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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 12, 1967
Page
6
Local classified rate card details for Want Ads and notices. Includes pricing for births memorials and thank yous, death and funeral notices, and a sample sale listing for Massey Harris equipment and a MacGregor house ad with contact hints. Mentions deadlines and per word charges with partial entries.
In memoriam for Jack Morris dated October 7, 1951, from his wife and family. Also announces Beverly Rae Kardash to Jeffery William Templeton, engagements to be followed by a wedding on Saturday October 28 at Trinity United Church, Brandon, Manitoba.
A collection of thanks from patients and families in Portage and MacGregor hospitals. They express gratitude to doctors Dr O Connell MacGovey Hughes Rauchandre and staff at St Boniface and MacGregor for care. They thank visitors, those who sent fruit parcels cards and cigarettes, and Mrs Ruth Scora and Mrs Olive Anderson for help and support.
Classified items include a 1956 Ford two ton truck in fair shape with contact 326-21 MacGregor, plus two pianos for sale to be examined at Edwin Hodge or RM Anderson homes. Best offer accepted, due by October 26. apply Frank Mac.
For sale a three bedroom house with gas heat water and sewer in MacGregor. Apply J Hoeppner phone 305 12. Also Jim's Sales and Service offers tractor repair and general repairs in MacGregor. House features include new gas furnace and hot water tank, insulation, roofed cement patio, underground sprinkler system, full basement, brick fireplace, kitchen dining area, utility and office on main floor. Second floor has four bedrooms and unfinished bathroom. To view call 66 MacGregor.
Sale notice for serviceable York boars from the Bran don summer fair reserve champion line. Prices range 75 to 85 dollars per animal based on quality. Contact W H Martin at phone 328-21 MacGregor.
Polaris sales offer lists motor sleds and reconditioned Moto Ski units with prices under $1000. Demonstrators priced at $895 for 20 h p models and rebuilt units at $635. Trade-in policy emphasized with a strong dealer push to act now on new Polaris or Arctic Cat products.
Portage la Prairie listing from Portage International Farm Equipment selling a 2 year old gelding an 8 ft John Deere cultivator a 10 ft packer and a 102 Massey Tractor. Contact A Sloane MacGregor for details.
Wanted nurse's aide by November 1. applications due October 21. Apply to Mrs Margaret Sorensen, Matron, MacGregor Hospital, phone 110, MacGregor. Also: Wanted woman to cook full time must train. phone numbers provided for Austin. Also seeking cash buyers for grain land in MacGregor, Austin or Pine Creek area. contact Isaac Dreidger, Elm Creek, phone 30323. Sales help wanted male dealer for farm necessities. write Rawleigh Dept. 1-248-142, Winnipeg.
An about 80 year old resident of the St. Charles Hotel in downtown Winnipeg was beaten by two men in his room late Wednesday and robbed of roughly $800. The assailants used a bellhop’s name to gain entry, tying him with a towel and a tie, injuring his nose and back slightly but not causing serious harm.
A 1966 Pontiac six with standard transmission and very low mileage, a 1964 Ford Custom with V six and automatic transmission, a 1963 Pontiac six with automatic, power steering and brakes, a 1962 Mercury wagon with eight cylinders and automatic, a 1960 Meteor six with standard transmission, a 1959 Ford six with automatic sedan, a 1964 Chevrolet six with standard transmission and long wheelbase, another 1962 Chevrolet six standard, a 1958 Chevrolet six standard, and a 1967 Dodge half ton with steel box and four speed transmission.
Local column records weekend visits and social events in MacGregor. Mentions multiple families from Steinbach Winnipeg Portage and Regina visiting relatives, plus attendances at weddings showers and a turkey dinner. Includes well wishes for recovering residents and notes on noteable events among residents and guests.
Local notes record numerous Thanksgiving weekend visits and family gatherings across Winnipeg, Portage, Calga ry Glenella and Fort Frances. Weddings and anniversaries are celebrated, with funeral notices for Mrs. Shields and multiple belated greetings shared among communities.
A 25 cent per hour increase in Manitoba minimum wage is recommended for December 1, 1968 by four members of the Minimum Wage Board. Labor Minister Obie Baizley said cabinet will consider the recommendation next week and an order in council could raise the rate to 1.25 for the stage advised. The three labor representatives on the board did not sign the report.
A late Thursday blaze destroyed a frame house near Churchill. Three people died, including Benjamin Rabiscah, 27, and his brother Eric, both of Churchill, and Martha Beardy, 22, of Shamattawa, Manitoba. Further details were unavailable.
Kenneth Thiessen age 19 of Altona died Friday night two miles north of Altona in a crash involving a semi trailer a highway truck and a small foreign car driven by Thiessen. No other persons were injured.
Residents hosted and visited relatives across nearby towns. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. J. Blatz and family from Kane, Frank Zacharias of Winnipeg, Henry Wiebe and family from Rossendale, and numerous local families. Thanksgiving weekend travel took some to Grand Forks and Ridgeville for celebrations and a 50th wedding anniversary observance.
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