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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 21, 1964
Page
4
Classifieds list lash rates for want ads with a 15 word minimum and per word charges for extra text. Second insertion and memorial notices incur added fees, with deadlines and payment terms noted. Death and funeral notices run at 60 per column inch and photos at 2 per column inch.
Obituary for Clara Monica Moore of Muir notes May 12 death and funeral May 1 at MacGregor United Church with Rev. E Or stead and Rev. Lloyd Dickinson. details of flowers and pallbearers. Engagement announced for Margaret Mae Unthwaite to Benny Yurkiw at Trinity United Church Portage la Prairie June 13. In memoriam for Johanna Martin dated May 18 1963. For sale and employment notices follow including items from White Line Motors Westbourne and J Letkeman MacGregor.
A broad agricultural firm seeks a local Crop Service representative with recent farming background and strong local respect. Full time or part time alongside farming, with weekly earnings from 100 to 150 dollars and good early advancement prospects. Respond to W McLachlan Manitoba Sales Manager 1251 Redwood Ave Winnipeg Man. Stan Firth offers Massey Ferguson parts and weed sprayers. Denwal Pharmacy promotes Blackleg protection and Nixon’s New Scourex calves medicine. Westfalia milker displays and cream separator repairs available.
MacGregor locals recount weekend visits from neighbors and relatives in Alonso Trehemeters Portage Brandon and Winnipeg. A boy found glasses west of Donald Francis Jr home and callers are asked to contact the Herald office. Shirley Palmer graduates from Misericordia Hospital School of Nursing in Winnipeg.
Church notices list multiple congregations with service times on Sunday and midweek events. MacGregor United Church offers unified service at 10.00 am and Beaver service at 11.30 pm, with Bagot and other local churches showing worship and prayer meetings. Austin Christ Church hosts a Sunday school at 11.00 am and an afternoon ody service. Bethel Church has 10.00 am Sunday School and 11.00 am worship. Calvary Tabernacle Sidney schedules 3.00 pm service and 8.00 pm prayer/bible study midweek. St Paul’s and other local churches present regular services and choir practices.
Attention cattlem en reserve Saturday June 6 to attend the thirteenth annual Southern Manitoba Purebred Cattle Show and Sale in Killarney Arena. Offfer for sale are 22 Hereford bulls and 26 Hereford females, many to be bred in 1964. Catalogues from Agricultural Representative James McKnight, Pilot Mound. Auctioneer J R Blacklock. Show at 9 am. Sale at 1 pm.
Ladies of the UCW urge sorting usable clothing for a rummage sale on May 30 with drop off May 29 at the church grounds behind United Church. Pickups available by calling 98-3 or 30. Also notes a May 28 UCW meeting at 2:30 pm and a June 4 Baby Band graduation at 3:30 pm plus an UCW general meeting on May 25 at 8 pm.
London workers return after a three day weekend to a holiday horror scene with 86 dead on crowded roads and 200 youths arrested. Teen clashes between rival Mods and Rockers erupt along southern coast resorts as traffic deaths double last year.
The first centennial project in Manitoba begins this summer with 120 high schools exchanging students with eastern Canada. Rene Prefontaine of the Manitoba Centennial Corporation and John Fisher of the National Centenary administration announced that five groups of 24 grade 11 students plus two chaperones will travel to eastern Canada for a week in July and August. The federal government will cover transportation costs. A June 5-6 seminar will brief Manitoba’s 200-member citizens’ centennial committee on plans for the 1967 celebrations, while discussions continue on federal involvement in provincial events.
Prime Minister Pearson announced cabinet plans to replace the Red Ensign with a maple leaf flag design. A final design will be chosen Thursday to be placed before Parliament, with a debate expected before the summer recess. Three proposed designs feature three maple leaves on white or light blue backgrounds, with possible blue end bars.
A one ton bale of cheques washed ashore at the Essex holiday resort. Lloyds Bank spokesman said the cheques likely fell from a passing ship en route to a pulping factory and are now worthless after passing through many accounts.
An archival note highlights Ancient Breeders' Service conducting tests on bulls to assess traits and potential breeding value. The brief mentions evaluated semen quality and performance indicators to guide selection for improving herd genetics.
The Rossendale 4 H Beef Builders held a regular business meeting on May 14 in Elmwood school. Fourteen members attended. They planned purchasing uniforms for marching at the fair and approved a tour of the club calves on June 20. The next meeting is set for June 4. -Lindsay Lyall
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