Local Couple Wed In Home Ceremony
A summer home wedding took place Tuesday August 17 as Marjorie Hazel Nicholls married Robert James Fox in the Nicholls residence. Rev A W Martin officiated with J A Nicholls giving the bride away. reception followed with a three-tier cake and buffet lunch before the couple departed for MacGregor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J A. Nicholls
Marjorie Hazel
Robert James
L J Fox
A W Martin
Portage la Prairie
Mr Nicholls
Jovely
Joyce Palmer
Wm Fox
Lauraine Fox
In Memoriam Beverley Anne Cooper
In loving memory of Beverley Anne Cooper who passed September 4 1943. A lasting memory and deep sorrow for family Mummy Daddy and Sister. The note adds a line about Labrador rocks being the eldest in the world compared with the Rockies and the Andes as a closing, odd comparison.
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Labrador
Rockies
Andes
MacGregor Named In Manitoba Industrial Survey
Minister of Mines and Natural Resources released a press statement last Saturday noting MacGregor among about 70 rural Manitoba towns in an Industrial Development for Manitoba Communities survey begun in 1947 and nearing completion. The Bureau of Industry plans to aid councils and boards of trade in organizing programs to attract industry and develop local resources.
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MacGregor
Bureau of Industry
Beneft
McDiarmid
Manitoba
Proince
Bureau
Boards of Trade
Local Social Notes Highlight Plumas Winnipeg and Austin Visits
Katrime News reports Mr and Mrs Art Lynds and family of Plumas visited the Lake home. Mr and Mrs Lorimer of Winnipeg visited the Thomas and Love homes. Harold Barber and wife welcomed a son. The Grove family went to Austin for Gee’s christening. Harvesters report an ideal week with no spectacular yields yet. a steady good crop is noted.
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Art Lynds Ana Family
Plumas
Lake
Mrs Lorimer
Winnipeg
Thomas and! ‘Ove
Bob Barber
Harold Barber
Grove
Austin
Gee. Bull
K Grove
Harvesting Weather Boosts Threshing Across District
Ideal conditions extend through the district for rapid threshing and combine work. Farmers report early progress with Saether and expect more finished or near completion by week’s end. Abundant June and July rains yielded excellent yields with oats up to 100 bushels per acre in Beaver and strong barley and wheat results in Bagot and Sidney. Flax to start next week. overall crop quality described as good to excellent.
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Saether
Clarence Smith
Beaver
Bagot
Jos Alke
Alton
Sidney
Acre
Metal tag plans for 1849 licences debated
A report outlines metal tag inserts for 1849 car licences to replace plates. Officials discuss retaining 1948 plates for a long term program with new durable tags lasting five to ten years, possibly adopting stronger metal and increasing numerals.
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Wutoba
United Kingdom
Public Holiday Prompt Change for Village Council Meeting
Labor Day September 6 closes stores offices and school. Village of MacGregor council meeting moved from Monday to Tuesday August 7 at 8 pm due to holiday observance.
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MacGregor
Friends Honor Bride At Post Nuptial Shower
Post nuptial party was held Wednesday evening at the United Church Annex in honor of Mrs Robert Fox nee Mary Stewart. About seventy friends attended as gifts were presented by Mrs W Graham and Miss Eva Cooper who modeled a jigger laden with gifts including a trilight lamp and a chenille bed spread. Mary expressed gratitude and the event featured lively games and lunch on a tea table centered with gladioli. hostesses were Mesdames Lois Fotheringham Margaret McKelvy Pearl Herbert Audrey Switzer Ivy Bergquist Lyla Butterfield and Misses Eva Cooper Ruth Muirhead Dorothy Weber.
