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Newspaper
Pas Herald
Location
The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 22, 1967
Page
12
A historical note describes Finniants Rainbow a collegiate stage show blending fantasy reality and Irish lore. It centers on Finian McLonergan of Glocca Morra Ireland played by George Jackson and jokes about Fort Knox gold and American wealth.
Finian borrows a leprechaun's crock of gold and brings it to Rainbow Valley Missitatiy USA. The leprechaun Og pursues, warnings of misery rise as wishes alter history. Sharon and Finian's plans collide with a witch-hunt, climax unfolds. songs include How Are Things in Glocca Morra and Old Devil Moon. Performances March 2 3 4.
The Pas centennial celebration featured mayoral generosity plans to promote The Pas, Orville Gareau and Bob Seidel organizing efforts, weather thwarting parade plans, Joe LeClerc’s battered 600 mile toboggan, and Premier Roblin’s first visit. Longtime organizer Doug McBride contemplates retirement as George Litton pledges greater participation for 1968. Walter Koshel plans a snowshoe trek to Winnipeg to publicize the Trappers Festival.
The piece notes a Sunday price at the Mandarin Hotel of eight dollars, about $1.40 in local money, contrasting with a hair cut at four regular shops for 50 cents. It mentions female passengers buying pearls and a man purchasing three tailored trousers, to be made from selected cloth and mailed home, priced like a single pair locally.
The narrator wanders Winnipeg looking through shop windows and recalls a failing hearing aid repair. He describes Hong Kong’s China town as a mix of modern bustle and cramped alleys filled with street vendors and beggars. He portrays refugees from Red China and begging children, urging a retreat as the scene grows overwhelming.
A writer recalls Wiarton’s burned town hall, a once central hub where council meetings, courts, concerts, and dances shaped a decade of life. He laments the loss of memory and tradition, contrasting it with sterile modern municipal offices and cherishing personal ties formed there.
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