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Newspaper
Pas Herald
Location
The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 17, 1967
Page
1
The Manitoba Urban Association asked the Manitoba Minister of Municipal Affairs to review indemnities for elected municipal officers under the Municipal Act. A mid season meeting produced a lone major resolution backing this action.
The Friendship Centre unveils a fresh executive and outlines four core aims including bridging ethnic programming, organizing recreation, and offering referrals. While the group has mostly served as a welfare agency with racial overtones, concerns remain about advancing cultural integration in The Pas. The recent meeting yielded some results but left many questions, with continuation noted on page 16.
RCMP say they investigate how a car ended up on the CNR tracks north of The Pas shortly after midnight last Friday. Two local residents returning from fishing used the tracks and the freight train crew spotted the vehicle, initially unsure it was a railiner.
A special citizens committee reported that Devon Park is the preferred site for a sport complex. The plan aims to reuse existing arenas, convert the curling rink into a skating rink, and save about $10 000 by avoiding new land. The committee's report and new terms of reference await council approval tonight.
L M Gordon of The Pas retires from Canadian National Railways after a long career starting in 1919 as a clerk in Edmonton. He held posts in Saskatoon and Prince Albert, became a train man in 1928, and has lived in The Pas since 1944.
The Manitoba Highways Department enforces a road ban affecting pre concrete cement trucks bound for The Pas new high school site. Trucks carry six cubic yards of mix but weight limits drop to 2.3 cubic yards during lean periods. The cement plant sits on government property at Third Street’s eastern end. The highway entry to Patrick Street leads to the construction site, a route previously permitted when the Vocational School was built.
The Pas Town Council may have invalidated taxes with a last month resolution cancelling 20 581 58 in taxes for St Pauls Residence. The measure meant to cover 1964 1965 and 1966 taxes, but the wording cancels the same taxes twice. Town records show prior write offs 1964 1965 and 1966 total 19 902 98 with other parish cancellations, leaving questions about validity and allocations.
Two meetings are scheduled this week to organize baseball efforts. Tonight at 7 30 in Suite A at the Cambrian Hotel a general meeting will organize the Ladies Softball League and invite players and others interested. Tomorrow night at 7 30 in the same location a general meeting will determine interest in forming a men's baseball league.
Two candidates filed for the May 26 by election to The Pas Town Council. Ivan Taylor, CN R employee and chairman of the Town Planning Commission, and Adrian Roy, LaVerandrye Motel operator, seek the seat following Dr. Mike Tack’s resignation. The term runs to the end of 1968.
Susan McDougall, 15, daughter of Mr and Mrs Allan McDougall from Carrot Valley settlement The Pas, died May 9 at Saskatoon University Hospital from pneumonia following a kidney transplant operation. Her mother donated a kidney. Funeral held in Inglis Manitoba. Survived by brother and two sisters.
The Manitoba Department of Education seeks a better public image for the Northern Manitoba Vocational Centre at The Pas. Officials in Winnipeg viewed adverse publicity and initiated a review of progress and procedures, but the effort stalled in bureaucracy. The letter, dated April 17, traces the centre from January 1965 meetings to the opening in February this year and notes growing pains despite initial commendations.
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