Winton Swimming Pool Opens Tomorrow With Free Swim
The Winton Swimming Pool opens tomorrow at 2 PM sponsored by the Pas Lions Club. Ron Hell oversees operations with Allan Snart from Dauphin hired as senior lifeguard and Kathleen Smith from Pas as relief lifeguard. Mrs Laurie returns as matron. Registration for swimming classes starts today at the recreational director’s office in the Civil Defence basement. Hours are 9 to 12 and 1 to 5 on Thursday and Friday and Saturday. classes begin in the second week of July.
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Winton
Pas Lions Club
Lions
Ron Hell
Heuchert
Allan Snart
Dauphin
Kathleen Smith
Pas
Dug Robinson
Laurie
Civil Defence Offices
Post Office
Walter Krivda Transferred to Waskasseu National Park
Walter Krivda, biologist and public liaison officer at Riding Mountain, is transferred to Waskasseu National Park north of Prince Albert. He will fill a new Park Naturalist role as part of a federal education policy shift, continuing his flora and insect research for publication and Saskatchewan schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Krivda
Riding Mountain National Park
Wasagaming
Waskasieu National Park
Prince Albert
Krivda
Pas
Riding Mountains
University of Ottawa
Saskatchewan
Waskasseu
The Pas Pushes Unified Power Rates Across Province
The Pas urges a province wide plan to unify domestic and commercial Hydro rates using mills for quoting and amending the Hydro Act to let the board pursue a common rate policy while ensuring a reasonable net profit. The Pas notes regional cost differences, with diesel generation costing more, and calls for a broader, profits minded approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pas
Hydro
Hydro Board
Vince
Cambrian Hotel Sold to Kelsey Hotels of The Pas
The Cambrian Hotel in The Pas changes hands to Kelsey Hotels The Pas Ltd which also runs the New Avenue Hotel. Ann and Maurice Didur will manage The Cambrian with Nel and Borden Pastiuk handling New Avenue duties. Millie and Walter Bilenky join Winnipeg firm to support both operations. Planned renovations include full running water in all rooms and a front façade facelift.
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Cambrian
The
Pas
Kelsey Hotels
Pas Ltd
New Avenue
Ann
Maurice Didur
Nel
Borden Pastiuk
Millie
Walter Bilenky
Winnipeg
Didar‘s
Festival Fort Labatt Wins Top Prize for Exhibits
The Manitoba Brewery Limited fort display earned the top prize in the non commercial division, featuring a photograph of Renate Albrecht as the centerpiece of the exhibit.
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Renate Albrecht
Labatt
Manitoba Brewery Limited
Winnipeg to Flin Flon Trout Rally Opens Summer Event
The Winnipeg to Flin Flon Car Rally kicks off July 2 with Shell 4000 supporters and Manitoba officials backing a new annual festival. Cars depart Winnipeg 8 30 p m in one minute intervals, reach Baker s Narrows Saturday afternoon, pass The Pas for breakfast, and finish at Flin Flon with a rally banquet and awards ceremony at 9 00 p m.
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Winnipeg
C.H. Buck Witney
Manitoba
Bud” Jobin
Shell of Canada
Baker's Narrows
Pas
Flin Flon
Tenders For Voc School Set For July Start In The Pas
Premier Duff Roblin began the project by turning sod for the Northern Manitoba Vocational Center at The Pas. Tender calls for the $2.2 million complex will be issued July 3 with construction planned in early August. The 500-student facility includes 200 resident students and aims to serve northern Manitoba with diverse courses from mining technology to forestry and fisheries.
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Duff Roblin
Northern Manitoba
Pas
Seventh Street
Manitoba
Roblin
Cranberry Portage
Cranberry
Flin Flon
Pas Vocational Center
Local Collegiate Plans Pilot Geography Course Induction
The Margaret Barbour College will induct a pilot class in the next term for a regional geography course. Principal Pat Claggett notes full details are forthcoming, and this will be the only new course introduced next term at the collegiate. The Department of Education release lists other fall courses, though The Pas is not included.
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Margaret Barbour
Pat Claggett
North America
Department of Education
Hower
Pas
Clinics Assess 80 Children in Manitoba Rural Outreach
They described the clinics as highly successful. From May 31 to June 4, in Flin Flon The Pas and Swan River, about eighty children were assessed. Some had prior clinic exposure while many were newly referred to The Society.
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Society For Crippled Children and Adults of
Manitoba
Flin Flon
Pas
Swan River
David Grewar
Society
Wallace Grant
Gordon Stephens
J. Warren
J. Herbert
P. Dales
Diane Porth
Queen Contest Shrinkage Rule Proposed by Trappers Festival
The Trappers Festival Directors consider a 5 percent shrinkage limit on queen contest tickets. Groups selling 4000 tickets would must report at least 3800, with 200 tickets allowable as lost. Any excess would require the group to pay the Festival $1 per extra ticket. Tickets would remain $1 and sales would be paid by certified check held after the event.
Centennial Students Visit The Pas and Flin Flon Canada
Twenty four Westlock Alberta students arrive in The Pas on July 21 for a four day exchange before continuing to Flin Flon as part of Canada's Centennial Student Exchange. Four Pas students join 480 Manitoba pupils on similar cross country trips to eastern and western Canada.
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Westlock
Alberta
Pas
Flin Flon
Canada
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Karen Kolodinsky
Sarnia
Ontario
Aaron Berg
Peterborough
Brian Murphy
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Salvation Army Commissioning Event Near Toronto
Sunday gatherings at The Salvation Army marked the commissioning of Lieutenants Robert and Mrs. Anderson after training in Toronto. They, along with 42 other officers, receive appointments coast to coast, with salutations noting Mrs. Anderson earning the Order of the Silver Star. The couple heads to Cranbrook British Columbia for their first post.
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Salvation Army
Robert
Army's Training College
Toronto
Massey Hall
Cranbrook
Columba
Robert Anderson
George Anderson
Carrot River Valley
Shirley
Beverly
Pas
Town
Army
Order of the Silver Star
Anderson
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Waskasieu
Cambrian Hotel
Bob
Bob Warner
al McKellar
Thompson Inn
Thompson
Fairview
Lynn Lake
McKellars
Clearwater Lake
Fort Labatt
Red River
Dietrich Schumann
Festival Report
the Herald
Trappers’ Festival
Ar. and
I Mrs. Anderson
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