Two Issues Highlighted at Austin C of C Meeting
The Austin C of C met in Community Hall with very low attendance to discuss garbage and sewage concerns and the failing access roads into town. A committee urged a full time utility man to oversee disposal and policing, while urgent highway action relies on the Highways Branch with a special committee to push repairs this fall.
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Austin’and District Chamber of Commerce
M. Lamb
Second Avenue
Clifford Drive
Highway Branch
At Least Three Candidates Contest Portage Neepawa Ridings
Portage Neepawa faces a multi party contest in the federal election with Liberal and NDP fielding candidates and Conservatives planning a nominating convention within two weeks. Incumbent S J Enns seeks re election for the Conservatives as party workers organize new campaigns.
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Portage-Neepawa
New Democratic Party
Liberals
Conservative Party
J. Enns
Portage- Neepawa
Ottawa
Pearson
Enns
Liberal Party
W. Fred Hyde
Sybil Barnett
NDP
Conservatives
Myrna Nichol Graduates At Brandon
Miss Myrna Nichol daughter of Mr and Mrs B Nichol graduated with 32 from Brandon General Hospital on Thursday Sept 2 in St Pauls United Church Brandon. She directed the Student Nurses Glee Club which performed to applause. She began work in Brandon General Hospital operating room on Sept 13.
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Myrna Nichol
B. Nichol
Brandon General Hospital
St. Paul's United Church
Brandon
Heather Stone
Beaver
Myrna
E. J. Tyler
Student Nurses Glee Club
Lynda
Keith
G. R. Nichol
Judy
R. V. Nichol
Glen Nichol
C. Nichol
Brandon General
Provincial Horse Show and Rodeo Set for Sept 26 at MacGregor
The fourth annual Provincial Championship horse show and rodeo will be in MacGregor on Sunday September 26 at the MacGregor rink. Entrants from across Manitoba will compete in gymkhana and rodeo events including barrel racing, calf roping, pole bending, and jumping. Reg Gibson will appear in the evening light horse show, with two performances planned at 1 30 p m and 7 30 p m depending on weather, the rink offering ample seating for spectators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacGregor
Manitoba Gymkhana Rodeo Association
North Norfolk and District Agricultural Society
Manitoba
Rodeo Association
Town Happenings Amid Rain Delays And Moving Houses
The MacGregor area endures wet weather slowing harvest with little wheat cut and two to three sunny days needed for progress. MacGregor Mustangs lose to Virden in football with praise for effort after three practices. Daylight Saving Time ends. gas lines to be installed. local folks cheer Elks win and discuss Honda riding neighbors. Community notes include moving ready-to-move houses to local farms and growing interest in prefab housing.
New Heating System Considered for Memorial Hall
MacGregor Memorial Hall executive met last Saturday to discuss replacing the aging heating system, opting for gas heat. Ten bids are invited as the caretakers resign. Legion room now hosts 35 Legion classes due to Elementary School enrollment, with fundraising projects planned.
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MacGregor Memorial Hall
Legion Room
Manitoba Trains Claim Two Women In Fatal Weekend Collisions
Four Manitoban fatalities over the weekend include a 75 year old woman Mabel Thompson struck by a CPR train while crossing tracks near her church in MacGregor. A second woman Douma died in a collision on the CPR mainline near Transcona. Catherine Ellen Cameron, 10, died after a bicycle vs car crash in Minnedosa. Donald Shearer, 68, drowned fishing on Lake Brereton in Whiteshell Provincial Park.
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Manitoba
Mabel Thompson
Was Kill
RCMP
G. H. Hamlin
Portage la Prairie
Catherine Ellen Cameron
St. Vital
Minnedosa
Winnipeg
Lake Brereton
Whiteshell Provincial Park
Donald Shearer
MacGregor and North Norfolk R C A Meeting Report
The MacGregor and North Norfolk branch of the Retarded Children's Association was represented at a Winnipeg meeting on Sept 7 by directors and teacher Mrs Olito. Hon C H Whitney minister of public health spoke on progress and noted public interest reflected in government circles. He said grants had increased and a conference in Ottawa considered dominion wide policy but no decisions were made.
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MacGregor and North Norfolk
The
Retarded Children’s Association
Winnipeg
Olito
C. H. Whitney
Ottawa
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Austin C
Chamber
Nasser
United Arab Republic
Portage
Erna Hartman
North Centre
Robert Simpson
Churchill
Donald Thompson
Winnipeg North
Walter Dinsdale
Brandon-Souris
Mer Forbes
Dauphin
George Muir
Lisgar
Nicholas Mandziuk
Marquette
S. J. Enns
Warner Jorgenson
Provencher
Eric Stefanson
Selkirk
Joseph Slogan
Springfield
Robert
Reg Gibson
Fai
Co-op
Carberry
C. W. Lye and Son Ltd
Ivan Miller
MacGregor Mustangs
Virden
Schroeder
McMahon
Spuris
Jack Smale
Elks
Bombers
Percy Alderson
Blue Bomber
Lions
Beaver Store
Fred
Ted Critchlow
CPR
Djakarta
Indonesia
Nationalist Party
Abdul Rahman
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