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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 09, 1941
Page
8
MacGregor will run a homemaking course for young women starting October 14 for ten weeks. The school has secured the required quota and will accept additional students up to opening. Applicants should leave their names with Registrar Miss Kay MacKinnon.
In 1940 drought area groups held farm garden contests with Experimental Farms and Provincial Extension staff judging. Norfolk winners included A. B. Culbert Rossendale first with 85, J. Bedford Rossendale second with 84, H. Culbert Rossendale third with 83 in Competition 1. In Competition 2 Mrs. H. McEachern Laveman first 86, M. Haley MacGregor second 83, Mrs. H. D. Painter Laveman third 79. twelve entries in Competition 2.
Due to continuing rainfall and poor road conditions the Katrime Fowl Supper has been cancelled for this year. Nearby social notes mention visits and stays among local residents including the McLachlans and Shaw families, plus thanks from Russell Gilbert and Ernest McLachlan who are with His Majesty's forces for fountain pens received from the Community Club and locals.
Ongoing heavy rains disrupt threshing across Manitoba with speculation on crop damage. Farmers report rates held steady earlier but two months of wet weather slowed activity, delaying work for days. Forecast suggests 25 to 30 percent of threshing could be lost or postponed in this section.
The Manitoba Conference of the Young People's Union will hold its annual convention at King Memorial Church Winnipeg over the Thanksgiving weekend October 10 to 13. Delegates from Manitoba and North Western Ontario arrive Oct 10 and attend until Oct 13. Theme is Christian Youth The Hope for the Future with the address What Price Leadership. Commissions cover Leadership for a Christian Democracy a Christian Community and Leadership for the Young People's Union.
Beaver residents report visits and arrivals from Saskatoon to Toronto. Hazel Shaw travels east after two weeks with Mrs. M Shaw. Hazel Ann Shaw to wed LA.C. Wm A Smith of the RC A F North Sidney NS on October 14. Farm stock sales benefit local ladies aid and Red Cross fundraisers netting $22 each.
Miss Belcher spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. R. Poyser of Austin. Mrs. Grieves, visiting with her sister Mrs. Art Chant, left Sunday. Mrs. Wm. Chant received a cablegram from her son Raymond in the RCAF saying he arrived in England.
About 1000 bushels of oats offered for sale along with a number of good young work horses ready for selection. Apply to Ha. Ly. MacGregor for inquiries or arrangements.
Tenders will be received up to noon on October 20, 1941 for the purchase of the north portion of the Glover Hardware building in MacGregor. The successful tenderer will remove the purchased portion from the land as soon as possible. No tender guaranteed at MacGregor this 8th day of October, 1941. Gelewin See Treasurer K M of North Norfolk.
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