Nor-Mac Trade Fair fades after weekend display
Rob Hill reports on the Nor-Mac Trade Fair in the North Nor folk MacGregor district. The two day event drew light attendance despite a large display area for home products and booths from Sidney Wellwood and local merchants. Organizers question timing weather and advertising while noting over $1,000 spent on promotion and a $2.50 entry price.
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Rob Hill
Norfolk-MacGregor
North Cypress
Sidney
Wellwood
MacGregor Merchants and Country Club
Barry
Jack Hooper
Country Club
Merchants
Winnipeg
MacGregor
Quilt Show at High Bluff Hall Attracts Crafters
Poplar Point Horticultural Society hosted a June 3 display of quilts from Portage la Prairie district and other regions across Canada and the United States. Five quilts were shown including one for Mrs. Harvey Sparling and another supporting a university scholarship via the Manitoba Horticultural Association. The Bowsman group quilt bears names of MHA contributors. Various techniques and designs were featured with patchwork applique and embroidery. A special lunch offering 17 varieties of breads and cheeses accompanied the event.
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Poplar Point
Bowsman
MHA
MacGregor Elects Neula Foley As Leader
The June meeting of the group met at Marion Barth’s home with secretary Helen Dankesreiter presenting a year summary. Members Mary Martinnizin Lillian Pennell and Vera Shaw contributed via phone. The next gathering is set for September 9 at Edith Chant’s residence.
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Ine Macuregor Nospiun
Aid
Marion Barth
Helen Dankesreiter
Mary Martinnizin
Lillian Pennell
Vera Shaw
Edith Chant
Summer recreation director invites local program ideas in MacGregor
Launa Birkett, MacGregor Summer Recreation Director, outlines regional support from a Manitoba STEPP group, grants for lesson pay and equipment, and a plan to train community coaches. She invites suggestions for summer programs from eight to eighty, notes a ladies softball effort paused by rain, and mentions ongoing fitness classes at MacGregor Collegiate gym.
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Launa Birkett
MacGregor
University of Manitoba
Recreation Commission
S.T.E.P
Recreation Branch
Manitoba
MacGregor Recreation Commission
Booth’s
MacGregor Collegiate
Pine Creek Junior High Field Day Winners and Participants
Pine Creek Junior High School dominated the annual field day with 58 ribbons and the Grand Aggregate award. Dennis Taylorson Bert Turner Melvin Hooper Ivan Giesbrecht Kelly Klippenstein Jeff Buchanan and Mark McGregor each won three events. Bonnie Lamb Dan Vandenbosch Vera Braun Darren Frank Myrna Toews and Brad MacDonald each won two events. Other schools Plumas Gladstone Austin Langruth also competed and finished in that order.
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Macuregor
Pine Creek
Dennis Taylorson
Bert Turner
Melvin Hooper
Ivan Giesbrecht
Kelly Klippenstein
Jeff Buchanan
Mark McGregor
Bonnie Lamb
Dan Vendenbosch
Vera Braun
Darren Frank
Myrna Toews
Brad MacDonald
Plumas
Gladstone
Austin
Langruth
Central Plains divides districts for Manitoba Summer Games
Four districts establish regional representation for the Manitoba Summer Games with Bill McKeliak as chairman. Districts cover areas east of Portage la Prairie, the city itself, west of Highway 240 north of Highway 1 to Alonso, and west of 240 south of Highway 1 to Highway 2. Roy Evenson and Larry Nicholls named among district reps, with Richard Donnelly to run eight compulsory sport clinics. IRMA HEPPNER graduates and plans medical work with the Evangelical Mennonite Conference Board of Missions.
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Portage la Prairie
Roy Evenson
Plumas
Larry Nicholls
Holland
Richard Donnelly
Central Plains
Istrict
Gladstone
Irma Heppner
Martin Heppner
MacGre
Rio Grande Bible Institute
Evangelical Mennonite Conference Board of Missions
Village housing plan eyed after council meeting
Mrs Margaret Bistricky of Manitoba housing and Renewal Corporation met with town councillors to review housing needs in the village. A survey indicated a demand for six public housing units. Plans call for four two bedroom and two three bedroom units, with sites to be reviewed by Mayor Glen Lye. An eighteen unit development remains under consideration possibly under the assisted Home Ownership Program.
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Macaregor
Margaret Bistricky
Development Department
Manitoba Housing and Renewal Corporation
Nostalgia Day at MacGregor School July 5
Nostalgia Day set for July 5 at MacGregor School runs from 2 to 5 PM with many ex-MacGregorites returning. Tours of the school are planned and old class pictures are sought for a display. Contact Hazel Boaz or Vivian McGregor to contribute items. Lunch proceeds fund tennis court construction.
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MacGregor School
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Palco
Munroe ‘Shocks Centre
Tarr’s
Birg
Neula Foley
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