Portage Music Festival shines for MacGregor pupils
MacGregor district pupils excel at the Portage and District Music and Arts Festival with top marks for spoken poetry and verse. Donna Lee Anderson led with 85 in spoken poetry while Debra Allan and Karen Smith also scored highly in public speaking and choice verse.
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macGregor
Portage and District
Donna Lee Anderson
Margaret Rumancik
Lorne Hulme
Kathryn Marginet
D. Berry
Isabel
Ogden Nash
Debra Allan
Dolores Kasprick
Keith Davey
Jerry
Rose Freeman
Dawn Berry
Dawn
Clarice Giesbrecht
Fairies
Rachel Field
Brian Gilbert
Karen Smith
Karen
Eunice Sims
Choiic
Varoryn
Doeil
Scott Matthews
Hamish Hendry
MacGregor to vote on bylaw for debenture funded centre
Public notice states Village of MacGregor will submit By-law No 209 to a vote of qualified ratepayers on June 26 1969 to borrow 31000 for a community centre with land jointly held with North Norfolk Rural Municipality. Polling at Memorial Hall with officials to sum votes June 30 1969.
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MacGregor
North Norfolk
Manitoba
North Norfolk and District Agricultural Society
Municipal Board of Manitoba
Austin District News Roundup Highlights Local Events
Mr and Mrs Alex Beresford and Kevin attended Lila's nephew Snart Graham's wedding at Wellwood on May 17. Community extends get well wishes to Edith Cronk Sandra Wicklund and S N Stately. UCW bake sale and blood donors clinic announced with dates and contact numbers for scheduling pickups.
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Alex Beresford
Kevin
Lila
Snart Graham
Wellwood
Charlie Duncan
Portage
Charlie Wallace
United Churches
Austin and
Sidney
U.C
Brandon
Edith Cronk
Sandra Wicklund
S. N. Stately
John Gilmour
Howard Gilmour
Pinawa
MacGregor
Little League
Gladstone
Rossendale Local Notes Touching Social And Sports Events
Rossendale news lists visitors including Mr and Mrs K McLennan and Abe Fozzley visiting from Winnipeg. Extended visits among neighbors in Portage and Vancouver are noted along with wedding dance attendance in Portage. High school track meets draw congratulations. Lois Macintosh injures her foot. Rosendale teams compete in ball games at Austin with Senior girls winning, Junior girls losing, and Little League victorious. A MacGregor schedule game ends in a tie. Pony team loses. girls play MacGregor next week at Rossendale.
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Lois Macintosh
Hope
Lois
Rossen- Vale
Austin
Rossendale
Rossendale Little League
Macaregor Colts
MacGregor
Cubs Tie in Final Parade of Tournament Defense
The Cubs beat Glenboro Eden and Boissevain with nine men on the bench. Pitchers Dave McCartney Jack Wolfe and Terry McGregor limited opposition bats as the Cubs advanced to the final. McCartney faced Glenboro and Boissevain while Wolfe matched Eden and McGregor faced Neepawa Cubs. MacGregor led with Ken Green Dave McCartney Rick Palmer Barrie Barber Jack Wolfe Pete McGregor Bob McKelvy Barry Donnelly and Terry McGregor in the lineup.
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Cubs
Page
Glenboro
Eden
Boissevain
Dave McCartney
Jack Wolfe
Terry McGregor
Dave
Jack
Terry
Neepawa Cubs
MacGregor
Ken Green
Brandon City Manager Resigns After Council Spats
Brandon city manager Greg Darychuk resigns effective July 1 to take a Yukon Territorial government post as director of municipal affairs. Alderman Herman Nikkel says council partly caused the resignation, noting his recommendations were repeatedly rejected.
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Brandon
Greg Darychuk
City Council
Yukon
Herman Nikkel
Darychuk
Seeding progress rises as Manitoba reports progress
Warm sunny weather in early last week allowed farmers to seed with about 19 percent completed. Progress ranged from 60 percent at The Pas to 40 percent at Altona and five to 20 percent elsewhere. Cool damp weather later slowed field work but seeding is expected to generalize this week.
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Manitoba Agriculture Department
Pas
Altona
Family Day Tells Austin Crowd At Sports Grounds
A large crowd of parents attended Family Day at the Austin sports grounds on Sunday to watch children in action. Girls games were lopsided with Rossendale defeating Austin 20 to 10 and 32 to 13. The Little League match was close as Rossendale won 76 while Austin left runners on third. A silver collection raised 15.28. Austin Minor Baseball thanks all who attended.
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Austin
Rossendale
NDP Moves Convention Up In Manitoba Leadership Plan
The Manitoba New Democratic Party shortened its leadership convention to a one day event in Winnipeg on Saturday June 7. The meeting will choose a successor to A R Paulley who is stepping down for health reasons as Premier Walter Weir announced a provincial general election for June 25.
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Manitoba New Democrate Party
Winnipeg
Walter Weir
A. R
Russ) Paulley
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Donella Peck
Darlene Klassen
Sara Teasdale
Margare Esau
Anita Bornn
Edna Harder
Colleen Lamb
Janet Hoeppner
Doreen Toews
Sally
Regena
Sally Olson
Heather Lamont
Allan Lamont
A.A. Milne
Doris Ducharme
Janice Dobbin
Laverne Toews
Myrna McIntosh
Allison Tarr
Canada
Fen
A. M. Hay
Austin District News
Austin Ucw
UCW
C. Jones
Hazel Lowe
MacGregor Hall
SKATO
Austin Community Hall
Rossendale News
Tom Nicoll
Jan
Mrs. Botterill
Newton
James Watson
John Watson Sr
Milburn
Pat Green
Mrs. Wayne Lacombe and
Dale
MacIntosh
Mary Maxim
Ralph's Fabric Centre
Sask. Ave. E
Denwal Pharmacy
Play Newspaper
LIONS
The
MacGregor Lions Club
MacGregor Lee
NDP
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