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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 07, 1975
Page
4
Mrs H Johnson shares Austin community happenings from a cool cloudy spell. A white albinolike robin range draws attention while local visits, church events, a Sportsmen dinner, and a postal service farewell mark the week. Attendees from Winnipeg and nearby towns attend socials as plans shift for the Austin U C W bake sale and May meetings.
The Seniors Citizens Get together Club met April 29 at the Masonic hall with 26 attendees. Miss E Henderson led the meeting, Mrs F Kitson gave a financial report, and a May 13 gathering was planned. A senior citizens seminar had been held May 5 in Portage la Prairie. A future lunch was proposed as a hobo lunch or pot luck.
Eva Gillespie reports Jo Anne Johnston won the girls solo cup at the Gladstone festival and Glen Fehr captured the boys solo cup. Family guests included Gilbert Mohr and Frank Weber clans visiting Roblin and Gladstone, with Cheryl Reid visiting relatives in Winnipeg and Hank Snow concert attendance noted by Wickstead and Farmer families.
The Central Plains chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Society held its latest executive meeting at Trinity Church Parlor with welcomes to visitors from Morden. They announced May 18 as National Day of Prayer for MS and discussed newsletters, a Dauphin chapter organizing trip, an upcoming May 16 meeting with Hal Martens on wheelchair handling, and a June 7 Hobby Fair to raise funds after federal cuts to MS research.
Prairie Gateway chapter IODE offers a trophy for the best IODE rose grown in Portage la Prairie this summer. Mrs Lillian Maxwell Regent explains the specially developed rose sold across Canada for the 50th anniversary of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire. The trophy will be awarded at the Horticultural Society show August 13 14 and 15 at Victoria School. Directors revise the prize list and a plant and tea sale is set for May 2 with a directors meeting May 6 at 8 pm.
Agriculture Canada details hardy herbaceous perennials suited to Manitoba prairie gardens. The piece covers bloom timelines from late April through fall, soil prep, border sizing, sun and drainage needs, shade tolerance, and recommended varieties like squills, phlox, tulips, iris, and delphinium. It advises deep-rooted plants need rotted manure and notes how to contact Agriculture Canada for publication 1320.
Representatives from Inter City Gas and executives from American oil coal natural gas and hydroelectric industries met in Duluth in April to discuss the energy supply outlook. They found more than adequate natural gas now and for decades, and urged less government regulation to let market forces develop new energy sources. A mini seminar on energy supply in Manitoba is planned by Inter City Gas.
Portage Propane Ltd and its division Ogee Propane under Cobre limping Keating face a disrupted market. Industry sources cite supply chain strain and competitive pricing pressures impacting regional distribution and customer access.
Hartford and Currie news detail a May 28 Currie meeting at Mrs Yom Rintout's home and a string of weekend visits and gatherings across Winnipeg Portage and surrounding farms. Families including Rintoul, Lacombe, Dickson, Wiebe, Lamont and Remple appear among church and social events with travel between Brandon MacGregor Pinawa and Winnipeg.
Fragmentary OCR item notes a location and number with unclear context, mentioning Cherokee Northend Royalite and a street name St.N along with 857, lacking verifiable events or identifiable persons.
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