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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 29, 1941
Page
4
The 35000 ton battleship Bismarck engaged Royal Navy forces in the Atlantic near the French coast. The Hood and her crew were lost, a blow to Britain, while Churchill announced the sinking of Bismarck to Parliament amid cheers.
The MacGregor Ladies Curling Club held its annual meeting on May 13 at Mrs. H. G. Parker's home. Reports praised a successful year and lunches will be served at rink dances this summer. A $25 donation was voted to the Lord Mayor's Fund. Officers elected: President Mrs A R Stinson, Vice President Mrs H Parker, Secretary Mrs RE Lye, Treasurer Mrs R D Muir, with Gertie McKelvy noted as second.
On Monday June 30 the Provincial Exhibition opens with pennants flying and every detail completed. The 57th Brandon Summer Fair promises an outstanding display of modern farming machinery and livestock exhibits, underscoring Manitoba’s premier Class A summer fair. About thirty five hundred prize lists have been mailed to prospective bidders this year.
The article extols late spring and early summer, noting May buds swelling for food production, return of migrating birds, white wild plum, cherries, Saskatoons, and blooming tulips. June brings lush prairies, velvet green carpet, wild roses, and garden blooms like lilies, peonies, spireas, and hollyhocks, echoing a poet's line about rare days in June.
Readable fragments from a historical newspaper ad mention Leen hopes and aims, highlighting the urgency and real-world importance implied by the brief text.
Manitoba Power Commission plans free decorative lighting for towns served by Hydro to boost the Victory Loan campaign. Aimed at arousing citizen enthusiasm, the offer seeks to attract rural crowds to town events and stimulate campaign ceremonies during the loan drive.
Seventeen members attended a convention in Portage la Prairie last Friday and reported a good meeting with a large attendance.
Mr Thos Hunt received word Tuesday of the death of his brother George Hunt at Brandon. He was 86 and had lived in Manitoba since 1874 in Burnside and Bagot districts where he was well known and respected. Survived by three brothers and one sister. Funeral Friday at 2:30 p.m. from McKillop's Parlors Portage la Prairie to Anglican cemetery.
Mrs M W Bedford widow of James Bedford and longtime Rossendale resident died at home on Monday May 19 aged 76 after years of ill health Born Aberfoyle Ontario 1855 married Guelph 1888 and lived in Rossendale for fifty years Survived by three daughters Mrs G Smith Humboldt Sask Theresa Marion Ohio and seven sons Edward Euclid Gus and James Louis George Joseph Michael all of Rossendale Funeral held at St John s Portage on Wednesday Hon Flight Lieut J Bs
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