Province Rejects Pas Grant Request for Blacktop Costs
The Pas Town council learned the Manitoba Highways Department refused the town’s grants-in-aid plea for 1976. Officials plan to proceed with Cathedral Avenue paving between Dufferin and McDonald using town funds and pursue tenders immediately while continuing other local road projects and housing contracts.
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Legislative Library
Vaughn Street
Pas
Cathedral
Cathedral Avenue
Dufferin and
McDonald
Byng
Gordon
St. Antoine Cathedral
Charlebois
Highways Department
Manitoba
Gillam
Department
Cabinet
Mittee
Uest
Council
Yot McBride
Manitoba Housing and Renewal Corporation
Maple Leaf Construction of
Winnipeg
M.H.R.C
Prize for selling $50,000 lottery ticket sparks uncertainties
The Olympic Lottery Commission awards sellers prizes, but at The Pas a Camera Shop employee Louise Bradt received a $500 cheque for a $50,000 winner. No one knows who sold the ticket or who bought it. Shop staff plan a celebratory dinner while the prize remains unclaimed.
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Olympic Lottery Commission
Rotary Club
Louise Bradt
Edwards Street
Pas
Louise
Louise’ Bradt
Rotary
Harold Beck
Hell Drivers Promise Sunday Show by Paul Riddell
Paul Riddell Presents Canada’s largest array of stunt drivers including Don Chadwick Pete Young and Natch Miller in a 1976 speed and precision show. Riddell leads this team through new cars and motorcycles performing wheelies ski stunts and other daring routines to thrill families with controlled danger and occasional unspoken accidents.
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Paul Riddell
Riddell
Bail Denied in Four Assault Cases at The Pas
Four men John A Mayer Douglas E Mayer Timothy A Coutu and Wayne S Chartrand were refused bail on charges of assault causing bodily harm in connection with an incident at Clearwater Lake. Bail denial cited public interest and custody risk with court date set for plea and trial. Defense plans appeal to higher court outside Winnipeg within two weeks. The report notes injuries and R C Police involvement.
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John A. Mayer
Douglas E. Mayer
Timothy A. Coutu
Wayne S. Chartrand
Pas
Clearwater Lake
Herald
Mary Duncan School Wins National Totem Pole Prize
Mary Duncan School received a $300 totem pole carved from red cedar by Kwakiutl artist Dartwin Jeffery after winning a national contest sponsored by Moreland-Lashford Company of Toronto. Principal Vaughan Wadelius said the pole enhances native studies and serves as an audio visual aid for Pod 3 students Robert Neveux Tradey Travis Claire Constant and Dale Fenner all aged 10.
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Vaughan Wadelius
The
Moreland-Lashford Company of
Toronto
Wadelius
B.C
Dartwin Jeffery
Robert Neveux
Tradey Travis
Claire Constant
Dale Fenner
Pod 3
Mary Duncan School
Mary Duncan
Travis
Florence Snider Retires After Decades at The Pas Schools
Florence Snider was honored at a June 21 tea at Mary Duncan School on the eve of retirement. About fifty teachers, friends, former students and board officials praised her long career starting in 1936, shaping Manitoba kindergarten curriculum and teaching generations of children.
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Florence Snider
Mary Duncan School
Snider
Pas
Mary Duncan
Wadelius
Florence
Margaret Barbour
Scott Bateman
May Lee
Parents oppose Life Week canoe trip over discipline and food
Twenty two junior high students took part in Life Week at Bakers Narrows the week of June 20. Parents and some students allege inadequate food and harsh discipline by teachers Hawley and Orchard. They have voiced concerns to principal Yuskin and may seek School Board recourse.
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Bakers Narrows
the Herald
al Yuskin
Yaskin
Hawley
Orchard
Yaskiw
Life Week
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Maple Leaf
Borger Bros
Ernies Electric
Ernies
Bell Avenue
Trailer Park
Rie
Child
Flin Flon
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