Misawa Homes plans first phase of Wood Acres lots
Misawa Homes of Canada Ltd purchases ten lots in Wood Acres subdivision and targets August 1 to start construction. J B Hansen and Doug Beattie met with prospective homeowners in The Pas to present house designs. A small first meeting precedes a larger session with about 25 attendees. The company holds ten of twenty lots conditionally for sale and lists a further thirty lots with MANFOR as developer. A 95 percent mortgage possibility was discussed.
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Wood Acres
Misawa Homes of Canada Ltd
J.B. Hansen
Misawa
Doug Beattie
Hansen
Manfor
Keewalin Community College Honors Burling With Top Award
Allan Burling wins the Lieutenant Governor's Award at Keewalin Community College seventh graduation ceremony held Friday June 14. He earned Mining Technology with an 80 percent average as Deputy Minister B Angood presided in place of Ben Hanuschak who attended Legislature duties.
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Allan Burling
Keewalin Community College
B. Angood
Department of Colleges and University Affairs
Ben Hanuschak
Ilanuschak
Burling
KCC
MANFOR expands with Engineering Division addition
Manitoba Forestry Resources Limited plans a new Engineering Division to supplement its Pulp and Paper Woodlands and Lumber operations. General Manager Fred Moden says the plant will start small and be fully functional by July 1 manufacturing metal machine parts for internal use and sale. It will hire about twenty workers and occupy the vacant Bertrand plant already equipped with unused tools and machinery.
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Manitoba Forestry Resources Limited
Pulp and Paper
Woodlands
Lumber
Manfor
Fred Moden
Moden
Mr.Moden
Bertrand
Mr. Moden
Pas Reserve Shopping Complex Stage I Sods, $4.8 Million
Winnipeg based Peter Leach Construction wins a $4.8 million Stage I contract for The Pas Reserve Shopping Complex with 150000 square feet and 32 outlets planned. Sod turning set for June 25 at 2 PM near Highway 10. dignitaries invited include Jean Chretien and Ron McBryde. Local officials and business groups attend a reception after the ceremony.
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Peter Leach
Winnipeg
Pas Reserve
Gordon Lathlin
Cornelius Bignell
Lathlin
Town Loses Suit Over Sewage Back‑Up in The Pas
The Town of The Pas was ordered to pay 1382 to claimants Mr. and Mrs. J Beres after a June 27 1972 sewage back up into their basement at 244 LaRose Avenue. Judge Hamilton delivered the decision on June 10 in the Court of Queen's Bench. The couple had reported repeated sewer backups for about two months prior and described eighteen inches of sewage flooding their home.
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the Pas
J. Beres
Court of
Queen’s Bench
Hamilton
Beres
LaRose Avenue
Picket Lines Hit The Pas MTS Over Wage Demands
Operators at The Pas office of the Manitoba Telephone System join a province wide strike in Local 435 of the IBEW. About 75 to 90 long distance and directory assistance workers participate while an additional 25 to 30 in other sections refuse to cross the lines. No timeline given for the strike's duration.
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Pas
Manitoba Telephone System
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
MTS
Chamber of Commerce Tackles Downtown Litter Issue
The Pas Chamber of Commerce will examine downtown litter as part of a rejuvenation program at a June meeting.
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Pas Chamber of Commerce
M L A Questions Financial Dealings Of The Pas Melis Development Co
In the Manitoba legislature debate on Northern Affairs the Conservative for Kirtle Russell cited a Pas Melis Development Corp debt near 150000. He said the firm got 50000 from MHRC but built no homes, with some contracts finished by the Northern Manpower Corps at no labour cost. He questioned true project costs and urged MHRC or the minister to investigate. Residents plan cleaner streets and consider bottle returns and recycling efforts.
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Bill
Kirtle-Russell
Pas-Melis Development Corporation
Graham
Manitoba Housing and
Pas
Manitoba
Alberta
British Columbia
Evans Premachuk
Million Voters Face Missed Ballot Due To July 8 Election
Party workers estimate at least one million voters will miss the federal election on July 8 as many take holidays. An advance poll at Mary Duncan School in The Pas runs June 29 and July 1 from 9 AM to 9 PM for those away on election day.
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Mary Duncan School
Pas
HERALD Wins Two Manitoba Newspaper Awards
The HERALD earned two prizes at the Manitoba Community Newspaper Association annual meeting in Brandon. Larry Hastings took best news picture for the Carrot River tornado scene from August last year, and the paper won the W J Rowe Memorial Trophy for best front page. The Pas weekly circulation nears 3400. The association will host its semi annual meeting in early 1975 in The Pas.
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Pas Herald
Manitoba Community Newspaper Association
Springfield Leader
Herald
Larry Hastings
Carrot River
W.J. Rowe
Manitou
Pas
Brandon
Family Honors 40th Wedding Anniversary at Reunion
Charlie Constant family honored at a Friday reunion at the Friendship Centre in The Pas Reserve. About 140 relatives attended as Charlie Constant Sr and his wife Mary Jane Lathlin were celebrated for 40 years of marriage. The Constant family includes eight children, ninety grandchildren, and nine great grandchildren. Mr Constant is a nephew of former chief Pat Constant.
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Mary Jane Lathlin
Margaret Jane Constant
Charlie Constant
Gordon Lathlin
Friendship Centre
Constant
Pas Reserve
Mr. Constant
Pat Constant
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Jean Chretien
Ron McBryde
M.L.A
Pas Melis Development Corporation
Charlie Constants
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