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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 26, 1946
Page
7
Winnipeg Tribune reports Alderman Wil am Scraba during the duck hunting season in the Oakburn district sighted large mallards on a slough. He fired, retrieved five ducks and paid a farm woman $1150 to settle anger over the incident.
Harold Wallace spent the week end in Austin with his parents while Miss Ruth Wallace accepted a Winnipeg position. Mrs Alderson of Winnipeg visited Austin last Tuesday. Mr Cole, Austin School principal, spent the weekend at Edrans. Earl Pearson of Winnipeg stayed at home this week. Dr A W Jubb will visit Austin every Friday afternoon at Mrs H Thomas home. Wm Hanson expected home from overseas. Jim Young returned home from Portage Hospital this week. Mrs Thos Bush visited Portage Hospital, traveling with her sister. Mrs E Campbell visited Dauphin with daughter Mrs Vic Larkin. Christ Church WA Market Day Tea and Sale in Makinson Bros showrooms Oct 12 4 to 1130 pm Donations welcomed. Harvest Festival Services Oct 5 MacGregor Austin and Katrime with Rev Canon R J Fierce preaching. Mr and Mrs T H Lane returned to Guelph Ont after visiting Austin friends. Tom Lane resumes second year at Ontario Agricultural College. Lane couple thank Austin friends for gifts. Leslie Barber injured last Wednesday leading a bull. dislocated shoulder and broken arm. patient at Portage Hospital recovering.
A September 18 reception in Austin Community Hall honored Mrs. Wistoski and Mrs. Sawatzky, brides from Holland, with corsages, gifts, and a welcome address by David Muir. Guests included Mrs. Gladys Russell and Mrs. H. S. Atkins. Tommy Lane received gifts of woolen blankets and an electric plate, and the event closed with a chorus of For They Are Jolly Good Fellows.
Beav er News notes Mr and Mrs Alf Rosling visited the Irwin home last Sunday. Mr H M Smith left last Thursday for a two week visit in Saskatchewan. Mr and Mrs Cecil Cooper visited Neepawa last Thursday. Mr and Mrs B Richardson called at Tenby last Thursday. Miss S Barager spends week visiting Miss Lois Harkness.
An unclear OCR fragment mentions Konrad Amonn and Austin, tying to a local matter. Limited readable details prevent full context or outcome.
Miss Margaret Christina Menzie a pioneer resident of the Bagot district died at her home north of Bagot last Friday Sept 18 at age 75 Born in Elora Ontario on Feb 6 1871 she came to Beaver district in 1879 and lived in Bagot since Her funeral was held Sept 23 from M Killop s Funeral Home Portage with interment Hillside cemetery Rev C A J King MacGregor presiding Pallbearers M and J W Matthews E Pogue H Ritchie C Lamont S H McLachlan Surviving sister is Catherine Mary Menzie of Bagot district expresses sympathy to the family.
A memorial note recalls A C Lye who fell at Courcelette on September 26 1916 with the line They shall not grow old and a brief prayer to remember him.
The problem facing Canadian farmers heads the cabinet agenda as Agriculture Minister Isley returns home to push discussions. Fiji volcanic activity on Niufoou has cooled after four days of eruptions near Angama. William Acorn, 22, jailed for dagger slaying in Montreal. Fire damages Tom O Shanter country clubhouse. Trades and Labor Congress condemns federal wage and union policy and calls for rescission of government strike vote orders. Aidan Kell, 78, found dead near Goshen Nova Scotia. Royal Canadian Mounted Police announce no inquest. Reports from Rome about Yugoslavian neutrals lack substantiation. Alberta government weighing a Canadian Manufacturers Association brief on forming a labor relations council.
Special reduced fares for the Thanksgiving weekend are set by A J Stevenson Canadian Pacific Agent MacGregor Man. The low price applies from noon Friday October 11th to 2 pm Monday October 14th and allows return by midnight Tuesday October 15th. On branch lines with no service October 21st tickets will be sold for morning trains. Single fare and one quarter for the round trip apply to all stations in Canada in all classes.
Auctioneer S C Duff announces sales of horses cattle tractors farm implements and household furnishings for buyers including Murray Ham Ronald McMillan Roy Duncan Leonard Goodridg C H McIntyre and Percy Perkins The McMillan sale is set for October 1 with Goodridge October 7 and Duncan October 9 Watch for dates and posters of these sales.
The memory of Mrs Florence Ella Lye who died September 21, 1945 is honored in a memorial line stating she outsoared life’s night and pain. The inscription notes she is untouched by unrest, with the family inserting the words in tribute.
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