Northern Manitoba Trappers Festival Celebrates Twenty Fifth Birthday
The Morthern Manitoba Trappers Festival marks its twenty-fifth year with a Silver Anniversary Ball on Wednesday night. Nine girls compete for queen honors with entrants from The Pas Beausejour Lyne Lake Snow Lake Flin Flon and Thompson. Tickets remain on sale to Saturday afternoon for cash prizes totaling 1 100 first prize 500 second prize and three prizes of 100 each. Clues for the Ice Worm hunt post daily at the festival headquarters with the grand prize of 100 000 courtesy of the Pas Credit Union.
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Morthern
Pas
Lyne Lake
Snow Lake
Flin Flon
Thompson
Pas Credit Union
Anniversary Ball Opens Northern Manitoba Trappers Festival
The Silver Anniversary Ball launches the 25th Northern Manitoba Trappers Festival at Guy Hall First Street starting 10:00 pm. Dudley Jones Orchestra will play with the Grand Mare and old time dances alongside modern pieces. Vern Bernstrom hosts. Queen candidates and past queens will attend. Dress is optional Thursday and Friday nights feature rendezvous at Elks Guy and Legion Halls. A buffet tunnel will be provided.
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Dudley Jones
Guy Hall
First Street
Vern Bernstrom
Elks, Guy and Legion
Men Held On Theft Charges
Police hold 21 year old Joseph Peter Suler, formerly of Thompson, on three counts of break and enter and theft and one theft count. He was apprehended last Wednesday night and appeared in court.
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Joseph Peter Sul=er
Thompson
Trappers Festival Headquarters Open at Cambrian Hotel
Headquarters for the Trappers Festival return to the Cambrian Hotel basement with access via the hotel or a Third Street side door. Mona Fisher chairs, with King Murphy and Mary Duncan Junior High students as co chairs. Open 9 00 am to 2 00 pm February 16 18 and 9 00 am to 5 60 pm on February 29. Ticket sales include stage show rendezvous silver anniversary ball Mushers banquet festival booklets and badges. Clues say the ice worm will be pasted outside headquarters. Phone 623 2912.
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Trappers’ Festival
Cambrian Hotel
Third Street
Mona Fisher
King Murphy
Mary Duncan Junior High School
Manitoba Free Skating Championships Shine at The Pas Arena
About 1100 spectators from The Pas and surrounding area watched 18 Manitoba clubs compete in the 6th Annual Manitoba Free Skating Championships. Heather Kemkaren of Winaisey Winter Club won the artistic award and junior honors while also taking junior ladies and contributing to a strong showing in senior ladies. Judy continued by seizing the senior ladies title from last year’s holder. Continued on page 13.
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Pas
Manitoba
Heather Kemkaren
Winaisey Winter Club
Shawnee Turk
Teather
Kemkaren
Dodie Wardle
Canadian Figure Skating Association
Ann Doherty
Alex Robertson
Miss Kemaren
Miss Tuck
Tower
Judy
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DHS
Deney i Labatt
Euias
Choe
Pas Arena
Waureen Fjermestad
Valley Rouge Wines Ltd
Morris, Manitoba
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