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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 11, 1944
Page
1
Church services at St. Pauls MacGregor United Church and Bagot Beaver locations. Mother's Day observances with baptisms and new members. Furloughs, Arbor Day in Manitoba, store closures, auctions, theatre shows at Tivoli and Masonic Hall. Weather note and army family updates amid community announcements.
The Herald extends congratulations to John A. Gray on his 88th birthday May 6. Obituaries note Mrs. Miller of MacGregor and Mrs. Wenham of Winnipeg, with funerals at St Matthew’s Elmwood. Local births include three from MacGregor and Katime, and Phyllis Lye visits home. A May whist drive and dance at Masonic Hall benefits the Tennis Club. Bruce Stinson ill with scarlet fever at Portage Hospital.
A North Atlantic storm damaged a ship whose engines failed for two days. Crew members and local boys fashioned makeshift sails from hammocks, then steered the vessel toward port at three knots, about two hundred miles distant, until a tug towed it to an eastern Canadian port. Jim Turner and A B Lloyd Butterfield of MacGregor led key efforts during the gale.
Advertisment notes hairdressing services with Victory Solution and Creme de F pricing. Seasonal specials include individual packets at 10.00 and cremes at 3.50. Two full time operators, cold waves by experienced staff, hours 9 to 6, contact Nestle Hairdresser by phone 47 and staff names Mrs Ella Smith and Miss Sadie Rothwell.
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