MacGregor Locals Visitors and Huntsmen Report
Local social notes list Mr and Mrs Bob Barber hosting Sunday guests including Don Parker Keith and Allan Briscoe with Ed Chant heading to Winnipeg for HMCS Coverdale. Allan to resume RC Navy duties after three weeks with parents Hugh Briscoe and others in MacGregor. Community updates cover visits, travel, and a remark on hunting season and Kleenex joke.
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Bob Barber
Don Parker and
Keith of
Portage
Doug Davie
Watson
Rossendale
Westbourne
A Briscoe
H Bris
Mrscoe
Allan Briscoe
Winnipeg
Hmcs. Coverdale
Moncton
N.B
Allan
RC. Navy
Hugh Briscoe
Mavis Bergquist Captures Pine Creek Spelling Crown
Mavis Bergquist, an eighth grade student from MacGregor, won the Pine Creek Division oral spelling contest sponsored by the Manitoba Trustees Association. Broadfoot of Gladstone served as pronouncer at Gladstone Town Hall before a large audience. Joanne Leckie of Gladstone SC finished second. Bergquist advances to the area final at Holland on November 10 to face other division champions.
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Nav Bergqust
MacGregor
Pine Creek
Manitoba Trustees Association
Gladstone
Broadfoot of
Slavis
Holland
Boy Scouts Hold Wiener Roast at MacGregor Pasture
The First MacGregor Boy Scouts held a wiener roast in Zimmerman's pasture on Thursday October 20. About 42 attended and all had a very enjoyable time. The scouts also held their initial apple drive last week and reported a wonderful response to the canvas. They thank all who supported the drive.
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Zimmerman’s Pasture
Voss Family Golden Wedding Anniversary Celebrated
Mr and Mrs. Robert Voss of Edwin marked their golden wedding anniversary with a Sunday reception at 118 Main St S hosted by son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs J White. They married October 11, 1910 in Neepawa and have six children, 17 grandchildren, and 10 great grandchildren. A July reunion at Fraser Park East Kildonan drew many relatives and friends from Vancouver, Winnipeg, Rossburn, and Portage.
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Robert Voss
Edwin
J. White
Main St. S
Voss
Neepawa
W. Locke
Portage
R. Simmons
Edith
Vancouver
M. Smith Ileneid
J. Hatch
Doreen
Winnipeg
Jim White
Dorothy
Ray Voss
Burnside
Nelson Voss
Simmons
Bagot
MacGregor
Fraser Park
East Kildonan
Rossburn
Washington
Mustangs Fall to Stonewall in Wet Snowy Contested Clash
The MacGregor Mustangs lose 19 414 to Stonewall in a slippery snow covered field. Ken Green opens scoring with a six yard end sweep, Stonewall leads after a missed convert in the second quarter, and Rick Parker seals MacGregor points with a 73 yard reverse. SEMI League meeting in Miami plans interlocking schedules amid talks of a MacGregor hockey league with Carberry Treherne Swan Lake Glenboro Wawanesa and more.
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MacGregor Collegiate Mustangs
Stonewall
MacGregor
Brandon
Neepawa
Gladstone
Mustangs
Ken Green
Carberry
Treherne
Swan Lake
Glenboro
Wawanesa
Miami
Stock Growers to Meet at Prince Edward Hotel
The Samova Stock Growers Association holds its Fifth Annual Convention on Thursday November 3 at the Prince Edward Hotel. The program starts 9 am and ends in the evening with guest speakers Hon. Alvin Hamilton Minister of Agriculture and Warner Jorgenson MP Parliamentary Assistant Ottawa.
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Samova Stock Growers’ Association
Prince Edward Hotel
Alvin Hamilton
Warner Jorgenson
Ottawa
Royal bound Livestock Show set for Manston exhibitors
Manitoba exhibitors prepare 218 head of livestock to ship to Toronto for the Royal Winter Fair. The consignment includes 78 cattle 32 sheep 75 swine and 33 horses with Herefords Shorthorns Aberdeen Angus Red Polls Jerseys and purebreds represented by breeders across Portage la Prairie Winnipeg Brandon and other towns. A CPR train will carry animals and exhibitors from Brandon to Toronto starting Oct 31 with arrival in the east a week before the fair slated Nov 11 to 19.
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Manston
Jarvis
Lvestock
Wayne Moore
MacGregor
W. R. Shaw
Katrume
Leonard Kennedy
Moor
Robert Kerr
Livestock
Manitoba Department of Agriculture and Conservation
Moba
C.P.R
Toronto
Brandon
Winnipeg
Telephone Directory Available Soon Provitase Directory
The Provitase Telephone Directory will be available soon to all residents and businesses. Officials urge readers to watch for notices on pickup locations and distribution dates as the new directory goes to press.
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Provitase
Funeral Held For Mrs Dyck In Austin
Funeral services were held Monday October 24 at 2 pm from East Mennonite Church MacGregor for Mrs Anna Dyck of Austin who died October 21. Born in Grunthal Manitoba she lived in Saskatchewan before moving to Austin in 1946. Surviving are her husband Ben seven daughters one son and a nephew. Interment was in the Austin cemetery. Also news notes announce Manitoba Telephone System will distribute over 88 000 copies of the new provincial telephone directory next year with delivery options listed in local ads.
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East Mennonite
MacGregor
Anna Dyck
Austin
Grunthal
Man
Dyck
Saskatchewan
Ben
Norman
Elma
Unrau
Mustang defeat ends win streak at Stonewall
Our Mustangs lost 19 14 to Stonewall last Sunday ending a five game winning run. They plan to avenge the setback in two weeks when Stonewall visits, weather permitting.
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Mustangs
Stonewall
Brandon
Portage Votes For D.S.T. In Local Referendum
The electors of Portage la Prairie approved Daylight Saving Time for the summer months with 1302 votes for and 840 against. Re-elected Ald W H. Voom and new councillors B Kushner and Stan Reimer also won seats, while Mayor H L Henderson failed in a bid for the school division board.
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Portage la Prairie
Ald
W H. Voom
B. Kushner
Stan Reimer
HL. Henderson
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J. W Corrigal
JR Mgregor of
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MacGregor Home
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Chas. Pennell
Reuben Frizzley
R. Frizzley
J. Fountain
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CR McKenzie
Vandy McKenzie
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Lindsay
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Belvidere
Ill
Wilmot McComb
Hayfield
Mavis Bergquist
Joanne Leckie
Gladstone SC
Boy Scouts
Robert V
Ken Green Opened the
Rick Pakker
MacGregor Collegiate
Collegiate
P. Patterson
Croll
Richardson Stock Farms Ltd
Roland G. Beattie
Killarney
Treffry Brothers
James Graham
New Fale
Watson Cochrane
Silverin
Robert J. Kerr
J. Krahn
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Virden
C. H. Webster
Two Creeks
C.F Glasman
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R_ Bennett
Deloraine
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Oak Lake
Mrs. Dyck
McKillop Funeral Home
Change
Greater Winnipeg
Manitoba Telephone System
Whatter
By Tom Satrunads
Busehall
Busehaul
Christin
Diehl
D.S.T
Ken McLennan
Ken
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