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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 24, 1960
Page
2
Safe-Driving Week aims to curb highway deaths and injuries across Canada. The Canadian Highway Safety Council sponsors events from Dee 1 to 7 with provincial, industrial, clergy, and civic groups. a nationwide push precedes the holiday hazards campaign led by police forces coast to coast.
The passage argues that progress comes from building on others work. Leonardo da Vinci and George Stephenson are cited to show that invention results from applying known ideas at timely moments. It stresses continual effort, experiment, and persistence, rather than relying on chance.
A pamphlet from the Manitoba Hospital Services Plan defends its cost increases by arguing that the public pays premiums directly, unlike other provinces funding hospital care from general revenues. The writer praises transparency, noting Manitoba costs per head are lower and that public explanations help explain charges to subscribers.
A Manitoba Mirror column by Warner Trover muses on the pride of enduring winter without skidding and the creeping Christmas sales culture. It notes the shift from traditional sacrifice to status symbols and the empty warmth of the season driven by commerce.
The article explains Stevenson screens and how place affects temperature readings. It compares sun exposure, wind, and surroundings on thermometers across Winnipeg and nearby regions, noting differences between roof, street, and rural locations. It highlights that air temperature and percieved warmth vary with shelter, location, and landscape features.
Ambrose Hills previews Nancy Cleaver book THE TREASURY OF FAMILY FUN to be released November 28. The Winnipeg author and minister’s wife writes a lively column For Parents Only and aims to foster family activities and goodwill through engaging indoor and outdoor ideas.
J. E. Brownlee president of United Grain Growers Limited since 1948 was re elected for another three year term. He and first vice president R C Brown were reelected Wednesday at the annual meeting. Directors H E Staples Benito Man and R M Wilson Gladstone Man were also reelected.
Recent weekend visitors at the W C MacWilliam home were Mrs Hazel McDiarmid and Miss FM MacWilliam of Winnipeg. They joined 36 Manitoba Rebekah Lodge members on a three week chartered scenic bus tour from Winnipeg through Omaha Denver Albuquerque Grand Canyon Flagstaff Palm Springs Los Angeles Long Beach Knott's Berry Farm Disneyland Catalina Island Hollywood Beverly Hills Will Rogers estate San Francisco Reno Salt Lake City Yellowstone Butte Miles City Fargo back to Winnipeg. They noted 50 states 10 provinces 17 countries represented with 64 flags in the pageantry at the International Rebekah Assembly in Long Beach. The trip included church services, hotel meals, coast drives, and varied side trips with praise for the bus drivers and commentary.
St John Ambulance urges careful home care for the sick. Write down medicines given and the patient temperature for doctor calls. Do not use sleeping pills without a prescription after other methods fail. Medicines age and lose strength or become dangerous, so discard old drugs.
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