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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 29, 1944
Page
4
Publication data shows MacGregor Manitoba weekly issue details with HT Trethewey publisher and official wartime price board permit numbers 751043 and 287 C12 for licensing and publication authority.
The excerpt links Dominion Day to Canada’s wartime mission and the Normandy invasion, urging rededication to finish the job abroad and to meet the founders' dreams at home. It frames national unity, sacrifice, and the King’s vision as guiding principles for victory and postwar rebuilding.
After twenty five years of public service the Manitoba Power Commission is well established as a successful business and looks forward to expansion. Initiatives began in 1909 to create a Provincial Hydro linking Winnipeg River resources to the province. In 1919 the Manitoba Power Commission was created by act to distribute electrical energy at cost to rural Manitoba citizens. The first municipality to apply for power was the end of readable text.
Portage la Prairie records show a 1919 provisional contract with the Minister and a Winnipeg transmission line begun in 1919 and finished in 1920. A branch from Oakville to Morden completed, linking Carman, Morden, and Roland. By 1938 and 1939 forty four towns connected. a full grid to 200 communities is planned after wartime limits. A 32 municipality survey targets farm electrification as the next major project.
The Trustee Act notice for the Estate of William McElvery, deceased, requests all claims be verified and filed with H. A. Lye, solicitor for Margaret Ann McElvery, Executrix, at his Hampton Street office in MacGregor Manitoba on or before August 1, 1944.
On Sunday June 25 Decoration Day services were held in MacGregor Beaver and Katrime to honor those who sacrificed in the Great War and the present one. Veterans Air Cadets Girl Guides and Brownies marched to the Cenotaph. Clergy Rev C A J King and Rev L J Adams led a choral tribute with Mrs J Woodin at the organ. Floral wreaths lay on Cenotaphs by the L Eagle Canadian Legion veer relatives and friends. Poppies were placed on the Cross of Remembrance during roll call. Graves in local cemeteries were decorated and Last Post and Reveille were played by Mr B Embrey.
A brutal rainstorm in Manitoba drenched Katrime area with nearly four inches in 24 hours, aided by strong winds. Flooded basements and waterlogged roads delayed travel as the rural rink and Fair Grounds water expanded. Directors postponed the local Fair from tomorrow to July 7 while schools close for summer vacation.
The readable lines offer distorted aphorisms about thinking of others, shared meals, responsibility, and work ethic. The piece hints at social duty and personal integrity though garbled and incomplete, implying a broader moralized commentary on character and duty.
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