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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 22, 1949
Page
1
The Herald notes a grand opening for the New Memorial Hall and Rest Room in MacGregor. Premier Douglas L Campbell and MLA J P Lawrie expected to officiate with an 8 pm ceremony followed by a music program.
On September 14 the Womens Institute hosted a presentation and social at Mrs G Croucher’s home in MacGregor to honor Mrs F Orchard before she leaves for Portage la Prairie. Mrs A MacDonald spoke and Mrs McCarl presented a cream and arset. The Orchard couple recently moved from MacGregor after many years.
Fifteen neighbors in the Fathead district held a surprise party for Mr. and Mrs. Boch as they left Riverton Manitoba for Winnipeg in 1926. Mrs Boch received an electric iron as a token of friendship and good wishes for their future in the city.
Card of Thanks from Niel Cook expressing gratitude to friends and organizations for fruit flowers and cards received during a stay at Portage hospital.
Dr. Chifforn Grant of Union Theological College India on leave in Canada will address a gathering at Austin United Church on Wednesday September 28 at 8 30 oclock. Grant born in Trinidad is grandson of a pioneer missionary and was ordained in 1926 by the Maritime Conference United Church. He served in central India before moving to Carlyle earlier this year.
The family of the late John Emerson extends heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors for cards flowers messages of sympathy and other acts of kindness shown after their father’s death.
Local residents from Katrime to Portage la Prairie spend weekends visiting friends and relatives. Guests include the McLachlans, the Gromes, the Forbisters, the Barrers, and families from Winnipeg and Gladstone. A tonsillectomy was performed in Portage and a Thanksgiving service is set for September 25 at St Pauls Church with the choir in attendance.
A reader questions a monthly relief grant of 25 dollars and a lien in the Land Titles Office. The letter asks whether the recipient's property carries a lien and draws a parallel to past memorial hall funds and broader warnings about financial vulnerability.
Gentle appreciation is offered to Rev. C D Rupp Mrs Gilroy Mrs Fraser and other kind friends for their recent assistance to Mr and Mrs Ralph Fiskel and family in a time of need.
School notes highlight elections, chair positions, and student leaders for social and sports roles. Reported activities include girls softball and rugby, basketball ambitions for Eva Tabalotney and Ruvy song, with Allen McGregor Ralph Critchlow Garry Cobbe as players to watch. Yearbook distribution and welcome to Janet Jansen and Dorothy Legg are noted, along with a hospitalized Menno Sa patient and wishes for recovery.
Lost five weeks ago between the International Harvester shop in MacGregor and Brandon a black valise containing three bank books. Finder please leave Lat THC MacGregor.
Manitoba designates September 26 to October 1 as British Trade Week. The announcement, attributed to J. S. McDiarmid, urges merchants to showcase competitively priced goods and to stimulate imports from the United Kingdom to sustain export volumes.
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