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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 16, 1957
Page
3
Several law firms and an auctioneer advertise services in Portage la Prairie Manitoba. Listings include barristers and solicitors, a real estate sale notice, an insurance and loan offer, and an auctioneering and valuation service with contact numbers and office hours.
Ernie Ariss of Winnipeg visits family. Gerald Owens of Brandon sprayers. Keith Heppner of Winnipeg weekend at parental home. Teulon party visits Winnipeg relatives. car incident near MacGregor. Mrs G Forrest and others host visits. May weather and farming tasks noted. Local groups report on 4H Sewing Club, curling club, and election outcomes. May events include dances and weddings in June.
Rod and Gun Digest notes warm weather and early spawning push fishing season forward a week. Ice remains on several northern lakes while Dauphin area thaws. Derby events planned for June 16 and the Whitemud River angling contest set for June 9, with details to follow. Guides suggest keeping a fishing diary to track weather and results. Local reports discuss deer sightings, caviar prices, and a Caspian Sea sturgeon catch reported as a Russia fish story.
A May 8 gathering at the Legion Hall MacGregor sought to form a 4-H Sheep Club in North Norfolk with Agricultural Representative Welland Stonehouse and Dominion Livestock Fieldman Harold Scotchmer present. Thirteen members and several parents attended but no firm plans were set, though one or two clubs may form. The organizing meeting is slated for June 3 at 8 p.m.
Bagot 4-H Club held Achievements Day with 78 attendees. Eleven red ribbons and one purple were awarded across projects led by Carole Chariton, Carole Dankesreiter, Myrna Nichol, Dorothy Smith, Donna Dankesreiter, Ferne Green, Norma Smith, Donna Landers, Donna Butterfield, Marjorie Bodie, Sandra Kalberg, and Rose Hildebrand. Activities included demonstrations on slippers and flower arranging, a Winnipeg trip talk, a piano solo, a fashion show, and a queen song. Awards included a Gimli Camp trip for Donna Danke sreiter and Completion Certificate for Rose Hildebrand. CBWT radio/interviews and Country Calendar TV features planned. thirten articles to Portage fair and six to Brandon Provincial Fair.
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