STEP Crew Completes Summer of Working
The MacGregor S.T.EP crew thanks farmers and helpers for a season of farm labor projects. They list volunteers by name and location, noting barn and granary painting, shed ends, and garden work, with playful anecdotes about pigs and chickens. The note also credits food donors and crew members, naming each participant and their roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacGregor S.t.ep
Jackie Anderson
Johnny Watson
Rossendale
John Purkess
Bagot
Ire Temp
Bob Leckie
MacGregor
Bob
Harry Klippenstein
Bert Nichol
Cross Section of Canadians Earn Early Bird Draw Prizes
The Manitoba Golden Sweepstakes Early Bird draw lists 11 ticket holders matched to CFL teams led by the British Columbia Lions and Calgary Stampeders. First prize of 2500 rewards the holder whose ticket aligns with the Grey Cup final winner on November 25 in Toronto. Additional prizes of 1500 and 1000 go to tickets tied to the losing Grey Cup team and the eventual finalist defeated in conference finals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
British Columbia Lions
R. D. Stirling
Vancouver
Calgary Stampeders
Horace Eavis
Cornerbrook
Mld
Edmonton Eskimos
J. Hamel
Flin Flon
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Clara MacDonald
Port Coquitlam
B.C
Montreal Alouettes
A. F. Chambers
Victoria
Ottawa Rough Riders
Grant Dixon
Angus
Ont
Saskatchewan Roughriders
R. James
Ajax
Toronto Argonauts
Rheta Garbick
Winnipeg
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Betty Walker
Bracebridge
Museum Airport Organizing Meeting at Manitoba Agricultural Museum
The Museum Airport Commission held its organizational meeting on August 14 at the Manitoba Agricultural Museum residence, chaired by Reeve Jim Duncan. The five-member panel includes R M North Norfolk Councilor Bill Morris, ratepayer Geo Mack, museum director Vern McKelvy, administrator Bill Moncur, and village representative Boschman. McKelvy elected chair, Boschman named vice chair, Moncur as secretary treasurer. Airstrip grading is finished but markers and refueling facilities remain to be installed. monthly meetings set for the second Wednesday at the museum residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Museum Airport Commission
Manitoba Agricultural Museum
Reeve Jim Duncan
R.M
North Norfolk
Bill Morris
Geo. Mack
Museum
Vern McKelvy
Bill Moncur
Ancaregor Boschman
Commission
John Boschman
Sec
Treas
Woodlawn Drive Planning Discussed at MacGregor Meeting
The MacGregor Village Council discussed Woodlawn Drive planning and hot mix asphalt paving for several streets. It revoked bylaw 271 and read first-time bylaws for the Rural Portage la Prairie district planning scheme 1973A, plus taxes, permits, lagoon relocation, and a 10 000 dollar paving grant plan with 50 percent grant sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macaregor
Lye
Woodlawn Drive
MacGregor
Portage la Prairie
Woodlaw Drive
MacGregor Herald
Masonic Lodge
Macregor
Manitoba Urban Association
Dauphin
Central Plains
PCO Services
Hazel Allan
J.P
Minister of Finance
NEM
Kilgour and Linklater
Manitoba Land Surveyors
A.D
R.cm
Victoria Street
Temple Street
Grafton Street
Maple Street
Town Happenings and Local Notes in MacGregor Area
Rain interrupted weekend activities with sun returning Tuesday. Harvesting is delayed. C Christianson now runs the MacGregor law office from across Bank of Montreal, Tuesdays 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. Austin 200 Club winners include Carol Graham, Harold Hay, and John Strauss. Artificial ice is being installed in Carberry and Holland rinks. One hundred years ago Alexander Edgar, Chatsworth native, first homesteaded in the Squirrel Creek area, later Katrime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris) Christianson
MacGregor
Austin
Carol Graham
Harold Hay
Winnipeg
John Strauss
Alexander Edgar
Chatsworth
Ontario
Squirrel Creek
Wellington
Katrime
Egg Production Costs Rising Across Fraser Valley
Canadian Wheat Board data show export grain price changes during the rail strike will raise feed costs by 17 cents per dozen for Surrey Co operative Association members, affecting 40 percent of Fraser Valley feed supply. Producers face higher costs for dressed broilers and turkeys as retail prices follow. G N Vogel says delays and demurrage penalties push full export price onto farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Wheat Board
Surrey Co-operatives Association
Fraser Valley
SCA
B.C. Egg Marketing Board
Wheat Board
G. N. Vogel
Winnipeg
Manitoba Premier Announces Cabinet Shuffle Changes
Premier Ed Schreyer announced a major cabinet shuffle updating nine portfolios. Bill Uruski joins cabinet overseeing Manitoba Public Insurance Corp and Motor Vehicles branch. Howard Pawley adds attorney-general duties. Ben Hanuschak adds colleges and universities portfolio. Saul Miller gains housing and renewal responsibilities and retains health education and social policy leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Uruski
St. George
Manitoba Public Insurance Corp
Howard Pawley
A. H. Mackling
Ben Hanuschak
Colleges and Universities
Saul Miller
Miler
Manitoba Housing and Renewal Corp
Sixty Million Bushels Threshed in Saskatchewan Report
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool said last week that sixty million bushels have been threshed toward a 312 million bushel crop. The pool’s latest total is four million above last week with 36 million oats 48 million barley one million flax four million rye and five million rapeseed also threshed. Northeastern crops harmed by heat with grasshopper damage noted in Assiniboia Coronach Bengough Mortlach Dinsmore Tugaske and Swift Current. Frost reports from Coleville Kindersley Mays and Prairie River but minimal damage expected amid thunderstorms and scattered light losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan ‘Wheat Pool
Assiniboia
Coronach
Bengough
Mortlach
Dinsmore
Tigaske
Swift Current
Coleville
Kindersley
Mays
Prairie River
Also Mentioned on This Page
Step Crew
Ossentate
Purkess
Pogue
Beaver Store
Wiebes
Pogues
Burches
Bonnie Butterfield
Council
H. A. Lye
C. Christianson
Tarr
Barton
Highways Engineers
Law Office
Ab Fawcett
Carberry and
Holland
Manitoba
Ed Schreyer
Schreyer
Uruski
RCMP
Interlake
Arborg
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