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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 23, 1958
Page
8
A Portage la Prairie water plant worker, Wilmer Vollett, loses work due to a catfish bite while cleaning a deep well. The off duty incident occurred as he pulled sludge and sticks from the bottom, snagged by a thrashing catfish. He receives medical care and may claim Workmen's Compensation as plant officials file forms.
The Financial Post highlights that the autumn recovery hinges on consumer spending. Retail buying last winter cushioned the recession, and now retailers await shoppers as 1959 cars flood showrooms. Canadians have some spare income with labor wages about three percent higher year over year, supporting a potential spending surge.
Montreal based Trans Canada Air Lines says 95 percent of its nearly 550 stewardesses are married, with most spouses being from back home. The airline trains new hostesses in Montreal, selecting for appearance, personality, and intelligence, with ages 21 to 27. The 100th class includes Canadians, Europeans, and one from Britain, with five weeks of grooming and flight service instruction.
City officials plan to add steel placards to obscure statues around the capital to identify them, noting many honor Mexican generals, revolutionary heroes, scientists, and teachers. The effort faces sharp criticism as a needed step to preserve memory and aid tourists.
A fragment notes parliament’s late pledge of a 40 million dollar grant to western grain growers and mentions R. A. Emerson named Vice-President of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company.
In Worcestershire England three books and 850 documents reveal King William III paid a man 20 guineas for dental care and £200 a year to his barber. A pageboy received £20 New Year’s gift and a guinea to be weighed. Races yielded £5 to the poor, with other entries blank or unexplained.
A fragmented OCR entry notes a residence phone line at Austinn Every P Phone 40 and a PO Box 69 in MacGreer Manitoba. Details are sparse but indicate contact and postal box information for a local address.
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