Jubilee plans for regional anniversary festival events
The Jubilee Committee launches 7000 copies of a 10 cent 50 year history booklet for The Pas and area. Local Game and Fish erect two live perch tanks with tags worth 1 to 25 dollars for fishing prizes. Souvenirs costing 1.50 for ash trays 0.75 for mugs 0.30 for buttons feature the David N. Winton design. Events include a Swan River Band performance, parades, lawn socials, pipe band, teepee village and Indian sports contests with cash prizes from Carling's. Street dancing and square dance jamboree cap Friday and Saturday nights.
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Genro
Pas
Local Game and Fish Association
Manitoba Fisheries Branch
David N. Winton
Saskatchewan River
Bill Morrish
Northland Drugs
Gateway Drug
Kobar's Hardware
Carrol' S Hardware
Marshall Wells
MacDonalds
Swan River
Carnegie Brothers
Brandon
Edwards Avenue
B.P.O. Elk’s
Carling's
Edwards
Fischer
Third Avenue
Steel
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Friendship Center Tea Promotes Indian Community Ties
The newly formed Friendship Center at The Pas hosted a Saturday afternoon tea. The event featured Indian Ladies from The Pas Reserve preparing to serve guests and Doris Cheslock organizing the kitchen, while Mrs Pinuita registered Mrs Cornelius Bignell as The Chief observed. Located in the former Hudson Bay Railway offices on Second St, the center aims to foster better social relations between the Indian and the broader community.
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Friendship Center
Pas
Pas Reserve
Doris Cheslock
Pinuita
Cornelius Bignell
Hudson Bay Railway
Second St
Pas Lions Grant Supports Little Northern Museum
The Pas Lions Club again commits 100 to the Little Northern Museum operations marking the fourth straight year of 199 support. New term starts under president Irv Snyder as Lions plan a Fish Fry and Beef Barbecue for anniversary celebrations.
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Pas Lions Club
Little Northern Museum
Lions
Sam Waller
Irv Snyder
Lion'ss
Lauze Construction Builds New Town Reservoir
Lauze Construction of The Pas won the bid for the town’s new reservoir next to the power house at Edwards Avenue. The project cost 46,950 dollars with Laure the sole local bidder, and will be completed by November 1. The town will install control and metering equipment. the fully automatic plant aims to save about 12,000 dollars annually, with four operators needed for maintenance.
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Pas
Edwards Avenue
Lauze Construction
Laure
Ering Department
Emergency Thule flight to save Eskimo boy
RCMP constable Bob Pilote at Pond Inlet arranged a rapid medical evacuation to Thule Greenland for a badly wounded Eskimo boy named Simonnee after a hunting accident. Dennis Lamb of The Pas coordinated the emergency air journey, marking an unprecedented direct flight to Greenland from the Canadian Arctic.
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Dennis Lamb
Pas
Baffin Bay
Thule
RCMP
Bob Pilote
Pond Inlet
Simonnee
Greenland
North Pole
Resolute
Pond
Frobisher
Pilote
Paving Contract Planned for 10 Highway The Bog
The Manitoba Department of Public Works will call a contract this fall to complete paving of 10 Highway at The Bog south of The Pas. The 20.5 mile stretch from four miles south of Overflow to the Bog's north end will wait another season. calcium chloride treatment is planned this year as the safer approach.
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Pas
Manitoba Department of Public Works
Poor Entries Plague L L Ball Tournament Plans
Only one entry in each division for the Little League Ball Tournament, with August 6th deadline looming. Prize money of 180 dollars at stake as Columbus Club Knights of Columbus sponsor the Little League and Merchants lead the Grad division amid sparse participation.
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Little League
Little League Grads
Columbus
Knights of Columbus
Merchants
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