Welcome sign unveiled in The Pas by CYG group
The town’s Welcome sign was presented by the Comey The Pas Centennial Group at a Sunday ceremony in front of the CNR station. CYG president Charles Meadwell noted 80 members with hopes to grow. Judy McCammon chaired the project. Mayor Harry Trager unveiled the sign. The CYG plans a second project this Friday and Saturday a Canadian themed variety show in the Collegiate Auditorium with 50 cent admission.
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CNR
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Canada
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Judy McCammon
Harry Trager
John
Bodnar
Doug McBride
Manitoba Centennial Corporation Board
Ray Cheetham
CVG
Festival Winners Highlight Pas Music and Speech Winners
Major award winners at The Pas Music and Speech Festival were named last week. Ronnie Bagshaw earned the Town of The Pas Shield for highest senior piano solo, Betty McLeod won the MecCance Trophy for spoken poetry, Colleen Gorham took the Snow Lake Rose Bowl for singing or piano, and Mary Kobar shared the Rose Bowl for speech, drama, or dancing.
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Ron Bagshaw
Betty McLeod
Betty
Frontier Enterprises
Mary Kobar
Kelsey
Colleen Gorham
Snow Lake
Bickle
Lindsay Palmer
Ellen Bagshaw
Brochet Lad Tomson Highway Wins Music Scholarships
Tomson Highway fourteen year old student from Brochet won The Pas Railway Men's Shield and the Patrick Dean Scholarship for his junior piano solo, studying under Mrs. Les Weir. A Cree fisherman father and the Guy Indian School Sister who first spotted his talent shaped his early training, with a grand concert ovation marking his rising career. Roy Carter of Indian Affairs indicated potential departmental scholarships to help his continued music studies.
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Guy
Roy Carter
Indian Affairs
Councillor Bernstrom Warns on Bridge Site Change
Councillor Bernstrom pressed the council to seek a reconsideration of the bridge location citing new Monaca A G. plans for a forest complex at The Pas and a saw and pulp mill linked traffic surge. He proposed relocating the bridge or altering the First Street and Railway Avenue approach to ease congestion.
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Council
Monaca A.G
Pas
First Street
Railway Avenue
Walter Weir
Public Works
Monaco A.G
Mill Rate Set At 71 Mills In The Pas
The 1966 mill rate in The Pas is set at 71 mills, up 3 from 1965. The town council adopted the final budget with no cuts, setting school levy at 39 mills and debenture payments at 2 mills. Reserve and Municipal Commission levy stands at 5.1 mills and the oral fund at 24.31 mills.
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Municipal Commission
New Town Office Opens May 16 in The Pas
The Pas announces formal opening of its new town offices in the water plant area north of The Pas Arena at 67 Edwards Avenue on Monday May 16 at 2 00 PM. All town operations move to the single site with council chambers and offices closed all day. After the ceremony the offices reopen to the public.
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Pas Arena
Edwards Avenue
Council Chambers
Premier To Lay Cornerstone In The Pas May 16
Premier Duff Roblin visits The Pas to lay the $3 million Vocational School cornerstone at 5 p.m. The event follows a Thompson Chamber of Commerce talk the same day. Roblin is expected to address the Monaca Agreement and the Nelson River Development.
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Duff Roblin
Pas
Roblin
Thompson
Chamber of Commerce
Nelson River
Third Bank Opening In The Pas
The Pas will host a third bank after Bank of Montreal secured a five year lease on the Bickle Block front at Edwards and Second. The exterior and interior will be remodeled with architects visiting last week to inspect. Occupancy is expected in about two months.
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Bank of Montreal
Edwards and Second
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