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Newspaper
Pas Herald
Location
The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 23, 1963
Page
1
Children in grades one and two from all local schools visited with Santa during the morning and in the afternoon when the event occurred, drawing cheers and holiday mood across the district.
Councillor Stan Reid calls for a 1964 program to streamline the town administration to cut operating costs. He outlines a central office plan and notes Edwards Avenue issues while opposing moving the INCO office. Mayor Trager backs consolidation as a long term goal.
Bradley McDonald a five year old Vancouver leukemia patient receives a Christmas present from The Pas Lions Club. His father Gordon James McDonald was released by the British Columbia Appeal Court after a six month sentence for theft. court cited mercy. The Pas Lions asked the Vancouver Lions Club to buy and engrave the watch with best wishes.
The Lido Theatre in Town had its 1964 assessment reduced from 44000 to 24000 after a year of discussions between owners and officials. The council, acting as Court of Revision with advice from the Municipal Affairs Department, also approved a December business tax refund of 33, citing the theatre’s four night operation.
A mailed pamphlet from Manitoba Hydro promotes electrical heating at 1¢ per kWh with a 10 percent prompt payment discount. It targets residential, farm, and commercial users, cites a St James home for annual heating cost of 136.94, and claims to reach The Pas, though the local hydro office says no instructions were issued and power is insufficient.
A Manitoba Government Air Service Beaver plane forced landed eight miles east of Nuekin Lake on December 17 during a routine patrol. Pilot Gordon Emberley of The Pas, with Ray Campbell Allan Collie and RCMP Constable John Hausma aboard, reported the incident by radio. no serious injuries occurred. Circumstances are under investigation.
Manitoba Hydro announces a heating rate below 1 cent per kilowatt hour making electric home heating a practical option for households seeking economical warmth this winter.
The Pas Town Council and The Pas Reserve Band Council meet with Indian Affairs to resolve two off reserve taxis proposed by Solomon Cook and Rod McGillivary. A $25 per car license is set, with operation limits inside The Pas to avoid direct point to point trips from The Pas to The Reserve. Band members Gordon Lathlin and Phillip Bignell urge reconsideration to ease constraints and possibly ease Edwards Avenue tensions.
The Herald will sell Billie Lamb Allan's book Dew Upon the Grass in The Pas after Christmas. Copies arrive from Saskatoon printers. price is 3.50. The Lamb family story covers early 1900s Moose Lake holdings. author is one of 11 Lamb children and sister to Tom Lamb.
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