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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 19, 1973
Page
1
A Manitoba and Saskatchewan 4 H leaders group toured Manitoba on a five day trip starting Friday June 2 1979. They visited Stony Mountain Penitentiary Gimli and the Misawa Homes Saunders Aircraft Selkirk Pine Falls Pinawa and Falcon Lake with stops for meals tours beaches and photos.
The Assiniboine Dental Group from Winnipeg will operate the service in MacGregor commencing Sept. 25 at the Masonic Hall building. For appointments call Phyllis Vermuellen at 685 2882.
Vera Gan of Austin won the August 25 draw and Catherine McAskill of Gladstone won the September 1 draw. The group held a meeting after supper to discuss year end changes, attended church, and used a motel room for a final group gathering with Tang and snacks. A planned jail visit was hampered by rain, then a Steinbach tour included a museum and a windmill, followed by lunch and shopping. Host families in Thornhill welcomed three members, visiting a benzene oil sand operation. The trip continued to Mordon experimental farm and Friendship Field Carman before rain ended activities and a Winnipeg bus depot return. Thanks to 4H club Council for funding. Photos will be made into a film by Blanche Fehr.
MacGregor village council passed an anti noise bylaw with fines up to 90 dollars for power turns screeching tires and unnecessary motor vehicle noise. The RCMP will enforce the bylaw, and council set a court of revision for October 10.
Sunny weather returns as harvest cleanup nears completion after two more weeks of sun. CBC television crew filmed at the museum and Lindsay Shaw's farm drawing crowds Sunday. Movie’s exact air date not announced.
Enrolment in Pine Creek Division schools falls by 36 from June 1973 to 2,148 total. Austin and William Morton Collegiate see major drops of 25 and 10 respectively. Plumas increases. Some changes may occur as enrollment stabilizes and finances face reduced teacher grants. Several staff appointments and local election details are noted along with community events and upcoming services.
The school greets a new year with grade nine students from across the road Rossendale and grade ten from Austin. Staff changes include the loss of Mr Froese and Mrs Henry. Semester system, eight classes daily, re organized clubs, and new student representatives. The week features a Get to Know You event, sign in by color coded traits, a prize won by Pamela McGregor, and a record hop.
The museum Ladies Auxiliary invites senior citizen ladies in Austin for an afternoon tour of museum buildings and grounds followed by lunch and social time. Weather permitting the date is Wednesday September 28. To attend, contact Mrs. Peter Friesen at 637-2575 or Mrs. Albert Doucette at 637-2156, or at the museum 637-2354 by Monday September 24. A car will pick up at about 1 p.m. Thursday.
Barbara Rodgers won first in the poster class at the Winnipeg Honey and Flower Show in Polo Park on August 23 24. Ed Lloyd placed third in the liquor white honey class with 12 pounds in glass jars. Doreen Lloyd finished second in the honey baking competition with honey oatmeal cookies.
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