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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 09, 1969
Page
6
Friends honored Mary Ann Toews on October 3 with a surprise shower at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Wiebe in MacGregor for the bride elect of October 19. A corsage of red roses, decorated chair, games, opened gifts, thanks, a lunch, and 50 guests marked the evening.
Betty Quinn reports Freshie Week at MCL featuring the sale of the slaves parade and a Kangaroo Court with Judge Jack Gibson. A record hop followed. Freshie King and Queen were Holly Harkness and David Patsack. The football team beat Shilo and the boys volleyball team beat Carberry. Judy Bieganski receives belated birthday wishes.
Macgregor unveils a new two bay Thriftcar wash costing 25 cents per wash. Jake and John Giesbrecht announce readiness for use with bays for cars and large vehicles. Mayor Glenn Lye to officially open at 11 AM with prize draws and balloons for children.
Members of the MacGregor Lions Club will hold their annual canvass for the blind in MacGregor. CNIB volunteers seek financial help for rehabilitation training programs teaching Braille, typing, kitchen safety, and mobility to newly blinded individuals. Your support funds essential services and aims to help visually impaired people become productive contributors.
On Saturday evening October 4 members of the Rosehill Variety Club their families and friends gathered at the Bob McLennan home for a hay tide and wiener roast Donnie Schweitz was noted as reserve champion of the Seed Club in the omitted achievement write up Reporter surveillance could be inferred from the fragmentary text.
Seventy five buffalo calves from Elk Island National Park near Edmonton sold by public tender for 12115 dollars. Twenty six bids came from across Canada with Legare of Loretteville paying 4465 for 16 females and three males. Edmonton builders and other buyers purchased groups of males, while the sale marked the third Elk Island tender of live animals.
Seven private fish processing companies told Manitoba Legislature’s law amendments committee they cannot operate within the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation framework and urged the corporation to take over their operations. They said insufficient fish supply and losses since the agency began handling commercial fishing this year. Private processors must buy their fish from the government agency and sell finished products at set prices.
The Manitoba Half-Mile Dirt Track championship held October 5 at Salt Plains Raceway featured multiple races across stock and hobby stock classes. Gary Thurston won the 1969 title with Wayne Fidler second and Roger McCaughan third after a tense final, with John Roy briefly leading earlier laps.
Sidney Spivak proposed the law amendments committee study recording all committee sessions in a new Hansard edition. Currently only Legislative Assembly proceedings are printed. records of committee proceedings could aid members. MANY ISLANDS There are about 150 000 islands along the coast of Norway.
Evangelical Mennonite Church East End MacGregor holds Sunday School at 9.45 am and Worship at 10.45 am on October 12. MacGregor United Church offers a 10.00 combined service. St Stephen's United Church Bagot hosts Church School at 1.30 pm and Worship at 2.00 pm.
A church notice lists Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada Bethel Church MacGregor with Sunday School at 10.00 am and Worship at 11.00 am, Calvary see Sidne 7.30 p.m. Gospel Service, Austin United Church minister N. Stately 10.00 a.m. Worship and Sunday School, and The Anglican Church of Canada Rev. Tom Bailey St Paul’s Church MacGregor 9.30 am Harvest Thanksgiving.
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