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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 24, 1964
Page
2
A reflective piece contrasts weekend rain with outdoor plans. The author laments missed outdoor activities yet remembers restful Sundays spent indoors after church, listening to music, reading, and avoiding travel, crowds, or exertion. It weighs rain as both a deterrent and a liberating backdrop for quiet domestic leisure.
An Orillia editorial condemns Centennial Celebration Consultants Limited for proposing professional planners to stage Canada’s centenary. It argues for simple, spontaneous public rejoicing by volunteers and rejects hiring promoters to orchestrate national birthday events.
A reader ridicules Grade 13 authority in high schools and argues students cannot be taught to think or write like Shakespeare Beethoven or Newton. The letter claims such teaching is being done in Canada Russia the United States and Cuba. The piece contrasts anxious nights pacing the floor with a baby.
Dr. Frederick J. Stare, Harvard nutrition head and fluoride advocate, says fluoridated water benefits children with soft drinks and candy as social beverages. The Health League of Canada notes 45 years promoting fluoridation, and Stare urges parental supervision alongside fluoride benefits for Brantford youngsters.
Premier Pearson indicated the Queen may address both houses of Parliament during her Canada tour to Charlottetown Quebec City and Ottawa. He cautioned that threats to the Queen could affect plans and that a complete itinerary would be released shortly.
The Health League of Canada sponsors National Immunization Week September 20 to 26 with support from the Manitoba Department of Health. Since 1943 smallpox diphtheria whooping cough tetanus and poliomyelitis deaths have fallen dramatically. 1953 polio deaths rose to 481 but by 1963 total cases were 123 with 16 deaths. Whooping cough deaths dropped from 457 in 1945 to 28 in 1963. diphtheria deaths fell to seven in 1968. Families should ensure all vaccine doses including boosters are received as efforts to inform and educate about disease prevention continue.
Rene Prefontaine of the Manitoba School Trustees Association criticized the salary system as promoting mediocrity in teaching. He said pay fails to reward ability, allowing overpaid veterans with limited impact and deterring professional improvement. He warned administrative promotions outside the classroom undermine schools.
Winnipeg teen Lee Anne Whiteside. 19, named queen of the Redborne Stream liner Club, a group focused on weight loss. She shed 44 pounds in eight months and now weighs 151.
Finance Minister Gordon predicted a considerable reduction in the federal deficit for the current fiscal year versus six months ago. He noted rapid year end growth, a 4.2 percent rise in GNP excluding agriculture in Q1 1964, and a 9.5 percent year over year gain. He expects exports to keep rising, the fourth quarter to pick up, and sees no dangers ahead.
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