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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 14, 1973
Page
4
Fast acting ANTIMAST mastitis treatment offered by Denwal Pharmacy MacGregor. Also notice Sealed Tenders invited for caretaking duties of MacGregor and District Memorial Hall starting April 1 with living out requirement. contact Bev Barber for details, tender close March una.
Obituary items recount the March 6 1973 death of Wilfred Laurier Lake age 8 of MacGregor Manitoba formerly of Katrime. It notes marriage to Jean Vera McRae in 1920 and fifty six years farming, with retirement to MacGregor in 1963. Also memorials for Earl Muir and multiple engagement notices and local thanks, plus assorted sale ads and notices from Neepawa to Austin.
Raymond Jones of Austin offers a Teco riding lawn mower recently overhauled for 120 dollars. Contact details include the seller’s name and city.
Two classified notices seek workers in Manitoba towns. A mechanic is needed for tune-ups and station repairs with benefits and pay from 2.50 to 3.00 for a 44 hour week, Box 880 Killarney. An office manager and book keeper is sought for a growing feedlot, apply with experience and salary expectations to Assiniboine Feeders Ltd., Box 2, Portage la Prairie.
FOR SALE OR RENT five bedroom house also for rent one suite apply George Lloyd phone 685-2285 after 10 pm FOR RENT two bedroom house on Hampton Street in MacGregor double garage waterworks Apply Harold Gilbert Ph 685-2396 1Lp-2
The MacGregor area sent three rinks to Portage for the annual Portage Ladies bonspiel last week. The foursome of Janice Lamb, Sheila Ferris, Helen Borton and Mary Nichol won third in the fourth event. Other teams included Audrey Smith with Joan Grove, Mary Gilbert and Mary McKelvy, and Lovina Lamb with Pat Pink, Donna Barber and Bev Wolfe.
The W L will hold a Spring tea on April 5 and regular meeting on March 22 at 2 pm at Mrs F Wright home. Hostesses are Mrs Duncan Mrs Grove and Mrs Giercke. Sr Citizen card club meets March 20 at 2 pm in the lower Masonic hall with Ron Moore of Portage presenting canoe trip films from northern Manitoba.
Rev Agnew H Johnston 66 of St Andrew's Church in Thunder Bay Ont was elected official nominee for moderator of the 99th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. He won over four candidates in a ministers and elders ballot from 44 Presbyteries across Canada. his name to be put forward when the assembly opens in Toronto June 3. Other nominees were Rev Everett H Bean Rev Donald A Campbell Rev Harry S Rodney and Rev H Lloyd Henderson.
Canada's largest home building retailer invites candidates for trainee roles in Portage la Prairie. The firm offers rapid advancement, relocation willingness, and a salary aligned with experience plus generous fringe benefits. Call Beaver Lumber Company Limited to arrange a personal interview.
Health Minister Rene Toupin said the department is pursuing flexible adoption processes in Manitoba. He noted talks with multiple Childrens Aid Societies to cut delays, addressing MLA Steve Patrick's claim that adoptions take up to four years in his Winnipeg riding, versus three to six months elsewhere.
Friends gathered Friday at the home of Mr and Mrs Bruce Muir to bid farewell as Chuck and Lynda Moore prepare to move to the west coast. Gifts included mugs and a wall clock. Elaine Graham of Manitoba joined the weekend gathering plus visitors Mr and Mrs George Armstrong from Langruth and Mrs Gib Gallagher of Portage. Janet Kilpatrick of Winnipeg visited Mrs H I Collins for the weekend.
Mr and Mrs Jsmie Dalmer of Austin and Mrs Wm Rawlings of Portage were supper guests Tuesday evening with Mr and Mrs Wm McCullough and Cecil. On Thursday they were supper guests of Mr and Mrs Ken Smith. Fred Smith returned home from Carberry Hospital Tuesday. They visited East View Lodge with Mrs Jessie Henderson and Mrs Agness Hutton on Thursday. The Friday hall dance drew a large crowd. Ernie Campbell is visiting Snow Lake with son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Clarence Hutson and Trevor. George Moffatt of Carberry visited Thursday evening at the Fred Smith home. Ernie Ryz and Barbara Carruk were Sunday visitors with his parents Stan and Mrs Stan Ryz. Larry Pettinger of Portage visited Sunday afternoon with Mrs Harry Henderson.
A. M. Runciman warns prairie farmers to maintain rapeseed acreage to satisfy Japan and other markets. He notes rapeseed exports rose in 1971 72 and explains its growing role in the prairie economy, its price volatility, and its history from World War II lubrication to edible oil use.
Manitoba unveils a 28 tour package program to attract visitors, with Thunderbird Travel Ltd. as central booking agent. The 36 page brochure targets North America and Europe, while 3.5 million out-of-province visitors were recorded in 1972, including over a million from the United States, spending about 192 million dollars.
An official from Canada's Department of Trade and Commerce warns Britain’s entry into the EEC will raise flour levies and advance deposits, effectively ending new Canadian flour orders. Canada’s largest flour export market remains Cuba, with 1.68 million bushels shipped in 1971-72, about five percent of the total.
Manitoba dairy farmers were told by Sam Uskiw in the Legislature that an interim payment of 70 cents per hundredweight for fluid milk would begin last Tuesday. He blamed hold backs on new Milk Board procedures and noted recent cheques were based on estimates rather than actual sales. Deputy Tory leader Harry Enns said the hold backs could reach 700 to 800 dollars monthly for some producers, tracing the issue to October when the Milk Control Board became the central setting agency for fluid milk.
MacGregor Hospital Aid held its March 6 meeting at Mrs Lois Fotheringham’s home with 12 present. President Mrs M Barth chaired. Treasurer reported a bank balance of 548 dollars and thanked Lion Manor for donations from quilting and whist drives. The group has taken on the Red Cross canvas for March and will hold a tea on May 2. May meeting to be at Mrs Elizabeth Lamb’s home. new members encouraged.
Urban Affairs Minister Ron Basford said a rent freeze is in effect for elderly tenants in CMHC and related housing projects. He noted some agreements allow cost increases to be passed to tenants, and CMHC has held meetings to limit rises to the maximum allowed. MPs urged reporting of excessive increases as pension raises loom.
Dr. D. S. Clark of the National Research Council told a University of asperta audience that Canada has 21 meat research scientists, compared with 200 in Britain and 350 in Denmark. Meat processing is a $14 billion industry but only 5 percent of food research funds go to meat. Vacuum packing could keep meat fresh longer, though shoppers are not used to redder, purple-toned vacuum packed meats. A note on a St Patrick’s Day tea in MacGregor United Church Hall March 15 from 3 to 5 pm.
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