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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 16, 1967
Page
6
Classified ads price 5 cents per word for first 15 words with 0.5 cents for each additional word. Birth notices and memorials have a 1 dollar base and 0.6 dollars per extra word, flat 1.50 dollar for some services. Local readers charges 0.10 per word plus 10 percent if unpaid within a month. Deadline Tuesday 1:30 pm. Death and funeral notices 0.60 per column inch. Photos 2.00 per column inch.
FOR SALE Brome grass seed cleaned tested will deliver it over 200 lbs 15 cents per lb. Hay bales 35 cents a bale on farm I previously owned Les Fox phone 8575674 39 14th St NW Portage. FOR SALE Quantity of baled hay 40 cents a bale delivered within 20 miles Apply Gordon Taylorson phone 87 MacGregor.
Rachel Hammond born in Speers Saskatchewan moved to Vancouver and later MacGregor district. She joined the Salvation Army and United Church community work at hospital and UCW. Survived by husband Charles Hammond three sisters and one brother. Funeral March 3 at Gregor United Church.
Obituary notices recollect Edythe Taylor who died March 14, 1966 with verse of remembrance. Also remembering James Taylor who died December 23, 1964 and Margaret Taylor who died March 18, 1965. Card of thanks from Steve Borozny for support during hospitalization.
The Minor Hockey Association along with Connie Nohlgren Milford Kilfoyle Charlie Pennell Jim Boaz Rob Hill and Clare Tarr receive thanks for organizing the Old Timers hockey Association for Retarded Children and supporting its players.
A personal message from Charlie Hammon expresses gratitude for sympathy shown after the loss of his wife. He thanks pallbearers flowerbearers and the ladies who served lunch and credits their kindness to Rachel during her illness and to him.
Appreciation goes to prize donors and volunteers at the men’s bonspiel and carnival. Many roles noted include door keepers carnival committees kitchen staff and food donors whose efforts made the events a success. Also listed are miscellaneous sale notices for household items farm gear and livestock with various contact details and prices.
Several farm notices advertise reg Hereford cattle and cows, two barley and oats lots, Manitou wheat, alfalfa hay, brome hay, and seed bookings. Contacts include Shaw Bros Bea ver, Jim Duncan Austin, Glen Harkness MacGregor, J. H. Peck Sidney, Louis Kreitz MacGregor, Bob Schweitz MacGregor, M. W. Burch Portage, and Jack Wolfe MacGregor. Also dressmaking and repairs offered by Mrs. B. Loeppky Sidney.
Classified notice offers immediate replacement for Avon sales near home in rural MacGregor Austin Muir Bagot and more with Mrs E McBride at 414 Lanark Winnipeg for further info. Also shows teller-typist with some accounting experience and cafe help at Starlite Cafe Anata and a dental sore relief product Fletcher's Sore Mouth Medicine advertised at Jenwal Pharmacy for one dollar.
The MacGregor 4 H Home Economics Club discussed a Campbell soup return plan for March 1 at MacGregor Collegiate and set March 29 at 1 p.m. for an event. They will wait for the next meeting to telegraph a Centennial project and noted a float. A special meeting is planned for March 20 at Mrs. H Dankesreiter’s home. The next meeting is scheduled for April 5 at 4 p.m. at MacGregor with reporter Karen Smith.
A Sunday evening church meeting at United Church outlined plans for a faster season of services. On Friday March 24 a Good Friday service starts at 10 30 a m with Holy Communion and new members reception. An Easter sunrise service follows with Hi C s, then a 10 30 service of music and song.
Manitoba NDP member Peter Fox spoke against liquor advertising in a Liquor Act amendment. He supported extending hours for licensed outlets and Sunday drinking with meals, but argued advertising would influence youth badly and should be restricted. Radio mentions were raised as an example.
The UCW invites attendance at the annual Easter Thankoffering on Monday March 20 at 8 p.m. in United Church. Special guest Miss Elvira Voth will present slides from her Europe trip after the worship service.
A traditional Klondike landmark, the Yukon Order of Pioneers Hall, dating from 1897, was gutted by fire in Dawson City Yukon. The two storey log building stood as a historic site and archives were housed there. The hall had survived a prior blaze, and the loss comes just before a planned wedding reception.
Lizzie Saunders visited St James relatives with Harold Barber family. J Tomehuk family joined Joyce’s parents Fred Lake for Sunday. Paul Villeneuve and kids from St Lazare visited Don Wark’s family. Russ Tarr Donna Brent spent weekend in Winnipeg with Alex Frank family. H Frank moved from Winnipeg General Hospital to local hospital. Best wishes to Oscar Nohlgren and Mrs Pennell in local hospital. Also to Mrs Facet of Roane. United Church Friday service at 7 pm with Rev Armistead as guest minister.
In Gimli Manitoba the Rural Municipality voted 611 to 3 for a 10-year tax credit enabling a 10 million dollar distillery project by Seagram subsidiary Calverts of Canada. About 1,800 eligible voters participated as Seagram plans tenders for a 150-acre site near Gimli with water from artesian wells. The federal Area Development Incentives Act backing approved.
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