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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 07, 1963
Page
5
Classified and local readers rates listed with 78 cents for first 18 words plus 10 percent late fee. Death and funeral notices priced per column inch. Wanted to rent farm space in MacGregor Winnipeg area with contact details provided.
Lost grey mare named in Portage under past service by TCA and CPA Brendan O'Brien Travel Service. Mare is blind in the right eye. Contact Jake Wall at 305-12 Austin to report or retrieve.
Pallbearers William Bird Stanley Smith Prank Ham Howard Thorn William Price plus Thorn born in Sidney Manitoba, details show Nelson Miller, June 1917 marriage, teaching in Manitoba, farm life, retirement to Austin in 1957, United Church member and Women’s organizations, predeceased daughter Lorna Gillis, surviving husband and children Maurice Phillip Eric Beth Lindsay, siblings in Regina Assiniboia and British Columbia. funeral arrangements noted.
Surnice Zennon and Lorra ine announce the birth of a daughter named Karen Laurie on October 17 1963 at Vancouver General Hospital weighing 6 lbs 2 oz. A sister for Kelvin. Roy and Trudy Hughson of Halifax NS thank friends in Pine Creek and Firdale communities for monetary gifts and individual presents after their marriage.
We extend heartfelt thanks for kindness and messages of sympathy during our bereavement. Grateful for the acts from friends and neighbors. Special thanks to Dr McNeill and the Fox Memorial Hospital nurses and staff. Your kindness will be remembered.
A note of gratitude from Rolly Grove thanks Jack Ena and staff Katrime Good Neighbors Club MacGregor Bakery and the kids in the van for parcels cards and visits during a hospital stay. Special thanks to hospital staff for excellent care.
Elaine Outhwaite expresses gratitude to visitors during her two stays at Portage General Hospital. Special thanks go to Bagot UCW and MacGregor Hospital staff and doctors for their care.
Sincere thanks to all who visited me and those who sent cards flowers fruit and other gifts while I was in the hospital and since coming home. Gratitude extends to the hospital staff of Maff and to Mrs Elsie Lundy for kindness.
Jack Jeffrey expresses gratitude to all visitors during his hospital stay and after returning home. He thanks the doctor, nurses, and MacGregor hospital staff, and also thanks those who assisted Sybil at home and provided rides to and from the hospital.
A patient at Winnipeg General Hospital expresses thanks to kind visitors who sent cards, fruit, chocolates, and cigarettes, and to his wife and family. Special appreciation goes to Temple Lodge Masons for assistive efforts, Doug Barber for wagon use, and Walter Allan for driving him home.
Annie and Gary Thompson with Ross express sincere gratitude to friends and neighbors of Path Head Bea ver Katrime and MacGregor for gifts received at Path Head school and for a lovely evening. You know where we live, drop in anytime.
Lynn Pilkington expresses gratitude to friends and relatives who visited and sent flowers cards fruit and candy during hospital stay at MacGregor Y and Portage. Special thanks to Hartford Good Neighbors Club for a fruit and candy basket and to hospital staffs for kindness.
FOR SALE Weanling pigs Apply Harold Hodgins Pratt OR SALE Rough spruce and poplar lumber tamarak rails and fence posts Mill located 15 0 miles south of Melbourne Store Mr A Doerksen 4xw FOR SALE One frost free Monarch water hydrant 17.50 Phone Robert Anderson 319- 23 MacGregor Man 442 OR SALE Cattle shed 12 ft x 16 ft 7 foot studding Price 35 Apply Charles Lamont MacGregor 44 p2 POR SALE Two cistern pumps te new also one 1500 watt emersion heater nearly new Apply Clare Tarr Phone 125 MacGregor FOR SALE Two bedroom comfortable home gas heat very central Phone 311-13 MacGrgor or apply 50 Royal Road S Portage la Prairie1 FOR SALE Seven spring steel calves 575 one sow 500 pounds 16¢ pound 1952 Pontiac sedan 100 Phone D A Unrau 1 8074 MacGregor Man seed FOR SALE Dark red Short horn bull 5 years old quiet sure breeder full brother to 1958 champion steer at Portage Exhibition and sire of many excellent calves Also 2 few stock cows and calves All mee A W Kalberg
Notice to creditors in the estate of David Robert Steven late of Bagot and MacGregor Manitoba. All claims must be filed with Hampton Street MacGregor Manitoba by December 2 1963. Dated at MacGregor Manitoba November 2 1963.
