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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 11, 1961
Page
8
Beaver Myrna and band members Karen Lynn and Dennis visited Winnipeg on Thursday for Carly’s dental surgery. Mrs Lyall Stone joined Mr and Mrs Bert Nichol and Myrna in Brandon on Wednesday for the festival. Myrna tied for second in the solo class with 82 points.
Mrs H Bouthwaite notes a Sunday School Family Day service at 4 Church this Sunday with planned activities. Rev G Hicks shows improvement but will stay another week in MacGregor hospital. Various local families visit, attend weddings, and share weekend travels between MacGregor Winnipeg Brandon and Carman. A funeral for Mrs J McCann in Carman is reported with condolences from friends. The Portage CCF meets in Austin to discuss the New Party constitution and delegates for Ottawa Founding Convention. The Cancer drive by the Patriotic Club raises 54.42 dollars.
Last Wednesday the program VIL drew a crowded audience in the small theatre with 92 attendees fitting inside. Last Friday strong students arranged chairs in the auditorium and received free Highland Highlights tickets for a full house.
The Austin Creat Union reports assets up to April 30 at a new high of 165000 dollars. Manitoba Credit Union League sponsored an officers meeting in Austin Community Hall April 24 with attendees from Portage Plumas Gladstone Greysville Amaranth and Carberry. A new District 2 chapter formed with Hordarson Amarath T Lowe Austin and F Green Plumas elected to offices. Manitoba tops North American league publications contest with five first place awards. national meeting in Montreal this week to include Marcel Carron W West and W Wace Winnipeg and W Makinson Austin as national directors.
A sequence of social visits and friendly gatherings is recorded. Names include Mr and Mrs Alex Livingstone with Newton visitors Mr and Mrs Bill Lamb, Mrs B Nelson, Mrs Sam Williams, Walter Livingstone and family, and others such as the Hughsons, the Weibes, Grenvise Smith, the Pattersons, Kueblers, Scott family, Bill Thompson, Edwin and Donnie Kuevier, Lyall Knox and family, Murray and Myrna McFarlane, Phyllis Nelson Valerie Hotel and Lynn Zimmerman, plus a birthday party for Linda Cooper at Beaver attended by Bevier.
Readable garden note indicates delphinium varieties and strawberry plants are prepared for installation in outdoor beds. Planting likely to occur as soil warms and spring conditions permit.
MPRA RCMP report a 59 year old Kenora Ontario man John Kulkowski was struck and killed by a car while walking on a highway about five miles north of Winnipeg. Police have not released the driver’s name and an inquest is scheduled for today.
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