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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 27, 1971
Page
4
Classified and local reader notices set ad rates per word with fees for word over six. death and funeral notices priced per column inch. Deadline for classified and local readers is Tuesday at 1 80 p.m. Court and engagement notices included. photos cost extra per inch.
Notice items list local ads offering painting and labor with free estimates by Henry Brandt at 685-2425. Also appears: home made wine instructions with supplies and grain hauling for sale by Bev Allan, 685-2399, plus Denwal Pharmacy reference.
Charles James White of Rosehill district died May 28 1971 in MacGregor Hospital aged 2. Funeral May 25 at MacGregor United Church officiated by Rev Harold W Ritchie with interment at Rose Hill Cemetery. Flowerbearers were William Sheard and Rollie Poyser. pallbearers John Lloyd Harold Leckie John Meffen Mark Blyth Stanley Legg Joy Leckie.
Earn money in spare time by re stocking high quality coin operated dispensers. No selling. Must own a car have references and $750 to $8,000 cash. Weekly 7 to 12 hours can net excellent income. B Y Distributors Limited invites personal interviews at 1163 Tecumseh Road East Windsor Ontario including a phone number.
Prairie grain producers must list acreages seeded to Hercules the new durum variety separately from other durum wheat when applying for 1971 72 delivery permit books, as the Canadian Wheat Board seeks to capitalize on marketing opportunities. Hercules, developed to boost Canada’s durum market position, shows superior color and gluten traits and shipments will be handled separately to meet overseas demand. Details on the program will follow.
An Austin Collegiate student writes the editor about ACL students transferring to MacGregor Collegiate seven miles away. He questions transportation, licensing for student drivers, late game pickups, dinner delays, and the strain on parents while proposing more teams and shared gym use to balance sports between schools.
Mr and Mrs Gary Emerson and children from Dauphin joined Mr and Mrs Jack Emerson for a weekend visit. Howard Gilmour and family from Pinawa stayed with A Nicholls and H Gilmour of Austin. Art Anderson remains ill in North Bay Ontario. Oss Anderson Test visited his brother Friday. East Anderson home welcomed Norton Mellom Oxbow Sask Fred Pierrepont Gerald Swan River Ron Anderson and family from Brandon. Innis Detwiller Imperial Sask stayed with R Harvey for a few days. Dennis Lambs home hosted Chris Thain and children from Winnipeg. Cathy Marginet Portage visited Donna for the weekend. Joe Anderson Ken Gair and children from Winnipeg visited his mother Jessie Gair.
Electrovert Manufacturing in La Prairie near Montreal shifts to a four forty workweek for 80 staff and management. Early stats show lower absenteeism, better morale, less time lost, and improved scheduling as production of wave soldering equipment continues. The trial runs through summer with ten hour days Monday to Thursday, Fridays open for contact and potential overtime.
The Canadian Federation of Agriculture urged substantial amendments to a new stabilization bill and an immediate 100 million payment to farmers to offset recent losses. It favors broading federal cost sharing, adding an inflation factor, and altering contribution ratios and calculation methods while seeking prompt income relief.
Vancouver economists Anthony D. Scotty and R. A. Shearer urged Canada to let the dollar float in exchange markets and use the rate as a tool against domestic inflation. They urged a new policy instrument focused on price formation, warning against direct controls while advocating research into inflation causes and protections for those on private incomes. They said mild inflation could be tolerable if those affected most by rising prices are compensated.
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Biberdorf on the birth of a son on May 21. Don Cooper and his two daughters visited C Patterson's. W Patterson traveled to Kamloops with sister Anderson. Birthday wishes to Mrs. A Voss of Portage on May 29. Tom Painter and Ron Painter families visited, as did John Verwey and family. B Cool and others from Peony Farm and Harold Painter joined R Painter for Sunday supper. Long weekend well wishes. Edwin ladies attended a tea and home cooking sale at McKenzie Mission.
Kerry Adele Moorre and Lorne Harvey exchanged marriage vows in Brandon on Friday May 21. The couple, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs W J Moorre of MacGregor and youngest son of Mrs and the late Mr N Ewas iuk of Moore Park, planned a brief honeymoon in Minot North Dakota and will reside at 1057 2nd St Brandon.
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