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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 03, 1966
Page
4
Nixon Placex tablets claim to aid removal and infection control with antibiotics and a free plastic sleeve. Two tablets and sleeve sold. available through Brown's Poultry Service and Denwal Pharmacy in MacGregor. Lawn mowers cleansed and serviced by Jack Litster, MacGregor, phone 180-2.
Fragmented obituary notices honor veterans and family survivors with limited details. Items mention burial in Beaver Creek area, references to Elliott and Duncan, Pauch, and Janet Elliott, plus birth and wedding updates, memorials, cards, and a long list of classified sale notices from Portage la Prairie and surrounding districts.
Classified items show multiple rentals in MacGregor with April 1 and immediate availability. Also listed are selling items like calf puller baby scales dehorners elastrator movie and slide projectors adding machine plus other goods. Jobs include nurses aide for MacGregor hospital applications by March 12 and a reliable housekeeper for two children. WANTED used sump pump and quantity feed oats. Contact MacGregor Herald for details.
Roger Pogue expresses gratitude to the W.A. and friends who sent fruit parcels gifts and cards and inquired after his accident. He also thanks Mr. Clarke for driving him to and from the doctor.
Joan Sims thanks visitors, gifts, and aid received during hospitalization and after returning home. She extends gratitude to the nurses and a doctor who cared for her.
I thank those who sent cards fruit and letters while I was a patient in the Portage and MacGregor hospitals and the staff for their good care.
Norfolk Seed and Feed Co offers seed cleaning services for all grains and grasses with varieties available. Spring rush prompts customers to contact phone numbers 101 or 89-3 at MacGregor.
Community notes report Don Elgert Night in Portage and visits by Mr. and Mrs. Lemieux in Winnipeg and Somerset. A whist drive and dance is planned at Edwin school on Friday April 1, sponsored by the Edwin Curling Club with H Wright’s orchestra. Bonspiel results to be reported next week. Details include 4H bonspiel at Westbourne and Henry trophy challenge at Edwin won by E Painter team for the third year. Also notes of hospital stay for Ed Towle, birthday wishes for Roy Boyer Rachel Lemieux and Glen Painter, and a church board meeting at Edwin school Friday night.
Local notes from MacGregor detail visits and gatherings among residents. Families from Portage, Winnipeg, Reston, and Elgin share meals, attend graduations in Winnipeg, and host relatives. Upcoming Portage Rotary minstrel show is announced for March 16 in MacGregor.
The Rossendale News lists numerous visitors and family gatherings from Portage and beyond, mentioning Mr. and Mrs. Turiski Pacula Ostopowich and others. It notes social visits, a Calgary trip, a Winnipeg meeting, a Henry Trophy curling event, a St Patrick’s supper plan, and a house move surprise with gifts and well wishes. Rev John Dunnett’s Regina death is reported with past ties to Lavenham.
Attorney-General Stewart Mc Lean refused to answer questions in the Manitoba Legislature last week about a judicial inquiry into expropriation of Totogan Farms land along the Portage la Prairie flood diversion channel. The debate touched on whether Mr Christianson used his office to obtain privileged information before purchasing the land, with Liberal leader Gil Molgat noting no reply about the terms of reference.
Local shop seeks a sales representative with basic construction knowledge to assist customers and close deals. Prior experience valued but training provided. Apply in person at the dealership during weekday business hours.
ENFIELD England residents seek action to remove 10 hungry horses abandoned by travelers. After initial feeding, the herd returned and has remained, prompting a council request to organize a roundup.
Premier Duff Roblin introduced a bill in the Manitoba Legislature to let school boards borrow for capital needs at lower rates. The plan would create a 2 school districts mechanism and use Canada Pension Plan contributions to lower costs, potentially saving about one percent in interest on five to six percent loans, with CPP funds reaching an estimated 24 to 35 million dollars to Manitoba from Ottawa.
Misses Maseerve and Betty Jenkins along with Lorna Fallis Nadia Mostoway and Duncan Broad of Winnipeg spent the weekend at F Jenkins home. Sunday supper guests at E Duncan's included Robert Rodgers and Bradley of Beaver and Tom Kelly Roy and Lyle of Lavenham. Bradley and Roy stayed with grandparents J McRae family while visiting Crystal City. Additional visits included A Giereke and sons at H P McKinstry home Poplar Point and Terry Duncan with Clayton at Grant McRae Gladstone.
Plan announced in Dartmouth aims to remove grade levels in the public schools. Superintendent Carma Moir says students progress at their own pace until reaching standard manipulation before graduation. Elementary schools may implement the change in 1967, making Dartmouth a possible pioneer in Canada.
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