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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 26, 1935
Page
4
Christmas Hamper Fund members of LODE and the Brtoonia Chapter with the Canadian Legion plan to distribute hampers again this year. They solicit money clothing or food donations from the surrounding country to aid townspeople in need with warm clothing meals and other comforts this holiday season.
Prospects show nearly 1,000,000 pounds of Canadian turkeys will be exported to the British Isles in 1936, mainly from the three prairie provinces. The initial 1932 shipment of over a million pounds set a high standard for quality under Dominion Government inspection. Manitoba expected to supply the largest share of this year’s export, with shipments in both chilled and frozen forms.
The article notes progress in Eastern Canada with artificial hatching in Ontario and Quebec. It declares the turkey the king of poultry and praises a sage and onion stuffed roast as a noble Christmas centerpiece. It traces turkey origins to North America and its many global varieties to the wild North American turkey.
Over recent weeks D G McLachlan and C W Lye & Son Ltd have enlarged and modernized their premises. McLachlan added a 34 by 40 foot workshop, new office and display area, and installed an electric motor. Lye & Son built a two story planning shed and new storage sheds, painted the facilities, and invited others to join the Home Improvement Plan sponsored by the Dominion government and banks to upgrade farms and homes.
The North Norfolk and District Branch of the Indian Legion held its annual meeting at the Masonic Hall with about fifty present. Alex Cairns, Provincial Secretary, spoke on the Canadian Pilgrimage to Vimy in July, describing the memorial unveiling and the ties between Canada and the Old Country, emphasizing veterans' membership and Legion activities since the Great War.
A local newspaper advertisement is presented as the best method to push a business forward, using the wheelbarrow metaphor to emphasize persistent effort and visibility through community media.
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