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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 22, 1970
Page
7
The notice outlines pricing for birth notices cards of thanks and memoriams with per word charges, minimums, and column inch rates. A 10 percent surcharge applies if accounts are not paid within one month of insertion. Deadline for classified and local readers is Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. Photos cost 100 per column inch.
We wish to thank relatives friends and neighbors for assistance when Barry was ill for field work in spring and organizing the bees in fall to harvest the crop Firdale ladies provided meals Special thanks to Chris Kilgore Sam Mitchell for chores after cattle Norma Reg and Dorothy Calvert
The family of our beloved husband, father, son and brother express heartfelt thanks for cards, flowers and sympathy during their recent loss. Special gratitude to Rev Landers, pallbearers, flowerbearers, organist and choir, Mac Gregor Bakery, luncheon provides, Dr Hew and staff, Trimble Funeral Chapel, Norma, Reg and Dorothy Calvert, and Bob and Mary Stratton with families.
The city honors Dan McDougall with McDougall Street named after him. Mayor Glenn Lye and councillors express gratitude to Mr and Mrs Dan McDougall and family for the recognition.
Card of thanks expresses gratitude for gifts and hosting of a shower and invites to a trousseau tea on Sunday November 1 from 2 to 5 pm. Other notices thank Pine Creek area customers for chinaware gifts, thank MacGregor Hospital staff for care, gratitude to donors to pantry, and appreciation for moving help. Help wanted and sale notices appear with local contact details.
Mrs. Alice Turner announces the engagement of her daughter Beverly Anne to Glen Stuart Young son of Mr and Mrs Stuart Young of Austin Manitoba. The couple will marry on November 14 at 4900 pm in Mac Gregor United Church.
Mr and Mrs John Olson announce the engagement of their eldest daughter Sandra Mae to Ronald Keith Giercke eldest son of Mr and Mrs A Giercke of MacGregor The wedding is set for November 21 at 430 pm at MacGregor United Church
Clifford and Reva announce the birth of their son Michael Clifford in Calgary Alberta on October 10. He weighs seven pounds. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Art Chant of MacGregor.
Notice offers ad ditive kits fermentation rocks siphoning hose stabilizers yeast and nutrients to make a gallon of wine for about a dollar ninety three or less with own fruit. Grain hauling also for sale wheat oats barley. Apply Bev Allan phone 685 2399.
Tender submissions sought for 480 ft of slab fencing in 6 to 10 ft sections and 31 gates from the former rodeo complex now dismantled. Closing date Saturday October 24 1970. Tenders to Manitoba Agricultural Museum Box 10 Austin Manitoba. Highest bid not necessarily accepted.
The Supreme Court of Canada denied the appeal of Clifford Lurvey of Vancouver who was sentenced to be hanged January 7 at Headingley jail for the shooting of Constable Leonard Shakespeare during a grocery store holdup in St Boniface near Winnipeg last year. His fate now rests with the federal cabinet.
In Swan Lake Manitoba a nominating convention selected 27 year old farmer Jack Murta to represent the Progressive Conservative party in the November 16 Lisgar federal byelection. Nearly 1100 attendees chose Murta on the fourth ballot over Warner Jorgenson Vaughan Baird and Arnold Brown.
Libera l member Gordon Johnston was told he cannot interfere with New Start program operations in The Pas. Regional Expansion Minister Jean Marchand said the program is run locally but financed by provincial and federal governments. He rejected Johnston's call for cabinet minister approval of all hires as incompatible with the New Start constitution and urged complaints be directed to the NewStart board.
Ronald F. Ryland, 57, of Winnipeg, pleaded guilty in a provincial Magistrate's court to stealing more than $14,000 from a Mortis hotel over a two year period ending August 18. Magistrate John J. Enns noted Ryland was "not so much a thief as a weak-willed person" as auditors uncovered the loss in a Gordon Hotels Ltd. audit.
MacGregor locals and relatives spent the holiday weekend in Grandview and Portage, with Winnipeg visitors and several crossings of family ties. Attendees included the Chant, Brown, Pennell, and Robison families, plus others from Saskatoon, Cobourg, Pinawa, and Portage. A Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario Assembly trip to Selkirk was altered by weather, but guests still enjoyed a festive gathering at the Chant and Nicholl households.
The Winnipeg Teachers' Association saw its interim award request rejected by a three member arbitration panel after the board argued the bid would prejudice outstanding financial proposals. The failed request sought a two year contract with eight percent pay rise first year and seven percent second, plus reclassification for large high schools, principal and vice principal pay, and better class preparation allowances.
Saskatchewan crop report shows rain and snow since October 5 delayed harvesting with only modest progress provincewide. Most fields were cleaned in limited periods, flax remains largely unharvested, and southeast areas report lingering wheat oats and barley. Snowfall hit Melville Yorkton Kamsack area with up to 10 inches. southwest saw minor snow while harvest was most advanced.
A broadcast of multiple church events lists timings for Sunday School Worship and services at MacGregor United Bethel Calvary Tabernacle Austin United Sidney United Churches. Guest speakers Rev R H O’Neill Rev A J Hall Rev Harold Ritchie Rev David Lander invited while services run from 9 45 am to 11 00 am with evening gospel.
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