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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 13, 1951
Page
1
Town column recalls travel tales and old jokes while noting threshing weather and mumps cases. It adds quips about a Lone Ranger message, a California ranchers tale, party hall moves, theft whispers, and school chaos. Readers share old items and possible readers’ memories.
The Rural Municipality of North Norfolk held its September meeting in El Gregor. The council approved Mrs A Dunton's application for a farm home remission and authorized the Reeve to attend a Children’s Society hearing in Winnipos. Taxpayers were granted travel permissions to Portage la Prairie, Winnipeg, Selkirk, and a work project near Beaver Creek with potential farmer funding. Lands transfer and Elsmith School readings were reviewed. Sid Chambers sought financial aid. Joe Tabolotney raised farm drainage concerns. The council approved accounts per the Finance Committee and set the annual Court of Revision in Austin for October 1951 at 1:30 PM.
A christening at the Oman Catholic Church in Austin honored Tarnie Gerald, child of Mr. and Mrs. Philips MacCiregor, with godparents George Palenski, Della Kamins, Mike Phillips, and Deanee Heid Paice. Relatives from Lockport, Austin, West Sears, and Pathhead attended. several listed speakers and sponsors appeared at the event.
Mrs. D. Manulak was guest of honor at a Tuesday farewell party hosted by Mrs. M. Marsh and Ellene. MacGregor friends presented a trilight lamp, corsage pinned by Mrs. Ko Anderson, and an address read by Mrs. H. A. Lye. Dorothy expressed gratitude, invited calls at her Winnipeg address, and a lunch followed with co hosts and several guests.
C D E Notes Botannia Chapter LODE sponsors a clothing drive for rope to aid the needy. Requests articles be left at Mrs. Lambs home by September 29. LODE seeks bound books for a library and asks donations at H A Lyes office at once.
About fifty people met Sunday afternoon and evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H R Hotel in MacGregor for a reunion with Roy Hotel and Mrs Campbell River, BC, and Harry Hotel of Medicine Hat, Alberta. An informal picnic style supper was served on a flower bordered lawn. Guests from Austin and MacGregor districts enjoyed social time and renewing acquaintances, while local discussion noted a recent wave of petty thefts in MacGregor. Police are watching several suspects. crimes include a bicycle, lawn mower, tractor battery, and gasoline pilfering along with a Peeping Tom report. RCMP in Gladstone are investigating. homeowners are advised to secure valuables.
Dr F G Jarven urged Manitoba chambers to back a Portage delegation to press Public Works to finish the Trans-Canada Highway between Portage and Headingly. He cited car repair costs and ragged roads, calling the project essential and urging broad provincial support.
Last week the Manulak Garage and Service Station at the east end of town was sold with possession to occur this week. Dan Manulak, who came to MacGregor two years ago and ran the garage, sold the business to Mr. Giesbrecht of the northwest of Winnipeg. The Manulaks, Mrs. Dorohy Weber Manulak, have moved to Winnipeg where Dan works for Fort Garry Tire Co., residing at 395 Burnell St.
The United Church lists 9 am Holy Communion and 11 am Mattens MacGregor services with 2:30 Evensong Katrime and 7 pm Evensong Austin. Sunday Schools at MacGregor 10 am Austin 11 am and 19 am Sunday School 41 am Missionary Service 2:30 pm Austin Community Hall 7:20 pm Evangelistic Service subject Taming the Untamed. Ham care 2 pm 7 pm MacGregor.
Dates laid out for charity events in October and September. Katrime Community Hall hosts Harvest Supper on October 12 to aid MacGregor Hospital. WMS Bazaar and Tea planned at Macaulay School on October 26 at 3 pm. Country Club Hospital Aid Sale of baked goods and produce in Lyes Showroom on September 15. all proceeds support local hospital services.
Eskimo hunters move with caribou, preferring family travel over leaving children at settlements. Arctic school hours must adapt to migratory patterns, with teachers encasing an Eskimo classroom to meet these unique needs.
Farmers in the district report a erratic harvest with hail and heavy rains slowing threshing. Three weeks into harvest, most fields require drying before cutting as showers and night dews interrupt work. Grain deliveries to local elevators are damp and tough to grade, with no frost yet.
Memorial Room hosts and school chums bid farewell to Mrs. Marjorie Fox and Alma Stewart. Mrs Fox and family plan to move from their current home to Red Lake Ontario soon. Guests included Mrs Harold Lamb and Mrs Switzer who delivered good wishes and presented gifts. A party lunch followed with entertainment and a brief address thanking attendees.
A note explains the High School Sewing Club lacks a leader after Joyce MacKinnon moved away. Enrollment comparisons show last year 173 total with 48 in the public school and 133 elsewhere. this year 170 total with 47 in the public school and 127 elsewhere, inviting ideas and help.
Cliff Chant, a bright High School student, earned the Manitoba Scholarship worth 650 dollars over two years. He began schooling in MacGregor and received the LODE Bert Kitson Scholarship for Grade work. He completed Grade XII and will enter the University of Manitoba Faculty of Science this month. Other notes include decongested health news, a new pupil Joyce Buchanan, and Garnet Pennell, former track star, continuing track work after leaving school.
Nurse Anderson arrives in MacGregor after a two month vacation abroad in the British Isles. The paper hopes to later publish some of the nurse's impressions from the trip.
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