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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 23, 1955
Page
3
At Capetowns a undertaker was fined ten pounds after a funeral went ahead with an empty coffin. He had discovered the body was still in the mortuary and did not reveal it to relatives to spare their feelings. The body was later moved to a pauper’s coffin and buried.
Local residents and guests are listed visiting Portage, Winnipeg, Brandon, and Carberry. The Senior WA hosted a tea and apron sale realizing $43. Summer Field Day at Austin drew prize attendees and sunburns. The W I met in June with talks on the Winnipeg conference, while engagements and weddings are announced including Marjorie Calvert to Harold Calvert. School picnic and community supper planned at Ellwood with a ball tournament and races. Quebec firms account for over 93 percent of Canada’s tobacco production.
The Norfolk monie will be held on June 30. Local residents report visitors and gatherings including Mr. and Mrs. Alex Livingstone at Portage, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Downie and Donald of Winnipeg with E. Critchlow and Bill, and Mrs. Chas. Anderson family visitations. The Norfolk School hires Miss Margaret Coulthard of Bagot for the fall term. The Silver Tea and Bazaar by Pine Creek Ladies Aid is moved from June 16 to Friday, June 24.
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