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Newspaper
Pas Herald
Location
The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 28, 1969
Page
8
The Pas Annex land prices are set with serviced land at 30 per foot front including gravel roads and sidewalks and a one year lease option to curb speculation. Raw land is priced at 8.75 per foot front. The sale will await a registered development plan and detailed purchase conditions.
Jack Carroll was nominated as Progressive Conservative candidate for The Pas in the June 25 provincial election. He stood unopposed at a combined nominating convention with about 85 attendees including southern delegates. Carroll, first elected to the Manitoba Legislature in 1957, is a cabinet member holding Tourism and another portfolio.
Two Flin Flon youths, Murray Anderson aged 20 and Reginald Leach aged 19, were found not guilty on assault and resisting arrest charges after a spring incident. Leach, however, was convicted of speeding and running a stop sign. The magistrate, Keith Taylor, delivered the verdict last week.
David S Shaw chairman reports about 400 participants in the local 30 mile march with 152 completing the full route. Henry Cook and Vern Jebb were first to finish by 4 p.m. Allison Perry, seven, was the youngest to complete arriving at 10 45 p.m. Most started at 9 a.m with three adults Jim Fasano George Takashima and Ed Tellier starting by 6 a.m and each logging at least 20 miles.
Town Council held a special meeting Friday morning for second reading of a by-law to issue debentures up to 155000 dollars for an addition to St Anthony's Hospital. The Municipal Board of Manitoba gave approval just before the meeting.
The Pas Liberal Association will hold its annual General Meeting and Nominating Convention on Wednesday June 4 at 8 p.m. in the Elks Hall. Guest speaker will be J Duncan Edmonds. Everyone is welcome and refreshments will be served.
Churchill Forest Industries (Manitoba) Limited announced steel contracts totaling nearly $2,000,000 for its pulp mill. B.H. Lacey Western Operations Dominion Bridge Company Limited, George Litton Acting General Manager Churchill Forest Industries, and A. Fraser MacDonald General Manager Bridge and Tank Western Ltd. are shown at Kennedy International Airport concluding the contracts.
Two The Pas men, John Bodnar and Webb Thorvaldson, were named as Northern Manitoba agents for the Fresh Water Fish Marketing Corporation. The Pas Agency will supply fishermen, advance funds, and purchase catches for the province, excluding Reindeer Lake, South Indian Lake, and Ilford.
Central Canadian Structures Ltd. began erecting the steel framework last week and aims to finish in about two and a half weeks. Councillor Stu Carey says progress is satisfactory and the building is on schedule, with additional gravel to be poured within a few days.
The Manitoba Department of Mines and Natural Resources reports prices set by the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation for the summer season. The corporation acts as selling agent for fish from northwestern Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and the Northwest Territories. Manitoba participates fully and is represented on the boards. The Jumbo grade premium white price is listed.
The Annual Blood Donor Clinic will occur Tuesday June 10 at the Legion Hall with sessions 1 30 p m 5 p m and 6 p m 9 p m The Kinettes will run Canvas for the Blood Donors as in prior years Pas and area received 606 pts of blood from Winnipeg bank and 70 local people have been called to donate This year last year 269 pints were collected in the area.
About 60 local air cadets from Number 303 The Pas Air Cadet Squadron RCAC will hold an inspection parade on Sunday June 8 at 2 p.m. at the Provincial Garage grounds east on Third Street Lt Col H. Sullivan will inspect with Major R. Crouch Capt Bill Jack Lieut Don Love and a Provincial Air Cadet League representative in attendance The public is urged to attend A banquet follows at 6 30 p m at the Elks Hall with awards and a main address by Lt Col Sullivan.
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