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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 30, 1971
Page
4
Local classified rates list per word and column inch charges for birth notices and memorials. It includes deadlines for agents, and sample notices for births, cards of thanks, funerals, and sales. Numerous Manitoba style addresses and names appear, with multiple offered items and services.
You have a date for the MacGregor United Church Women noon luncheon on Tuesday October 5 at 1130 am in the church hall. The fall bazaar is set for November 4. The MacGregor Mix and Match 4H club meets first on Wednesday October 13 at 4 pm at the high school. Note change of date.
Unurehill Forest Industries Ltd. says it will oppose petitions from Dominion Catering, Metropolitan Investigation and Security, and Pile Foundations to declare CFI bankrupt. Kerr Twaddle, Winnipeg counsel for CFI, notes two petitioning firms lack direct claims and the third owes CFI. Petitions filed Sept. 14. hearing set in Manitoba Queen’s Bench Sept. 30.
Sunday October 3 events at Bethel Church MacGregor Rev A J Hall Gospel Service 7 30pm Sidney United Church Worship Service 11 30am and 7pm Harvest Thanksgiving at Pauls Church MacGregor 11am Sunday school 11 80am Harvest at Christ Church Austin 11 80am Harvest Thanksgiving Service 7pm service times listed for multiple congregations in the area.
Volunteers are urgently needed for work at the new community centre. The progress is enough to use help now, and more work can be done today to speed up opening. It is easier to work while the weather is nice, with volunteers needed every night and daytime helpers welcome. A volunteer on hand each night will advise on tasks.
MacGregor locals report weekend visits from Dennis McMahon and family of Winnipeg to Mr. and Mrs. Vern McKelvy and Susan. Visitor groups from Neepawa Yorkton and Portage traveled to see relatives, with congratulations to Murray Makinson on his MacGregor marriage. Other notes mention returns to university and college, trips to Gladstone and Toronto, and a 87th birthday celebration.
Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Walter Adams on their September 8 wedding at Central United Church Brandon. Guests enjoyed a reception at North Hill Motel and now reside on the groom's farm. Nearby, Mr and Mrs Leonard Song visited Minnedosa with Agnes Coltart convalescing at home after Portage hospital stay. Burnside club opens fall season October 12 at 2 pm with speaker Molly Stewart.
Prime Minister Schreyer said about 45 million in provincial capital works including buildings highways park development and public housing will be accelerated to offset unemployment this winter. Manitoba Housing and Renewal Corp will push its 20 million public housing program while municipalities may be included pending technical studies. He criticized federal inaction and urged a one day emergency meeting to discuss broader capital works and tax relief for low income groups.
Premier Ed Schreyer announced construction of a $4.5 million 15 storey provincial government building near the legislature. The pre cast concrete structure will house legal offices and other departments, easing space shortages and is slated for completion by the end of 1972. A nearby $1.2 million parking structure for civil servants will be built concurrently under a $45 million capital works budget aims to stimulate jobs during the winter and spring.
The Canadian Wheat Board announced a 3.7 million bushel wheat sale worth 7 million to the Philippines. The contract covers No 1 Canada Western Red Spring with three protein levels and No 3 Northern Wheat. Shipments start in weeks and run to September 1972 from Hash coast ports. Mestle was negotiated in Manila.
Manitoba Liberal leader J K Asper warned that if trends continue about 100 000 Manitobans could live in government owned housing by 1976 He urged empowering the Manitoba Housing and Renewal Corp to provide loans and grants for low income families to own homes Asper cautioned that five years could see 10 percent of the population under state landlord control and urged builders to act to avoid greater government involvement in housing development
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