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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 13, 1958
Page
5
Community news highlights Mar events in Bagot and nearby areas. Visits to Winnipeg and Portage la Prairie, farm changes, curling entries, educational open houses, social dances, and fund drives described alongside weather changes and local acknowledgments. Includes births and congratulatory messages.
MacGregor Manitoba advertises farm and village property for sale in Austin every Friday afternoon. Contact Malcolm E. MacKinnon, barrister solicitor, P.O. Box 69, with phone 40 residence. Local listing for legal and real estate services.
The Bagot Ladies Curling Club Bonspiel ended with M. Denham rink of G. Nichol J Ettitt and A. Gemmell winning first prize in Sputnik Event to win bedroom alarm clocks. K. Thompson rink took second to win TV snack tables. A Bodie third for towel sets. M. Chariton fourth for TV dish sets. In Rocket Event I Dankes reiter M Richardson M Nichol and D Nichol top prize necklaces. D. Smith foursome second for wake plates. D Rodgers third for plastic pairs. M Robinson won face cloth and towel sets. Mutnik Event Miriam Nichol first with R Thomasson H Smith P Faurshau for table lighters. G. Stone second for variety entertainment sets. G. Barth teen age rink third for table cloths. Joyce Lye fourth for passes. Twelve rinks, committee thanks donors helpers players for a successful Spiel.
The annual school Spiel concluded with Sid Chapman Terry Long Lynda Heppner and Vern Ritchie winning lunch kits and thermoses. Larry Richardson’s rink took second for Scheaffer Pens, Ken Rintoul’s foursome third, Len Stewart’s rink fourth. Curtis Pogue Brydon Richardson Diane Coubrough Patsy Pettitt won first in the second event for leather wallets. Richard Bennett’s rink second and Marge Bodie third with Ken Green fourth. Curtis Pogue earned the largest end score. The report praises the talent and thanks the committee for help.
The 4 H Clubs of the community held their annual bonspiel on Saturday March 1 with twelve rinks from MacGregor Wellwood Bagot Portage Poplar Bluff Westbourne competing. Ed Douglas rink from MacGregor won first in Event One with Falks and Hall in the mix. Curtis Pogue Bob Thompson Myrna Nichol Norma Smith won Event Two with Bagot dominance showing again. Prizes ranged from fountain pens to jewellery and chocolates across both events.
I extend sincere thanks to relatives and friends who visited me in Portage General Hospital and after my return home. I also thank the Bagot W F for the parcel of fruit, my kind neighbors for visits, and for all parcels and cards received. Your kindness is greatly appreciated.
In Pine Creek area notes weekend visits include Edna Livingstone from Winnipeg and repeat gatherings with Uhrin, Nelson, Lamb, Livingstone, and McMillan families. Sympathy is offered to Donald and Dorothy Currie on the loss of their little daughter Sherry Currie. Funeral services were held in Edrans United Church for Sherry, with interment in Edrans cemetery and thanks extended to neighbors and pallbearers.
Sherry Lynn Currie, two months old and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Currie, died unexpectedly after birth January 4, 1958 at Rivers. The brief notice states her passing occurred in Port Arthur, Ontario, leaving parents and family to mourn.
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