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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 20, 1969
Page
4
Classified and local reader notices publish at a base rate of 1.50 for up to 60 words. Each additional word costs 0.05 beyond 60 words. A 10 percent surcharge applies if not paid within one month. Deadline is Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. Herald Office. Death notices priced at 60 per column inch, photos at 2.00 per column inch.
Fred Wright 7 from MacGregor Manitoba died November 1 1969 at MacGregor Hospital. Born in Orillia Ontario he moved to Portage la Prairie at six with his parents C P Wright. He farmed Southend Emmeline Beaver districts before retirement to MacGregor in 1954 with Agnes Tarr. Survived by wife two sons Fred St Vital and Donald MacGregor two daughters Olive Palmer MacGregor and Dorothy Birkett Katrime sixteen grandchildren. Funeral held November 4 at MacGregor United Church conducted by Rev Harold W Ritchie with Roberta Stone organist and many floral tributes. Honorary pallbearers Robert Harvey Ed Chant Art Butterfield William Hay Arthur Kalberg. Active pallbearers nephews Robert Tarr Jr Harvey Tarr Clare Tarr Russ Tarr Edward Link Orvald Seline. Interment MacGregor Cemetery McMaster Funeral Home in charge.
The Wright family expresses heartfelt thanks to friends relatives and neighbors for sympathy floral tributes donations to MacGregor Hospital Manitoba Heart Fund and Cancer Fund received after the loss of their husband and father They thank the MacGregor hospital staff Jim MacDonald for the station wagon pallbearers Rev Ritchie organist choir Mac Gregory Bakery and all who sent baking and helped serve the lunch Your thoughtfulness will be remembered Mrs Agnes Wright and family
Olive Graham thanks friends and relatives for fruit flowers candy letters and cards while in Portage hospital and for local and long distance calls. Gerald and Sharon Murkin express sincere gratitude to Katrime Board for the desk pen and to Katrime district for the clock and money received on leaving for Clinton Creek Yukon.
A Card of Thanks from Jim and Lizzie Foster expresses sincere gratitude to neighbors and friends for gifts on leaving the district. They invite visits at their new home in MacGregor and say their thoughtfulness will be long remembered.
A group of MacGregor and district friends visited Portage on November 13 to honor Mrs. R. W. Cobbe at the Cameron home. She received a cultured pearl necklace and expressed gratitude. Also present were Mrs. Gerald Cobbe and Mrs. Gary Cobbe during a subsequent luncheon.
George Ducharme, 42, of Northern Mills Manitoba was sentenced to three years after a conviction for manslaughter in the shooting death of his son Stanley, 21, at Northern Mills about 180 miles northwest of Dauphin. A 12 man jury deliberated 1 hour and 40 minutes after hearing 13 prosecution witnesses in a two day trial.
MacGregor residents shared weekend visits with relatives from Winnipeg Virden Flin Flon and Dauphin while noting anniversaries weddings and holiday travels. Cantatrice Choir recital planned in December with Brandon guests. Dauphin mayor urged Manitoba groups to oppose CNR passenger service cuts citing losses and seeking federal hearings.
Southern Schemers Hospital Aid hosts a meeting at Mrs Lorne Pennell's home on Tuesday November 25 at 8 pm. Avon rep Mrs Lillian Gilbert conducts her annual Christmas tea November 25 from 1 30 to 5 pm and 7 to 9 pm at Mrs Murray Lamb’s home. Handicraft workshop November 27 at 1 30 pm in Legion room Memorial Hall. November W L meeting November 27 at 2 pm at Mrs A Thompson’s home. ACW bazaar and tea November 20 from 3 to 5 30 pm at MacGregor Memorial Hall. Shower for Miss Beverly Butterfield November 22 at 8 30 pm MacGregor United Church hall.
If all U S coal mined in a year were used for paving, it would make twelve superhighways each fifty feet wide and one foot thick, stretching nearly eight thousand miles.
Gordon Van Clieaf, 13, and 22 other pupils from a French club at St. Gregorys separate school paid 8.75 each for a French restaurant dinner. They funded the meal by babysitting and delivering papers, while teacher May Germain says the event boosts classroom discussion and interest in French. Principal George Ermellini notes the club drew in students who previously avoided French, turning discipline risks into engagement.
Regina city council received a report showing about 25 leading publishers were invited to study a second daily paper, but nine replies yielded no interest. Aldermen noted the lack of support while debate resurfaced over opportunities for a second newspaper in the city.
RCMP destroyed a 400 pound polar bear after it swiped at seven year old Bradley Whyte returning from Sunday School in church. The bear population is high as Hudson Bay freezes, with one bear sent to Assiniboine Zoo this year. An Eskimo boy died last year in a bear incident.
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