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Newspaper
Pas Herald
Location
The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 13, 1966
Page
1
The Manitoba Stock Growers Association plans an old fashioned pit style Beef Bar-B-Q at The Pas on July 2 as the annual event. The invitation came from Sid Wilton at the Bran don convention last fall and approval was recently confirmed for The Pas as the host.
Reports from Winnipeg Lynn Lake and Flin Flon claim a major company plans four new smelters near The Pas linked to a new nickel mine at Wabowden. The project would align with a pulp mill expected online in 1971 and use the smelter for sulfur. An August announcement is anticipated.
The Trappers Festival Inc announces its annual general meeting for April 14 at 8 p.m. in the Legion Hall. Local organizations may name three members to the Board of Directors, with ten directors to be nominated from the floor. The board will elect an executive committee of ten to plan and run festival affairs. The treasurer Bill Moffat will present the year ending March 31 1966 financial report. Any Pas resident may attend and participate as plans begin for the 1967 Centenn ial edition.
The Town Council accepted five Planning Commission recommendations outlining future growth in the south east corner. Proposed sites include a new high school on land already acquired by the School Board, a trailer park, sports complex, apartments, and commercial blocks. The plan also calls for extending town boundaries to include Dufferin Rahls Island Road and Grace Lake Road areas.
The head of the local RCMP detachment prompts Town Council to approve adding two officers citing a $12,000 repairs bill. He frames the request as a personnel need and notes unresolved safety concerns within the community.
Victor Jory, 17, was operating a farm tractor at Louis Gareau’s farm on Mile 4 Carrot River Road in The Pas on April 8. He was pinned in ice cold ditch water for about 45 minutes before tow trucks and jacks freed the machine. He was taken to St Anthonys Hospital in satisfactory condition.
The Pas Town Council heard engineer Adam Sus outline plans for a Highway Bridge to cross the Saskatchewan River from Railway Avenue. Roadwork is set to start around July 1 with plans to realign via Gordon Fischer First and Railway, including an island at the turn to separate north and south bound traffic. Government plans may require acquiring Indian Affairs property to ease the sharp bend, with no current plan to take any of the skating arena.
Senior officers from Greater Winnipeg Natural Gas Company visited The Pas for two days while Inter City Gas Utilities sent representatives earlier. The Pas Town Council discussed a potential $10 million pipeline and awaits Manitoba Utilities Board approval on April 25 for Steel Gas to lay lines under downtown streets.
Manitoba Hydro will supply electric heat in The Pas at 1.5 cents per kWh, higher than Swan River’s 1 cent rate. The utility expects weak demand due to the higher price, according to a letter from W D Fallis, General Manager. End of March light bills will reveal more, with continuation on page 12.
The Pas 15 year old Bob McPhail and lead dog Brandy, along with 13 dogs, finish a strong season winning four races in two months and five trophies. He clinched the Emile St Godard Memorial Junior Dog Race at The Pas Trappers Festival 25 miles in February and received the Gateway Rookie Musher Award. He also took Crane River Moose Lake and Prince Albert Junior races, with plans to enter a World Championship Dog Derby next year.
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