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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 26, 1959
Page
2
The article lists subscription prices with 2.50 per year for Canada and 3.00 per year for the United States, noting G. J. Milne as managing editor.
Sunday guests of Mrs. Fleming were Mrs. McLaughlin and Mr. and Mrs. Don Polinski of Katrime. Mrs. Lorne Kennedy was a Monday visitor. The annual Christ Church W.A. meeting will be held at Mrs. H. Gray’s home on Wednesday, December 2 at 2:30 pm. Mr. and Mrs. Erle Duncan and their little son from Brandon were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Duncan. Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Randall were last Wednesday visitors to Winnipeg.
School activities resume with curling plans and a St Lawrence Seaway film for students. Community events include a Patriotic Dance at MacGregor Memorial Hall, whist evenings, church meetings, and notes on hospital visits and weekend guests. Several residents recover from surgery and illness while others plan charity fund efforts.
Joyce Rodgers Mrs C Smith and Miss Sally Graham appear in a Beaver area social note. Mr and Mrs Walter Allan and Mr and Mrs Lyle Stone were on Sunday occasions. Clarene Smith spent the weekend at home. Beaver Hospital Aid plans a Christmas party December 11 at 8 30 p m in Beaver School with lunch requested. Raymond Smith and Ian with Mrs Percy Smith and Bobby drove to Winnipeg Wednesday.
Mr P Pearson is confined at home with an attack of jaundice. Mr and Mrs E Makinson were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Wm Makinson. Mr and Mrs H Johnson traveled to Winnipeg Friday. Mr and Mrs Ralph Lowe and family of Arden were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Thos Lowe. Mr and Mrs Ted Hay and family spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Pattinson at Gladstone. Mrs Paul Uhrin is a patient in Carberry Hospital. Mrs G Russell Mrs H Atkins Mrs H Gray and Mrs T Hillis attended the St Pauls Tea and Bazaar last Thursday in MacGregor.
The piece muses on Manitoba winters, hunting culture, and the harsher side of cold seasons. It notes alcohol risk among hunters, comic gunfire anecdotes, and recalls Uncle John in parliament Ville approving Errick Willis. It ends with Walter Dinsdale staying in Ottawa rather than contesting a Manitoba by election.
Winners at the sho go include items such as canisters, tablecloths, pyrex bowls, pictures, shirts, ham, a lamp, gloves, a tray, blanket, cigarettes, a toy monkey, sheets, a roaster, groceries, plaques, scales, sheets, a breadbox, an electric clock, and other prizes with named donors. An unrelated World Encyclopedia note mentions Inca knot debts, and the early Incas had charge accounts via colored cords.
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