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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 06, 1960
Page
6
Manitoba potato growers rush to finish harvest as two thirds of the 1960 crop is dug. Yields vary widely by area and field with 150 to 500 bushels per acre. Norland and Pontiac dominate, new chipping plants in Winkler and Mor en expand processing capacity to four in the province.
Pine Creek News lists visitors to Portage and Dauphin, with stays by Stewart, McFarlane, Uhrin, and Beatty families. It notes Myrna McFarlane attends 4H Educational Week in Winnipeg after being selected from 25. Births, birthdays, and anniversaries are recorded, including Orville John Harder born Sept 23 and Reg McFarlane and Arthur Stewart October birthdays. Saint Mary’s University to offer adult reading classes aiming to raise reading speed to 600 words per minute.
The MacGregor H Sewing Club held a re organization meeting in the Memorial Legion room on Monday September 28 with eleven girls mothers and leaders present. Officers were appointed including Mrs Gladys Bergquist Donna Wark Mrs Helen Dankesreiter Assistant Mrs Audrey Smith Mrs Hilda Alderson and Edna Gibbs. The next meeting is October 11 at 4 00 p m at the elementary school with full attendance requested for officer elections. Any girl age ten or older may join.
STANSTEAD Quebec Rene Letourneau Progressive Conservative MP for Stanstead and his wife celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary by renewing their vows at Sacred Heart of Jesus church. They are parents of two children.
Austin and District News reports the arrival of a daughter for Bradley of Portage. Other items note birthday wishes for Duncan Campbell, a September Christ Church Girls Auxiliary meeting at Mrs. H. Atkins home, and various visits and engagements among Portage residents including Stevenson, McFarlane, and Routley. A United Church dinner raised over 450 dollars.
ST JOHN S New Brunswick territory report: descendants of James Burt can view a 232 year old document at the provincial archives. The lease to a British-born fisherman granted a plantation at Old Perlican, with a 1000 year term for £70 and one peppercorn paid annually on the Feast of St Michael.
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