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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 31, 1966
Page
4
Classified and local readers rate at ten cents per word with a ten percent surcharge for unpaid ads after one month. Deadline set for Tuesday at 130 pm at the Metald Office. Death and funeral notices priced per column inch. photos extra. Also listings for wanted equipment and for sale seed with telephone contact in MacGregor Herald.
Alexander Hugh Fraser died March 21, 1966 at 76. He was born in Inverness Scotland and came to Canada in 1904. He farmed in Balmoral Manitoba, married Charlotte Bury in Winnipeg in 1915, and lived in St James before retiring in 1962. Survived by widow Charlotte, son Bury, two daughters Mollie McKenzie and Dolly Kid, five grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at 1:15 pm at Mordue Bros. Funeral Home Broadway at Edmonton. Interment Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens.
Charles Edward Stewart died in Victoria on March 23 1966. Survived by wife Evelyn two sons Charles A Stewart Port Coquitlam BC Donald W Stewart daughter Mrs D Ynes Helen Macbeth Victoria nine grandchildren and one great grandson a brother Donald Cameron Stewart Victoria sister Violet England. Private service conducted by Padre Kendell followed by cremation. Engagement announced Valerie Faye Boak to Curtis Gordon Pogue of Bagot wedding April 16 1966 MacGregor United Church. Card of thanks from K B Duncan and Lynn Crocker. Additionally numerous rural sale notices list items for sale including grain machinery tractors and livestock with prices and contact details.
Tina Little offers thanks to MacGregor and district people for a complete canister set received as a thoughtful gift.
Harold Orchard expresses gratitude to friends and organizations for fruit, cards, letters, and visits while hospitalized at Portage and MacGregor hospitals and after returning home. He also thanks those who offered help at home.
The Austin Rink Committee expresses gratitude to all who contributed to the rink and the annual men's bonspiel, and to those who donated time to renovate the waiting room and assist with installing the oil furnace and water system.
The notice extends thanks to friends and relatives for support and a supper hosted by Mr and Mrs B Anderson and Mr and Mrs L Chambers. It thanks those who attended and contributed to the occasion.
62 year-old firm seeks a male salesman for industrial sales in MacGregor area. Travel limited, earnings are not specified. Experience not necessary. Write Consolidated, attn R A Deitz, East Ohio Building, Cleveland, Ohio.
A federal survey shows farmers plan to seed 29,616,100 acres in March, up five percent from 28,282,200 last year. If plans hold, wheat acreage could reach 29,685,000 acres, matching the 1964 level.
A collage of trade notices offers top prices for live poultry and farm supplies, disc sharpening and veterinary products, rental items, and an appeal to join a Manitoba medical group. The agriculture section reports Manitoba spring wheat acreage up four percent to 3.37 million acres with Canada wide oats steady, barley up 18 percent, rye down, flax and rapeseed down.
Department of Public Works of Canada invites sealed tenders for dining kitchen building and Sally Port at Stony Mountain Penitentiary. Tenders due May 4, 1966. documents cost 125 dollars. deposits refundable on return. Public works offices in Ottawa Winnipeg Toronto Edmonton. notices at Brandon Stony Mountain post offices and builders exchanges. OBERT FORTIER, Secretary.
Birthday congratulations go to B. W. Gilbert who celebrated his 86th yesterday. Miss Ruth Muirhead enjoyed a holiday last week visiting relatives in Edmonton Saskatoon and Portage.
Three farm sale notices detail auctions by E Johnson H H Driedger and Art Pettitt. Items include cattle and calves pigs machinery livestock household furniture and miscellaneous farm equipment. Dates listed: April 7 April 12 and April 15 with locations in Austin and Bagot.
Canadian farmers will receive higher payments for the 1964-65 crop year with oats at 77.6 cents per bushel and barley at 1.27 dollars per bushel, figures above the previous year. The press releases from the Canadian Wheat Board, tabled by Finance Minister Sharp, note the total return combines initial delivery reserves and final payments, reflecting improved support for western producers.
Patricia Firlott notes her recent assignment involved planning seven bathrooms in one home, a count aimed at meeting the trend that most new houses include at least one and a half bathrooms.
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