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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 31, 1910
Page
5
Fragmentary government notice states entry to proxy may be arranged at an agency under certain conditions. Mentions duties and residency requirements, acreage cultivation, and erection of a house. Includes unauthorized publication warning and price terms per acre.
The year 1909 was successful for the store not for large volume like mail order houses but because every customer received good value for money. The motto 100 cents worth for a dollar guided all purchases and will continue to do so.
A local Austin page records visitors and residents names including Miss Crichton, Mr Porter, Mr Dodwell, and Miss Addie Stooke visiting or moving about town. Vestry re-elections at Anglican Church elect G Stooke as Peoples’ Warden, with Rev Clark as incumbent pursuit. A Light Hill quadrille club masquerade closes season with plans for prize awards and costume lists to be published.
Local mentions include Arthur Mason leaving List for Winnipeg to study engineering. Miss Lowe Easter visit with Austin friends. Miss Yeasie McEchern at home over Easter. George van visiting Mrs McKernan. Marry Lloyd rents Galvin farm. Galvin to move to Light Hill. Worship attendance remains orderly though a voice urged “Sing up” during a service. Next W.F.M.S. meeting at Mrs McEchern’s home with a small sense of urgency.
Last Friday afternoon Mrs Stafford and her children boarded CN train at Beaver for Port. Milord, a two year old child, was left on the platform as the train pulled out. The conductor was asked to stop and back up to the platform, but allegedly refused. Mr A James went over as possible and took the child in safety.
The Silver Medal elocution contest under the Royal Templars of Temperance, supervised by Miss Lillian McLachlan, was a grand success. Rev. Geo. Dickson of Golden Stream won for reading The Martyred Mother, with many performances by local talent and a lively audience. The event raised funds for the provincial campaign, and the paper invites local news and notices from readers.
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