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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 19, 1963
Page
4
Death and funeral notices blend with classified listings for Edwin district and surrounding areas. The obituary details Mrs Isabelle Anderson of Edwin and family survivors from Dundee Scotland, plus engagements, memorials, and multiple for sale notices including vehicles, furniture, livestock, and real estate with contact numbers and locations across MacGregor Sidney Austin Boissevain and Pine Creek.
Samuel Robert Lamb aged 66 died Monday at MacGregor General Hospital. A lifelong MacGregor resident and former owner of SR Lamb and Son grocery, he was a member of MacGregor United Church Temple Lodge AF and AM, the Canadian Legion, and WWI veteran active in the community. Surviving wife and one son Duncan, three grandchildren, two sisters. Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. in MacGregor United Church, Beaver Cemetery burial. McMaster Funeral Home handling arrangements.
Archibald MacDonald aged 93 died in Brandon Manitoba on September 4 1963. Born January 15 1869 in Goderich Ontario he moved west as a young man and farmed at Helston and Edrans before retiring to Carberry then Brandon. Survived by four daughters and one son including Dorothy Dyck Brandon Lillian Moore Ingersoll Nora Legg Davidson and Isobel Delanderville plus 22 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren. Funeral September 7 from United Church Davidson. Interment Davidson Cemetery. Also birth notice Grant Barry Calvert born September 4 1963 at MacGregor hospital weighing 6 lbs 3 oz to Norma Stratton Calvert and Barry Calvert.
Mr and Mrs H J Radford announce the engagement of their daughter Dorothy Jean to Keith Douglas Mclvor son of Mr and Mrs D J Mclvor of Layland Man The wedding is set for Saturday Sept 28 at 2 oclock in St Hyacinths Catholic church Portage la Prairie Man
Westman in loving memory of Leo Westman who died September 24 1957. The memories we have day to day stay in our hearts near. Still loved and missed by wife Hilma and daughter Dorothy. Card of Thanks from Art and Pauline Johan expressing gratitude to friends in Austin MacGregor and Winnipeg for fiftieth anniversary surprise reception and good wishes. For sale notices list real estate and household items in MacGregor and Sidney Manitoba with contact details.
Canadian Breeders announce the ABS Beef Breeding program to boost profitability of the next calf crop. The Me. sen forward in beef cattle improvement is highlighted, with technicians available for service.
MacGregor Tam lists Bud Graham contact hours from 1 pm to 5 pm with a 54 reference. The brief entry notes a telephone contact window and a location tag.
Land wanted a half or whole section of land in the MacGregor district. Apply Sick Phone 807.0044 Portage la Prata. ROOM AND BOARD WANTED immediately for young male bank clerk. Apply Bank of Montreal MacGregor. 38-ce-1
Nearly 198 men and women seek seats in the Alberta legislature as nominations close at 1 pm PDT today. Election day is September 30. Social Credit and New Democratic parties have full slates, Liberals 51, PCs 43. Five Communists and one Socialist Party of Canada candidate appear. Over a dozen mayors and reeves run. PCs have not fielded a full slate in Peace River districts.
In Port Qu Appelle Sask a man reported a builder or youths demolished the wrong residence a one storey grey brick house two blocks away. Crook rushed to the scene finding two youths inside with sledgehammers and wrecking bars and the cupboards from the intended house in the front yard. The incident centers on misdirected demolition and property mix up.
MacGregor locals host visitors from Flin Flon Winnipeg Killarney and Calgary with gatherings at the Reage Sparrow and MacDonald homes. Hospital stays include Harry Litster and Charlie Hammond while UCW plans two meetings Sept 23. Raymond Weber shifts to Hudson Bay Co. store at South Saskatchewan River Dam site. Including extended family visits and seaside plans, the column records community life and travel.
Arnold Reich, 26, of Weyburn, died Saturday after being overcome by fumes in a salt water tank at the Weyburn oil field. The truck owner, Jack Shupe of Weyburn, said Reich entered the tank to clear debris from a valve. Workers saw him attempt to escape, then he fell back in and died on arrival at Weyburn hospital.
About 50 leading playwrights including J B Priestley Harold Pinter C P Snow and Shelagh Delaney signed a declaration vowing not to have their plays performed in theatres with a color bar. The move aims to protest racial discrimination in British theatre.
Hugo Boreen 33 and wife face a 60 000 prize from an Irish sweepstake won three months ago. With funds not yet in hand, solicitors press for investments while Boreen, a father of five, keeps two part time jobs. He may bank the sum or buy savings bonds to bolster winter income. Since moving from Churchbridge Sask in 1956 they have spent only on a new station wagon.
Frances Joseph Beatty a Beaver district pioneer died at age 96 in Victoria British Columbia Born in Ontario on April 2 1867 he homesteaded in Beaver in 1908 later settled there permanently in 1923 and farmed until 1946 He is survived by two sons Moore of Chicago and David of San Francisco Funeral held in Winnipeg Custom 300
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