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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 24, 1937
Page
4
Ernie Young promotes the event as the decade’s greatest hit at the Western Canada Class A Community Picnic on July 12. Features include mens baseball girls and boys softball races for all ages horseshoe tournament and sports with prizes and a lunch fee. A dance in the Orange Hall closes the day.
Communities across Canadish observed Decoration Day with a Legion led service at MacGregor Beaver and Katrime monuments. Comrades from the Canadian Legion and Boy Scouts paraded to cenotaphs, names read, crosses and flowers placed, and tributes paid by clergy and residents.
The Cavalcade of Hits produced by Ernie Young of Chicago will be the grand stand show for the Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba in Brandon from June 28 to July 2. Directors expect record crowds for the outdoor performance featuring A Rhapsody in Pi and A Salute to a Nation.
Plans for the North Norfolk and District Agricultural Society Jubilee reach advance stage. The 50th fair will be held in MacGregor on Thursday July 15 with prize lists sent by Secretary Thos Clarke. Special prize of 5000 dollars for best mare or gelding. Brandon Boys Pipe Band to perform. Hon. Douglas L Campbell to open at 1 pm.
Britannia Chapter 1 C D E and Women's Institute gave 10.00 and 5.00 toward MacGregor cemetery caretaking. Grounds upkeep has relied on charity as council funds are exhausted. Heavy rains increased maintenance needs. plot owners and others are urged to contribute. Donations may be left at Municipal or Herald offices.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. R. Ward hosted the June 16 wedding of their son John Randolph Ward to Evelyn Mae Holliday of Portage la Prairie. Rev. S. R. McLeod officiated as Dolly and Molly Frasier sang during the register signing. The bride wore blue pebble crepe with darker blue accessories, attended by Leila Lamb. Carlton Holliday served as groomsman. A buffet luncheon followed in a blue and white room with a three tier cake as the couple began a short honeymoon.
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