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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 24, 1968
Page
4
Classified ad rates and deadlines explain charges for notices cards of thanks memorials and deaths. Obituaries Thompson Williams etc honor deaths with verses and family tributes. Also includes lost items stray and wanted to rent farm land with contact details and a contact number.
Thanks are extended by Harry Street to neighbors for a surprise birthday party and gifts, and to those who sent wishes via Gil bert. Lorne and Muriel Pennell express gratitude for anniversary celebrations with relatives and friends. Gloria Elizabeth Totpa and Peter Ludwig announce their engagement with a November 30 1968 wedding in Roblin Manitoba.
Mr and Mrs Bert Moore of Obodo Manitoba announce their eldest daughter Shirley Catherine will wed Roger Ranger, son of Mr and Mrs Andre Ranger of North Bay Ontario. The wedding is set for November 16 1968.
Mrs. Alice Turner announces the engagement of her daughter Margaret Doreen to Russell Edward Ferris son of Mrs. Ellen Ferris. The wedding is set for Saturday November 16 at 4 o clock in MacGregor United Church.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a local notice listing names Tom Telford and Gregor with a phone reference. The items are incomplete, offering few concrete actions or dates.
A vintage auto listing highlights 1968 Ford waiaxie four door hardtop with V eight and automatic transmission, power steering, and power brakes. Also noted are 1966 Plymouth six cylinder sedan, 1965 Volkswagen coach, 1964 Ford Custom 500 six cylinder sedan, and other 1959 to 1966 models from GM, Mercury, Rambler, and Dodge.
A Nova Scotia motorist, Gus Arthurs, made his own licence plates each year from 1915 through 1917 after receiving government letters. His collection includes three homemade plates topping a set spanning every year from vehicles and trailers he owned up to the present.
An explosion ripped through the hull of the 2,000 ton freighter S. S. Norman P. Clement last week, injuring 11 men, one seriously. The men were working in the bow as the vessel, in drydock for hull repairs after grounding, belonged to Chembarg Ltd. of Sarnia. Damage was not estimated.
MacGregor locals note visits from Regina and Brandon relatives during Thanksgiving weekend and a rugby game in Russell. Swiss cheese of names aside, the Beaver 4-H Beef Club event is set for October 30 at the Beaver Community Centre with Ken Kane and Carol.8 p.m. sharp.
In Winkler Manitoba a Pembina Valley plan to form Dutch Mobile Homes Ltd aims to build 50 large units and 200 truck campers in its first year, sharing ideas with Triple E Manufacturing. The project, led by E G Enas, will employ 20 in a 20 000 square foot plant and market through Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta dealers with potential U.S. sales.
Ottawa announces rural postal service will run six days a week, offsetting a planned five day urban delivery start February 1. Postmaster General Eric Kierans says Saturday service will be dropped in cities with low demand while rural Saturday delivery continues where demand is strong. The move, made during the second reading of a rate bill, addresses rural hardship and supports social justice, despite protests over higher rates and reduced service. The post office has not posted a yearly profit since 1956-57, with losses projected at 10 million for 1968-69 and 130 million for 1967-70. Kierans asserts equal government service as key alongside user pays.
Transportation Minister Stewart McLean announced 20 161 Manitoba drivers were under licence suspension as of September 30, a 13 percent rise from 17 843 at the same date last year. September suspensions totaled 890, compared with 1 128 the prior September, including 310 after conviction of a major offence and 112 for impaired driving.
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