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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 27, 1973
Page
4
Classified and local readers must submit by Tuesday 130 p.m. Rates include 5 cents per word with 10 percent late fee for unpaid ads. Death notices cost 60 cents per column inch, photos 1 dollar per column inch. Birth, engagement, cards of thanks, and in memoriams have a base 1.50 charge for up to 60 words.
Funeral service for William Herbert Prosser, who died June 18, 1973 at Portage General Hospital, was held June 21 at 2:00 p.m. in Austin United Church with Rev. D. Landers officiating. Organist Mrs. Beryl Christofferson led the choir. pallbearers included William Early, Dan Unger, Joseph Lambert, Wilfred Wicklund, Mel Thomson and Herbert Barton. Interment in Austin Cemetery. Also notes in memoriam and cards of thanks from the Prosser and McGill families and others.
For sale a 6 by 15 feet flat deck tandem wheel tilt trailer with heavy duty construction and 6 ply tires. Contact Jim Cox at phone number 685 2692 for details.
Grain hauling and sale notices list wheat oats and barley with Bev Allan contact and various auction schedules by Peter's Auction Sales in Winnipeg. WANTED hay and alfalfa for horses and delivery price to Austin. several phone contacts. Rentals include a hardtop tent trailer and a two bedroom suite in a new apartment with inclusive utilities. Lost Hereford heifer described. contact Bill McDonald.
A shower for Miss Lois McIntosh will be held in Rossendale Hall on Saturday evening. All are welcome to attend. Rosehill Picnic and Barbecue is scheduled for June 24 at 4 p.m.
Miss Peggy Lee of Portage and Ken Wilson of Treherne visited Mrs. Booth on Saturday. Mr. Templer stayed with Mr. and Mrs. J. Bodie and family of Portage. Mr. and Mrs. D. North and son, from Campbell River, B C, are holidaying with Mrs. North this week. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Duncan of Portage visited Mrs. M. Duncan Friday. Jim Pogue of Bagot and Harlem Pogue visited the Manor last Saturday.
Mr and Mrs Hilton Wilson of MacGregor invite relatives and friends to an at home gathering from 2:30 to 5:30 Sunday July 1 to celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary no gifts please.
The Manitoba Hospital Services Commission will pay two thirds of Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children’s operating costs under a new financing agreement. Imperial Potentate Henry B. Struby of Evansville, Indiana, confirmed the decision on Tuesday. Winnipeg hospital costs are estimated near $700,000 this year. The hospital marks a first for the Shrine.
Parliament Hill report reviews Committee scrutiny of the 1973-74 government spending estimates. It notes Conservative actions cutting 280 000 from the Solicitor General and calls for reinstating a secret force or dropping it. It highlights recommendations on women’s status, penitentiary reform, Yukon reform, immigration board amendments, and regional policy integration. Peter P Masniuk invites constituent replies via The House of Commons Ottawa Postage Free.
A Wyoming parasitic worm is being groomed by the University of Manitoba entomology department as a mosquito deterrent. Dr. Brust reports lab tests show the nematode can destroy larvae, breed within days, and may kill two of four nuisance species in Manitoba pools. If winters allow survival, it could undermine remaining mosquito types.
The Manitoba Chambers of Commerce urges rural prairie development and Churchill port expansion, plus a northern Manitoba national park. It asks Trudeau and western premiers for a prairie based federal agriculture deputy minister and a permanent agricultural research institute, to guide prairie agriculture and tourism growth.
The federal government will mint two special $1 coins in 1974 to celebrate Winnipeg’s Centennial. A nickel Winnipeg Centennial Dollar will enter regular circulation early in the year, with a second six dollar souvenir coin released later for collectors. About 400,000 to 500,000 silver dollars will also be minted to mark the Mint opening in Winnipeg. James Richardson announced the details.
A flurry of family visits and travel stories from MacGregor locals. Mrs E Reage spent time in Winnipeg with her son-in-law and daughter Jorgenson family. Wendell Colessi and Bill Rodgers family from Lavenham toured Esterhazy Sask visiting Knezacek Junek Dolejsi and Ludtke relatives and friends. Denise Rochelle baptism at Lavenham United Church June 10. Lye family to San Francisco for year as Charles Lye Fellow. Several others hosted or visited kin in Winnipeg Pinawa Regina Kenora and Carbon Alberta during late June.
Manitoba Pool Elevators and the Department of Agriculture launched a joint plan to prevent stocker calves from leaving Manitoba for Ontario or the U.S. The Manitoba Agriculture Credit Corporation will guarantee losses, expanding a stocker program to smaller farmers facing credit gaps. Field staff will promote the program and offer technical help, with contracts spanning 20 to 200 head and continuing as herds change.
Mr and Mrs West Thompson hosted visitors from Gimli and Sheila visited for the holidays. Lorne Wright and boys from Bagot called on the Wrights. Mrs Maurice Smith visited her Winnipeg relatives. Robert Rodgers and family visited Ken Green and Todd in Winnipeg. Glenn Wright and boys visited Ray Johnson in Pine Creek. George Bull from Portage dined with Percy Smith. Gilbert Sigurdson and John Thorsteinson of Toronto visited Wes Thompson. Dave Elgert and family visited Macdonald on Sunday.
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