns of Yorkton and family visit her parents Mr and Mrs Ted Lowe. Mrs Lyle Cairns returned from Portage hospital with their Josie of Abbotsford BC. They attended their son David McMillan’s graduation from Canadian Nazarene College in Winnipeg, earning a Bachelor of Sacred Literature. They also visited Ray and Jennie near Montreal. Mr Russ Sparrow Craig and Don Sparrow of Trenton Ont and Mrs C Sparrow of Sidney were visitors at Hugh Briscoe home. Saturday evening Craig Frizzley of Winnipeg visited. Mr and Mrs Allan Bush Tracy of Winnipeg were weekend visitors with Mr and Mrs Fred Snaith. Mr and Mrs Don McAfee of McAuley were weekend visitors with Harry and Helen Dankesreiter. Mr and Mrs George Ardagh attended the Atkinson Ardagh wedding Saturday at Harney.
A bill to allow municipal grants to community institutions and tighten bans on tax incentives was given third reading in the Manitoba Legislature. Amendments to the Municipal Act would remove the three-mill limit on grants to nursing homes and other facilities and bar grants from development corporations in lieu of tax breaks. Also at third reading was a bill to settle a Dauphin dispute over waterworks tax status, with a compromise letting the RM tax land and buildings but not water equipment within town boundaries.
The Manitoba attorney-general's department found no evidence of conflict of interest by Manitoba Housing and Renewal Corp staff. Health Minister Saul Miller said no criminal or legal action is warranted after an inquiry. Izzy Asper questioned staff involvement in Assiniboine Forest Park purchases, but the report shows purchases occurred after park plans were public. Some land was later expropriated by Winnipeg.
Manitoba Legislature heard that a three member commission’s report on Churchill Forest Industries at The Pas should be released soon. Attorney General Howard Pawley said the inquiry’s findings will not be withheld and will consider ongoing criminal proceedings related to the project.
The advisory council on the status of women announced its first annual meeting here June 10-12 to assess progress since its establishment one year ago. The 26 member council representing women across the country will discuss human rights justice and problems of one parent families. Council head Katie Cooke will emphasize questioning parliamentary candidates on women’s rights. The council was created by the royal commission to lobby for implementation of its recommendations.
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