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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 29, 1962
Page
7
Social round up lists multiple weekend guests from Steinbach Winnipeg and Portage visiting families in Brandon and Winnipeg. Faye Crocker of Winnipeg General Hospital will spend three weeks at home then visit Buffalo USA. Winners of the bingo held on Wednesday March.
The next bingo draws Wednesday April 4 with a $50 jackpot. Wedding anniversaries salute H Henry and wife of Lavenham on March 31 and J Mc Culloch and spouse on March 28. A recovery wish goes to residents ill with flu mumps or measles. A Rossendale hall dance is set for Friday March 30 sponsored by the community group.
In CT News on March 21 Mrs J Nicoll and Mrs R F Culbert hosted the meeting. Thirteen members and six visitors attended. The inaugural service was conducted by Mrs T H Martin of Oberon. A church bee will be held soon with date to be decided. The president thanks the men who checked the oil stove and shoveled the path. Members will write the W A history since its start. Irish supper on Friday March 16 netted $75. thanks to all who helped. A small token was given to Mrs D Falk who is leaving the district.
The Wellwood 14 and Raiders captured the Ed Chant trophy by beating Gladstone in the Central Manitoba Minor Hockey League finals. Both games ended 63 with the final held in Gladstone on Saturday night as Ed Chant presented the trophy. Mac Gregor claimed the 12 and under crown as Wellwood finished tops in the 14 and under division in a successful inaugural season with five teams. An all star selection from the league played Brandon 14 and under at Carberry, with Brandon edging 5 4. MacGregor all stars Bruce Graham Jim Boaz David Wood led the squad amid a busy weekend of junior hockey across the district.
Bake sales dinners dances and meetings listed for April and March at Stan Firth showroom MacGregor Memorial Hall Katrime Hall and various church locations. Includes United Church Women Britannia Chapter L0DE North Norfolk Legion Junior Farmers and Red Cross with dates from March 26 to April 27 and contact entries for entries and planning.
Lethbridge Alberta Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce names Lydia Gerth as accountant at a local branch in mid December. The move follows a series of advances by women into banking previously dominated by men, with Ontario noting similar gains last year.
Stan Firth of Massey-Berguson dealer in MacGregor Manitoba attended the Canadian farm machinery company's preview in Saskatoon on March. The show highlighted a five-plow wheat and five-land tractor the M F Super 90 and a new Multi Power tractor transmission along with over fifty new farm and industrial products planned for release. W J Forsyth warned prairie precipitation could drive 1962 sales to a record.
United Women led by Mrs. Vivian Mc Gregor and Mrs. Dorothy Owens held a church study on The Mission of the Church with group discussions. Mrs. Dorothy Patterson led the business meeting and committees. Reports were heard as plans for a Thankoffering on Wednesday April 18 and a spring rummage sale were announced. The gathering closed with the Mispan Benediction.
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