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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 22, 1942
Page
4
One of 722 army issue Commando Daggers will be sent by Canadian communities to regiments overseas after meeting Victory Loan objectives. The dagger measures about fourteen inches and represents the modern development of the sword.
Nomination Day for North Norfolk Councillors is slated for Tuesday November 10 between 1 and 2 pm in Austin. Incumbents J. Jeffrey G F. Goulding and Joseph Robinson hold wards 3 6 and 6. If an election occurs it will be Friday November 20. No election this year for Reeve Duff and councillors G S Thompson J M McPhee and C R Wallace complete terms.
The Mac Gregor United Church annual dinner in the Annex drew about six hundred attendees with fowl and trimmings. Afterward two Tivoli Theatre shows played to crowded houses, with lunch on Friday totaling 282 dollars. The Ladies extend thanks to all contributors and helpers.
Auctioneers S. C. Duff of Austin and M. A. House of Carberry led a Sidney farm stock sale for David B. Smith. Hereford cattle topped at 190 dollars with other cattle from 100 to 140 dollars. Machinery sold well and outside buyers participated. Sale realized several thousand dollars and Sidney ladies served lunch. proceeds over 70 dollars for war work.
Auction notice for a sale one mile southwest of Harte on Monday October 26 at 10am. Includes 11 good horses 31 head Shorthorn cattle 12 fed calves 60 pigs 20 pure sows and boars and a full line of machinery. S. E. Burch, Auctioneer.
The annual meeting elected Geo. Davey as president with H. A. Lye as vice president Recording secretary S. R. Lamb and G. E. Lewin as corresponding secretary and treasurer Padre Rev. Cecil King officiated. J. P. MacKinnon received a monogram cigarette case in gratitude for longtime service to the Legion.
Local boy at Gilbert Plains Man raises his own flagpole each morning and places a flag while singing God Save The King in a boy soprano voice. His father serves in the Air Force. The act stands as a symbol of freedom and justice won through sacrifice.
The notice outlines St. Pauls Church MacGregor services on October 25 with Sunday School at 11 a.m. and Evening Prayer at 7 p.m. Also Missionary film showings by Rev B S Green of Fort George at both services and a United Churches schedule for MacGregor Bagot Beaver areas. It notes a L O L meeting October 28 at 8 p.m. with officer elections, plus local visitors and charitable calls for booklines and Christmas cakes for overseas with Packing Day October 26 at the Work Centre.
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