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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 17, 1970
Page
4
Advertising rates details for wants notices death notices and public notices with charges per word per insertion plus minimums and post payment rules. Also includes for sale hardware ads contact info and an Avon representative recruitment blurb with mailing address in Brandon Manitoba and a Brandon postal code.
Obituary notices record Herbert Henry Towle, Mary Jane Lamont, Andrew Story Little, and Birth announcement for Scott Bernard Neustarter. Towle died at Foothills Hospital Calgary August 28 1670 at age older man with Canadian Forces service. Lamont died September 14 1970 in MacGregor General Hospital. Little died September 13 1970 in MacGregor General Hospital. Funeral plans noted with family details and church affiliations. Birth announcement notes Glen and Betty Neustarter welcome Scott Bernard on August 21 1970 at Thompson General Hospital weight 8 pounds 2 ounces.
Gilbert Street thanks friends and neighbors for looking after chores during hospital stay at MacGregor Hospital and for parcels cards and visits. thanks Dr Hew and staff for care. Mr and Mrs W McCullough thank family friends and neighbors for the Golden Wedding Anniversary celebration and gifts and good wishes.
Thomasina Wood expresses heartfelt gratitude to the ladies of St. Pauls A C W for fruit and to neighbors and friends for gifts cards and help during hospital stay. Special thanks to Dr Hew nursing staff and Mrs M Barth for taking her to the hospital.
A patient at MacGregor Hospital expresses sincere gratitude to the nursing staff for their kindness and to the good folk who visited during the stay. Signed by Mrs. S. Thompson.
A note thanks Katrime Bea ver and MacGregor districts for wedding gifts from Carol and Garry Giercke. For sale notices list an Austin house with 92 ft frontage and evergreen surroundings via Percy Ewen at Austin Credit Union, plus a split level Clare Tarr house near schools with oil heat and cedar siding.
Local classified notices list Home Made Wine supplies at Hilw's East Attak La Prairie contact Nelson Olson. Various sale items include a Viking electric range in new condition for $150, a Davenport and chair for $50, and Weanling pigs and feeder pigs with contact numbers. Also Chev vehicle for sale with 6 to 10 wheel base option and price $150.
A surprise shower at 1401 Somerville Ave Fort Garry on August 17 honored Monica Stone as she received a Hudson Bay Point blanket. Also honored was Mavis Slater a bride-to-be with an October 10 wedding date.
Notice promotes ett ler and avadex wild oat killer and grain bin supplies with inquiring discussion offered by Mace at 685 2622. Also advertises a lost silver cake knife engraved with flowers believed loaned as a decorative piece. Roberta Stone lists 685 2179. Includes a dental sore relief medicine Fletcher's Sore Mouth priced at $1.00 available at Denwal Pharmacy.
Manitoba increases limits and extends seasons for sharp tailed grouse ruffed grouse and spruce grouse across various zones. Open dates range September 4 to September 25 with closing dates mostly November 28 or December 12 in specific areas. Daily limits remain six with possession 18 in most regions, except area 27 to 93 where four per day and 12 in possession. Hungarian partridge season runs September 18 to November 28 in areas 13 14 and western districts with two daily and six in possession. Hunters should check the brochure with licences for area boundaries.
Mr and Mrs Abe Wiebe hosted visitors from Lavenham and nearby towns including Mr and Mrs Jake Friesen and Rosehill 4 H Club held Achievement Day at Rosehill Hall. Kay Neufeld visited from Clearwater and Winnipeg guests joined local families for meals and gatherings with MacDonald McLennan Wiebe and Friesen households.
Manitoba health officials note a continuing drop in infectious hepatitis. Dr. Emmanuel Snell cites 128 August cases versus 258 in April peak, with 1,508 cases for the year to date, down from 465 in the comparable period last year.
PC member Sidney Spivak told Manitoba Legislature committee on economic development the NDPs response to the federal white paper on taxation offers little promise of innovation. He argued the NDP government discourages economic activity while Finance Minister Saul Cherniack said basic proposals remain unchanged and would not take effect until January 1972, allowing time to review the white paper and provincial alternatives.
Local notes recount Mrs. John A Murdoch returning to Oshawa after a month with her mother Mrs T Wood and weekend visits from Duncan Collett Al Collett and Brad ley Portage Clarence Bell Calgary James Pogue Bagot D R Preston Renfrew and more. Sympathy voiced for the Little and Lamont families. Visitors include C H Browne Rouleau and many Winnipeg and West Coast ties with travel to Calgary Minaki and Killarney.
Murry Meveasane of Winnipeg has accepted a position with Gulf Oil in Calgary. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Reg MacFarlane of Austin. The Ways and Means committee of the Austin skating rink will hold its annual meeting Monday September 21 at 8 pm in the Austin Community hall to discuss amalgamation with the Ladies Auxiliary and the committee. A good turnout is requested.
A Manitoba Association Of Architects survey released last week predicts construction starts in 1971 will fall 54 percent from 1970, to 59.8 million from 181 million. President Gerald A. Libling credits reduced government commissions and high borrowing rates in the private sector for the decline.
Bleached carcasses of more than two million sheep litter the parched plains of western Queensland and New South Wales as eight years without rain devastate grazing lands. Two-thirds of Queensland and half of New South Wales face severe drought with farmers losing about 200 million dollars this year. J M Harvey notes sheep flocks reduced to five percent of normal and grain sown dry in hopes of rain. Coastal New South Wales suffers its worst drought in two decades with June and July rainfall far below normal.
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