Community News and Visits Across Provinces
Local arrivals with Mr and Mrs A Giercke and family welcome guests from Poplar Point Winnipeg Edmonton and Calgary. Sympathy extended to Ina Asmundson on a coast death. Merna Clark lands new secretarial job in Winnipeg. Jakarta officials project population from 4.7 million to about 10 million by 1980.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Giercke
Don
Ina
Bert Caskey
Jim Caskey
Isabelle
Macdonald
J. H. Gardiner
Transcona
Don Taylor
Raeburne
Jack Clark
Merton Lindsay
Barry Garbutt
Merna Clark
Winnipeg
Merna
Leslie
Dale
Jackie
RRCC
Jakarta
Indonesia
Jakart
National Institute For Economic and Social Research
MacGregor Locals Note Wide Family Travel News
Ed Chant home welcomes visitors from Maple Creek Sask Vancouver Winnipeg Auckland and New Zealand as chronicled by local residents. Many relatives and friends visited Portage Swift Current and Regina with weddings christenings and holidays noted along the August schedule and travel back to Winnipeg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Chant
Mason Chant
Maple Creek
Sask
Don McGregor
Gale
Vancouver
Violet Chant
Gwen Millar
Winnipeg
Joyce McDougall
Janet Andrews
Auckland
New Zealand
Connie
Tan McDougall
British Isles
Aunrey Nicholls
Howard
Gail Gilmour
Pinawa
Portage
M. Quinn
Delta
Lizzie Saunders
Portage Hospital
Fred Lake
MacGregor Village to borrow 11268.50 for Community Centre District
Public notice under The Municipal Act states MacGregor Council first read By-law 273 to borrow 11268.50 via debentures for the Community Centre District. The By-law is submitted to the Manitoba Municipal Board for approval and a copy is available at the Secretary-Treasurer’s office for inspection. Objections must be filed within 15 days from August 27, 1973.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacGregor
Manitoba
Municipal Board of Manitoba
Beaver News Personal Happenings Across Canada and Local Visits
Beav er News reports several Mansfield area residents making moves and visits. Holly Harkness left Tuesday to attend the University of Brandon for the coming year. Bruce Graham departed for Calgary and Edmonton to work with Imperial Oil. Elaine traveled via Calgary to Vancouver to study at the University of British Columbia. Margaret returned to Kenora to teach for another year. Karen Smith started work at a Winnipeg dental clinic. Grant Harkness and Brian Hay left for a west coast holiday. Mrs Rumancik hosted her sister and family from Vancouver while visiting relatives in Gimli and Winnipeg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holly Harkness
University of Brandon
Sid Thompson
Winnipeg
Alf Graham
West Thompson
G. Finnason
Gimli
Sheila
Bruce Graham
Calgary
Edmonton
Imperial Oil
Elaine
Vancouver
University of Br. Columbia
Robert Smith
Margaret
Kenora
Robert Rodgers
Ken Green
Todd
Karen Smith
Grant Harkness
Brian Hay
West Coast
Philip Rumancik
Rumancik
B.C
One Way To Get In Jail One Way To Get In Jail
Jean Claude Gagnon, 48, of no fixed address, was jailed after an armed robbery victim, told he could not spend the night in police cells, kicked a patrol fender and punched a constable in the stomach. He spent the night in jail before pleading guilty to assault and public mischief before Provincial Judge Dean Saks, who granted an absolute discharge despite not condoning the actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Jean Claude Gagnon
Dean Saks
Saks
Gagnon
Rossendale News and Local Visitors Amid Wedding and Church Notes
Rossendale notes recount a Portage wedding at MacKenzie United Church on Aug 25 and visits by relatives from Calgary Transcona Stratford and Winnipeg. Local church events include Sunday services at 12 30 and staff changes, with many residents visiting family in Treherne Brandon and Portage. A feature on U S banks notes 14 000 banks employing over a million people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Wodon
Calgary
Marvin Brown
Ray Wolosky
Transcona
Leo Bieganski
Robert Henry
Stuart Hird
C. Henry
Portage
MacKenzie United Church
Ron Gibbs
Stratford
United
Fred Bowles
Winnipeg
R. Henry
Melvin Harland
Treherne
Barbara Henry
Peter Mitchell
Jim Dickson
Peter
Lance Fry
Surrey
B.C
Edna Botterll
Newton
C. McMillan
Rossendale
Ken Crocker
L. Bieganski
Roasalie Cox
United States
Local Initiatives Program funds communities across Canada
The Local Initiatives Program will invest 83 million to help communities. A Constituency Advisory Group will include community activists local government and social agencies and LP sponsors from last year. Projects may receive up to 75000 and must create at least 15 man months of employment with hires through Canada Manpower Centres. Deadline October 15 1973 with potential starts as early as December 1 and November 1 in northern areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L.lp
M.P
Canada Manpower Centres
Community horseshoe pits funded by Lions Club
Four wooden frames filled with sand near the Community Centre form official horseshoe pits south of Lions Manor. MacGregor Lions Club supplied equipment, PROJECT: PEOPLE provided labor, with thanks to Fred Clark Bill Roberts Pete MacGregor Max Nichols and MacGregor residents for support and references. Comments welcome as STEP may fund more student projects next summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centennial Park
Lions Manor
MacGregor Lions Club
Te “Pits
Lions Club
Fred Clark
Bill Roberts
Pete MacGregor
Max Nichols
MacGregor
Manitoba extension courses on clothing and cooking skills
The Manitoba department of agriculture offers extension courses in clothing design fitting lingerie sewing with knits and tailoring plus foods and nutrition topics like diet and exercise and gourmet cooking on a budget. A six session home design course is listed. Courses are open to anyone with a local group of at least 15 and a contact from the extension home economist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba Department of Agriculture
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Katrime News
Macgregor Locals
Sun
Heather Ware
Lee Johnson
Regina
City
Ed Lake
Oakview
E. ‘Thomas
Grace Hospital
A. L. Sands
D. McIntosh
Olga McLachlan
Ethel Carter
DeBert
N.S
Craig Campbell
Lee
Switzerland
Dennis Lamb
Yorkton
Doug Noble
Rod Fox
Orangeville
Fred Poschenrieder
Westbourne
Rowena Easy
Grimsby
Ont
Nelson Nohlgren
England
Wales
Guerensey
Channel Islands
Bill Dunnick
Victoria
W. Colossi
Ida Cameron
Woodville
Ontario
Mrs
Eva Ormiston
A.M. Hay
Aluminum
Ee Ls
Beaver News
Macgregor Heral
Rossendale News
Swcht
Lesley Clark
Darlene Klassen
Regena Romanik
Kevin Beresford
Wilfred Pilkington
Canada
Robert Andras
Main-d’oeuvre Et Immigration
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