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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 31, 1956
Page
4
Residents visited family and friends across Katrime Portage and Winnipeg over the weekend. Local groups held meetings at Bagot and in Portage la Prairie with elections, devotional periods, fund transfers to church funds, and a spring sale raising funds for the church. A 4H Sewing Club meeting and a ballet performance were noted, plus updates on farming conditions and seed ing progress amid variable weather.
Regular services and Sunday School resumed at St Stephen United Church Bagot as roads and weather allowed travel in May. Choir practices resumed Fridays and a Rural Life service was held May 20. Baptisms were conferred for Kenneth Wright Robert Matthews and Keith Nichol. Attendance is improving. invitation extended to all to attend.
Bagot correspondent Mrs J M Baskier notes the graduation of Bevrley Pogue daughter of Mr and Mrs E R Pogue of Bagot from Misericordia Hospital on May 20. The photo plate arrived late so the picture is reproduced this week.
SM Matechlan chaired the spring meeting of the Bagot Curling Club as officers were elected led by President W Richardson and Vice President A Pettit Lee Treas G Lamont and Directors R Tarr G Thompson G Nichol J L Pogue R Leonard. Receipts for 1955 totalled 943.53 with a 150 carryover from 1954 and expenses of 983.12 leaving 185.41 on hand. A clean up day was planned.
Mrs. Mary Kalberg aged 90 died Monday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. Pehrson in St Vital Manitoba. Born March 31 1868 in Lysvik Sweden she married Stephen Kalberg in Kenora Ontario in 1885. Funeral Friday at Clarke Leatherdale Chapel Lawn with burial in the family plot. Survived by husband two daughters and three sons and six grandchildren.
The Kalberg family expresses gratitude for messages of sympathy and floral offerings received after the passing of their beloved mother. They acknowledge the acts of kindness from friends and neighbors and sign with Sincerely The Kalberg Families.
The article outlines best practices for preparing and packing sheep fleeces for shipment. It covers separating damaged or non fleece parts, labeling, proper folding and tying with paper twine, and using slotted or wire tables. It notes differing methods for small farms and professional shearers and warns against binder twine and wet tagging.
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