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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 07, 1959
Page
8
Sidney readers share a lighthearted note about broadcasters lamenting rainy or snowy days. The author Musings on how weather affects radio audiences and city folks, ending with a playful reflection on Sunday’s mood.
Local write up discusses plans to canvass donations for a hall sale and lists recent social visits. It notes a goal to print donor names and amounts, and mentions hockey club receipts of 32.27 dollars. Several residents from Brandon, Winnipeg, Angusville and Portage are listed with weekend or Sunday visits and family gatherings.
Jonie McLachlan and another couple were married here on Saturday. Sidney hosted Don Sylvester from Gladstone Mrs Ian Harland Garry Peck Don and Terry Williams and Ron Penner of Winnipeg for the weekend. Sunday visitors at the Sam O'Brien home included Mr and Mrs Norman Critchton Beverley of Portage and Arnold O'Brien of MacGregor.
The UNITED CHURCH and nearby parishes mark Mother's Day with joint worship May 10 at 10 am, including Sunday School and a baptismal service. St Paul’s MacGregor holds 10 am service and 11:15 am Sunday School. Christ Church Austin offers 10 am Sunday School and 11:30 am service. Holy Trinity Sidney lists a Holy Communion at 2:30 pm.
Students from Public School and Collegiate entered Portage Gladstone and Brandon festivals earning second and third in piano. Hartley Harland won Folk Song and Bass solo cups and a most promising voice scholarship. Louise Stephenson won Soprano Solo and Helen Stephenson Girls solo cups. Julie Rand pianoforte solo cup winner Shirley Rand scored 79. Boys lost two baseball games to MacGregor.
A brief note promises more collegiate news next week, wishing luck in the future to the readers and thanking them for their attention to upcoming reports.
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