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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 10, 1964
Page
4
Classified rates include 15 word minimum with per word charges for additional words. Birth notices and in memoriams priced per word with flat or combined charges. Deadlines apply for Gerald Office submissions by Tuesday 1.30 pm. Death and funeral notices priced by column inch. photos extra per column inch.
Funeral services were held for Harry Pranklin with attendance by Anglican and Masonic groups. Helen Martens of Firdale died at 78 after a Sommerfelder Mennonite Church background, with survivors listed. In Memoriam for Ephram Pogue, and a Card of Thanks from multiple families. Classifieds include sales, rentals, and job openings. a teacher position for retarded children in Manitoba North Norfolk and MacGregor districts is advertised with application details.
Notice to creditors of Norman Thompson late of MacGregor Manitoba retired farmer on the estate. All claims must be filed with the undersigned at his Hampton Street MacGregor Manitoba office by October 10 1964. Dated at MacGregor Manitoba September 1 1964.
Local residents welcomed relatives and friends from Winnipeg Brandon West Vancouver and Selkirk over the weekend and Sunday. Visitors included Connie Barber and C R Barber families plus J M Duncan en route to Victoria. Sympathy extended to the Birkett family for a death and Merlin Tait underwent surgery.
Edward Zacharuk aged 27 and a companion left horses for a drink outside a hotel on Tuesday. On returning they found horses missing along with saddles and bridles worth 315 dollars. The incident fits a classic western stereotype of horse theft in a rural setting.
Ottawa Prime Minister Pearson announced the government turned down a request for further raises for civil servants in Group B. The statement said current pay levels are fair compared with similar work outside government and no extra increases would be granted to 35,000 civil servants including 10,000 in lower grades. NDP MP David Ortkow criticized the decision, noting many workers earn under 3,300 a year and urging better living standards.
A quotation from French novelist Alphonse Karr appears on the page noting that some grumble because roses have thorns while expressing gratitude that thorns have roses. The item frames a thoughtful reflection within the periodical.
A compact column roundup of curious facts and quips. Notes on spring furnace checks and home fire risk, a joke about Greece and Japan tipping habits, a quotation from H L Mencken on gender and marriage, Stradivarius violin durability, a truck sign about passing on the left, a pearl superstition about a secret word, a look back at early 1900s bathrooms rented to boarding houses, and an observation that Hotel Edison phone operators report women wake more quickly than men from rings.
A new 1600-seat theatre is planned for Notting Hill Gate in west London, designed by Sir Basil Spence and financed by Stratford's Royal Shakespeare Company and the Ballet Rambert governors. Completion is targeted for 1968 with costs around £800,000. The RSC currently stages at the Aldwych, while Ballet Rambert lacks a permanent home.
Hundreds of goldfinches lay dead Friday morning around Dauphin as police theorize migratory birds were drawn to town lights and blinded, crashing into buildings. Milkman Tony Matlashewski reported hearing thousands of birds around 5 a.m.
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