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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 02, 1967
Page
2
A Manitoba Province referendum in Portage la Prairie proposes merging 38 district divisions into a single unit system to boost provincial grants per teacher and simplify administration. Supporters warn a negative vote could raise local taxes and harm teacher recruitment, urging broad turnout for March 10.
In Britain the old generation resists new social security methods as pensioners face reduced income. By December national assistance will become a supplementary pension on one scale, with one order book and a single local office. About 250,000 may still need genuine help despite pride and stigma.
Manitoba faces a tangled system with fourteen hundred elementary districts feeding into only 48 divisions from Grade 9 to 12. Consolidation aims to provide universal access to specialists and services, blur grade level lines, and coordinate kindergarten through Grade 12 education under larger divisions.
Manitoba spent 17.5 million on redemptions of Savings Bonds in 1966 as holders moved to higher yielding federal Centennial bonds. Local education administration faces overhaul with calls for more centralized units, while Manitoba postpones final decisions to local voters on March 10 as provinces debate structure.
The piece recalls a 1880s real estate boom across Emerson Rapid City Crystal City and nearby towns that collapsed overnight as railways failed to materialize. Investors like Coolican prospered on land auctions then vanished, while surveys and bricks lay unused and taxes pressed on debtors.
Premier Duff Roblin pushes to lower provincial voting age to 18 and urges federal input. The amendment sparks furious exchanges with NDP leader Russ Paulley and opposition members calling for accountability as the debate turns to education and youth status.
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