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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 31, 1945
Page
1
The upcoming North Norfolk Council meeting will be held in MacGregor on Thursday June 7. Local news notes Mr and Mrs Thompson host visitors and several residents travel for medical and work reasons as community projects and the 1945 North Norfolk and District Fair near MacGregor announce schedules and help in promoting calf classes and stock events.
A Tuesday evening variety concert directed by Mrs. Walter Allen and sponsored by the 1.C.D.E. featured a nine piece chorus, soloists Gordon McIntosh and Muriel Collins, and dances by Miss Joyce McIntosh and Miss Shirley Phillips. The show included readings by Gerald Cobbe, a piano accordion number by Marjorie Telford, and the sketch Bootie Woorie with intermission songs by Fox and Muriel Collins. The audience praised the performers and Mrs. Allen and the cast were commended.
Restrictions on gasoline and oil sales hours in Canada will be removed tomorrow allowing service stations to set hours under local laws. The 35 mile limit on truck operation has also been removed.
Mr Wm Prosser announces he will not raise the price of milk on June 1st. The statement underscores his commitment to keeping dairy costs steady for consumers.
Sigma E M Ted Irwin arrives home on Thursday after overseas service since 1941. He served in Italy and was wounded in the Fal aise battle and treated in Great Britain. Friends in MacGregor welcome him back.
The page lists extra advertising in columns including a Manitoba Telephone System ad for the Wartime Prices and Trade Board, coal supply promotion, and election ads for the National Liberal Committee, Manitoba Liberal Progressive Committee, two Progressive Conservative ads, and one CCF ad.
Stratton’s Barn hosts dances with Tel ford’s Orchestra on Friday June 1 and Machan’s Orchestra on Saturday June 9, providing live music for local sequence dancing and social events.
Dances will be held at MacGregor Rink on June 2 8 16 30 with Telford's orchestra and on June 22 with Andy Desjarlais' orchestra.
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