Doug Campbell honored by Lakeside citizens on retirement day
About 3000 residents gathered in Lakeside Sunday for a tribute to Mr and Mrs Doug Campbell. Campbell served 47 years in the Manitoba Legislative Assembly and was lauded by Lieutenant-Governor Bowles, Premier Schreyer, and many dignitaries. The event featured local entertainment and a formal message from Bowles praising Campbell’s service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakeside
D. L
Doug” Campbell
Campbell
Manitoba Legislative Assembly
R. S. Bowles
Ed Schreyer
W. A. Linden
Robert Adrain
Walter C. Weirnd
Don Stewart
John A. Christianson
Bobby Bend
Feader
Manitoba
Elman K. Guttormson
Sidney Green
Ben Hanuschak
Gordon W. Beard
Larry L. Desjjardins
Jacob B. Froese
Gordon E. Johnston
Liberal House
Stewart McLean
Charles Greenlay
Gantallice
MacGregor
Roberta Stone
Doug Campbell
Island Park
Portage la Prairie
Bagot 4 H Leader Tours Manitoba with Group of Leaders
Jim Pogue Sr., Bagot 4 H Beef Club leader, returns from Know Manitoba Better Tour with 35 leaders, 30 women and six men. The itinerary features Manitoba soil tests, veterinary and dairy processing displays, future water testing advances, and new food prep innovations. The group visits Pan Am Pool Centennial Art Centre, the Bay restaurant, and takes a Red River cruise aboard the Red River Rouge before dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Pogue Sr
Manitoba
Murray Stewart
of Manitoba
Univ
Pan Am Pool
Centennial Art Centre
Price Index For Drugs Drops
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports prescription prices fell 4.8 percent while the 113 item consumer price index rose to 124.9 in May. Vitamins, radios, and TV consoles showed higher indexes, with pharmaceuticals declining largely after the 1967 tax lift on manufacturers' drug prices. The prescription price index has dropped nearly 22 percent in over ten years.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
DBS
Schools Set To Open Next Tuesday At 9 A M
Pine Creek School Division resumes term next Tuesday at 9 am with higher enrollment expected across all schools. Kindergarten sessions planned at MacGregor West Unit, two sessions daily, plus a roster of teachers for MacGregor Austin Rossendale and Collegiate campuses.
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Pine Creek
MacGregor
Dar Jene Berry Hazel Boaz
Gwen Clark
Hope Collier
Margaret Collier
Jeanette Donnelly
Olga
Duncan
Mae Harvey
Audrey Hay
Rena Meffen
Shirley Moore
Lisle Patterson
Edith Peck
Margaret Pennell
Lillian Schneider
Florence Snaith
Sharon Toth
Lois Turner
Austin
Muriel Berry
Beryl Christ
Former Resident First Trainees Solo From Russell Airport
Ken Kane, a former Mac Gregorite, became the first trainee to solo off the new Russell air strip on July 24. He is among seven trainees with the Virden Flying Club which offers a plane and instructor twice weekly. Kane soloed after eight hours of instruction, and three others Fred Clement Jamie Langford and Barry Severson have also soloed. The Russell Flying Club formed earlier this year with a government grant and town support, owning two 2700 foot air strips and eight planes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken Kane
Music Night At Austin Opens Open Air Program
Citizens are invited to an open air music night at the Austin Museum Grounds next Sunday. The program begins at 7 30 p.m. featuring sacred music with a mass choir guest soloist Larry Thiessen and duets by Marvin and Larry Thiessen.
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Austin Museum Grounds
Larry Thiessen
Marvin
Larry ‘Thiessen
Town Happenings and Local Notes From The Pas Area
The week brought hot weather in the nineties aiding swimming and harvest. Farmers swathed and some mowed, Rick White won a bull riding trophy at McCreary with Freddie's Grill trophy and a kiss from the Rodeo queen. Ed Heselwood showed a chokecherry branch with berries and blossoms. Bob Mahon plans to move to The Pas to work in a drug store this weekend. George Currie found and advertised his diamond willow cane. locals traced it via the Herald. A hunter safety course will be held at the Collegiate next Wednesday and Thursday, contact Barry Donnelly for details. Labor Day weekend closures noted as schools reopens Tuesday. Football chatter spots the Blue Bomber trade of quarterback Dave Raimey for a new signal caller. A local swim mishap at Brand, hot weather excuse, referenced without graphic detail.
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Barry Donnelly
The
Herald
Family Reunion at One Island Lake in Port Arthur
A Smith family reunion gathered at One Island Lake hosted by Mr and Mrs Fred Smith at their camp. Ten immediate N J Smith family members attended from MacGregor Port Arthur and Calgary with spouses and great grandchildren Karen Kelvin Syrnick Judy Caroline Booth Todd Smith and others. Mrs N J Smith 84 received an engraved electric wrist watch as a gift marking the gathering the first in 17 years since N Smith’s passing.
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Fred Smith
Ambrose St
Port Arthur
Smith
One Island Lake
N. J. Smith
MacGregor
N. Smith
Ruth) Fletcher
Pointe Claire
Que
S. J
Ada) Booth
D. L
Laurie) Smith
E. N
Buster, Ernie) Smith
Portage la Prairie
Jim
Calgary
Alta
M. Heather
Richard
Ian Price
Scarborough
Karen
Kelvin Syrnick
Winnipeg
Judy
Caroline Booth
Pinawa
Todd Smith
N.smith
King of the Walk passes through MacGregor
Elzear Duquette a 59 year old French Canadian from Montreal is walking across Canada for the second time pulling a 300 pound coffin. He and companion John Gordon traveled about 1850 miles in three and a half months averaging 77 miles a day. Duquette plans to reach Vancouver Tokyo Osaka for Expo 70 and Montreal’s representation while Gordon writes a book due 1971.
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MacGregor
Elzear Duquette
Montreal
Canada
Mr. Duquette
Chicago
Vancouver
Mr. Douquette
John Robert Gordon
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Doug’ Campbells
Floyd Lacroix
Walter Lacroix
Our
Bay
Red
Assiniboine
Red River
Rouge
John Bender
Mary Eyvindson
Kathryn Halliday
Charles Hamelynck
Raymond Hoeppner
Edwin Holtzman
Gertrude McGregor
Scott Smart
Gertrude Tait
Stewart Ward
Russell
Regina
Rick White
McCreary
Kelwood Rodeo
Rick
Freddie's Grill
K-M Rodeo
Ed. Heselwood
Bob Mahon
Denwal
Pas
George Currie
George
Pilg Mound
Cus
Blue Bomber
Dave Raimey
Brand
Gordon
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