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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 10, 1946
Page
1
North Norfolk residents will receive appointment cards for free chest X Ray tests next week. Despite bad roads hindering canvassing, many examination cards have been returned to local chairman E Lewin, with more cards mailed by MacDonald Portage City between November 4 and 15. TB can strike any age, so get a free chest X ray and learn by good advice.
The Manitoba Power Commission announces lower rates effective with November billing for October energy use. The first 100 kWh block drops from 7 to 5? per kWh. The second 200 kWh block remains at 4 cents, and all energy beyond is 2 cents per kWh. BranDon and Portage la Prairie cities see the second block at 3 cents per kWh.
The Manitoba Pews Commission states rate reductions over 13 years began in 1933 with Hydro integrating the system into a single unit. Lower power costs benefit urban and rural residents, enabling greater consumption and industrial growth while keeping equal access for towns and hamlets across the province.
Mr H R Turner occupational counsellor of the rehabilitation branch of the C V A will spend the afternoon of Monday October 14 in MacGregor to counsel veterans who have not yet established a permanent occupation. Those seeking interviews should leave their names with S R Lamb T L Jolliffe or Rev C King.
Funeral services for Mrs Donald Michie were held Friday afternoon at Sidney United Church for a devoted mother. Elizabeth MacGregor born June 8 1900 in Scotland moved to the Austin district in 1908 and married Donald Michie on October 30 1929. Survived by three sons seven daughters six sisters and four brothers, with David Muir presiding and pallbearers named R Jackson E Wering RD Peck and John Raymond Peck.
Community updates list visits from Mr Carl Berquist and Mrs W J Lusignan and social calls in Oakville Somerset and Gainsborough. Sharon Smith and Freddie Robinson celebrate a birthday at school. Harold Robinson recovers from appendicitis at Portage General Hospital. Joan Shaw returns to Winnipeg for a new job with McKenzie Food Products. Renaults from Windsor visit with Keith injured arm. Smiths plan week in Carnevale for a wedding. WMS Ladies Aid and Baby Band meet October 24 at Mrs M Smith's. mite box donations requested.
Lois Audrey Nesby daughter of Transcona Manitoba marries Robert Frederick Peterson son of MacGregor Manitoba in a Vancouver ceremony conducted by Rev. A Solham of the First Norwegian Lutheran Church. The couple plans to reside in Vancouver after a honeymoon there.
All members and interested youths are invited to attend a Young Peoples Union meeting at the United Church Manse on Tuesday evening at 8 30. The event aims at reorganizing the group and gathering new participants.
Local Bagot residents and visitors traced Winnipeg and Brandon trips last week with several Winnipeg guests and trips to Minnedosa Portage de Green’s factory in Portage. The Bagot United Church Women’s Association held its first meeting with fifteen members, planning fundraisers to support a new Bagot church. next meeting set for October 27 at 3 43 pm.
United College marks its 75th anniversary formed from Manitoba College and Wesley College. Event runs October 14 to 17 with a Special Convocation and University of Manitoba participation. Alumni totals exceed seven thousand, honoring their contributions to Manitoba and Canada.
In memoriam for Douglas Pearson died in Hong Kong on October 12 1912. The note honors his unfinished life as a gift of faith and expresses the family’s ongoing sorrow and remembrance from his mother father sisters and brothers.
Mrs G it announces the engagement of her daughter Edna Marion to Harvey Malcolm Kane of Rossendale. The wedding is set for October.
The Oct val 3p. Evangelist PC Brand from Winnipeg and Lady Evangelist present a music focused program led by the evangelists, aiming to inspire faith and cultural outreach through song.
The long-time Albion Hotel owner in Portage, who operated the establishment from the 1920s to 1941 before retiring to Winnipeg, died at Winnipeg General Hospital. He held Masonic and hospital board roles, was active in the First Presbyterian Church and curling circles, and is survived by his wife Ella Cobourne, daughter Ivy, and a sister. Funeral services were held in Winnipeg with interment at Brookside cemetery.
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