Thanksgiving Day Holiday Observed in Canada
Next Monday October 13th will be observed in Canada as Thanksgiving Day a public holiday. Local banks general stores and other places of business will be closed for the day.
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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 09, 1941
Page
1
Next Monday October 13th will be observed in Canada as Thanksgiving Day a public holiday. Local banks general stores and other places of business will be closed for the day.
Community notices list annual Market Day tea at Mrs G E Lewin's home on Oct 18 from 3 to 6 pm. Also announced are farm stock sales by F C Barton's, events at MacWilliam's Barn, a seed grain and poultry show in MacGregor on Oct 21, and various visits and school activities across Portage la Prairie, Winnipeg, and nearby towns.
The Sunday service schedule lists MacGregor Sunday School at 11 am and 7 pm worship, Bagot at 1 pm, Beaver at 2 30 pm, with a Thanksgiving Service titled Thankful for What.
Cattle and horse auctions announced starting at 1 p.m with good cattle horses and implements and sheep at the later sale. Posters contain fuller particulars. Saturday Oct 18 at 2 o clock for H Lloyd at MacGregor stockyards. Twenty nine head of milking grade cattle to be sold.
In loving memory of John Barber who entered into rest on October 8 1937. A brief memorial notice recalling his life and the days since his passing.
J. W. L. Jones of the Bank of Montreal has enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force as a radio technician and left on Monday for Winnipeg to report for duty. He served at the local bank for about two years and participated in the Curling Club and St. Paul’s Church. The Herald sends best wishes for success in his call to duty.
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