Late Night and Sunday Calls Cut Rates in Manitoba
Manitoba Telephone System announces bargain long distance rates starting September 15 for night-owl and Sunday callers. Within Manitoba, station-to-station calls between midnight and 6 am drop to 55 cents for three minutes, with Winnipeg to Dauphin down to 40 cents and Selkirk to Swan River to 45 cents. National rates follow, with cross-Canada three-minute Direct Distance Dialed calls capped at 1.00. Examples include Winnipeg to Vancouver down to 1.00 and MacGregor to Edmonton to 0.90.
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Manitoba Telephone System
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Dauphin
Selkirk
Swan River
cross-Canada
DDD
Vancouver
MacGregor
Edmonton
Miss Beverley Wood Honored at Shower
A miscellaneous shower was held in MacGregor Memorial Hall on Friday evening August 30 for Miss Beverley Wood bride elect of September 7. Corsages were given to Beverley and her relatives as guests listened to the Wedding March played by Mrs. Beverley MacDonald.
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MacGregor Memorial Hall
Beverley Wood
Beverley
Grain backlog eases as prairie elevators resume work
Mountans of grain began moving Monday as Lakehead terminals end eight week strike. Limited operations resume while firms study needs. Some 11,000 boxcars hold 22,000,000 bushels across Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Ratification of a three year contract by 90 percent of 1,800 handlers raises pay dispute over 1.05 per hour rise. CPR and CNR pledge coop to move 165,000,000 bushels in three months amid tariffs review by nine terminal operators in Port Arthur and Fort William. Wheat stocks drop to 43,000,000 in early September from 73,700,000 a year ago.
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Lakehead Grain Nanaiers
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
CPR
CNR
Canadian Wheat Board
Fire Fighting Problems Discussed by Council
The MacGregor Fire Department will visit Neepawa to study equipment and discuss firefighting issues and draft recommendations for MacGregor. The council met on Monday September 2 with most members present to approve university law course fees and grants to local organizations for 1968.
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MacGregor
Neepawa
E. Leckie
Glenn Lye
University of Manitoba
North Norfolk
St. James
Penses Thereto
Gerard Marli
Town Happenings and Local Notes from MacGregor
Local column recaps a week of sunny weather and farmers harvesting grain, mentions a visitor from Ireland, and sends greetings to Dick Lorne Campbell and Howard Turner now in Auburn Nova Scotia. Ducks and geese migration expected, season opens soon. A chicken pen attack kills 49 of 50 birds, RCMP to investigate. World Series preview features St Louis Cardinals vs Detroit Tigers with pitching stars Bob Gibson and Denny McLain. town hopes for a Tigers win.
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St. Louis Cardinals
Detroit Tigers
St. Louis
Detroit
Bob Gibson
Tigers
Denny McLain
Tourist Entries Up This Year in Manitoba
Manitoba tourist entries rose 2.1 percent in the first seven months versus 1967, four percent ahead of the national average which fell 1.9 percent. July arrivals dropped 20.3 percent from last July due to Pan American games, yet July remained the province's second best on record amid cold, wet conditions. Complete season figures will add origin data for visitors from south of the border and from east and west.
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Manitoba
Nomination Day Sets October 2 for local council seats
Nomination Day on October 2 will determine if incumbent councillors in MacGregor Ward 5 and Ward 6, plus North Norfolk Rural Municipality Ward 3 incumbent members like William Pilkington, must seek re election or be replaced. The village and rural municipality terms of Ed Manns Livya Chant Ed Leckie Willis and others expire with ballots possible on October 23 if an election is required.
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MacGregor
North Norfolk
Old Manns
Livya Chant
Ed Leckie
Willis
Liam Pilkington
Har
CAS Increases its Quota to 23000
The Children's Aid Society of Central Manitoba raises its annual campaign quota by 2000 to 23000. Arden Christianson announced the new target at a board meeting as Portage la Prairie aims to raise 5000 of the total. Campaign week begins October 13 with blitz night on October 15 in Portage. The district includes MacGregor, with more centers to organize. The society notes 229 families in protection service, 388 permanent wards, and 100 temporary wards, as it weighs foster home care versus adoption for children under six. Results of the page turn indicate follow up on ward reviews and plans for a girls’ home.
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Children’s Aid Society of
Central Manitoba
Arden Christianson
Portage la Prairie
Portage
MacGregor
Children’s Aid Society
Christianson
C. T. Boyd
Gladstone
James G Dark
Bruce Fraser
Local Woman Injured In Crash Near MacGregor
Eva Francis was struck by an eastbound car on the Trans Canada highway just north of MacGregor as she crossed the road. She sustained a bruised arm and a head cut and was taken by ambulance to Portage General Hospital. doctors expect her release by midweek.
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Eva Francis
MacGregor
Francis
Portage General Hospital
Dr J Hew Starts Practice Here In MacGregor
MacGregor's new doctor Dr J Hew will commence practice next Monday succeeding Dr O Connell who returns to Ireland to continue studies. Hew has worked at Shilo and is a Sidney University Australia graduate. He has been in Canada for two years, is married with four children, and assures continuous medical service.
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MacGregor
J. Hew
Dr. Hew
O'Connell
Ireland
Shilo
Sidney Univer
Sity
Medical School
Australia
Canada
Hew
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Mills
Zinet
John Wood
Salvation Army
Children's Id Society
Retarded Children’s Association
Memorial Hall Committee
Recreation Association
Agricultural Society
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Medicine Hat
Lorne Campbell
Beaver
Lorne
Clea
Howard Turner
Howard
Bill Turner
Mantoba Telephone System
Auburn
N.S
Navy
Sm Ducks Unlimited
Pera Ed Chant
R. E. Lye
Ote
Pete Boschman
CAS
Potosi
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