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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 30, 1955
Page
5
Austin and district will celebrate Dominion Day on Friday July 1 with baseball as the main event offering 225 dollars. A full day includes men and ladies softball and a school softball game, ending with a hall dance featuring Walter Mahan after the games start at 1 pm.
Janet Eleanor Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs C A Smith of Portage wed Wesley Orland McGillvray son of Mr J McGillvray of Austin in a double ring ceremony at Knox Church Portage la Prairie on Saturday June 4. Reverend Rh McLean officiated with J D McRae at the music and Beverley Higgins as soloist. The bride wore a floor length white tulle gown with crinoline and orange blossom halo.
Mr and Mrs G Graham and family plan second coat work this week. Walter Alex Anders of Arden and Mrs Ho Howie visited Winnipeg last week. Howie also visited Bert Howie and D B Johnson. Mrs Howie also saw Bert Howie. A quilt raffle raised 38 dollars. winner Mrs Lillian Mitchell of Alcester Court Winnipeg is wf Wm Alton’s sister. United Church pot luck drew about forty. plans discussed church repairs funding. Gerald Sylvester, patient in Fox Memorial, was injured in a windmill accident last Thursday and is expected home midweek.
A jumble of classified notices advertises TVs from Harmon's Electra, tents, cream separators, eggs, camping gear, furniture, livestock, farm equipment, and real estate. Contacts include Mrs. Bert Thompson, W. Machan, Mrs. L. Kreitz, Dave Jeffrey, J. J. Dyck, Russell Small, and Frank & Tarr, with multiple MacGregor and Portage la Prairie references. Some entries mention financing offers and trades, many with phone numbers.
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