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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 06, 1915
Page
8
The Maccrecor youths head for the front as reinforcements. Names include E. Stewart Mayors, Corporals Stewart and Hay, Privates May and Donald. Draft adjustments assign roles while awaiting official news on recent battles and movements.
Fragmentary OCR notes refer to mourners and the reverend involved in a funeral or memorial at a home and gravesite. The text mentions a location 2121 and notes about a large gathering or service. Further details are unclear due to corruption.
School report for Keron at MacGregor lists total enrollment 168 with top class averages and several students named with scores. For week ending April 24, names include Mise Sellison, Nerula Merrick, Cyril Pr, Florence Lye, Myrtle Collier, Clarence Mc Lachlan, Ena Rogers, Edna, Amy Young, Winnie, Greta Law, Lily Pogue, Eva Cairns, and others. Scores range around 63 to 186 with various marks and notes on possible or not. John C. Anderson appears at end.
A report covers a calf price record at a district beef sale and a Musc le Aberdeen Angus figure, plus details of the Brandon Exhibitie and Women Grain event. It notes a Community and Recreation Grant discussion with no decision, a May 15 meeting on The Rural School its development, and papers from various viewpoints. The Beaver Scholars hosted a concert to raise uniform costs for the baseball team, with pupils delivering most of the program and a wheelbarrow versus old mail debate judged in favor of the wheelbarrow by a narrow margin. An appetising lunch followed the program.
Mrs. Margaret Machan wife of James Machast died Sunday afternoon at the family home east of the community. She was 60 years old and had lived in the Elisaith community 25 years coming from Dalhousie County Ontario. She is survived by her husband and eleven children. Funeral held Tuesday with service conducted by the sous act
Notice to farmers states Clyde Alexander's Heir and McKnight stallions will be on the district roads for inspection and use. The text notes large numbers of their colts in the district and praises the Scotch breed for size and quality. It mentions sale of good horses, Shorthorns, sows, and cows, inviting interested buyers to contact.
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