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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 17, 1965
Page
4
Local readers may place engagement cards notices and memorial messages at the Herald Office by Tuesday 1 30 pm. Death and funeral notices cost 60 cents per column inch with photos at 2.00 per column inch. A 10 percent late fee applies if not paid within a month of insertion.
Funeral service for Catherine J Henry was held with Barry Thomas officiating. Interment at Rossendale Cemetery. surviving son and daughters plus 15 grandchildren and three great grandsons. pallbearers and flowerbearers named. Also memorials for James Ernest McDonald and Joe Uhain list loving memories by family. McMaster Funeral Home arranged.
Engagement announces Alexie Mae McIn Tosh to Theodore Raymond O Neill son of E Raymond O Neill of Vancouver and Winnipeg wedding set for Saturday July 17 at 4 30 pm at St John Brethren Winnipeg Manitoba. Card of thanks expresses gratitude for gifts and memorial kindness from Macaulay district visitors at 139 17th St NW Portage. Also note engagement of Elsie Anne Hay to Anthony Allan Darling with Austin United Church October wedding. For sale items include Massey Harris diesel tractor 33 with live hydraulic, 1949 International truck, side delivery rake, IHC power binder, and a four bedroom house in Portage for moving. address and contact details provided.
Three 16 year old schoolboys seek summer work with flexible tasks. Contact Mrs L Kreitz in MacGregor. Also notices call for bus driver applicants for MacGregor Consolidated School District No 2494. Deadline June 26 1966 with pay up to 6.00 daily and term start August 30. Further details via R R Roosen A Christofferson or Frank Hay.
Notice invites contacts for summer music lessons by Mrs C Williams telephone 49 Sidney aimed at beginners and those with winter access issues. Also listed are a lost Hereford heifer contact Bob Vermeulen MacGregor phone 321 21 and a stray trio of yearlings near Rossendale with a half moon ear notch, reward offered.
MacGregor locals share news of multiple visits and gatherings. Joe Lambert attends his aunt Florence Tyndall's funeral in Winnipeg as she died at 79, with Edmonton's Ows Tyndall overnighting with the Lamberts. Visitors return home to Victoria, B C and Los Angeles, California, while Glenn Morris plans two years of study in Urbana Illinois. Community members travel to The Pas and Swan River, report good weather and wet crops, and Lions Club hosts a sale. Local sports, stock car racing, and horseshoes are noted, with several residents visiting relatives in Brandon, Winnipeg and other cities. Blood Donor Clinic scheduled for Tuesday June 29 at MacGregor Memorial Hall.
A list of church services and Sunday school times for MacGregor and surrounding communities on June 20. Includes MacGregor United Church St Pauls Calvary Tabernacle and Evangelical Mennonite Church schedules with morning worship Sunday school Holy Communion and evening events.
For the period July 1 to December 31, 1965 the payment is payable to Fred Snaith, Group 5412 secretary.
Tenders will be received for the 22 ft by 28 ft frame barn in the Orangeville school yard. Highest tender not guaranteed acceptance. Tenders close July 1.
University of Manitoba dairy science specialist J. M. Nesbitt says automated warehouses may replace supermarkets. Shoppers would use a computer card to select products and receive instant billing and delivery. He cites a Toronto warehouse as existing and notes further advances in radiation sterilized foods and specially processed items.
The Katrine picnic moves from Monday June 28 to Friday June 25. The WI regular meeting is set for Thursday June 24 in the club room at 2 30 p.m. Roll call My worst cooking disaster. Hostesses are Mesdames Pennell McLoughry Perkins and Ritter. Visitors welcome. Also noted are Magna Carta celebrations at Runnymede on the River Thames marking the 750th anniversary.
The Austin and District Chamber of Commerce held its quarterly meeting on Thursday June 10 at Community Hall with strong member turnout. Vice-president C E Hotel chaired and a motion passed urging the village council to lobby the provincial public highways department to assume maintenance and improvement of the road from highway 34.
The Path Head 4 H Garden Club held its seventh regular meeting on June 8 at Mrs Hodge's with eight members and two leaders present. Earlier on June 5 the group enjoyed bowling at Prairie Lanes in Portage and debated purchasing two leaders pins for Mrs Rumancik and Mrs Hodge. The treasurer reported 37.06 in the bank and 4.30 in petty cash. A gathering was set for June 27 at Beaver School to practice marching, judging weeds and vegetables, with demonstrations by Edith Hodge and Debbie Morris. The next meeting is August 18 at Mrs Rumancik's.
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