Little Northern Museum Breaks Ground in Centennial Project
Sam Waller owner of the Little Northern Museum turns the sod for a new $23 000 basement structure. The project is sponsored by the Rotary Club with recent March fundraising bringing in 5500. Notables include Orest Pidskalyny 116 Alfred McDonald 159 Albert Melnick 108 Bruce Dunlop 926 and Pas Herald 184. Harold Kowalchuk expects another 1000 from four or five walkers. Receipts for tax purposes can be requested from The Rotary Club Box 833 The Pas.
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Sam Waller
Little Northern Museum
Rotary Club
Orest Pidskalyny
Alfred McDonald
Albert Melnick
Bruce Dunlop
Pas Herald
Harold Kowalchuk
Pas
Remembrance Day Service Set By Royal Canadian Legion
A Remembrance Day program is planned with a parade formed at the Legion Hall at 10 30 a m and a service at the Lido Theatre at 10 45 a m on November 11. The Legion urges all Lodges and residents to attend to honor fallen and living veterans with wreaths made by the blind and poppies sold on November 7 and 8.
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Royal Canadian Legion
Legion Hall
Lido Theatre
Legion
Canada
The
Overture Concert Association Opens First Show in Pas
The Pas Overture Concert Association presents its first program titled Concert 70 on November 23 featuring four young American artists with art songs and Broadway hits. Admission is limited to members. The group includes John Miles Marietta Jones Arthur Webb and Edith Clifton. Miles, a tenor, has a coast to coast career in TV radio opera and concerts.
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Pas Overture Concert Association
John Miles
Marietta Jones
Arthur Webb
Edith Clifton
Miles
New York Singing Teachers' Association
Ghosts and Goblins at Elk's Lodge Halloween Event
A Hallowe'en tag at the Elk's Lodge drew many youngsters with movies, treats, and prizes. Prizes were awarded for best costumes across age groups from two to 11 with winners listed for each class.
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Snoopy
Elk's Lodge
Kelly Bates
Bonnie
Man Found Dead In Cell In RCMP Detention
A 56 year old man from The Pas Reserve named Thomas Settee was found dead in a jail cell after a liquor offence arrest in the early hours of November 1. Police say natural causes are suspected but a postmortem is ordered.
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Pas Reserve
Thomas Settee
Settee
K.R. Elliott
RCMP
Judgement Reserved In Case Over Meat Packing Plant
Justice J. Hunt of Winnipeg reserved judgement in a dispute over the Town of The Pas sale of land to Tawse Lutz and Melnick for a meat packing plant. Plaintiffs Kennedy and Gibson oppose the sale over odor concerns. Trial heard last week with counsel for Kennedy and Gibson arguing bias and improper council action.
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J. Hunt
Winnipeg
the Pas
Jack Kennedy
Cal Gibson
Court of Queen's Bench
Justice Hunt
Tawse, Lutz and Melnick
Mr. Gibson
Mr. Kennedy
Time Singh
Pat Ferg
Kennedy
Gibson
Ram Agrawal
Evans Premachuk
Singh
Russ Tawse
Tawse
Mr. Singh
Mr. Tawse
Short Lived Jail Escape Baffles Local RCMP
Two inmates escaped from the local Correctional Institute last week and were free for about three hours before recaptured. The RCMP identified the escapees as James Harold Desroche, 18, of Quebec, and Helmut Gustav Schmidt, 22, of Flin Flon. The incident began around 1:30 p.m. on October 30.
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RCMP
James Harold Desroche
Quebec
Helmut Gustav Schmidt
Flin Flon
New Bridge to Open Nov 15 at The Pas
The $1.63 million bridge on Provincial Trunk Highway No 10 over the Saskatchewan River at The Pas will officially open November 15 though traffic is already allowed. It will be named Bignell Bridge honoring Cornelius Bignell born 1897 on the reserve. He served as band councillor 1935 45 and Chief 1945 65, with roles on Indian affairs advisory councils and as an original Manitoba Indian Brotherhood director.
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Saskatchewan River
Pas
Manitoba
Joseph Borowski
Bignell
Cornelius Bignell
Pas Indian Reserve
Manitoba Regional Advisory Council On Indian Affairs
National Indian Advisory Council
Manitoba Indian Brotherhood
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Overture Concert Association
Ghosts & Goblins
Elk's
Doris Nabess
Patty Payne
Joanne Ogrodnick
Joanne Anderson
Tracy Whi
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