Six Wards Proposed For Unitary Division
The Pine Creek Division Board met at Langruth high school to discuss a MacGregor proposal to form a six ward unitary division based on pupil counts. Ward allocations include MacGregor with three trustees and Gladstone with three, others with varying numbers. debate over geography vs pupil-based division continued. Expenditures of $34,767.72 were approved and transportation contracts adjusted, with per-day rates set for staff and a $2,000 rental for two Spruce Dale classrooms.
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Pine Creek Division
Langruth High School
Claggett
H.J. Dankesreiter
MacGregor
Rossendale
Austin
Gladstone
Plumas Area
Langrutharea
Plumas
Maitland
Edington
Florence
Phil Henry
George Sheross
Sidney
Sidney- Helston
Lady Curlers Seek Members for New Season
The MacGre gor Ladies' Curling Club struggles to form a leadership slate after only ten members attended the second meeting. A past request for prospective curlers yielded no responses, leaving the club unsure of available players. Interested individuals should leave their names and preferred positions at Lamb's Lockers or the Herald.
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MacGregor Ladies’ Curling Club
Lamb's
The
Herald
Ron Borton Heads Local Curling Club
The MacGregor Men's Curling Club held its annual meeting Friday night in the Legion Room with seventeen members present. Don Barber chaired in Grant MacDonald’s absence. Officers for 1967-68 named include Ron Borton as president, Jack Wolfe as vice president, Bob Anderson as secretary, Lawrence Smith as treasurer, with Bruce Muir and Doug Noble as one-year executive and Jack Hooper and Ron Telford for two-year terms. Fees stayed the same. mixed curling discussed as a potential big hit, with a possible league on one or two nights weekly to be explored.
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MacGregor Men’s Curling Club
Legion Room
Grant MacDonald
Ron Borton
Jack Wolfe
Bob Anderson
Lawrence Smith
Bruce Muir
Doug Noble
Jack Hooper
Ron Telford
Last Ar
Prsent
Bomplel
Temporary Tax Increases Planned This Month
Finance Minister Sharp announced in the Commons that temporary tax hikes will be introduced later this month to curb inflation. He argued taxes are a fairer funding method than extra borrowing, and warned any future medical care insurance costs could trigger new levies without increasing borrowing. The minister did not specify which areas would be taxed and said net cash requirements for the next fiscal year would be held to 750 million.
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Sharp
the Commons
Snarp Dio
North Norfolk Council approves land sale and 1967 grants
At the November meeting the council heard five appeals on farm land assessments and let a water line tender to Mac's Rentals for 27,559.75. Repairs, land conveyance for Jackson Lake Dam, and 1967 grants to local fire brigades and the retard ed children’s association were approved. By laws on general reserve funding and hunting predator bonds were read and passed. A building permit list was approved and an agricultural museum grant request prompted a legislative step. A need meeting in Carberry on Nov 13 will include North Norfolk representation.
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Reeve Hotel
Mac
MacGregor
Underwood & McLellan Engineers
Winnipeg
Council
Jackson Lake
North Norfolk” Retarded Children's Association Cw
General Reserve Fund
Roy Snaith
Frank Enns
Clifford ‘Chambers
A. Corneille
Josephine May Outhwaite
Town Happenings In Ola Amid Winter Snow And New Ventures
Ola reports about two inches of snow on Saturday morning with temperatures around 25 degrees and sun expected to melt the powder. A Credit Union office is planned in the former MacKinnion building as a branch of Austin Credit Union. New business activity includes Coop Fertilizer building work south of the railway tracks on Victoria Street and C W Lye to erect a fertilizer building east of the Pool elevator. Lamb's Abattoir progresses with truck and refrigeration equipment in place. Deer hunting begins, Jim Turner and Fred Taysor son are among locals involved, while Anglican church tea and Sportsman’s Dinner are on the social calendar. A Gladstone teacher training class is noted and local curlers Joe Alf Graham, Andy Stone, Audrey Nicholls, and Ralph Lye compete in Portage.
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Mt Te Ais
Coop Fertilizer
Railey
Victoria St
C. W. Lye
Jim Turner
Fred Taylorson
Gladstone
Joe
Christmas Party Planned By Lions Cub
The MacGregor Lions Club will host its annual Christmas party for district senior citizens on Monday December 1 at 6 45 p.m. in MacGregor Memorial Hall. Past events drew over 100 seniors. invites go to all district seniors with transportation inquiries to L Quinn Harry Dankesreiter Albert Wark or other Lions members by December 8.
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MacGregor Lions Club
MacGregor Memorial Hall
L. Quinn
Harry Dankesreiter
Albert Wark
The
Lions Club
Citizens Remember Those Who Gave Their Lives
Citizens of the district Saturday paid tribute to those who died in all wars with services at the Cenotaph and MacGregor Memorial Hall. A large crowd braved a snowy morning as wreaths were laid by Legion and town representatives and a joint service followed with readings, hymns, and addresses recalling World War I and other conflicts.
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MacGregor Memorial
Legion
IODE
H. A. Lye
Duncan Lamb
Percy Dodwell
W. J. Wenham
MacGregor
Chas Hotel
North Norfolk
Gordon Smith
MacGregor Collegiate
MacGregor Memorial Hall
J. Fleming
Hall
Dyck
Armistead
H. Ac Lue
Hell
Sportsman's Dinner Tomorrow Night
MacGregor and District Minor Hockey Association hosts its annual Sportsman's Dinner tomorrow at MacGregor Memorial Hall at 7 p.m. Al Miller and Norman Rauhaus of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers will attend, with a Nationals guest hoped. A film of Nationals games will be shown. Tickets are sold by executives and at the door.
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MacGregor and District Minor Hockey Association
Canada
Twelve Manitoba school divisions get second vote on units
Manitoba Education Minister George Johnson announced a second vote for twelve of nineteen single district divisions that previously voted no. The divisions must meet a 35 percent turnout threshold and 80 percent district board approval. Turtle Mountain to vote December 1, others December 15. Eligible divisions include Agassiz, Hanover, Rhineland, Midland, Pine Creek, Beautiful Plains, Pelly Trail, Birdtail River, Rolling River, Souris Valley, and Antler River. When unitary division is adopted, grant schemata take effect January 1.
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Manitoba Education Department
George Johnson
Patton
Turtle Mountain
Agassiz
Hanover
Rhineland
Midland
Pine Creek
Beautiful Plains
Pelly Trail
Birdtail River
Rolling River
Souris Valley
Antler River
Grant Scheta
Mrs Shaw Celebrates 92nd Birthday on Farm Near MacGregor
Ina Shaw marked her 92nd birthday on Thursday November 9 with friends and relatives visiting throughout the day. A longtime district resident she still lives on the farm southwest of MacGregor and stays active in cooking and housekeeping. Congratulations from many district friends.
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Ina Shaw
Shaw
MacGregor
Austin Chamber Completes First Stage of Survey
The Austin Chamber of Commerce finished the initial phase of its economic survey by distributing collecting and tabulating 33 questionnaires covering all aspects of village life. Public response was excellent with 95 percent returned well filled and the remainder expected soon. Respondents showed strong interest in community welfare and provided valuable suggestions.
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Austin Chamber of Commerce
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Unicef
Bihar
India
Ayr S.D
Curling
Don Barber
MacKinnion and MacKinnion
Austin Credit Union
Lamb
Alf Graham
Andy Stone
Audrey Nicholls
Ralph Lye
Portage
Lions Cub
Betty Jean Hay
Flanders Field
Bill Edkins
Flander
France
England
Mrs. Shaw
Austin Chamber
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