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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 13, 1966
Page
2
The piece recalls scarecrow memories from rural life from tin cat eyes to grandfathers’ wheat fields. It notes evolving methods including a hydrogen balloon with a hawk likeness 200 feet aloft to deter birds, likening to older cat eye tactics and newer blank-cartridge devices.
A critical look at morning radio shifts from light music to chatter. The piece notes FM limits, advertising pressure, and listener segments from barbershops to rural areas. It urges a return to traditional music and questions advertising-driven formats.
The passage notes British workers and executives prefer minimal effort, shaping the narrator’s departure choice. It suggests Canadians share the urge to do little while still benefiting from prosperity across Canada, Britain, and the United States, with fuel warmth and general economic comfort reducing urgency to Hustle.
Preliminary census figures show Montreal CMA at 2,418,984, up 14.6 percent since 1961, with city proper at 1,216,205. Toronto CMA follows at 2,145,637, up 17.5 percent. Toronto city 661,995. Vancouver 884,095. Ottawa 489,392. Winnipeg 500,200. CBS notes preliminary results may change before final release in 1971.
Manitoba premier Roblin announced a soon revision of minimum wage and pension scales to ease inflation’s impact on low income groups. He ordered an immediate review of old age assistance and blind pensions, and said the Minimum Wage Board will reconvene to raise the hourly rate from December 1 to one dollar.
Michyal Boughton and Rand Mi ieee crossal bottes united at St Boniface St Bartholomew Anglican church Windsor Park on September 23. Elder Rand Mi officiated as bride wore a long French voile gown with lace overskirt and lily point sleeves. She carried white carnations. maid of honor Linda Broughton wore ice green crepe with lace overlay. bridesmaids Joan Arthur and Mavis Clayton wore pink crepe. Toast given by Frank Halkyard. couple to honeymoon in Banff Lytton North Surrey, then reside at Plum Coulee Man.
A drop in Canada's birth rate reduces demand for baby goods from buggies to furniture. Fewer newborns last year than five years ago cut diaper and baby food sales, with hospitals facing overcapacity in obstetrics. Market researchers predict the trend to continue into 1969 or 1970, as firms explore diversification and new baby safety products.
W H Vopni president announces David J Cross named editor of The Daily Graphic and the weekly P Leader at Portage la Prairie Vopni assumes executive editor post Ian A Mckenzie named associate publisher and advertising manager Elmer Moffat named news editor Moffat's Vopni tenure spans over 30 years The firm also runs Neepawa Press and MacGregor Herald with offices in Portage la Prairie Neepawa and MacGregor Manitoba
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