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United Church Annex
Robert Fox
Mary, Stewart
W Graham
Eva Cooper
Mary
Lois Fotheringham
Margaret McKelvy
Pearl Herbert
Audrey Switzer
Ivy Bergquist
Lib.-Prog. Convention Report From Ottawa Meeting
Local delegate from Neepawa recalls the Ottawa Lib.-Prog. Convention, praising a cross country turnout of delegates and the strong resolutions on Dominion-Provincial relations railway rates and prairie interests. The opening ceremony featured Prime Minister King and a Guard band as 6,000 delegates filled the Coliseum.
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Ottawa
Neepawa
Colliseum
Ottawa Exhibition Grounds
Can
Manitoba
Resolutions Committee
Ontat
Prairie Provinces
Convention Prarer
Mr King
Convention Executive
Federal
Former Local Girl Weds In B C
A detailed wedding notice describes the ceremony for a Manitoba native, granddaughter of Mr and the late Mrs Tait, in Powell River B C. The bride wore satin and net with a pearl tiara, glowed in a white bouquet, and the bridegroom’s gift was a strand of pearls. Attendants included Miss Jean Quh and Marilyn McLeod with blue and pink gowns. After the service a reception at Hotel Rodmay followed with a three tier cake, ivy arch and pink carnations. The couple will reside in Powell River townsite. Out of town guests attended from Vancouver MacGregor Courtney and other cities.
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Tait
Manitoba
Alexander
Vancouver
Jean Quh
Monty Palmer
Carrie Tiny
Marilyn McLeod
Kate Greenway
F C Powell
Powell River
B.C
John Richard
Ronsighter
Fredericks
Dougla Donald
John
F | C Powell
Powell
Rev E Linfoot
WP Alexander
P. Hieghington
A | Kinghorn
Caroline Smith
Mesdames G_ McLeod
C | Adey
Marjorie Nohgren
Nita Ruccatto
Lorna Smith
Betty Donkesby
Margaret Sween
P Helady
Punch
Messrs. G. McLeod
John Hartley
Mel Calwell
Seactie
CH Powell
A Kinghorn
Mass
Marjorie Nobleren
MacGregor
Man
LT Fredericks
Courtney
Marion Penrose
P Heishiaunt
P. Helady
Newfoundland to join Canada as tenth province
A national debate unfolds on Newfoundland becoming Canada's tenth province while preserving Dominion status. Canadians across regions weigh loyalty, economic interests, and hospitality to Newfoundland, with fishing, pulp and paper sectors and Atlantic ports playing key roles in integrating the new province into Confederation and the broader Canadian dream.
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Union
Canada
Confederation
Newfoundland
Foundland
British Columbia
Pulp and Paper Mills
Ottawa
Cornerbrook
Halifax Harbour
Friendsip
Port
Joh
Beaver News Items Highlight Local Movements and Jobs
Beaver News reports Aliss Joan Shaw visited her mother’s home and Mr C Lamont returned to Flin Flon after a GR visit. Doreen Thompson Jett travels to Sudbury Ont to teach. Beaver students attend MacGregor High, including Vivian Dankeiter, Lyle Stone, and Glen Thompson. Dennis Graham returns home to Swift Current after summer with grandparents. Mr and Mrs W MacWilliam visit son-in-law Roy Harkness after returning from Vancouver.
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C Lamont
Flin Flon
GR. Lamont and
E Thompson Homes
Beaver
MacGregor High Sche
Vivian Dankereiter
Lyle Stone
Glen Thompson
Dennis Graham
Swift Current
Thompson
W . MacWilliam
Vancouver
Roy Harkness
Card of Thanks from Mrs Gladys Street
Twist to express my sincere thanks to the Katrime WA and the Beaver WA and to all the friends who sent these and baskets of fruit, cards and let ters while I was in hospital. These rats are appreciated and will not oon be forgotten.
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Katrime
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Fox
Memoriam
Industrial Survey
Katrime News
Bob. Douglas
MacGies
RED & White
Beaver News
Aliss Joan Shaw
Doull
J Dankesreiter
Doreen ‘Thompson Jett
Sudbury
Ont
Gladys Street
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