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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 25, 1965
Page
4
Classified and local reader ads list rates for word based notices including births engagements death notices and sales with deadlines and discounts. House rent land tenders and senior housing projects are noted with contact details and bid dates. The page also includes staff salaries examples and vendor offers from Goodyear and Consolidated Paint.
Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth Mitchell 78, of MacGregor, born in Belfast Ireland, died Thursday March 18 at MacGregor General Hospital. She immigrated to Canada 55 years ago, active in MacGregor United Church and various local groups. Survived by son Zoe Man and daughters Mrs. George Gregor and Mrs. Clayton Stewart, eight grandchildren, four brothers in Ireland. Funeral March 20 at 2 pm from MacGregor United Church, Rev E Armistead presiding. Interment MacGregor Cemetery. McMaster Funeral Home in charge.
A mixed set of rural sale notices across MacGregor Portage la Prairie and surrounding areas. Items include six room house on two lots with fruit trees in Austin, two lots of bush land, seed grains and oats, a MacGregor house for sale or rent with appliances, and various animal feed and farming services. Contact names include L Chambers, M. W. Burch, Mrs. W. Wood, Harry Lloyd, W. H. Martin, Glenn Lye, and Bob Watton with corresponding phone numbers and locations in MacGregor and nearby towns.
Frank Foster of Bagot died Sunday. Survived by wife Odelia Fish and three daughters Darcy Gaye Joy Dale, also his parents James and Mrs. Foster and sister Mrs. Hilda Braybrook of Winnipeg. Funeral Tuesday March 23 at 2 p.m. McMaster Funeral Home with Evergreen Memorial Gardens interment. Card of thanks from Sam and Ada Williams.
Thank you to all who sent cards letters flowers and gifts and those who visited despite the storm. Special gratitude to everyone who helped with generous food while I was away in hospital. Your kindness is deeply appreciated and forever remembered by Marjie Archie McIntyre and families.
A patient thanks UCW Temple Lodge staff and MacGregor Collegiate students for support during hospitalization. Also includes multiple classified sale items: Yellow blossom sweet clover in 100 lb bags at 0c per lb offered by Geo. T. Snaith, and several John Deere farming tools for sale from John Klassen, Winkler Manitoba.
Community notices list a nylon stocking drive by The Explorers of United Church on Saturday. Also reported are visits among local families, get well wishes, sympathy notices, weekend guests, and biweekly whist drive details with standings and reminders about dish returns and curling rink notices.
Community notes report hospital aid searches for a missing item, visits from Mrs. Belle Shillington, condolences to the Mitchell family on Mrs. Mitchell’s passing, Flora McGregor’s return from Winnipeg, a two week western trip, birthdays anniversaries dinners and guests, travel updates from Lorne Patterson and others, health updates on A J Struthers and Terry Williams, weather comments, hospital news from Dominion meeting, and sympathy for Frank Foster’s passing.
Citizens of MacGregor and district aged 60 and over are invited to a get together in the United Church hall on April 1 at 2 30 p m. Hostesses will be members of the Lew club.
Ancient Egyptians buried small models of workers to accompany a nobleman in the afterlife. These figures were thought to perform menial tasks for the deceased, ensuring comfort and aid in the journey beyond death.
Gladstone defeated MacGregor 9-2 on Friday night to claim the final series in two straight games. The 12 and under team finished the season undefeated through the league and playoffs, with standout goaltending by Robert Collins despite nine goals against. Curtis Sims scored MacGregor’s first goal with assistance from Nass, and Brian Nichol added the second on a Brian Telford pass. Local players Robert Litster and Raymond Nichol shone, as the Gladstone squad completed 18 games this season, tallying six wins, two ties, and ten losses. The Friday lineup included Collins, Hay, Borton, Smith, Hill, Wright, Nichol, Nichol, Sims, Gilbert, Telford, Owens, and Litster.
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