Moran first to seek Liberal nomination in Portage la Prairie
Hugh Moran a 28 year old Portage rancher announced his candidacy for the Liberal nomination in Portage la Prairie for the provincial general election this year. He serves as treasurer of the Portage Liberal Association and as vice president of the Manitoba Liberal Executive. Moran is a former hockey captain with local teams and played for Oakville Seals during a Manitoba Intermediate Championship run.
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Howie N. Main
Hugh Moran
Portage
Portage la Prairie
Bedford Moran
Victoria School
Portage Collegiate
Arthur Meighen
Brandon University
Portage Provincial Liberal Association
Manitoba Liberal
Portage and District
Village plans park improvements in Cen tennial Park
MacGregor village council began plans Monday to improve Cen tennial Park with a drinking water hydrant and brush clearing for a picnic area. They will also install school crossing signs, a 28 foot wide crosswalk on Fox in front of the MacGregor schools, and no parking signs on Fox at Talbot and Saunders.
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C.J. Clark
MacGregor Village
Centennial Park
Nomination open for Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame
Nominations are invited for Manitoba agriculture leaders past and present to be honored in the Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame at a facility south of Austin at highways 1 and 4. Hall president Tully McKenzie of Brandon says any person or organization may nominate, with portraits or paintings sought for early contributors. First portraits will be hung in late 1977, and founding members will be designated for contributions received by December 31, 1977. Membership and fundraising details, plus contact information for nomination forms, are provided.
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Manitoba
Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame
Austin
Hall of Fame
Tully McKenzie
Brandon
McKenzie
Manitoba ‘Agricultural Hall of Fame
Manitoba Department of Agriculture
Agr
Manitoba Agricultural
Edith Poole
Kemnay
Stan Henry
Oak River
Frank Sissons
Portage la ‘Prairie
Denzil Gambler
Westbourne
Father Williams
Box
Clark Drive
Elm River balloons drift after school science project
Students at Brennan School Elm River Colony sent five helium balloon bundles into the air on Wednesday March 2 as part of a science class on air currents led by Mike Tkachuk. A balloon was later found near Sandy Lake Manitoba about six miles southeast of the town. The remaining balloons’ destinations are unknown as they drifted westward.
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Stuents
Brennan
Elm ‘River Colony
Mike Tkachuk
Sandy Lake
Harrison
Portage
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba Liberals optimistic on election chances in Portage
Baro Jackson reports that Manitoba Liberals see room for a middle-of-the-road party with principles ahead of a provincial election. Portage MLA Gordon Johnston told the Portage Liberal Association meeting that the Liberal philosophy favors free or private enterprise and questions the Conservative stance on collective action.
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Baro Jackson
Liberal Party
Manitoba
Gordon Johnston
Portage
Portage Liberal Association
Royal Canadian Legion Hall
Remember
Charles Huband
Shwaluk rink wins MacGregor bonspiel aggregate trophy
Shwaluk rink from Portage la Prairie captured the grand aggregate Sunday evening in MacGregor men’s bonspiel. Skipper Jack Shwaluk, with Les Hooper Arnold Bachalo and Barry Hooke, earned the Barber trophy, then lost the Co op final in a long endurance showing as Barrie Harper’s Gladstone rink claimed the Co op trophy.
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C. J. Clark
Jack Shwaluk
Portage la Prairie
Shwaluk
Les Hooper
Arnold Bachalo
Barry Hooke
Marion Barber
Barrie Harper
Gladstone
Barber
Dave Johanson
Tom Freeborn
Roland Ledoux
Don Barber
MacGregor
Garnet Smith
Tom Otto
Otto
Jim McBride
Peter Onufreichuk
Dan Novak
Jack Schwaluk
Johnson
Doug Barber
Bob Anderson
Jack Wolfe
Harold Wright
Portage
Tarr
Gerald Frizzley
Pinawa
Ray Calvert
MacGregor Curling Club
Garret Smith
Gerry Smith
Herman Weber
Roy Manns
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Fiddler
MacGregor Collegiate Institute
Showtime
Ike, Harold, Harvey
Garry Hofer
Barry Shevchuk
Man
Johnston
Sterling Lyon
MacGregor ‘Spiel
Smith
Gordon Turner
Trenerne
Colin Shaw
Treherne
Glen Matchett
Dan de Pauw
Don Gray
Harold Dobbin
Bill Human
Dan Larson
Carl Burch
Glen Bodie
Kerry Tomchuk
Sae MacDonald
Jack McCulloch
Rossendale
C. Denbow
MacGregor Men's Curling Club
Jack Schwalu
Les
Mold Bachalo and
al Johnson
Peter On
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