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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 02, 1968
Page
4
Rates for want ads and notices, 5 cent per word for locals, birth notices and cards of thanks have special pricing. DEADLINE for Classified and Local Readers is Tuesday at 1 30 pm at the herald office. Death and funeral notices 60 cents per column inch, photos 1.00 per column inch.
Obituaries from Katrime and MacGregor Manitoba report the deaths of Ernest George Kemsley aged 86 and William Somerville Emerson aged 78. Kemsley, born in Seven Oaks England, died April 22 1968 in Portage la Prairie General Hospital. survived by three sons and one daughter with funeral April 26 at Master Funeral Home. Emerson, a lifelong MacGregor farmer, died April 26. funeral April 29 at MacGregor United Church with interment in Austin Cemetery.
In memoriam notices for George Stanley Cooper died May 10 1962 and Doreen Patterson died May 4 1956 express enduring memories from Irene Maureen Glenda and family. A card of thanks thanks friends for 40th wedding anniversary and hospital visitors plus Dr OConnell and MacGregor Hospital staff are noted by Cox and Marjorie Williams.
Sincere thanks to all who helped before and during the sale and to Beaver Hospital Aid for lunch. Gratitude to Rev. Lee, pallbearers, drivers, Mac, Gregor Bakery, lunch providers, Dr. Ford, McMaster Funeral Home, and friends for flowers, meals, and support after our father’s death. Marjorie, Albert and George Kemsley.
Mrs a would like to express thanks to relatives neighbors and friends for kindnesses during Mr Goodridge s stay in hospital. Mr Goodridge also thanks the Carberry hospital staff for care and to those who sent cards parcels of fruit visits and to his son Leonard who transported him to and from the hospital.
For sale two bedroom house on Talbot Street in MacGregor with waterworks and gas heat. Apply C. R. Barber, MacGregor. Also for sale crown millet No 1 seed cleaned and bagged at five cents per pound by J. L. Pogue, Bagot. Phone 274-2481 Portage. 16-cent tin.
Mrs. William Ame of Dauphin named New Democratic Party candidate for Dauphin in the June 25 general election at a weekend party strategy session. Elmer Forbes, Progressive Conservative, represented the northwestern Manitoba constituency in the last House and was first elected to the Commons in 1958.
Provincial horticulturist Fred Weir recommends the selected ornamental trees and shrubs for Manitoba. A free copy can be requested from Room 713, Norquay Building, Winnipeg, by writing to the Recommended List of Ornamental Trees and Shrubs for Manitoba.
Beavor area items list visits and gatherings with Portage Shaw and Drader families. Reports include Hazel Smith’s Portage visit, Dorothy Thompson in hospital, Bake Sale winners Rev Lamb Harold Gilbert and Robert Rodgers, Winnipeg visitors Bill McQuitty Evelyn Haralson, Shacklells from Killarney and Glenboro, Jack Smith St Mark visit, Raymond Smith family weekend Gainsborough, Dennis Beaudin in Winnipeg General Hospital, sympathy for Charles Welsh, MacGregor Lions Club Bingo starting next week.
Sealed tenders are invited for the purchase of the old Manitoba Telephone System exchange building at Sidney including the land up to 2 pm central daylight saving time on Thursday, May 1968. The property description covers Lot One in Block Eleven, with possession at a fixed date. tenders require a 10 percent cheque and must be mailed to the Manitoba Telephone System in Winnipeg.
A conference of Indian chiefs from across the province heard government officials pass the buck on services for Indians. Sykes Powderlace of Morley noted that some reserves have three government bodies and poor communication. The review cited isolated reserves, poor roads, few cars and phones, illiteracy, and agents not speaking local language.
Noel Sharp, 32, son of former international affairs minister Mitchell Sharp and principal at Bassano High School, says he may contest the Crowfoot constituency in the June federal election. He expects increased Liberal representation in Alberta and notes Liberal nominees may win seats there. Liberal nominating meeting for Crowfoot tentatively set for May 13 in Brooks, Alberta.
Frederick Isaac Ross, 34, hitchhiked with Mountie Cpl. Don Goodman of Dauphin’s RCMP identification branch, was recognized and arrested after leaving Cache Lake minimum security rehabilitation facility. He walked about 40 miles from the camp when picked up last Wednesday night for break in and theft.
John Johnson of Calgary, vice-president of the Liberal Association of Alberta, called Pierre Elliott Trudeau a connoisseur of life and a guru who will draw disenchanted youths back to politics. He said Trudeau would move the party beyond the welfare state to aid the underprivileged, noting his initial support for John Turner.
The 4H Home Economics club hosts its achievement night on May 9 at 8 p.m. in Memorial Hall. Junior members, leaders, and families are invited to attend the campus event highlighting projects and awards.
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