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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 15, 1970
Page
4
Local readers pay 5c per word with 10 percent late charge after one month. Classified deadlines require Gerald Office submission by Tuesday 1.30 pm. Death, funeral, and memorial notices priced at 6c per column inch plus photos at 2.00 per inch.
Obituaries note Edith Lucille Duncan of Austin died recently with a funeral at Austin United Church on October 7 led by Reverends Landers and Rupp. Interment at Austin Cemetery. McMaster Funeral Home of Portage la Prairie arranged details. Also reported is John Barry Calvert of Sidney, Manitoba who died October 7 1970 after a lengthy illness at MacGregor Hospital. Born March 15 1939 in Carberry he farmed in Sidney then Firdale district. He was a Hereford breeder and Manitoba Pool Elevators director. Survived by Norma Stratton wife, three children Grant Darren Cheryl, parents and siblings. Funeral October 10 at Sidney United Church. interment Sidney Cemetery. Trimble Funeral Chapel in charge.
In memoriam for Minnie Floate dated October 18 1969 and heartfelt thanks from family to Pratt area friends for support after a death. Includes thanks to doctors and staff at MacGregor hospital and those who sent meals and flowers, plus engagement and local sale notices. Also lists numerous for sale items from MacGregor area.
The Duncan family expresses gratitude to Doctor and MacGregor hospital staff Rev Rupp and Rev Landers McMaster Funeral Home pallbearers flowerbearers the Ladies of the UCW choir and all friends and relatives for help and kindness during their recent bereavement.
Local shop offers a full range of beer and wine making supplies including yeast fermentation kits corks bottles and gravity hydrometers with prices and specials for hobbyists and home brewers seeking seasonal kits and equipment.
A compact MacGregor advertisement page lists home wine kits and supplies at Denwal Pharmacy, grain hauling and sales by Bev Allan, Interlake Cattle Sales every Saturday at Interlake Auction Ring Inwood Man, and a $10 reward for missing tow belts from Four Way Motors MacGregor.
Lavenham locals hosted numerous visitors over the weekend including Wilbert and Agnes Aikens Donnie and Jean Aikens Lee-Anne Jack and Edna Clark Dalton and Agnes Aikens Derek Mrs Vernice Hill Judy and Mary Friesen party with Brian Susan and Vincent Ostopowich Jaye Claudette Friesen Gerry June Cleaver and families. Vern Henry Stephen spent time with Mrs Gertrude Henry while others hunted. Abe Suderman and family moved into the United Church manse for the winter. Stan Woodward of Rivers and Dave Kingley of Winnipeg visited.
Deborah L. Cashaback, 18, of Calgary, was fined 25 dollars and costs for begging after asking two plainclothes police officers and a civilian for a cigarette in downtown Calgary. Defence counsel argued the act was trivial and mocked the law. The court noted the sequence of cigarette requests as the basis of the charge.
Canada area delivery notice lists NAME ADDRESS PHONE BIRTH DATE for advertising material like catalogues samples and coupons. The document cites c o Winnipeg Advertising Distributors Limited at 838 Notre Dame Avenue Winnipeg Manitoba and excludes canvassing or selling by a committee.
Notice to creditors declares all claims against Margaret Jane Hodgins estate must be filed by November 10 1970 with Ball Ly at Hampton Street MacGregor Manitoba. The notice is dated October 6 1970 and issued by the solicitor for the executors.
Mary Jane Lamont of MacGregor Manitoba wife of Charles E Lamont retired farmer fled by statutory declaration must office on Hampton Street MacGregor Manitoba November 1970 Dated at MacGregor Man this 3 day of October 1970 H A Lye QC
Sealed tenders will be received for 450 ft of sturdy slab fencing in 6 10 inch sections and 31 corral and chute gates in several sizes. Closing date 1 p.m. Oct 24. Manitoba Agricultural Museum Box No 10 Austin Manitoba.
Ki llarney Mayor David Gibson announced Thursday his bid for the Conservative party nomination in the vacant Lisgar federal riding. The October 17 Swan Lake meeting will select a candidate after George Muir’s August death left the seat open. By election is set for November 16 with rivals Warner Jorgenson Vaughn Baird Arnold Brown and Jack Murta also pursuing the nomination.
Manitoba farmers near finishing harvest with sunflowers, grain corn, and about 25 percent of flax plus 75 percent of processing potatoes and sugar beets still to gather. Sugar beets yield nine to 12 tons per acre while storage potatoes are in excellent condition. eastern and central districts report average yields.
Weekend visitors arrive from Ontario Quebec Manitoba and Saskatchewan including Mr and Mrs E Jaine Mrs Ross Mellick Mr and Mrs Jorgenson and daughter Mr and Mrs Unran and Peggy and Grace Currie among others. Get well wishes go to Evelyn Hodgins and Ruth Muirhead returns noted. Sympathy extended to Barry Calvert family.
Interior Secretary Walter Hickel told the Pacific Logging Congress that a new environmental awakening spans students, teachers, housewives, and workers. He urged the North American logging industry to accept responsibility for safeguarding ecosystems and to adopt changes, citing collaboration with British Columbia on rapid tube ling seed planting as a model.
Fourteen juvenile boys were turned over to Dauphin juvenile authorities in connection with a break in and an attempted break in at a Dauphin auto dealer’s lot. A nearby Dauphin grocery store was entered on Sept. 18 with theft of candy, cigarettes, and tobacco valued at about $15. An attempted break-in followed, and vandals damaged radio components, outside mirrors, taillights, and doors. Evidence suggested sugar may have been poured into gasoline.
West Berlin creates a 360 foot refuse mound called Devil's Mountain with ski runs and a military post on the site of a former Nazi college. City leaders in New York and Chicago proposal consider similar plans to pile 20,000 tons daily trash into recreational mountains, with Bronx Pelham Bay Park eyed.
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