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Newspaper
Pas Herald
Location
The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 17, 1968
Page
1
RCMP in The Pas began enforcing the town ban on double parking after a Town Council request. Sergeant Clark said police will check motorists who double park, focusing on Uptown streets where the issue is worst.
St. Anthony's Hospital announces annual Nurses Aid course with interviews from January 18 to 29. Call the hospital to schedule an appointment for an interview.
Councillor Audrey Batchelor of The Pas supports a TransAir bid to serve The Pas Thompson and Gillam. She argues Gillam workers will use The Pas for entertainment, noting shorter travel time and more leisure, despite not fully approving the arrangement.
A new Highway 10 bridge will be built parallel to the existing structure on the west side. The project requires land from the lot beside Guy Hall and a small piece of Devon Park, plus moving the Kelsey cairn. Details were settled January 8 in a closed meeting with the Highways minister, Welfare Minister Jack Carroll, The Pas council, and engineers.
The 1968 Trapp ers Festival booklet goes on sale this week with 60 pages. Boy Scouts handle local distribution and sell the booklet for 25 cents. The cover features a birthday cake with 21 candles designed by David Morrish.
A three day Air Transport Board hearing in Thompson ended with TransAir withdrawing its bid to serve Gillam and Mid West dropping its Thompson application. TransAir will add three weekly direct flights from Winnipeg to Thompson while keeping daily service via The Pas. Thompson residents opposed the deal, seeking competitive service and lower fares.
The Herald notes all organizations must submit news copy by 5 30 p m Fridays with late submissions carried over to the next week. Letters to the Editor require the writer's signature or they are discarded.
Margaret Barbour Collegiate presents Calamity Jane on March 1 and 2 in the new auditorium. Lindsey Palmer stars as Calamity with Ernie Dion as Wild Bill Hickock. Ron Bagshaw Jim Arnold Ellen Bagshaw round out the cast as Gilmartin Doc Pierce and Katie Brown.
SAAN Stores in The Pas completed a renovation on Fischer Avenue expanding shopping space by 1000 square feet using back warehouse areas and adding 700 square feet of storage. The update includes brighter interior lighting a new footwear department chrome and glass counters and a fresh repaint and redecorated interior.
The Pas hosts five contestants for Fur Queen at the February 14 to 17 festival. Local contenders Jackie Garand and Lee Anne Doucette are joined by runners from Swan River Yorkton and Flin Flon. Garand, 19, works at St Anthony's Hospital. Doucette hails from Rosthern and Thompson and campaigns as Miss Vocational School.
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