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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 14, 1959
Page
2
J Milne, managing editor, receives a three dollar payment in the United States news context. The brief notes his role and the small monetary amount associated with the position.
Mrs. R Outhwaite reports visitors and relatives in Austin and nearby towns. Summer church activities include PCTC Camp slides, W A Tea at Sidney, and a senior public speaking contest May 22. Local clubs host meetings, sales, and plant show in Austin Motors Show Room on May 23.
Among weekend visitors were Mr and Mrs Albert Doucette and family of Estevan Mr and Mrs Robin Gilmour Peggy and Opal Gilmour Penny Christofferson Edwin Wicklund and Barbara Gilmour all from Winnipeg attending a weekend gathering and sermon.
The report notes the Austin High teams posting three games in the past week with more planned. The girls led until the bottom of the sixth but fell 17-16 to MacGregor girls, while the boys won 6-4 on Friday but lost 9-1 to MacGregor Boys on Sunday. A Friday booster clinic served Public School and Collegiate students with polio boosters and diphtheria and whooping cough vaccines.
Corrections from last week mention Ethel Taylor and Mr Tupper of Winnipeg visiting at the Taylor home last Sunday. Numerous visits Sunday and Friday include Duncan and Lun dy families at Portage and various relatives from MacGregor Brandon and Kenora. A dance in Katrime hall on May 15 features Machan’s orchestra with posters for a Junior Red Cross dance on May 22.
Janice Duncan of Poplar Bluff and Betty McLaughlin of Brandon visited MacGregor relatives including Mr. and Mrs. A Duncan and A. Duncan. Sunday guests at L Smith’s were Beatty family from Oak Bank Styce family from Mayfield Corrigal family from MacGregor. Edmonton visitors McKinsty and Daryl spent Friday and Saturday at A Giercki’s. R McLaughlin drove to Neepawa for Janet Orchard grade XII graduation with Betty McLaughlan from Brandon joining. S. Cooper visited Walker and Albert. Birthday greetings to Linda Gilbert May 16 and to Mr. Taylor and Ron Blanchard on May 21.
Mrs. J. Rintoul welcomed Hartford ladies Thursday for a quilting bee. D. Landers Mae, Louise, and Donna drove to Winnipeg on Tuesday and Mrs. Landers returned with them. Edith Hounsome arrived Wednesday to visit family. Donna Landers and Norma Smith joined Rosendale High School pupils Friday for a Winnipeg bus tour visiting North Star Refinery, Westons Bakery, The Blind Institute, M.T.S, the city park, and the new Simpson-Sears store. Ian Rintoul stayed in Winnipeg and later returned with the Rintoul family for the weekend.
Frank and Arthur Hounsome and their old school pal Jack Boag join Joe Shewaya for a visit on Saturday. Sunday guests at Starks include Mr and Mrs J Slater and Miss Alvena Strovel of Winnipeg. Miss G Rempel spent the weekend with her parents in Sidney. Mothers Day visitors to Mr and Mrs S Thompson were Mr and Mrs A Fawcett and family of MacGregor. Mr and Mrs Rintoul were supper guests with Mr and Mrs Brydges in Portage. The district extends sincere sympathy to the Hounsome family on the death of their father Mr T Blounsome at his farm home on Monday Ma 11.
The Shiralee on May 14 and 16 at Austin Theatre portrays a man seeking freedom until an unwanted child becomes a burden. Peter Finch, a renowned Australian actor, stars in the production set in his native land with Dana Wilson as an appealing Shiralee figure in a human story of desire and responsibility.
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