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Newspaper
Pas Herald
Location
The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 07, 1965
Page
7
The 1965 Collegiate Capers will be held Friday April 9 for Children Night and Saturday April 10 with skits monologues gymnastics the Glee Club and the Grain Trophy debate final. Tickets are limited to ensure seating and easy hearing.
Tomorrow is Parents Day at Margaret Barbour Collegiate after Easter exams. Principal Pat Claggett says parents may visit from 2 30 to 4 30 PM and 7 to 9 PM to meet the teaching staff.
The Pas Lions Club announces a two day Sports Show at The Pas Arena on June 18 and 19 with plans for an annual event. Proceeds fund improvements at the Lions sponsored swimming pool. A fall Lions Auto Show will also become an annual affair. Local merchants are being contacted for June space and the event features a giant Bar B Q and games of skill including a Dunk the Lion contest with a beam and trap door dunk.
Twenty four hour automatic dial telephone service will go into operation on April 8 for over 80 telephone customers at Wabowden 186 miles northeast of The Pas. The new facilities will replace the present manual operation. All long distance assistance and repair calls will be handled the telephone exchange at The Pas.
Four Scouts from 2nd The Pas Troop Westminster United were awarded Queen Scout, to be confirmed in Winnipeg by Lieutenant Governor Errick Willis during Easter holidays. The ceremony with Manitoba's newly appointed Queen Scouts will take place in the Legislative Buildings. The group, Garnet Profit Robbie Snider Carman McBride Don Wilken, received badges from District Scout Commissioner Ray Harmatiuk.
The Pas Library Association plans to buy a first class encyclopedia set for the local library. Members are selling tickets on a Bar-B-Q set with tools. The prize drawing is scheduled for May 22.
A library fundraiser seeks sales of raffle tickets at 25 cents each or five for a dollar. Proceeds finance the purchase of an encyclopedia set for the Community Building library.
The two accused Harris and Bignell are remanded after a preliminary hearing before Magistrate Neil Macphee. Testimony by Samaria Harris and Dorothy Cook included conflicting statements and a witness was ejected for interrupting. The incident reportedly occurred on a CNR spur between National Fruit and Keystone Fisheries around 7:30 P.M. in The Pas area prior to the verdict.
Twelve students finished a four month upgrading course in a ceremony at The Pas Reserve Day School. The program offers English Math Science and aims to aid return to school or entry to vocational studies. The graduates set a local record and were praised by Roy Carter Indian Affairs and officials.
Manitoba Hydro cuts the second power block by five tenths of a cent per kilowatt hour effective April 1, saving most local consumers about 50 cents monthly. The Pas and Town officials voiced disappointment after appealing to the Hydro Board. finer details show 8 cents for the first 50 KWHs, 2.5 cents for the next 100 KWH, and 1.5 cents for overage in the second block.
The Town Police Force will stay at seven members after the council removed a $6600 item for an extra police constable from the 1965 municipal budget. A regular session is planned for tonight to ratify the budget.
Bud Simpson MP for Churchill asks Prime Minister Pearson to fund CBC to extend northern Manitoba TV coverage. He cites CBC reluctance and lack of funds and urges immediate action without further delay or study by CBC or related committees. Simpson notes repeated CBC requests for sufficient money to complete unserved areas.
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