Colonel Holliday Dies in Portage at 91
Colonel Holliday, 91, died last Thursday at Portage General Hospital. Born 1870 in Smith Falls Ontario, he moved to Portage la Prairie in 1914 and ran a taxi business until 1934. Survived by two sons and two daughters, plus four brothers and three sisters, with 21 grandchildren, 26 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
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Colonel Holliday
Portage General Hospital
Smith Falls
Ont
Holliday
Poplar Point
Portage la Prairie
Arnold
Cochenour
Ernie
MacGregor
Elsie) Treffry
Portage
Bessie) Dawes
Edmonton
Alta
Stintson
Oakville
Joe
Mission City
Allan
Sault Ste. Marie
Fred
D. Anderson
St. Jose
Calif
Fuller
Syracuse
Burrows
Montreal
Que
Memorial Hall Meeting Monday in MacGregor District
The MacGregor Memorial Hall will hold its annual meeting in the hall on Monday May 29 at 8 30 p m This is an important meeting and should be of interest to everyone in the MacGregor district The Memorial Hall is a central community hub needing work to keep it functioning and maintained The committee seeks more volunteers from the community and welcomes all to attend.
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MacGregor Memorial Hall
MacGregor
Austin United Church
Women’s Association of the United Church
Presbytery
Boyd
McKenzie
Gladstone
Hidden Valley Resort Opens for Seasonal Use
Hidden Valley Resort opened last weekend and will operate daily until October first. Located 442 miles south of the junction of No 1 and No 34 highways it offers swimming picnics camping and entertainment under Doug Allan this season. The grounds include community tenting trailer camping horseback riding ponies refreshments and a concession. Visitors may also view old steam engines at the Manitoba Agricultural Museum en route on No 34 highway.
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Hidden Valley Resort
No. 1
No. 34
Doug Allan
Valley Grounds
Hidden Valley
Manitoba Agricultural Museum
Hospital Board Reports Storage Room and Office Upgrades
The Hospital Board monthly meeting chaired by vice-chairman J Lambert reported the storage room completed and the doctor's office lined with soundproofing. A south ramp door was installed. April accounts total 1488.84 for payment. A March income and expense summary from Associated Hospitals was received.
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J. Lambert
Associated Hospitals
Seeding New General In MacGregor District
Spring field work advances in the MacGregor area as warm dry weather allows harrowing cultivating and seeding. Farmers report a slow start due to late snow and cool temperatures with cutting insect controls and garden work amid mixed regional seeding progress across Manitoba.
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MacGregor
Pilot Mound
Beatsejour
Winnipes
Stonewall
Virden
Manitoba
Inter-Lake
MCI Wins 23 Events At Pine Creek Meet
MacGregor Collegiate led five schools at Gladstone May 17 in the Pine Creek School Division’s first annual track meet. MacGregor topped with 117 unofficial points. Langruth earned best school honors with 54 students. MacGregor girls swept multiple sprints and relays. boys dominated long and short dashes and relays. Four MacGregor athletes tied for top honors with three wins each: Len Stewart Rick Palmer Hazel Pennell Joyce Rodgers.
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MacGregor Collegiate
Pine Creek
Gladstone
MacGregor
Langruth
Escend
Macc Gor
Len Stewart
Rick Palmer
Hazel Pennell
Joyce Rodgers
Census Enumerators To Gather Wide Range Of Data In Area
The June 1 census will include questions on employment and occupation housing and merchandising and in rural areas agriculture An area including most of Portage Lake side has 18 enumerators Training starts this week at MacGregor Memorial Hall Two classes of nine meet for three days with participants from St Ambroise Poplar Point Rathwell Treherne Rural Portage and surrounding districts Led by census commissioner L C Shaw from MacGregor with office at Mrs G S Booths home in MacGregor��
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Portage Lakeside
MacGregor Memorial Hall
St. Ambroise
Poplar Point
Rathwell
Treherne
Portage
MacGregor
L. C. Shaw
Diehl Addresses Collegiate Home and School Meeting
A C Diehl spoke to the Collegiate Home and School Association on Parents Responsibility for Guiding the Personality and Character Growth of the Child. He argued for disciplined homes, warned against early school withdrawal to earn money, and emphasized parental models of honor obedience and understanding.
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A. C. Diehl
Collegiate Home and School Association
Brand
Checago
Team Eerie Ce
Dichi
Diehl
Evening Horse Show Added to North Norfolk Fair
The 74th North Norfolk and District Agricultural Society fair on Saturday July 6 features a new Event Light Horse Show starting at 6 15 pm for Hunters and Jumpers with eight classes. It includes jumping competitions Western Saddle, Western Riding Pattern, musical chairs and Gretna Green contests.
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North Norfolk and District Agricultural Society
Wesern
Dana
Sidney
HS. Barton
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United Women Meeting
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Evelyn Emerson
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el Rennen
Lois Hicks
Pat Radford
K. Sawatzski
Sandra, Kalberg
Lorna McLaugh
S. Kalberg
E. Emerson
Lorna McLaughlin
Hazell Pennell
Doug Palmer
Bob McKelvy
Ross Nichol
Jake Boschman
Terry McLennan
Lyn Snaith
Len
Sob Thor
Bob Thompson
Tom Satkunas
Mary
Douglal
Ken Green
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