Progress Report Outlines Thompson Road Construction
Gordon Beard presents a highway program update on the Thompson road from Cranberry Portage to Paint Lake. Six sections are detailed, with Snow Lake end opened four years ago and Section 61 completed to the Paint Lake turn-off while Section 62 remains under construction toward Soab Creek Bridge. Weather permitting, the route will handle continuous light traffic.
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Manitoba Department of Public Workers
Thompson
Gordon Beard
Churchill
Simon House
Cranberry Portage
Snow Lake
Paint Lake
Soab Creek
Thompson Steelworkers vote rejects conciliator report
Union members at Thompson reject the Conciliation Board recommendations by a 92 percent majority. The board proposed wage increases of 5 percent first year and 3 percent in years two and three, with a July cut-off. Workers seek December cut-off to align with INCO Sudbury.
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Thompson
Howver
INCO
Sudbury
Jim Lister’s 51 Years With CN Culminate In Farewell Run
Jim Lister retires after 51 years with Canadian National Railways starting as a 14 year old call boy in 1913. He runs his last ore train from Chisel Lake to Flin Flon on July 15, attended by wife Ann and a few colleagues. The Pas workers plan a formal tribute on July 25. His career spans passenger service Hudson Bay to Flin Flon, The Pas Bay Line and Dauphin to Winnipeg routes, including a 1943 Cranberry Portage crash in which his fireman died.
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Sy Boy
CNR
Chisel Lake
Flin Flon
Jim Lister
Ann
Pas
Hudson Bay
Dauphin
Winnipeg
Bay Line
Cranberry Portage
Rotary Daughters Lead Argentina Soccer Clinic Tour
Four Rotarian daughters from Winnipeg and District 491 in Argentina join a Pan American Aircraft tour visiting Monte Grande. The Pas and Rotary District 555 are represented with Argentine hosts welcoming them after a busy schedule. Gordon Longmuir notes 45 junior registrations at The Pas Reserve clinic while Jim Bedford praises local players' soccer knowledge during a session on heading the ball.
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Argentina
Louise Rivalin
Paul Rivalin
Winnipeg
John F. Kennedy
New York
Monte Grandé
Rotary
Pas
Gordon Longmuir
Jim Bedford
Greater
Bruce Fortune Winskin Prize Draw at The Pas
Bruce Fortune of Gypsumville with the RCAF won the Ki mens Club of The Pas prize of 1000 dollars or a boat and motor. He chose cash. The draw was held Sunday after the second ball game between the TeePees and Cardinals. Umpire Pip Satchelor conducted the draw with net proceeds going to Kin Court.
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Bruce Fortune
Kismen Club
Pas
Fortune
RCAF
Gypsumville
Cardinals
Pip Satchelor
Town Worker Survives Cave-In After Trench Collapse
Albert LaFontaine of 310 Keewatin was trapped when part of the trench wall gave way during catch basin pipe repairs. He sustained a crushed pelvis and fractures to the left foot, freed by co workers and rushed to hospital as four DPW crew members redirected traffic and a doctor arrived within minutes.
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Albert la Fontaine
Keewatin
LaFontaine
Ross Street
Department of Public Works
Armand Dupuas
DPW
Wedding by boat as Robertson clan sails to Cumberland
A large Robertson party paddled four motorboats up the Saskatchewan River from The Pas to Cumberland House for a July wedding. Relatives from Winnipeg Bastrop Evansville Kirkland Lake and The Pas joined the voyage with many staying to greet the couple and celebrate with rifles salutes echoing along the river.
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Robertson Clan
Russell John McBain Robertson
Russell Robertson
Pas
Cumberland
Joe Robertson
Groom
Winnipeg
Manitoba
RC. Skelton
Bivas
Gunn
Cumberland House
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Thompson Road
Rnos Aires
Banfield
la Plata
Coronel Branson
Lobos
Esteb~en Echeverria
Quilmes
Lamos de Zamora
Lunas
Avellaneda
Monte Grande
Canada
Manitoba Department
Bruce Fortune Winskin Prize
Saskatchewan
Booth Fisheries
Donna
Debbie
Patti
Ray Gilbert
Bill
Suzette
Jameen
Raymond
Evansville
Indianna
Evelyn Pitcarthley
Marlene
Kirkland Lake
Violet Robertson
Mary Elizabeth McLaughlin i
Ireland
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