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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 04, 1971
Page
3
A dated discussion weighs the safety warmth and style benefits of kitchen carpeting against drawbacks. It notes cleaning challenges and maintenance needs, recommends moisture barriers, and compares fibers like olefin nylon and acrylic while advising against light colors and unlevel or shag textures.
Held over items highlight visits by Joe Forzley Winnipeg and Rudy Kameldean Edmonton. Winnipeg visitors to the Forzley, and weekend guests of the Fisher, Moffat, and McVety families. Community clubs discuss sharing municipal grape funds, winter works, and a possible liquor referendum. Next car party set for March 6 with curlers from MacGregor and Treherne joining local events.
The National Farmers Union said the proposed layoff of 2,750 Massey Ferguson employees at end of February is a staggering blow to the Canadian economy but entirely predictable. It warned that federal farm policy seems to stifle farm prosperity and industrial growth, challenging the idea that farmers should rush machinery orders.
George Verraigne, president of the Manitoba Pork Producers Association, criticizes Hog Commission leader M G Hoffard for political maneuvering over Ogilvie Flour Mills plans and urges a producer elected board. After a Brandon meeting with 250 hog producers, he says a four month setup is feasible and votes on compulsory marketing should wait.
Evangelical Mennonite East End MacGregor churches join MacGregor United Bethel and Austin and Sidney United and Anglican St Pauls to host morning Sunday schools worship services and evening prayers across 11.30am and 7pm slots with Rev Harold Ritchie A J Hall Dick Fehr Rev David Landers Rev Tom Bailey and other ministers welcoming all attendees.
Fingerprints of more than a million people will be recorded on electronic videotape this year as the RCMP shifts from manual to automated storage and retrieval. In early 1972 a new $5.7 million National Police Services centre near RCMP headquarters will house the electronic system. Commissioner W L Higgitt said delivery is expected this spring. The RCMP began filing fingerprints 13 years before the FBI and now holds records for over a million Canadians and non-Canadians.
Wishart's Service advertises radiator repair and auto service at Howth Street and Saskatoon Avenue West, listing the phone number 887 5468 and noting former Wilma Motors as a previous name.
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