Telephone Change Over Date Set for Hamiota Oak River
The Manitoba Telephone System announced that the automatic exchange will go into operation in Hamiota on May 30, serving about 750 customers, with Oak River switching to dial service on May 16. Dial equipment installation nears completion and testing will begin soon. Seven digit numbers will replace the old ones and a supplementary directory will be mailed in early May.
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Hamiota
Eration
Manitoba Telephone System
Oak River
MTS
Correction on Teachers and Board Negotiations Paragraph
The correction notes that the salary schedule can be renegotiated for the period January 1 1969 to December 31 1969 replacing the previously stated January 31 1969 date. The change clarifies the annual negotiation window for 1969.
Birdtail River School Board considers driver training program
The Birdtail River School Division No. 38 Board met in Shoal Lake on April 4 1968 with trustees Fulton Randall Selby Hames Lewycky Butcher Hyndman Waddell Falcoon and Armitage present. They accepted minutes and correspondence approved bus route changes and hired Lena Sutcliffe as secretary to the superintendent while endorsing a student driver training proposal and budget follow up. A bylaw to purchase lots at Birtle was read and approved before adjourning to April 11 1968.
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Shoal Lake
Birdhsilver
Fulton
Randell
Selby
Hames Lewycky
Butcher
Hyndman
Waddell
Falcoon
Armitage
Lena Sutcliffe
Board of Trustees
G. R. Strange
Opportunity Group Visits Winnipeg
A group from St. Theresa Point and Garden Hill in Island Lake Manitoba met welfare minister J. B. Carroll in Winnipeg to discuss transition from reserve to urban life. The tour highlights training facilities and job opportunities, plus visits to upgrading schools, Manitoba Institute of Technology Fort Osborne Barracks and the Indian Metis Friendship Centre.
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St. Theresa Point
Garden Hall
Island Lake
Manitoba
J. B. Carroll
Welfare Department
William Avenue
Winnipeg
Manitoba Institute of Technology
Fort Osborne Barracks
Vocational Opportunity Centre
Indian Metis Friendship Centre
May Season On Bears Announced
Winnipeg officials announce Manitoba black bear season dates from May 13 to June 29 north of the 53rd parallel and May 20 to June 8 in the south. The bag limit is one bear with exceptions. Licences cost 5.25 dollars for residents and 10.25 for nonresidents. Regulations mirror last year with outer white attire required and blaze orange accents allowed. Bear hunting with dogs is banned and rimfire .22 rifles are prohibited. Hunting hours run sunrise to sunset with no Sunday hunting.
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Winnipeg
Department of Mines and Natural Resources
Riding Mountain
Teachers' Lending Library Use Grows in Manitoba
Manitoba education minister Hon George Johnson reports tripling library borrowing since 1954 updates. Teachers and administrators across the province use the 25 000 volume collection aided by a mail order service and access to 390 current periodicals. Librarian Margaret Baldock notes rapid material turnover with new items, teaching kits, and Canadian emphasis, plus inter library loans with universities. Hours are 8 30 to 5 on weekdays and 9 to 12 Saturdays. Manitoba's library was among the first provincial level teaching libraries.
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Winnipeg
Department of Education
George Johnson
Manitoba
Margaret Baldock
Johnson
Mr. Justice Freeman to retire as a university chancellor
Mr Justice Samuel Freedman sixth chancellor of the University of Manitoba will retire May 31 after nine years in office. He intends to complete work on reform of university government. Education minister George Johnson praised his leadership and contributions to Manitoba and Canadian higher education.
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Winnipeg
Justice Samuel Freedman
University of Manitoba
George Johnson
Manitoba
Freedman
Johnson
Justice Freedman
University of Manitoba Law School
Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench
Manitoba Court of Appeal
Universi
Manitoba Hunter Safety Workshops Attract Large Crowds
Nearly 700 safety instructors have attended Manitoba workshops focusing on safety measures. The Brandon session drew 225, Winnipeg 400, and The Pas 50 attendees. The US National Hunter Safety Award was presented to Hon. Donald W. Craik by Edwin I. Reiter for 1967.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Hunter Safety
Brandon
Pas
United States National Association
Tis
Paul Hate
Greater
Winnney
Adoption rules under review for religious affiliation
Manitoba minister of welfare J B Carroll told the legislature the adoption act is being examined for possible changes to requirements about applicants religious affiliations. The welfare department seeks advice from children's aid societies across the province.
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Winnipeg—Hoon
J. B. Carroll
Manitoba
Welfare Department
W. I. Meeting in Hamiota Reports Drive for World Women's Groups
The West Manito ba? Women’s Institute held an April meeting in the Community Room with President Mrs. R Armstrong presiding. Members paid 10 cents per head for North ern Canada Women’s Institutes work. The program covered United Nations studies, the ACWW and its aims, and a drawing of the new Senior Citizen’s Home. Donations were sought for the District Board lunch on April 8 and for 4‑H Achievement Night on April 22.
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Hamiota
W.1
Cancer Society
R. Armstrong
G. Robertson
W. Johnston
McBain
G. Grey
M. Hazlewood
E. A. Dixon
Johnston
District Board
United Nations
Robertson
K. Thornton
A. E. Andrew
Manitoba Women’s Institute
World Organization
A.C.W.W
Homemaker’s Club
Saskatchewan
Guilds
Newfoundland
Farmer’s Union Women
Stockholm
Lansing
Michigan
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Canada
TNS
Birdtail River S. D
Osler Hammond
Nanton
Peter Fiel
Pelly Trail
Minister of Highways
St. Lazare
J. W. Pratt
James Jackson
Sidonie Goeujon
Birtle
Chrismian Hart
RED Cross
Bears
Justice Freeman
University of Windsor
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
North Dakota State University
University of Toronto
Canadian National Railways
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