Town Happenings and Seasonal Hints from the Area
Local notes report a light dusting of snow and early winter chill with temperatures from 20 to 30. Deer season opens as snow aids tracking and youths plan hockey events at Brookdale Collegiate with coaches from Brookdale. MacGregor to build two homes. muskrats plenteous. creek damming may flood Melvin area. Paul Brazeau caught a four foot long fire incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russ
Bill
Jim Lee
Bob Harvey
Percy Alderson
Melvin
Paul Brazeau
Barber Rink Wins Event At Portage
Portage la Prairie curling club held a weekend bonspiel with three MacGregor rinks. The Barber foursome Don Barber Barrie Barber Dallis Barber and Bob Barber won event four after an initial two losses, then three straight victories, earning ten dollars each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portage la Prairie Curling Club
MacGregor
Don Barber
Barrie Barber
Dallis Barber
Bob Barber
Barber
Fred Snaith
Roy Snaith
Cyril Palmer
Earl Thompson
Terry Williams
Bob Kember
Pete McGregor
Tony Draper
Len Stewart
Gladstone
Province to Take Over 80 Miles of Municipal Roads
North Norfolk Rural Municipality council met in Minnedosa with the minister of public works to discuss the 1965 takeover by the province of about 80 miles of market and municipal roads. The province would fund snow plowing, maintenance, and construction, shifting 60 percent of prior construction costs and all maintenance away from the RM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Norfolk
Minnedosa
R.M
Bagot
Rossendale
Boun?dary
South Norfolk
PTH. No. 34
Arizona Road
Sidney
Firdale
Edrans
Pine Creek
P-T.h
MacGregor
Westbourne
PTLH
Lavenham
Rossendale West
Winnipeg
Council Council
Wildlife Branch
Ed Lloyd
Herb McDonald
Harvey Schneider
Council of
North Cypress
Lansdowne
Jack Creighton
Portage la Prairie
W. A. Alton
Reg ‘MacFarlane
Allan Lewis and Manitoba 4-H Find National Conference
Allan Lewis of Austin joins 13 Manitoba 4-H members who flew from Winnipeg to Ottawa for the National 4-H Club Conference. The Manitoba delegation ranked 126 Canadian 4-Hers and 10 U.S. representatives in a seven day Ottawa Toronto program with meetings tours receptions banquets and speeches led by Dr. E J Tyler and chaired by Don Fraser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Lewis
Austin
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Ottawa
United States
Gail Denbow
Somers
E. J. Tyler
Brandon College
Don Fraser
United Grain Growers
Toronto
Madame Vanier
Province of Manitoba
George Hutton
Agriculture and Conservation
Marin Hall
Glenboro
Hutton
Betty Rawlings
Dropmore
Britannia Chapter to Hold Book Drive and Potluck
Britannia Chapter LODE sponsors a book drive for Deer Lodge Hospital requesting Readers Digest Pageant and paperback novels. Donations may be left at H A Lye's office. The next meeting will be a potluck supper at Eilene Marsh home on Wednesday December 2 at 6 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britannia Chapter Lode
Deer Lodge Hospital
H. A. Lye
Britannia Chapter
Eilene Marsh
Local Citizens Mark Remembrance Day in MacGregor
Local residents from MacGregor and district joined a Wednesday morning remembrance ceremony led by the Royal Canadian Legion and Britannia Chapter IODE. Students from MacGregor Collegiate and younger groups paraded to the cenotaph for a wreath ceremony, two minutes of silence, and a service at the Memorial Hall with hymns, scripture, and a prayerful address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacGregor
Memorial Hall
MacGregor and
Royal Canadian Legion
Britannia Chapter
IODE
Boy
MacGregor Collegiate
Legion
H. A. Lye
Joy Sawyer
Flanders Fields
Alvin Sloane
Canadian Legion
Armistead
Arbitration Board to Meet On Consolidation
A board of arbitration will discuss consolidating school districts including Birmingham Path Head Squirrel Creek Beaver Creek Image Hill Image Creek Southend Macauley Emmeline Chipping Hill and MacGregor. The session at MacGregor Memorial Hall is Monday November 30 at 8 p.m. and is open to all residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Arbitration
Birmingham
Path Head
Squirrel Creek
Beaver Creek
Image Hill
Image Creek
Southend
Macauley
Emmeline
Chipping Hill
MacGregor
MacGregor Memorial Hall
MacGregor Chamber Schedules November Meet and Parade
The MacGregor Chamber of Commerce moves its December Santa Claus parade planning to accommodate extra time. The November meeting is set for Thursday November 26 at 8 p.m. in MacGregor Memorial Hall with the parade on Saturday December 12 as the tentative main agenda item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacGregor Chamber of
Sommerce
MacGregor Memorial Hall
Local Teacher Attends Public Relations Seminar
Mrs Margaret Pennell a MacGregor teacher and Pine Creek Division Association of the Manitoba Teachers Society public relations chairperson attended a Manitoba Teachers Society public relations seminar in Neepawa on November 7. The one day session, chaired by Igco Aallason and John Enns, featured speeches by Miss Elizabeth Redmond Dennis and Geoff rey H Smith plus tours of the Neepawa Press offices and a luncheon at the Vivian Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Pennell
MacGregor
Pine Creek
Manitoba Teachers’ Society
Bill Peters
Neepawa Press
Neepawa
Peters
Society
Elizabeth F. Redmond
Winnipeg
Geoffrey H. Smith
The
Pas
Hociety
Rmvenia
George Rey
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B.C
Brookdale
Harry Foxton
Laurie Artiss
Ewart Hudson
Walter Allan
Bill Bennett
Portage
Britain
France
Russia
Lloyd Percival
Sports College
Royal Winter Fair
Royal Ontario Museum
O'Keefe
Frank McKinnon
Prince Edward Island
Atanitopa
Chamber
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