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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 21, 1973
Page
4
Classified ad rate details plus multiple obituaries and thank you notices. Includes In Memoriam entries for Paton and Doleisi, Card of Thanks messages, and sale listing for seed grains from Burch Seed Farms with contact. Mentions dates of passing and local names in Thunder Bay and Austin.
WANTED maintenance and utility man duties commence April 1 1978 state age qualifications salary expected by March 24 1973 to Council Tillage of Treberne Man
Employment Wanted shows George Robertson seeking sharpening work for saws shears and scissors at 62 12th St N W Portage la Prairie phone 857 5237. For sale wheat oats and barley contact Bev Allan at 885 2999. Notice promotes home made wine with additive kits locks hoses stabilizers yeast and more from Denwal Pharma MacGregor with claim of cost 198 per gallon or less if fruit is used.
A Monday UCW turkey supper for about 80 at Edwin hall hosted Portage Co op members. Congratulations to Ernie and Bill Painter, George Boak, Al Bryson for bonspiel success. Bingo March 23 at 8. Cattle trip to Rugby NC. visits from Pallisters. March birthdays for several locals. Reach for the Top feature on Jim Pallister and Portage students.
Spruce Hills 4 H Combines held their March 7 business meeting. Secretary and treasurer reports were read and adopted. A dance occurred March 2. The club was invited to Rossendale 4 H bonspiel where a rink led by Lynne Dobbin skipped by Velda Dobbin with Lorne Fenton and Wendy North won first prize in the first event. Achievement night is set for April 16. Reporter Wendy North. The Canadian Copper Co started its first smelting furnace at Copper Cliff Ont in 1887.
Debra Rands was declared Miss Carnival Queen 1973 at the Austin Annual Carnival held in the community hall on Saturday March 17. The event featured parade of princesses and escorts, costume judging, and gifts from the town council and the queen committee.
A whist drive is set for Thursday March 29 at the Manor in Spain. United Fellowship Circle forms a 1.C. group and will host a noon luncheon at MacGregor United Church Hall on Wednesday April 18 from 11 30 a.m. to 1 p.m. A miscellaneous shower for Donna Turner is planned at MacGregor United Church Hall on Tuesday March 27 at 8 p.m. MacGregor 4-H Club showcases achievements on April 3 at 7 30 p.m. in the Collegiate. Everyone welcome.
Townsfolk from Southend Macaulay visit relatives and friends across Snowflake Brandon Regina and Winnipeg over the weekend and weekdays. Visitors include Gordon Hay Pennell McGregor Bailey Turner Ferris and Demkey with numerous gatherings and meals noted.
NDP member Mr. Uruski of St. George urged the Manitoba Turkey Marketing Board to actively seek new markets after citing the Hog Marketing Board’s 300000 hogs sold to Japan. He called for the board to be more forward thinking and producer‑focused during a Legislature debate, then reiterated his point outside.
A London woman won more than 1.8 million dollars in Britain's football pools and instantly withdrew from public view. She correctly forecast the match outcomes ending with equal scores, pushing her prize past the prior record by nearly 12 thousand dollars.
MacGregor residents Betty Reilly and Sheldon Harvey of Winnipeg attended the Nichol Harvey wedding on Saturday and spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. G. Fotheringham. Numerous visitors from Winnipeg Edmonton Toronto and elsewhere came to Map area gatherings and church events. Reg Smith, formerly of Toronto, died recently. Raymond Nichol and his bride were married in MacGregor last Saturday. A 53rd wedding anniversary was noted for Mr. and Mrs. Hartnoll at a family gathering.
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