Manitoba raises rates for Pas and Clearwater Lake telephones
The Pas and Clearwater Lake exchanges now total 2140 phones, placing them in rate group five. Manitoba Public Utilities Board approves the standard rate changes effective January 7 1967 increasing business rates 45 cents to 4.60, residence single 15 cents to 3.05, and two party residence 10 cents to 2.60.
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Pas
Pwater Lake
Manitoba
Clearwater Lake
Public Utilities Board of
Christmas Calls Up By 15 Percent
The Pas residents set a new long distance calling record this Christmas with 1634 calls, a 15 percent rise from 1965. Boxing Day totals reached 1105 calls, also up 15 percent from the previous year.
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Pas
Pas Chamber Announces Christmas Decoration Winners
The Pas Chamber of Commerce named prize recipients for festive holiday displays. The Meat Market, run by Ed Davidson, won the Chamber Plaque for best business decoration. Frank Laskowski earned first prize for best home display on Head Avenue, Geoff Smith won second, and John Huculak took third. Honorable mentions went to numerous local residents including Ben Nerbas and Fred Fenner.
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Pas Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Pas
Ed Davidson
Frank Laskowski
Head Avenue
Geoff Smith
Bell Avenue
John Huculak
Ben Nerbas
Fred Fenner
Alf Hiatt
Jack Munroe
Walter Yarema
Daryl Martin
Bud Moreton
Bill Harvey
Ray Harmatiuk
Earl Harvey
Ed Buchberger
Martin Koshowski
Ross Fielding
Minor Hockey Space Sought By The Pas Association
The Pas Minor Hockey Association requests town help to add two change rooms and one equipment room upstairs in the Arena. About 270 280 boys play weekly and lack changing and storage space. They propose donated materials and volunteer labor from fathers for construction. Council will study the plan in the New Year.
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Pas Minor Hockey Association
Pas
Pas Toastmasters Club Announces Tremendous New Year Program
The Pas Toastmasters Club invites public speakers to join and learn speech skills. The first meeting of the New Year is at The Gateway Hotel banquet room on Sunday January 8 at 6 00 p m dinner meeting adjourns at 7 30 p m all interested persons invited.
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Pas
Gateway Hotel
Gillam Manitoba Transforms With New School Hotel and Flight Plans
Growing pains at Gillam site of Kettle Rapids Dam bring license plates, a 23 room school, a mall style shopping area, and plans for air service expansion. DC3 landings possible now with 5000 foot strip, extended to 7000 feet. TV expected next fall and an outdoor rink underway with a new hotel to be built by The Pas associates.
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Gillam
Manitoba
Kettle Rapids
Thompson
Winninee- Churchill Transar
DC3
CBC
Marcel Chartier
Pas
Pidy Streifel
The
Businessmen protest INCO action over transient workers in The Pas
Council members debated a burgeoning transient employment issue in The Pas. Don Carnegie noted welfare officers faced many men seeking work at INCO Mine in Thompson after medical rejections and funds ran dry. Some workers secured jobs but ran out of money before leaving town, prompting aid requests.
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Bart Kobar
Pas
Don Carnegie
Ming
INCO
Thompson
Mayor Hints at Education Levy and Possible Sales Tax
Mayor Harry Trager reports Premier Roblin hinted at a fixed province wide education assessment that could trigger a sales tax. The Pas seeks equal education taxes with Consol and rural CMHC loan issues were raised with Ottawa.
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Harry Trager
Roblin
Consol
Trager
Manitoba Urban Association
Pas
Kelsey
CMHC
Ottawa
Man Dies in Multi Vehicle Route 10 Crash Near Fairway
Fifty nine year old Henry Nepinak of The Pas Reserve died Friday night December 23 on Highway 10 near Fairway Service after being struck by a bus and two other vehicles. The body was found in a decapitated condition. Coroner Neil Macphee ordered an inquest.
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Henry Nepinak
Pas Reserve
Nepinak
Neil Macphee
Rebekah Lodge Honors 50 Year Veteran Laura Allen
At the Christmas Party Laura Allen received a 50 year Rebekah Veterans Jewel presented by Doris Allen and Audrey Batchelor. Allen joined the order in April 1916 at Deloraine and has maintained continuous membership. The event was hosted by Mrs. Bill Harvey on LaRose Avenue.
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Rebekah Lodge
Rebekah Veterans
Laura Allen
Order
Doris Allen
Noble
Audrey Ba
Hospital Service Award at St. Anthony's Christmas Party
Staff members at St. Anthony's Hospital gathered for the annual Christmas Party on December 21 in Guy Hall. The event featured service awards, with recipients listed by name and service years, followed by entertainment by The Three Dees and a luncheon.
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St. Anthony's Hospital
Guy Hall
Nellie Stachin
Rose Dube
Margery Thompson
Hazel Ritchey R.N
Juvenile Charged After Christmas Break-In At Keystone Fisheries
RCMP at The Pas report a fourteen year old juvenile allowed home for Christmas to visit family is charged with breaking and entering and theft from Keystone Fisheries Office. A second juvenile and an adult face theft charges for items under 50 dollars including a Wilf Cudmore coin collection. The incident, pegged to December 28 around 2 AM, involved a broken door panel and missing equipment including a comptometer and a 250 dollar electric adding machine.
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RCMP
Pas
Winnipeg
Keystone Fisheries Office
Wilf Cudmore
Herald Block
John Bodnar
Keystone
Bodnar
Car-Truck Crash Claims 3 Lives Near The Pas
Three people died and three were injured in a car tram collision 58 miles south of The Pas on December 28. Coroner Neil Macphee called it the worst crash he had seen. Victims were James Low 70 and his wife Margaret 66 of Foxwarren and Samuel Stitt 73. Mrs Stitt died later at St Anthony's Hospital. Rene Verhaeghe the truck driver and his son Bryne of Dauphin were treated at the same hospital. RCMP continue to investigate the circumstances.
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The
Pas
Neil Macphee
James Low
Low
Margaret
Samual Stitt
Foxwarren
Stitt
St. Anthony 'S Hospital
Rene Verhaeghe
Bryne
Dauphin
St. Anthony's Hospital
Stitt’s
Flin Flon
RCMP
Smoked Meat Mystery In CN Boxcar Fire
CN police investigate a New Year break in and fire at a railway boxcar in CN yards. Smoke appeared New Year morning around 8 30 am revealing a shipment of frozen meat from Prince Albert packing plant. Seals broken and entry suspected. fire or cigarette likely started the blaze. some meat found nearby. total loss not yet determined.
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CNR
Prince Albert
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