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Newspaper
Pas Herald
Location
The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 22, 1969
Page
8
Officials from Peter Leitch Construction report the first concrete pour for the new bridge including a six inch base in the cofferdam pit and the pier footing on Saturday. The five piers will be completed by spring breakup with the first pier expected near month end. The $1.25 million structure aims for completion by November 1 and remains on schedule.
Manitoba official L W Dewalt defends probation role in handling four youths linked to vandalism at Sacred Heart School. He cites the Juvenile Delinquents Act and Manitoba Corrections Act, outlining police duties, detention decisions, and court procedures, with reference to Family Court involvement.
Jack Kennedy is reelected chairman of the Kelsey School Division board at the first meeting of the year. Cal Gibson becomes vice chairman. Tom Stephens leads Building Committee. Peter Berezowecki joins. Frank Parker chairs Finance. Berezowecki leads Transportation with Parker. Gibson heads Personnel with Stephens and a new member.
Emile Nabess of The Pas Reserve, 19, construction worker for Peter Leitch Construction, slipped from a coffer dam pit and fell 17 feet to a steel beam then nine more to the pit bottom. He is hospitalized for observation. He spoke of fearing death. A second worker at the site also fell with only a sprained ankle.
School trustees study a 1970 expansion program for The Pas schools to be ready by September. Officials prepare figures for a letter of intent to the provincial government, outlining additions to Margaret Barbour Collegiate and upgrades to Opasquia facilities.
Films produced by the National Film Board will be shown tonight and tomorrow in The Pas. Presented by Community Development Services as part of the Challenge for Change program, the screenings aim to advance social change through film.
Manitoba Telephone System and the CBC plan a joint news release this week on live television for The Pas Flin Flon and Snow Lake. Bud Simpson MP for Churchill relayed the information after inquiries about February 1 schedule.
A 20 year old James R. Thomas Mang er was found hanging by his pants from lattice work at the top of a jail cell in The Pas Friday night. Coroner Evans Premachuk says the body was viewed and an inquest opened and adjourned until court facilities are available.
Councillor Stu Carey notes the proposal for The Pas Annex at Bell Avenue and Indian Land, a full serviced subdivision potentially reaching 1 100 lots and 7 200 residents in 1 800 dwellings. The Environmental Planning Committee aims to have the first serviced unit ready by September this year after council debate.
The 1969 Festival Booklet will be on sale house to house in The Pas on Saturday February 1. The sale is by the Cubs and Boy Scout Council of The Pas and proceeds support Cub and Scout work in the town.
The Pas Town Council received a letter from Donald Orchard Jr a local lawyer expressing interest in a housing development. Orchard represents a company planning to build 50 60 homes and notes prior activity in Thompson. Orchard recently bought Neil G Macphee’s law practice and moved to Thompson as magistrate.
The Pas Metis Association expects government aid for housing under a Remote Areas Housing Program. Manitoba and the Federal Government plan to build 40 to 50 houses next year across four or five Metis communities, with a spring start possible near The Pas.
Three entrants will compete for Fest ival Queen in The Pas Miss Karen Johnson sponsored by The Pas Branch of The Royal Canadian Legion Miss Claire Ross supported by the Friendship Centre and Miss Sharon Alguire representing the Northarn Manienhs.
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