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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 28, 1951
Page
5
Preparations are complete for the 66th Austin and District Dominion Day Sports on Monday July 2. Baseball leads the program with 225 prize money, plus horse shoes, softball events for all ages, races for children, a grounds supper 5 to 7 pm, and a dance featuring Walter Machan's Orchestra to close the day.
In Austin and District last week an error in the Red Cross report was corrected. The entry should read Raven shoe Elmer Templeton $28.50 and Melvin W. Brodnachuck $38.00. A blood donor drive in Austin Community Hall drew 43 donors, below expectations, with reminders that blood donors are urgently needed and the life you save may be your own or someone dear.
Mrs. R Kuebler notes a busy weekend with Mr and Mrs Geo nem ple and girls visiting Morris. Mr and Mrs James Knox Sr with son James Knox Jr. visitors at Sam Williams include Grace Breeze from Seattle Annie Young from Plumas and the Toth family. Crawford Knox and daughter from Warren Ohio visit Knox homes. Miss Jean Livingstone from Winnipeg visits Alex Livingstone family.
Classified advertisements list multiple items for sale including a John Deere Disc, a 1929 Model A Ford, strawberries, a Massey Harris cultivator, piglets, a John Deere mower, coal and wood range, a 1938 tractor, and other farming equipment. Also notes stage show details and a school painting tender. Contains numerous names, locations, and contact numbers across Manitoba and Saskatchewan regions.
The Red Cross Mobile Unit for Blood donations arrived at Austin Community Hall on June 22. Austin ladies prepared a bountiful dinner served to staff of 13 Red Cross assistants and one lady doctor. The hall became a makeshift hospital with 16 cots and antiseptic equipment as Mr. A Hill and registrar Mrs. Morris assisted.
Tenders received by July 4 1951 for washing inside walls ceilings floors windows and furnishings at Spring Brook School. Other bids for shingling two west windows sealing with blackboard covering inside and hinging a transom window. Exterior painting two coats including roof. All materials supplied by bidders.
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