Mark Bagnall Heads Austin Students
The A C I student council election occurred Friday September 21 with most candidates in line. Freshie King and Queen introduced. new teachers Hamm Allen and Miss Eck to be initiated. upperclassmen anticipate stunts and costumes.
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Mark Bagnall
Austin
A.ci
Chevy Judson
Russ Trowsky
Linda Bull
Allen Early
Foris Sports
Diane Sevitsky
Ron Nicholson
Star
Hamm
Allen
Pantry Shower Brings In Funds For Hospital Aid
The Hospital Aid pantry shower tea and bake sale held last week at Memorial Hall raised 58.20 at the bake table 57.86 at the tea tables and 275 in goods for the hospital. Special thanks came to Katrime Good Neighbors Club Bergthaler Mennonite church Willing Helpers Women's Aid and Bagot district.
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Memorial Hall
Katrime Good Neighbors Club
Bergthaler Mennonite Church
Willing Helpers Women’s Aid
Bagot
Mustang Footballers Edge Neepawa 13-12
MacGregor defeats Neepawa 13 to 12 in a tight home opener on Sept. 29. Dwight Thompson and McQuiston key plays fuel the Mustangs drive. Neepawa closes within one late, but MacGregor seals the win. Next league game hosts Portage on Oct. 20. Other notes mention boxing, baseball, and NHL hockey optimism for 1962-63 season.
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Mac
Gregor Mustangs
MacGregor
Neepawa
Mustangs
Wea
Dwight Thompson
Dennis Meviston
Briscoe
Tve
McQuiston
Gregor Incre Aseame
Neep
Awa
Portage Trojans
Sonny H Thee
New York Yankees
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
NHL
Morley Aikans
Frankie McLaughlan
Dennis McQuiston
David ‘Thompson
Jake Boschman
Terry McLennan
Chuck Lewis
Stuart Montgomery
Ross Nichol
Don Smith
Gary ‘Thompson
Charles Lewis
Merbie MecMillan
Gordon Hildebrand
Terry Smith
Terry Longstreet
Frankie McLaughlin
Brian Burton
Harry Neufeld
Clinton Briscoe
Gerald Frizzley
Ricky White
Quiet Nominations in Rural North Norfolk and MacGregor
Nomination day nears with little election activity in North Norfolk Rural Municipality and MacGregor village. Councils up for reElection include three Rural seats and two village posts plus two MacGregor school trustees. Incumbents A E Chant G C Fotheringham plus others expected to run.
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MacGregor
Ram
North Norfolk
Pilkington
Reg McFerlane
Lloyd Willis
A. E. Chant
G. C. Fotheringham
H. E. Orchard
A. Wark
Mac-Gregor
Mac-Gregor Memorial
Margaret Rodgers Wins Spelling Competition at MacGregor
Margaret Ann Rodgers won the MacGregor elementary school spelling contest held at MacGregor Collegiate on Tuesday September 25 with sixteen contestants. Jaye Smale finished as runner up and winners received Jubilee awards for penmanship and general proficiency.
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MacGregor Elementary
MacGregor Collegiate
Margaret Ann Rodgers
Jaye Smale
Gladstone
Kerry Moore
Marlene Hilde
Brand
Sandra Olson
I Saw Signs Through Deloraine Cemetery Corners
George Curne reports reading two "men working" signs near a cemetery in Deloraine. He notes no men are visible in the signs and wonders what the signs designate by "men."
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Gieorge Curne
Deloraine District
George
Indian Summer Boosts District Harvest Prospects
Indian Summer has prevailed over the district for the past week with temperatures above 60 and reaching the low 70s. Harvest operations are nearly finished except flax, which is reported among the best crops on record with some fields exceeding 20 bushels per acre. Overall, the district’s crop yields are very favorable.
Farmers Harvest Weekend Burst Reveals Great Field Work
Farmers operated a full blast over the weekend as perfect weather accelerated harvesting in MacGregor and district. Combines worked in pairs or trios, barley and oats and wheat progress noted, sugar beets lifting rapidly, potatoes larger acreage turning out well, while flax remains green and hinges on favorable conditions for two more weeks to allow harvest.
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MacGregor
Town Happenings Holiday Week Ends Next Christmas
Community notes say Thanksgiving Day is a holiday and the last long weekend before Christmas. A signed letter to the editor was requested for print. Remembrance Day sprays and wreaths are sold by S R Lamb with orders due by October 15. Local injuries include Lester Becker’s broken leg and Ren Tarr with a hydro pole fall. Councillor Reg Mene is still in hospital for a couple more weeks.
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S. R. Lamb
Mr. Lamb
Lester Becker
Ren Tarr
Shilo
Ren
Reg Mene
Austin Sidney Ladies Honor Myrna Peck
Over 100 guests gathered in the Austin United Church lower room for a surprise honors event for Myrna Peck. Miss Peck, welcomed by her mother and the groom’s mother, was thanked for her years teaching in Austin and invited friends to visit her and Terry in MacGregor. The junior choir, conducted by Miss Peck, performed and presented gifts as a luncheon was served by local hostesses.
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Austin United Church
Myrna Peck
Myrna
R. Fiskel
Peck
B. Hay
C. Williams
Wm. Alton
Miss Peck
God's House
Mrs. As
Sidney
Austin
Terry
MacGregor
R. Douglas
Winnipeg
Memorial Hall Song Festival Draws Large Audience
A near capacity crowd attended the Memorial Hall mass-choir festival on Sunday September 23 under Manitoba Mennonite Youth Organization sponsorship. Vernon Neufeld led rehearsals. the 62-voice choir performed 12 songs themed God Creator and Redeemer. Local artists contributed a male quartet a poem and musical numbers including the Otto Hamm family from Cross Lake Manitoba.
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Memorial Hall
Manitoba Mennonite Youth Organization
Vernon Neufeld
Altona
God
Redeemer
Otto Hamm
Cross Lake
Manitoba
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Ie Et i Sa
Mustang
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Margaret Rodgers
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Mesdames
D. Pearson
J. R. Stephenson
Jas. Durn
Gordon Hay
E. Reiter
F. Rothwell
R. Calvert .Alton
Canadian Mennonite Bible College
Jacob Friesen
David Funk
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