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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 01, 1955
Page
6
The Automobile Club of America urges drivers to STOP speeding STOP night driving STOP for coffee STOP bumper to bumper driving STOP when sleepy to reduce fatalities over Labor Day weekend. Canada reports 37 deaths last year during the holiday weekend, with 18 on highways.
Roy Thompson returns home after joining in Firdale. Miss M Coulthard starts teaching at Pine Creek School District. J Arnold visits relatives at Grawford Park. Hartford WA to meet Sept 14 at Mrs D Lamont’s home. Mrs Rebecca Longstreet visits from Palgrave and Indian Head. Lillian Fawcett returns to MacGregor from vacation. Mrs McGloughry leads Rignold School. Mrs Bell at Burnside School. Several locals visit family, weddings celebrated, harvest yields low, thefts noted, schools reopen with staff lists.
Hon. R. Turner predicts tourism in Manitoba will near 30 million dollars by year end 1985 with continued cooperation from the weather. Long term visitors rise 9 percent in July, and the year to July shows an 84 percent increase.
A new feed barley variety named Vantmore will be released in spring 1956 from the Experimental Farm Brandon Manitoba. It derives from a Vantage and Titan cross and shows strong straw, shattering resistance, and improved moist condition performance. Seed requests should be directed to the Experimental Farm Brandon with price and quantity details later. distribution may be limited to the eastern prairies if demand is high.
Resources Minister Casrles Green lay announced Manitoba received over $70,000 from the sale of crown mineral leases in Turtle Mountain forest reserve on the Manitoba North Dakota boundary. Amerada Petroleum Corp bought a 5000 acre parcel for $26,470 and Canadian Cities Service Petroleum Corp paid $38,787 for another 5000 acres. The total from two weeks nears $200,000 after last week’s $125,000 from eight parcels.
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