Sons of Freedom Doukhobors will endure winter in tents and shacks six miles from Agassiz B C. They voted Sunday that their camp near Mountain Prison is as good as any and near the institution for resumed visiting rights. Parents among the sect will send children back to school today after a held start due to a hunger strike.
On Friday evening October 25 at Light Hill School two families were honored as Bill Rodgers and Art Leckie and their families moved from the district. A crokinole game greeted them before Mrs E Bryce delivered a farewell address wishing luck in their new homes in Lavenham and MacGregor. Russell Leckie and Marvin Jones presented gifts. Bill and Art thanked guests and invited visits, followed by a chorus of For They Are Jolly Good Fellows and a lunch hosted by Mrs John Rodgers Mrs Bill Clarkson Mrs Jake Heppner and Mrs Lloyd Hodgins.
MacGregor locals share family visits in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Notable events include Jack Jeffrey recovering from illness, Mrs. Woodin progressing in hospital, and various weekend visits among the Kowaski, McGregor, Hughson, Lamb, Currie, Walker, Barber, Pennell, Graham families. A Halloween prank at a baker’s house ended with a knee injury. A November meeting at Mrs. Dennis Lamb’s home invites members and apron returns.
In Fresno California three entrants seek the queen title for the Fresno County employees picnic. Each contestant received a department based title Miss Criminal Miss Public Works and Miss Unit 1. Organizers note the unique naming may influence judges Saturday.
Manitoba Telephone System plans 110000 copies of the 600 page directory to subscribers outside Winnipeg, up 8000 from last year. The mauve cover edition adds listings with white pages near 400 and yellow pages near 200, plus Direct Distance Dialing info for Winnipeg area code 204. Nearly 3000 new 7 digit numbers appear as All Number Calling expands in eight provinces. Directories arrive by mail in waterproof lightweight polyethylene envelopes.
Beef calves reach higher weaning weights when sired by American Breeders' Service tested bulls. Each ABS Beef Bull undergoes performance or progeny testing to offer superior sires. For service, contact your Canadian Breeders' Technician.
Local 189 of the Manitoba Farmers Union invites members to a gathering in the Legion Room at MacGregor Memorial Hall on Wednesday November 13 at 8 p m. Sub district directors Cecil Rands and Aan Lusk will report on union work and discuss farming issues over coffee. members urged to attend with their wives.
Local notes include November birthdays for Ed Hulme and Nelson Hulme Sr. and visits by Al Collett with Harlem Pogue, Clarence Pennell with Harvey Robinson, and many Winnipeg and Portage guests. Sid Hay moved to MacGregor hospital. congratulations to Bill Hulme on his November wedding. MacGregor Sewing Club wins trophy. multiple weekend visitors and family updates across the area.
A large gathering of friends and relatives met at Sight Hill School on Saturday October 12 to honor Mr and Mrs Cecil Jones who recently married. Crokinole games followed with an address by Margaret Harder and a presentation from John Rodgers of a lamp and a bon bon dish. Cecil expressed thanks for the gifts as Mrs Jones and other Jones family members attended. the evening ended with a lunch hosted by Mrs Bryce Mrs Wells Mrs Dahmer and Mrs Hodgins.
St Pauls W A will stage its annual Christmas bazaar and tea on Thursday November 21 in the MacGregor Memorial Hall. The MacGregor Collegiate civie and School Association holds a social evening in the Collegiate auditorium on Wednesday November 13 at 8 pm. All parents and interested persons are urged to attend.
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