Hospital expansion plan closes Ross Avenue in Winnipeg
A by law to close Ross Avenue for St. Anthony's Hospital expansion awaits ministerial approval. The city requires the hospital to sign an agreement that land reverts if substantial construction does not start by January 1970. Neighbors Tony Moule and Peter Marchenski object to the street closing and land sale.
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Thelma Forbes
Winnipeg
St. Anthony's
Ross Avenue
Cond Street
First Street
Tony Moule
Peter Marchenski
Ross Street
Second Street
Marilyn Sanborn Named Festival Queen Candidate
Marilyn Sanborn twenty two from Redvers Saskatchewan studies nursing at Swart River Valley Hospital and is sponsored by the Kinsmen Club of Swan River. She competes as one of five Festival Queen candidates in the Fur Queen festival running February 14 to 17.
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Marilyn Sanborn
Trappers festival seeks housing as hotels fill
The Trappers festival executive schedules accommodation for next month’s winter funfest. Bill Moffat reports all hotel and motel space is booked and organizers seek private home hosts. Contact Mrs Florence Harvey at MA3-3344 for offers.
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Trappers’ Festival
Bill Moffat
Florence Harvey
Festival
Welfare Officer Being Abused
The Town of The Pas plans a meeting with Director of Welfare Services Mr Ed Sarna to address welfare difficulties. Welfare chairman Councillor Don Carnegie told Town Council that desperate characters were targeting local residents and stressed applicants must answer required questions.
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Pas
Ed Sarna
Don Carnegie
Carmegie
Continuedown
Mary Duncan Principal Criticizes The Pas Herald Letter
The Pas HERALD editor Mr D Gates of Mary Duncan School, The Pas, accuses the paper of poor English and unprofessionalism. He endorses a public stance against the newspaper and expresses dissatisfaction with its coverage guidance.
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D. 8. Gates
Mary Duncan
Pas
Pas Herald
Gates
Mr. Gates
The
Town Council Moves Toward Mass TB X-Ray Clinic
The Pas council plans a mass chest TB X ray clinic the week of March 26 to April 5 following a Sanatorium Board survey for The Pas Area. The board wants local groups to handle admin and retail tasks for the program.
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Pas
Sanatorium Board of Manitoba
Council
Manitoba Growth Faces Strong 1970s Challenge
Manitoba faces strong challenges to sustain momentum in development during the 1970s. At a Winnipeg Manitoba Business Summit Conference on January 16, economists from Canada and the United States urged integrating agriculture into the wider food industry. Ralph Hedlin argued for farming focused on cattle hogs poultry vegetable crops rapeseed and specialty crops rather than small grains to boost efficiency and value.
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Manitoba
U.S
Winnipeg
Ralph Hedlin
Deminick Earns 1968 President's Club Honor
The Pas resident Adam Deminick qualified for membership in the 1968 President's Club of Great-West Life Assurance Company announced today by J B Gibson Brandon branch manager. The club honors top company representatives for outstanding conduct and standards. Since 1963 Deminick has worked at the Standon branch as an underwriter and earned the club multiple times.
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Adam Deminick
Pas
Great-West Life Assurance Company
J. B. Gibson
Brandon
Great- West Life
Great-West Life
Standon
Dominick
Matches Linked to Major Damage in 1967 Fire Totals
Fire Chief Tom Earley told Town Council that children playing with matches caused the most damage in 1967, with three fires and about $10,000 in losses. Oil furnaces and heaters caused 11 calls and roughly $4,050 in damage, including a $3,000 loss from a single match fire. Electric wiring and appliances caused four calls.
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Tom Earley
TRAPPERS FESTIVAL EVENTS AND PARADE DETAILS
Don Simpson will lead a sixty voice chorus of elementary pupils for a half hour show at the new MBCI auditorium on Thursday and Friday evenings. The Internationals of Winnipeg will perform a capsule South Pacific at the same venue. Cliff Gardner will present a fifteen minute act. The DM Chorus appears at the Queen's Pageant on Thursday evening at Mary Duncan School Auditorium where five candidates vie for Queen at the Ice Palace Friday morning. Parade set for Friday at 11:00 A M. Contact Bob Seidel for details. Gary Mor rish takes over Jones Grocery operations in The Pas after Saskatoon stint. Jim Stevens now runs a lumber business from the former Service site.
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Don Simpson
MBCI
Mr. Simpson
International Inn of Winnipeg
Cliff Gardner
Mary Duncan
Ice Palace
Bob Seidel
Gary Morrish
Jones‘ Grocery
Gary
Saskatoon
Jim Stevens
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