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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 31, 1968
Page
4
Notices outline rates for want ads marriage notices and memorials with 60 word minimums and per word charges. A 10 percent late-payment surcharge applies to nonaccount holders. Deadlines require notices to be in the Herald Office by Tuesday at 1 90 p m for insertions.
Herbert John Radford aged seventy six of MacGregor Manitoba died Wednesday October 23 1968 at MacGregor General Hospital Born in Reading England June 13 1892 he farmed locally and served overseas in the First World War He leaves Evelyn and ten children plus twenty five grandchildren Funeral service was October 26 at MacGregor United Church with Rev Earl Armistead and interment in MacGregor cemetery McMaster Funeral Home in charge Pallbearers listed.
A sincere thank you to friends who sent cards flowers gifts or remembered me while in hospital and after returning home. Your thoughtfulness is greatly appreciated. Beth Weber
A heartfelt thanks to the doctors and nurses at MacGregor Hospital and Winnipeg General for compassionate care. Grateful for cards, fruit, flowers, and visitors, with special appreciation to the neighbors. Your kindness will long be remembered. Marjorie Williams.
Margaret B Manns thanks friends and organizations for support during illness. Appreciation goes to Dr Hew nurses staff and hospital care. Mr Marganet and nephews who helped, Mr W J Wenham who brought her home. rector Rev Fleming and Rev Armistead. Manor friends for assistance. She cites that cheering the sick brings happiness.
Sandra and Brian Gilbert express thanks to everyone for cards gifts and visits during their hospital stay. Special appreciation goes to Dr Hew and the hospital nurses and staff for their kind attention.
Sincere gratitude extends to Bagot and Image Creek districts for a wedding lamp gift. Ken and Alva Green thank all who sent cards flowers and visits during hospitalization at Carberry and St Boniface. Mrs Margaret Hodgins thanks relatives friends and caregivers for cards fruit flowers chocolates and comfort. Harvey Kane also expresses appreciation for hospital care and support from Dr Hew nurses and staff.
For sale two items listed by H. B. Friesen and Portage contact numbers. A 1997 1% ton Chevrolet truck with box and hoist and a two unit Westfalia milking system with pipe for 24 cows. Also a 17 inch power takeoff Sunbeam hammermill with 20 feet of pipe and collector priced at $300.
A catalog of used car values lists models from Ford Galaxie and Custom 500 to Datsun 1800 and Rambler with details on year, body style, engine, transmission, and options. The compilation includes 1961 to 1968 models with features such as automatic transmission, radio, power steering, and various body types.
Classified notices include Avon sales inquiry by Mrs M Jackson at 1004 10 St Brandon with contact details, live poultry wanted with Brown's Poultry Service number, a land rental request in MacGregor, a caretaking job at Sprucedale School in Austin, and sealed tenders for flooding and caretaking of MacGregor rink submitted by Nov 12 with R M Anderson as secretary.
Notice from MID WEST BY-PRODUCTS CO. at 607 Dawson Road St. Boniface stating the district will not pick up dead animals until further notice.
Rev. Leo Walsh, a Roman Catholic priest, said his first Mass in Mackenzie British Columbia as part of a 50 mile north central parish. He travels from Huddersfield England with four parishioners under a Vatican Council request for three years. Peter O Toole helps raise funds for a light airplane to aid Walsh travel. Mackenzie, 60 miles north of Prince George, grew from a trading post to a pulp mill town of 1200. Walsh will also tend Fort Ware four days away by river and plans winter return to England with spring return. He does not want a Catholic church built there.
The New York board of higher education approved plans to open three new two year community colleges. Each campus will enroll 5,000 day students. The board currently runs City University which includes six community colleges and 15,617 full time students.
Shoshone Indians in war paint with rifles advance toward white hunters and order them off the reservation. John Pope, aka Rolling Thunder, says he gave 15 minutes before the raid, claiming the hunters killed deer while their people stayed.
MacGregor and Souris residents hosted relatives and friends in recent days. Winnipeg and Edmonton guests joined family gatherings, funerals, and weekend visits, with several families extending sympathy to those who mourn. A bonspiel is planned for November 9 at Portage, while Joe Lambert and family travel to Emo for a weekend visit.
The 83,000-ton Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth sails from Southampton for New York on its last transatlantic crossing before retirement to Fort Lauderdale for use as a hotel and convention center. A tug dispute delayed her more than 75 minutes amid an 800 passenger voyage. The ship, bought by a trio of American millionaires for 7.75 million dollars in April, will return to Southampton on November 4, and receive a farewell visit from Queen Mother Elizabeth two days later, who launched the liner in 1938.
This year’s annual meeting of the Pool Elevators board saw a single personnel change. Charles W. Anderson of Morris was elected director for district No. 2 to replace W. J. Parker who earlier announced he would not seek re election. Other directors reelected include G. E. Franklin of Deloraine for district No. 4 and J. D. Devertson for district No. 6 for two more years. Terms continue for T. A. Matheson Stonewall H. B. Sneath Elgin G. G. Jamieson McAuley and C. C. Hunt Swan River. The organization meeting will follow this week to choose chair and officers and appoint a president.
Mr and Mrs Dennis Beaudin drove to Kansas for a few days while Thomasson and family spent Sunday in Winnipeg attending the Se rate etna event.
Visitors over the weekend included Mr. and Mrs. Gary MacDonald and family of Transcona Ted Brown of Regina Ken Myers of Moose Jaw and Elsie Grove of town Sympathy is extended to Mrs. Bert Radford and family and to Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Pennell and family in their bereavement Eldon McLean and family from Brandon were Sunday guests Linda Snaith is the November news reporter News items should be phoned in Monday evening to her co operation urged for the column
Two Winnipeg cable television operators asked the Canadian Radio Television Commission for exclusive territorial licences. Greater Winnipeg Cablevision Ltd said six months of talks with Manitoba Telephone System yielded uncompetitive rates, and a license would have secured a better deal. The firm cited 603 cents per 100 feet monthly rights, vs 30 cents in the west and 20 cents in Ontario and Quebec. Metro Videon Ltd reported a similar contract with MTS to serve Winnipeg west of the Red River.
Brent Guvesouettey Tel ford with Brian Nichol and Keith Bureh attended the Canadian Figure Skating Clinic in Winnipeg on October 19 and also saw the Vienna Ice Review that evening. Visitors to local homes included families from Golden Stream MacGregor Vancouver and Winnipeg, with several neighbors and friends mentioned. Contact Jean McRae at 685 2890 to share news.
A fragment places a residence on a farm three miles east of Portage and four miles east of an airfield. The brief provides limited directional cues with no names, dates, or additional context.
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