Fortieth Annual Bonspiel Highlighted by RecordEntries
Readers follow the Fortieth Annual Bonspiel with reports of top performers Joyce Peterson, Menno Harm, Cliff Chant, and Esther Core in grade standings. MacGregor Midgets miss a hockey game due to snow, while Gladstone hosts a one day High School Bonspiel with Allan McGregor leading the rink to fourth prize. Austin neighbors attend, and Vivian Telford is named High School Queen candidate for the Carnival.
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Olock
Joyce Peterson
Menno Harm
Cliff Chant
Esther Core
Springusi
MacGregor
Neepawa
Gladstone
Mr. Hardy
Allan McGregor
Garry Cobbe
Ronald Emerson
Sheep” Lamb
Austin
Keith MacGregor
Johnny Ahrin
Jimmy Lowe
Kenneth Hai
Vivian Telford
Lady Carters Conclude Record 1 Curling Bonspiel and Red Cross Drive
The article reports on a curling bonspiel hosted by the United Church Ladies with multiple rinks winning events led by Ada Booth and Art Sealey among others. It notes a Red Cross March 1949 campaign started March 23 in MacGregor and district, urging generous community support for the volunteers and fund drive.
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Lady Carters
Red Cross Drive
Gladstone Ghlights
Hhe United Church
United Church Ladier
Pert
Rnekard
Theing
Vera Lamb
J. Hard of
Austin
Gertie McKelvy
Beswitherick
Sidney
Mary Hay
H. Kerr
Gladstone
Lintott
D. Westman
Red Cross
Red Cross Society
Canada
MacGregor
Britannia
Lo.d
Nin
T. L. Jolliffe
Rafe
78 Rinks Enter Open Bonspiel At MacGregor
The 40th annual Open Bonspiel opened with 78 rinks listed on the draws, surpassing last year’s entry. Teams from Portage, Austin, Bagot, and several towns competed as weather threatened to extend play overnight.
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MacGregor
Vern McKelyy
Fred Snaith
Vic Palmer
Carberry
Portage
Austin
Bagot
Firdale
Sidney
Gladstone
Pine Creek
Beaver
Igh Bluff
Macdonald
Canadian provinces run six residential schools for blind pupils
Canadian provinces maintain six residential schools where about 500 pupils who are totally or partially blind learn Braille, attend regular classes, and study translation.
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Canadian
Winter Carnival at MacGregor Legion Promises Royalty and Skating
The MacGregor Branch of the Canadian Legion hosts its third annual winter carnival on Friday March 18 featuring a princess contest with seven candidates ballots on sale, Winnipeg figure skaters, costumes, racing and broomball to support the Memorial Hall.
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MacGregor
The
Canadian Legion
Winnipeg
Legion
Memorial Hall
Bonspiel Prize Tally Announces Large Rink Awards
The notice lists many prizes for bonspiel participants including radios trays lamps clocks and oil tins. It details open to rinks based on loss in first or second games across various sponsor categories and shyly references Merchants Board of Trade and Diamond Sox among brands and items awarded.
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Board of Trade
Batistes Bonspiel Tale of Crazy Loud Ice Game
A humorous reminiscence describes a bonspiel outing with friends at a warm rink. The narrator witnesses frantic yelling, heavy stone throws, and varied players while noting French and Scottish language bits and the curious, ritualistic ice curling scene.
Austin Woman Rescued By Plane
A Portage la Prairie Flying Club rescue mission ferried Mrs R D Peck, a farmer’s wife near Austin, to hospital after a call to Portage. Signal straw was set afire to guide the Tiger Moth toward the farm, landing near Crescent Lake before ambulance transfer to hospital.
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Portage la Frame Flying Club
Portage
R. D. Peck
Austin
George H. Hamlin
Flying Club
Jack Anderson
Gregor Board of Trade Meeting Scheduled for March
The next regular meeting will be in the Legion Room Memorial Hall on Tuesday March Sth at 2 30 p m Farmers are especially invited Speakers from Winnipeg will address the gathering on an important matter to the farmer
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Gregor Board of Trade
Legion Room
Memorial Hall
Winnipeg
I Would Join the Communist Party Twin Contest
A humorous diary-like note from the Reston Recorder recounts entering a local twin contest with chaotic misadventures. The narrator furthers a bold pledge then reconsiders, renouncing all connections with the Communist Party amid comic misunderstandings and household disruptions.
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Ri Ral Park
Portage Ta Prairie
Nthe Delta
Arberry
Spruce Wood
Dominion
Morden
Dropmore
Manitoba
Travel and Publicity Bureau
Northland
Galaxy of Lovely
Thos. Lowe
Mr. Cobbe
Ree
H. Lamont
R. Stratton
B Nichol
T. Telford
W. Montgomery
M. Hay
F. Barton
D. Brown
Hay
J. McPhee
Glen Lye
D. Turner
R. Harvey
L. Patterson
A.| .Tait
H. Borton
R. Cobbe
G. Cobbe
Cobbe
R. E. Lye
C. Palmer
E. Thompson
W. Allan
L. Smith
Mey
Curling Club
Merchants “Rite
Penn Oil
Batiste
Las
Galerie
Reston Recorder
Jed
Communist Party
BVD
Tim
BolMski
Mises
MacGregor Rink
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