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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 16, 1971
Page
8
The MacGregor U C W will hold a noon luncheon on Tuesday October 5 starting at 11 30 a m. MacGregor Mix N Match 4H Club will hold its re organization meeting on Wednesday September 22 at 8 p m at the MacGregor Collegiate. Old and New members and the mothers are invited to attend.
The Austin Chamber of Commerce resumes monthly meetings on Thursday October 7 at 8 30 pm in the Pool Elevator office. Members are urged to attend as a ballot will appear in local businesses with three yes no questions about weekend film nights and community events. Ballot deadline is September 25.
Beaver News reports the Sept 11 Austin wedding of ofr and Mrs Gordon Thomason. It notes Winnipeg visitors Mr Henry Friesen Mrs Mary Dyck and several local guests at the M Heppner home, plus travel to Three Hills and Prairie Bible Institute. Other items list showers, family visits from Brandon Toronto Swan River Snow Lake Winnipeg and a Thomasson Rand wedding attendance.
Dizzy Gillespie, founding figure of bop, performs at Toronto’s Colonial Tavern with a young band and a rock-leaning rhythm section. He blends muted trumpet lines with traces of classic Gillespie charisma, showing both timeless bop roots and modern phrasing.
Gloucestershire shepherd Ray Goodwin earned a countrywide wildlife tape prize by recording the sounds inside a fresh cow manure pile. Dizzy Gillespie commented on jazz trends during a stroll on Yonge Street, noting rock and bop directions and embracing current styles.
The sixth annual Old Tyme Fiddling Contest will take place in Swift Current October 15 and 16 at the Legion Hall to crown the Western Canadian Amateur Fiddling Champion and the Johnny Horne trophy. Over 50 entries are expected from Idaho, Montana, Manitoba, Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia. Entry forms and program are available from Ivy Horner. forms must be in by September 30 with contestants notified of their night to play.
Do it yourself beer makers rush to local shops for malt hops and yeast as a strike lockout at Molson's and Labatt's tightens supply. Hotels and liquor stores report running out, with interior communities, including Lytton, still briefly stocked. Bottled beer scarce. some hotels limit hours or close while U.S. border taverns anticipate higher volumes if BC worsens.
In Arlington Texas at least 45 families in several apartment buildings agree to pay ten dollars less per month by signing no smoking pledges to keep smokeless homes. The move aims to reduce secondhand smoke exposure and create healthier living spaces.
The federal and Alberta governments signed a new five year ARDA agreement under the Agricultural Development Act to boost rural income and employment by better using rural lands. It is the third ARDA deal with Alberta since 1961, with similar agreements in all provinces except Prince Edward Island where ARDA programs are in federal provincial plans.
Former Manitoba premier Walter Weir, MLA for Minnedosa, is expected to resign soon. Graeme Haig, party president, said Weir sold his Winnipeg home and moved to Toronto, with a provincial executive meeting likely to set the formal resignation date. Weir led Manitoba from 1967 to 1969 and heads Service Corp. International (Canada) Ltd., which owns ten funeral homes nationwide.
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