05 Jul 1972
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Newspaper
Pas Herald
Location
The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 05, 1972
Page
1
In a RCMP office last week Mayor Jack Kennedy presented a commissioner's commendation with Sargeant Elmer Cutts assisting. The report notes Mr Makowaychuk participated in a barefoot chase last winter after seeing two men leave Wagner's Jewellery Store in the night, with further details continued on page 12.
Two young men were injured when their 1967 Ford Fairlane owned by Donald Telfer, 19, left Gordon Avenue near Lesaichuk's Service, rolled into a roadside ditch 239 feet from the highway, coming to rest on its roof near Swan River gas pumps. Melville Wood was a passenger.
The Tourist Bureau on the southern edge of The Pas opens for July and August, seven days a week. Four young staffers Lisa Anderson 17 Susan Lacey 15 Anita Garand 16 and Debbie Nikolychuk 16 run the bureau with Anderson in charge. Manpower Corp funds the project after Chamber of Commerce funding delays. Hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday to Saturday and slightly later on Sunday, closing at 9 p.m.
Plans are drawn for a new grocery outlet behind Bob's Grocery on Hogan Avenue Haight Street facing Settee Avenue The 56 by 82 foot building will offer a full line of groceries meat and produce with one checkout counter now and room for a second Bob Jackson a lifelong Pas resident started in wholesale commerce for Scott National before moving to retail business CONTINUED ON PAGE 7
A study of freight rates in Northern Manitoba unfolds at hearings across The Pas Flin Flon Snow Lake Grand Rapids with more meetings planned in Lyon Lake Leaf Rapids Churchill and Thompson. The Norman Regional Development Corporation backs the hearings chaired by Professor Sam Trachtenberg with input sought from consumers and businesses to shape recommendations for government officials.
The Drop-in Centre schedules a Bike-a-Thon for Saturday July 15 starting 9:00 a m. from Mary Duncan School grounds. Bikers check in then ride along 10 Highway to Prospector No 285 to the airport and return finishing at the school grounds.
The Pas day care centre shuts for July and August with plans to reopen in September. A portion of the 36 children were seen outdoors as the Herald photographer arrived. Antoinette O Boyle runs the operation and notes the school break impacts activities. CONTINUED ON PAGE
The Margaret Barbour Collegiate Institute 1972 graduating class of 40 received the most bursaries and scholarships to date. diplomas were handed by School Board chairman Jack Johnson and pins by Superintendent Harold Grundy as Geoff Smith introduced each graduate. A banquet at Keewatin Community College followed with parents and guests. David Pfau earned the University Alumni award for highest academic standing in Grade 12.
The Manitoba Government approved a grant of 27 643 to the Friendship Centre at The Pas to finish the new building. Health and Social Development Minister Rene E. Toupin announced that this final installment completes part of a 1 797 000 package authorized for the civic centre complex construction in The Pas under a provincial federal Regional Economic agreement.
Donations for the indoor swimming pool are continuing with final collections underway. Independent businessmen have contributed substantial sums, led by Twin Motors with 200.00 dollars, Dial Electric 250.00, Dr Tony Cotton and Stan Reid 250.00 combined, and Jones Grocery and Arey Bancroft each giving 200.00.
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