Classifieds and Death Notices From MacGregor Herald
Classified and birth death and funeral notices from the MacGregor area include rates and deadlines, with details about Walter Critchlow and family, Norman Kroeken birth, Joe Uhrin memory, Ernest MacDonald memorial, and local for sale listings for farming gear, vehicles, and general goods. The notices reference MacGregor United Church funeral, McMaster Funeral Home, and local residents and businesses.
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Herald Office
Remembering Carl Anderson June 1962 Memorial Verse
A memorial note for Carl Anderson recalls a dear son and brother who died June 6, 1962. The message expresses silent tears, a hard journey, and a wish for peace, signed by his mother, father, sisters, and families.
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Anderson
Carl
Card of Thanks Expressing Gratitude for Support
Gertrude Cook thanks friends neighbors and organizations for visits cards calls and gifts while in hospital and after returning home. She also expresses sincere appreciation to the doctor and nurses for their kind care.
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Gertrude Cook
Horton Family Thanks For Support After Bereavement
The Horton family expresses sincere appreciation to all who sent cards and flowers and offered help during their recent bereavement.
Gratitude Note to UCW CGIT and MacGregor Hospital
A patient at MacGregor Hospital extends thanks to UCW CGIT friends and relatives for cards parcels and visits and to hospital staff for their care Grace McQuiston expresses appreciation for the support received during illness.
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UCW
CGIT
MacGregor Hospital
Grace McQuiston
Two Heads Are Better Than One Drama From Avon River Board
London report: the Avon and Dorset River Board bred 20,000 two headed salmon but all died within a month of hatching. The malformed fish resulted from artificial insemination of selected roe. The cause of the two headed eggs remains a mystery as fishing inspector John Brayshaw notes uncertainty.
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London
Avon and Dorset River Board
John Brayshaw
Girl rescues cat from python in Australia
Edith Connors of Cooktown used an axe to kill a 12 foot python that had swallowed a pet cat. The girl, a 1 year old, survived with minor scratches and the cat was rescued alive and well.
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Brisbane
Australia
Edith Connors
Cooktown
Local visits and weekend guests across Cranbrook and area
Howard Conve of Cranbrook with his parents visited last week and will stay with the Cobbe family. Numerous Winnipeg and St James residents stopped by for Sunday visits including Horton and Scott families. Townspeople joined Fosdick family trips, hospital guests Faye Crocker and others, plus Dr. Ford attending a Toronto convention.
ants coddle bugs in winter aphid egg hiding
A brief note explains that corn root aphid eggs are carried underground by ants during frost and then brought back to the surface in spring, a winter survival behavior observed in the crop pest.
Copy Boy Ray Bloch Worked in Teens at NY Newsroom
Ray Bloch who later became the Ed Sullivan Show musical director began his career as a copy boy in his teens at a New York newspaper, early entry into journalism shaping his path in entertainment.
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Ray Bloch
New York
Weekend Guests and Local Meetings Noted in Community Notice
Mr and Mrs Clarence Singh hosted Sunday supper with Gary ve. Macdonald joining Heather who returned home after visiting inlaws. E Rusk of Gainsborough Sask spent weekend with Raymond Smith family. James Marr Meri of Gainsborough visited and Jim Smith left for an eight day diploma tour with 31 students. Howard Cobbe of Cranbrook BC overnighted with Raymond Smith. John Lauder of Oakville visited Shaw home on Sunday. Beaver UCW to meet June 19 at 2 pm at Mrs Bill Pears home. Nabob coupons requested. Misses Sharon Smith May Morgan of Winnipeg spent weekend with Maurice Smith and Mrs Maurice Smith visited Winnipeg recently.
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Clarence Singh
Gary Ve. Macdonald
Heather
E Rusk
Gainsborough
Sask
Raymond Smith
James Marr
Meri
Jim Smith
Howard Cobbe
Cranbrook
John Lauder
Oakville
Shaw
Beaver Ucw
Bill Pears
Sharon Smith
May Morgan
Winnipeg
Maurice Smith
Agricultural Representative Reports On Field Operations And Tours
Agricultural representative notes land costs for chemical use about two dollars per acre and warns 2 4-D is non toxic to livestock but may entice poisonous weeds to cattle for a week after spraying. Schedule includes Manitoba tour June 16 Portage la Prairie visits to Wallace Nurseries Ed Connery and Mulder Bros farms. June 15 Stonewall Fair. June 24 Plowing Match. July 1 Langruth 4 H show. July 4 Westbourne 4 H show. Growers must file field crop applications before June 30 using new forms.
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Manitoba
Portage la Prairie
Wallace Nurseries
Island Park
Ed Connery
Mulder Brothers
Liquid spray fights dog bites at the post office
Detroit report says the U S post office tests a mineral oil and cayenne pepper spray in plastic bottles to deter biting dogs. Officials cite 7000 incidents and nearly 1 million dollars in costs last year, with trials in Detroit Baltimore Miami and San Francisco.
