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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 22, 1959
Page
2
The document lists subscription rates of $2.90 per year in Canada and $3.00 in the USA for the publisher H. Vopni and the managing editor J. Milne, indicating the newspaper’s pricing and leadership credits.
Mrs P Pearson returned home with her daughter Mrs Sanderson of Selkirk after two weeks with her son Earle in Carman. Several pairs of relatives and friends from Winnipeg Brandon Rivers and Camp Hughes were weekend visitors and residents changed homes. Christ Church W A plans a supper on Saturday October 24 in the United Church basement with a noted change of venue and a general meeting called by the Community Hall Committee.
A public meeting at the High School on Friday night October 23 at 8 30 discusses building a town hall. The Patriotic Club will meet October 27 at 8 p.m. at Mrs M Thomson's home. Steve Belous and a long time partner mark twenty years of marriage with a reception in Pirdale. guests include John Martens and others who sent congratulations.
Last week proved unusually quiet at schools due to a blizzard with few pupils present Thursday and Friday. A few married women traveled eight miles to Sidney and then to Austin to begin teaching this week while Miss Wilson remained delayed in Rathwell. Mrs McEachern filled in for Tuesday forenoon and High School chimes were rescheduled to next week.
Austin churches coordinate UNICEF collection on Halloween night. Last year donors contributed 31.08 dollars, aiding vaccines, milk, and penicillin for sick children. In 1957 and 1958 totals reached 75000 and 125000 dollars respectively, encouraging residents to support health for children through door to door solicitations.
In First Southern Church Fort William Rev Ranta united Georgina Mary Mylymok elder daughter of Mr and Mrs Cecil Rands of Austin with Sinio Vilo Piirto son of Mr and Mrs T Piirto of Finland A reception followed at Upsala L O L Hall with 125 guests The couple will reside in Upsala Ontario
Bethel Chapel in MacGregor marks its ninth anniversary with morning and evening services led by Evangelist Mrs. CE Anderson of England. She also speaks at Tabernacle in Sidney at 3 pm after preaching in England the United States and Canada.
Mrs M L Carritt celebrated her eighty seventh birthday with family in Brandon and later at Austin. Born Mary Louise Badiey in 1872 in Lincolnshire England she moved to Canada in 1904 and lived on a farm near Sidney until 1948. She has ten grandchildren and remains active, visiting town for errands.
Miss Alice Lloyd bride elect of October 24 was guest of honor at a four shower Monday evening in Bethel churches lower auditorium. She was escorted to her chair under a canopy by Mrs L Dickinson as her mother Mrs H Lloyd was led to a chair by Mrs Thomas Lamont. The groom elects mother Mrs W Jones was escorted to a chair by Mrs Walter Allan. Corsages pinned on each, gifts presented to Alice by Miss Lily ONeill.
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