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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 02, 1971
Page
1
The MacGregor Herald and the Squamish Howe Sound Times tied for second and third in class 4 for 1001 to 2000 circulation in the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association competition. The Hudson Bay Sask Post-Review won top spot with the CWNA awards announced last week in Vancouver.
Walter East formerly of MacGregor now in St James Assiniboia Man grew a beard after granddaughters urged him. While visiting Edmonton he entered the Klondike Days beard growing contest and won a plaque. East, a CPR railroader for 27 years, recalls MacGregor roots and notes support from local readers.
A former MacGregor resident, Edna Bousfield Veals, now in Niagara Peninsula, visited Winnipeg with sisters Harvey Merrick and W G Moody. Born in Douglas and raised near MacGregor, the 85 year old spent years in the Orient as a medical missionary after World War One Red Cross service. In China she married Rev H J Veals, a United Church missionary, with two daughters born there. The family left during the Communist victory. Mr Veals later led Beachburg United Church. One daughter lives in England, the other in Deep River.
The Golden Heir Singers from Chilliwack Canada bring an exciting gospel program to Austin Community Hall on Thursday September 9 at 8 p m. Their four member group Renee Gilliam Terry Gilliam Carole and Larry Beisel travels the US and Canada delivering spirited new songs and old favorites. They are exclusive Praise Productions recording artists and promise a memorable devotional concert.
Pine Creek School Division will start all schools on Tuesday Sept 7. MacGregor Collegiate adds a new wing completed during June, uniting students under one roof for the first time in years. MacGregor Elementary uses both the new building and the old one with three huts. caretakers are Nels Nohilgren Rollie Grove and George Outhwaite. Seventeen teachers at the collegiate and twenty one at the elementary will teach courses across disciplines including mathematics English business ed science and French.
Malcolm Burt of Pine Creek Division attended the Manitoba Teachers Society 11th annual leadership seminar at Brandon University from August 22 to 27. Over 100 teachers from across Manitoba took part, with sessions on leadership principles and school auxiliary personnel policy under consultant Vern Trott and the society’s leadership team.
William Hay won the village division and E K W Cox won the rural area in the Mac Gregor and District Chamber of Commerce Home and Grounds competition. Honorable mentions were given to R H Hotel H Pogue and A Palmer in the village and to L Willis and L Hesel in the rural wood category.
Winnipeg based Canadian report says autumn waterfowl flights may exceed 1970 as rains eased May shortages. Ample water should sustain brood season with late mallards hatching mid July. Blue-wing teals gadwalls and bluebills on schedule or ahead, notably good in central western Saskatchewan and central Alberta, while southern Manitoba production may dip due to spring water shortages. If conditions stay normal, carryover water should aid next season.
Pleasant late summer weather persists as harvests run strong and the town marks progress on the Chamber sign project. The community center advances with steel arriving, youth program completion praised, and the Lions Club playground now open near Mrs Connie McKelvy’s home. Local ball teams report wins at Plumas and a tournament in Carberry.
From August 2029 Miss Lois Tess and Mrs. Hazel Boaz of MacGregor elementary attended Creative Arts Week at Gimli. The event, supported by the Federation of Associated Arts of Manitoba and the Department of Tourism and Recreation, offered painting, sketching, pottery, creative movement, drama, music, fibre arts, writing and folk dance taught by experts. Each participant chose three courses for the week and planned to carry skills back to their communities, with Tess and Boaz urging others to attend.
A 1901 MacGregor survey notes three hotels, two law firms, doctors Haworth Ponton and Camsell, a licensed auctioneer and insurers, with merchants selling furniture, binders and gramophone records. Social life includes temperance events, family news, a trackmen strike, and early women’s emancipation with a laundry service starting.
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