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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 02, 1957
Page
4
A long list of social visits and holiday gatherings in Pine Creek area. Residents travel to Portage Rivers Rivers, and various towns for weddings anniversaries and family time. Easter holidays bring extended family visits including Currie Lamb McMillan and Kuebler households with several local and nearby friends and relatives.
Lavenham notes list visitors and residents at Easter from Winnipeg Brandon and The Pas. Mentions include Mrs T Dede, Pred and Chas Towle, Mr and Mrs Harold Martin of Pilot Mound, Mr and Mrs Jack Price, Mr Sid Martin, and many others. The piece also covers church service plans May 5, local election work and road transport changes. It closes with a reflection on Easter and a sudden death of Tom Robertson of Choiceland and community reactions.
Welland Stonehouse reports 4H public speaking contests held in MacGregor and Carberry with twenty five junior entrants and sixteen senior entrants. Winners advance to the Kiwanis Contest in Sidney on May 3. Also noted are tree supply plans, summer fallow orders, a Sheep Field Day near MacGregor in mid May, tass hopper alerts with available spraying aid, and a new Careers in Agriculture booklet for local high schools.
Texas millionaire William Negley bet William Carpenter Jr of Wilmington Delaware thousands of dollars that he could not kill an elephant in the Belgian Congo with bow and arrow. Negley not only succeeded but claimed a second elephant with a hundred pound Bear Bow and a 28 inch arrow on a hunting trip.
A collage of regional notes covers conservation efforts, wildlife sightings, and hunting results. It mentions the Saskatchewan Fish and Game League and Kill the Carp campaign, plus antelope hunts with a 1956 season tally. Also notes on muskrats, bear stories, and fishing line maintenance.
The clip describes line stress near the leader and the risk of a Junker snapping the line as you attempt to land a catch. It notes that spinners twist lines over time and recommends using expensive ball bearing swivels between line and lure to prevent twists and potential breakage.
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