22 Jun 1950
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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 22, 1950
Page
1
A work party including all Fair Board members will convene at the Fair Ground Monday night. The note reports crop conditions in the area are generally good, with some seeding remaining, and highlights various town events and local happenings from a busy period.
An emergent meeting of the MacGregor Chamber of Commerce will be held at Memorial Hall next Monday June 26 at 8 pm. This special session focuses on a very urgent matter and invites all business people to attend.
About 150 delegates attended the W M S silver anniversary in Portage la Prairie with honorary presidents and officers elected for 1950 1951. Dr Isabelle McTavish guest speaker reviewed China events from prosperity to crisis and urged aid for Chinese Christians and missionaries.
Regina bridesmaids and grooms from MacGregor and Pembroke unite in June ceremonies. Regina Insp. J C Romp attended the couple at St Pauls Pro-Cathedral with Rev L R Hill officiating. The first wedding features Regina bride in ice blue gown and yellow tea rose bouquet. The second wedding crowns Myrtle Frances Nelson in white satin with pearl details and a halo veil.
Plans for the third X ray survey in North Norfolk were announced for MacGregor to be held in Memorial Hall on Tuesday June 27 at 8 PM. Dr W L Rutledge, survey director of the Sanitarium Board of Manitoba, will advise, with Manitoba representatives and village officials in attendance.
A Winnipeg correspondent recounts Austin's first Dominion Day on July 1 1885 with prominent attendees including Rev Farquhar MacRae MP Robert Watson and local figures. The festival featured farm wagon travel, sewers, and an eighteenth anniversary of confederation themed program plus a MacGregor vs Austin baseball game and a list of Austin players and the umpire Charlie Babb.
Mrs Violet Hughson presided as matron of honor while the bridal party wore blue and pink ensembles. The bride wore midnight blue with grey jacket and Sweetheart rose corsage as family and friends hosted a reception for about seventy five guests at the close of the ceremony.
Last flood evacuees from St. Vital, Mr. and Mrs. Neil Mitchell and family, and Mr. and Mrs. Ho Horton with relatives, returned home after a month in MacGregor. They praised the town's aid and the lunch committee, convened by Chas. Kitson, for providing food during the relief stay.
Word reached the local Bank of Montreal branch that Fred Hammond is transferred to Montreal to join the Head Office inspection staff. Cliff H. Lea will succeed him in MacGregor after Lea arrives from Melville Saskatchewan.
I thank everyone for their kind words and visits during my stay and for the lovely flowers and boxes sent by Wi. and WA. of the Unttea Church.
The Cubs posted a productive week end with a four win run as Walter Critchlow led a doubleheader sweep over Neepawa 7-6 and 3-1. Sunday the Quakville Rockets visited and fell 2-1 in ten innings on a clutch Critchlow drive.
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