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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 19, 1967
Page
6
Notice pricing details for notices including In Memoriam and Thanks, with 60 words or fewer per item. Local readers charged 60 words or less at Se rate plus 10 percent late charges after one month. Deadline for classified and local readers is Tuesday 130 pm. Death notices and funeral notices priced at 60e per column inch with photos at 9.00 per column inch.
Obituaries report William Andrew Alton aged 66 of Sidney and Muriel Alton of 248 Alcrest Dr Chesterwood with two sons and a daughter. services led by Rev Bruce Gunn in Sidney United Church and Park Lawn Funeral Home handling arrangements. Also noted are a 81 year old resident from Sioux? Nor way to Shauna von Sask mo and a 1967 death with pallbearers listed. services by Rev Earl Armistead at Austin United Church with interment at Austin Cemetery.
The ONeill family and Muriel Bert Billie and Karen Alton express gratitude for kindness sympathy floral tributes and funeral attendance after the passing of their husband and father. Special thanks to the Legion pall bearers Morden and Wiebe’s Funeral Home staff for service and to Sidney ladies for the lunch.
The MacGregor Boys Club thanks MacGregor residents for bottles and money raised. If bottles were not picked up, call 181 for collection. Leader M J Pleming Jr also extends thanks to all helpers. For sale a 24 by 30 foot building with 8 foot studs and double floor must be moved by Dec 15. Contact Russ Hotel at 69.
For sale notes list two pianos for inspection at Edwin Hodge or R M Anderson. Best offer. To begin by October 26. Also a propane gas furnace, good water, freshly decorated, attached garage. Contact Frank Austin at 45 Austin. Other items include MacKinnon law office property, contact R D Lamb at 29 MacGregor. Ten cows, three brood sows for sale by Peter Buehler of Mayfeld, phone 820-12 Gladstone. Various farm items: a 10 ft. CCIL disc harrow, John Deere 2 row cultivator, Jersey milk cow, oats in bulk, and other odds and ends with prices. Cottage 16 by 20 with 12 by 12 addition, new lumber, priced to sell by Harry Harder, phone 328-4 MacGregor. Curling rocks and equipment: 14 rocks, 6 paired, 2 additions. Contact Wm Edkins, Pratt Curling Club president, phone 310-13 Sidney.
The Highway Traffic and Motor Transport Board will hear submissions at 10:00 am and 2:00 pm on Wednesday October 25 1967 in the Board Room Basement Highway Services Building 1073 Avenue Winnipeg 10 Manitoba. Applications by AL Adams for a dwelling adjoining PTH No 1 in North Norfolk and by E R Smith for an addition to a service station store near PTH No 1 North Norfolk. Submissions may be made at the hearing or in writing to the Assistant Secretary 4075 Portage Avenue Winnipeg 10 Manitoba. phone 775-0281.
An advertisement seeks a woman to cook full time and mentions a man’s train. Contact options include phone numbers 37 and 132 in Austin. reference 40-003.
The Pine Creek 4 H Combines held a reorganizational meeting at the home of Mr and Mrs H C Hughson on Sept 28 with 14 members enrolled. Officers chosen include Roy Manns president Jean Hughson vice president Bryan Stewart secretary Donna Manns treasurer Laurie Stewart news reporter. Three new members Leonard Bull Lyle Nelson and Joanne Uhrin joined the club. A field trip was discussed and the next meeting is planned for Wed Oct 18 at the home of Mr and Mrs Fred Smith.
Rev and Mrs A J Hall will host an at home event for friends and well wishers celebrating their 25th anniversary Monday October 23 from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. at their residence.
Local residents and visitors share meals, holidays, and travel news from MacGregor and nearby, including families from Brandon Winnipeg and Regina. Highlights include graduation attendances, weddings, hospital visits, and a benefit quilt totaling about $64 for local hospital aid.
Mrs Albert Wark hosted a social at her home on October 12 in honor of Mrs Paul Brazeau who with Paul left recently to reside at Bogey Creek. She received a corsage and gift and thanked guests. Games and a dainty lunch followed with best wishes from MacGregor friends.
Kevin Wayne Zimmerman infant son of Mr and Mrs Wayne Zimmerman was presented to the Lord in dedication on Sun. The brief notice records a church dedication ceremony and names the family involved.
President Johnson posed with two rainbow trout in the Canadian exhibit at the water-for-peace conference opening. He joked that he cannot catch any fish, saying no wonder.
Mr. and Mrs Wm Mulley returned to their Calgary home on Saturday after visiting relatives and friends during the past week. Mr and Mrs Robert O’Neill and Barry of Winnipeg visited at the home of Mr and Mrs Frank Taylor. Miss Bev Caskey spent the long weekend with relatives and friends at Souris.
Education Minister George Johnson, 47, announces candidacy for Manitoba PC leadership. He joins HW minister Walter Weir and AG Sterling Lyon in a race to select the next premier. Roblin retires to pursue federal politics as convention set for Nov 25. Dr Johnson has served in cabinet since 1958 in health welfare and education roles.
Sir Charles Maclean, Chief Scout of the British Commonwealth, urged closer liaison between Boy Scouts and Girl Guides. He endorsed joint programs and said togetherness is growing in the United Kingdom, with scouts and guides volunteering in the Middle East. He warned of a volunteer shortage as youth leadership remains unpaid.
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