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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 19, 1970
Page
3
Eight youths from Austin attended a weekend youth conference in Carman through the recreation committee. Numerous social visits followed, including anniversaries, weddings, and family gatherings involving residents of Austin and nearby towns. Remembrance Day services, club events, and the annual recreation association meeting are scheduled, with notes on local visitors and ongoing care updates.
The MacGregor United Church Women held an 8 00 a.m. November meeting in the Church Hall with a Remembrance Day devotional. Two Lion Ed Draker films were shown. Treasurer reported 647 dollars in the bank. The group donated to the Bursary fund Temperance Alliance Christian Education Mission and Service PCTC 100 Church Board 200. Next meeting will be a Christmas social with pot luck on December 3 at 6 30 p.m. Supply secretaries request layette items and new or good used clothing for a charity drive with drop offs to Audrey Smith or Ollie Gibson by month end. A thanks was given for support for the annual bazaar and the meeting ended with a fellowship hour.
Alberta cabinet approved new opening and closing times for pubs lounges and night clubs to extend weekday hours. Pubs now close at midnight with a 10 minute drink up period and lounges gain similar weekday extensions. Saturday hours mostly unchanged. Night clubs may stay open until 2 am with a special permit, while Sunday dining lounges keep 1 pm to 11 30 pm.
The school voices strong pride in its activities as Gul's Volleyball team has already won the league and aims for the zone. The boys' team sits second in the league, with the Yearbook Committee busy selling yearbooks and ads for 1970-71. A Remembrance Day service featured a film on Fields of Sacrifice and war’s impact.
Mrs Phyllis Gierexe attended a shower for Miss Sandra Olson in Winnipeg on Tuesday evening. Mr and Mrs Bert Caskey visited relatives at Souris and Brandon last Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Henry Duncan visited with Don Hillman and Tanis of Minnedosa for Tanis birthday. Weekend visitors at R H Caskey home were Don Phillips of Souris. J McRae family visited Peter Mitchelson and his mother in King Edward hospital Winnipeg. Mr and Mrs Gary Giercke Ron Giercke and Miss Sandra Olson of Ws visited A Giercke.
Warren Nelson DeWolfe and Leo Wayne Grouette, both Winnipeg residents aged 26 and 27, pleaded guilty in city magistrate court to four charges of armed robbery. Ronald Albert Tilon, 39, was remanded without plea for a Wednesday restaurant robbery.
A Winnipeg woman received a two year prison sentence for her role in a October 27 robbery at a St James Assiniboia motel. Magistrate Mitchel cited a presentence report describing her degenerate lifestyle and family issues.
Dave Doerfler attended a school trustees convention in Winnipeg. Ab Wiebe and family hosted visitors, while Dave Doerfler and C. Morden shared time in Austin. Winnipeg guests included Terry McLennon and Armstrong. Bob McLennan hosted C. Morden. Abe Wiebe has November 21 birthday. Rosehill hall whist drive drew many attendees. Additional visits featured Gibb, Leslie, Jake Taylor, Larry Wiebe, and various Wiebe families from Winnipeg, MacGregor, Melbourne, and Rossendale.
Mr and Mrs Gordon Clarke of Rotary Park Portage la Prairie invite friends to an at home gathering in the recreation room Unit No 1 on Monday November 28 from 2 to 5 pm to mark sixty years of marriage.
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