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Detroit
Mich
Unites States Post Office Department
Georgia
Baltimore
Miami
San Francisco
Average Man Shaves 20 Square Miles Of Face
A light column notes assorted curiosities from mail bag items and trivia. It mentions a man’s lifetime face area shaved as about 20 square miles, odd facts about birth times, a landlord mule eating manuscripts, and quick celebrity quips from Ed Howe to Brigitte Bardot.
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New York
Mount Carmel Church
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Spain
Karl Marx
Ed Howe
Anthony Quinn
Phil Silvers
Brigitte Bardot
Bea Lillie
Kim Novak
Samuel Butler
Canadian Establishment Beat Tories Says Camp
Dalton Camp, national organizer for the Manitoba Young Progressive Conservatives, told the annual meeting the Canadian establishment including newspapers, broadcasters, civil service, armed forces, magazine industry and universities helped topple the Diefenbaker government. He said the bread and butter voters backed the government while urban areas opposed it. He noted Pearson’s nuclear policy and cited U S vindication of Diefenbaker’s policies as provoking critics. Alvin Hamilton, former agriculture minister, spoke to the meeting.
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Winnipeg
Man
Manitoba
Diefenbaker
Dalton Camp
Civil Service
Armed Forces
Camp
Pearson
United States
Highly respected citizen wrongly accused of theft
Lewistown Daily News files reveal a frontier era headline about a horse theft case where a suspect was acquitted the next day. The original dark humor column notes a falsely accused man, and the reprint quotes mockingly describe the charge as stupid and embarrassing to an innocent defense widow and local defender.
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Lewistown
Montana
Woody Laughnan
Lewistown Daily News
Frontier Days
Lewistown Argus
Empress of Canada Completes St Lawrence Voyage
Canadian Pacific flagship Empress of Canada arrives in Liverpool for annual overhaul after finishing the aft voyage of the St Lawrence season. The liner's docking marks the start of maintenance by the shipyard crews ahead of next sailing program.
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Canadian Pacific
Liverpool Dock
St. Lawrence
Wells Durum Not for Manitoba Threat from unlicenced grain variety
A Manitoba agricultural bulletin warns that the Wells durum variety, found in Red River Valley shipments, is inferior to Ramsey and weak in gluten. It threatens Canadian durum markets as it can bypass inspectors and export channels. Farmers are urged to plant Ramsey only and avoid buying unlicenced seed.
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Red River Valley
Pembina Triangle
Altona
Canada
Board of Grain Commissioners
Ramsey
Manitoba
Hail Storm Hits Tantallon Area Causing Heavy Damage
Regina reports a mile wide hailstorm near Tantallon Sask facing ruined crops smashed farmhouse windows and washed out CPR railroad track. The weekend saw further cloudbursts in Laford and Dolke Holdfast with hail depths up to eight feet and up to 37 inches of rain in Laford.
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Regina
Sask
Saskatchewan
Tantallon
Laford
Dolke Holdfast
Tantalion
Lew Tinnish
CPR
Ivan Godwin
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Jash
Walter Critchtow
Walter Critehlow
Mac
Gregor
Critchlow
Richard
Critchlow Bros
Norfolk
Nee J Pawa Masonic
Church
Ralph
Dale
Norman
Portage
Ted
MacGregor
Port Coquitlam
Arthur Groves
Eva Ormiston
Ida Cameron
Toronto
MacGregor United Church
MacGregor Cemetery
McMaster Funeral Home
Kroeken
Susie
Carel Joe
Safa St. Boniface Hospital
Memoriam
Uhrin
Joe
Annie
John
MacDonald
Ernest MacDonald
John Jassen
Morden
Jim’ Savitzky
Austin
McKee Forage Harvester
John Stewart
George Lloyd
George Bull
L. J. Quinn
C. T. Russ Cairns
Massey-Ferguson
Don Messer
Stan Firth
Massey -Ferguson
Sid Hay
Bert Smith
Pete Satkunas
Cat
MacGregor Locals
Howard Conve
R. Cobbe
Horton Nome
Jack Gibson Sr
Mrs
Jack Gibson
Tom Gemmell of
Allan McGregor
Bud Granam
Doug Barber
Cross Lake
Grand Rapids
Jim MacDonald
Saskatchewan River
J. Paton
D. Drain
B. McConnell
Howard Gilmour
A. Nicholls
Roy Brodkorb
Harry Street
Cecil Cooper
Arthur Horton
Clarence Grant
J. Clayton
Gladstone
Connie McKelvy
J. S. Barber
C. McKelvy
Clare Brown
McKelvy
Faye Crocker
General Hospital School of Nursing
C. R. Barber
Ford
Ont
Stewart
Southport
Ed Anderson
Dauphin
Anderson and Moore
Ray Anderson
Vancouver
US. Army
Garnett Pennell
Pine Falls
Chas. Pennell
Agricultural Representative
By James McKnight
Sidney
R. S. Snider Farm
Prairie
Langruth
Westbourne
Pooch
Post Office
Tories
Frontier Justice
Wells Durum
Provincial Department of Agrculture
North Dakota
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