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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 03, 1970
Page
4
Local notices and engagements priced by column inches with additional charges for photos. Deadlines apply, and readers pay per word for certain notices. Rates include 60e per inch for obituaries and 1.50 flat for basic notices.
Obituary for Alfred Sheard of Rosehill district MacGregor Man notes funeral held Aug 26 at 2 p.m. at MacGregor Smith Cemetery with McMaster Funeral Home Portage la Prairie arranging. Also a card of thanks and several sale ads including 1955 Case combine and 1968 Chev Sport van. Listing of local residents, contact numbers, and business notices within Portage la Prairie area.
Enjoy your own home made wine with kits and essentials at Denwal Pharmacy. Also notice of custom combining services offered by H. R. MacGregor and Isaac Driedger with contact numbers 685 2388 and 685 2500.
A 15 year old, David Aderson of Rocanville Saskatchewan, was killed Thursday when he fell from a tractor 110 miles east of Regina and was run over by a trailer carrying a cottage hitched to the tractor, authorities said.
MacGregor locals recount two week holiday in Victoria British Columbia visiting Mr and Mrs Duane MacDonald and families and seeing relatives and friends in Vancouver and Duncan B C. Several families send greetings to MacGregor friends and report work and study plans in Fredericton and Toronto. Others note August weddings, hometown reunions, and travel from Arizona to Grimsby Ontario with updates on local sports, awards and upcoming Cold War style references to Mount Black Strap.
Notice under The Liquor Control Act for MacGregor Manitoba proposes licensing votes on dining and cocktail rooms. Meetings set at Community Hall with mayor and secretary treasurer to tally votes and consider by law at MacGregor Municipal Hall on August 10, 1970.
Sealed tenders marked outside envelopes list bids for bunkers and fuels at Austin Collegiate Gladstone Elementary Langruth and Pine Creek School Division. Items include No 1 burner oil and coal quantities with approximately 20 000 gallons for Austin Collegiate and 40 tons coal for Austin Elementary. Secretary L L Brown notes lowest or any tender not necessary.
Social notices report Roy Wright wedding in Portage attended by Brian and Danny Larson and families, plus visits by Lorne Hulme in Winnipeg and gatherings at several households. Funeral and education items mention Gay Seora earning an entrance scholarship for a Bachelor of Education and departing for the University of Manitoba. Severe hail and wind storm caused crop damage. September reporter Mary Larson listed with contact number.
The Rossendale and Lavenham congregations joined for Holy Communion on Sunday August 30 conducted by Rev. H Ritchie with Miss Aldeen McKay assisting. New members Susan Mary Nicoll Lorna Sut snsenreeder and Doons Bernice Rogers joined The Lavenham transfer was D Dobbins. Mrs Ritchie sang as guest soloist. Miss McKay returns to Toronto after completing studies. Robert Moffat thanked her and presented a parting gift.
Thirteen year old Alan Michael Ryan of Homebrook was killed last Wednesday when the tractor he was driving on a municipal road rolled into a ditch. Homebrook lies about 160 miles north of Winnipeg.
GRAND FORKS British Columbia Richard Miller 60 of Earl Grey Saskatchewan died Thursday from injuries from a Tuesday collision between a car and a truck near the south central BC community. His wife Edith and two grandchildren Elaine and Randy Bandus of Silton Saskatchewan aged 10 and 13 were in hospital with Edith and Elaine in satisfactory condition while Randy was fair.
Thunder Bay police investigate after Paul Marroni a 21 year old hostel resident died in hospital following a late night incident in which a van driver Ken Marshall 19 an employee of the hostel collided with him during a name calling dispute involving four other occupants and transients near the youth hostel.
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