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Newspaper
Pas Herald
Location
The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 21, 1962
Page
1
The Carrot River The Pas league opens December 8 with five teams. The Pas travels Dec 15 to Tisdale and Dec 16 to Kinistino for its first away games as part of a 24 game schedule. The new schedule expands play and should boost Wright Trophy race and fan interest.
The Pas HERALD reports Roland Goldstrand will return as coach of the Huskie Hockey Club for the coming winter. A former Junior A and Senior star who played overseas in England Scotland and Switzerland, he led the club to a third place finish after taking over mid season.
Goldstrand is a longtime Huskies veteran and standout performer now serving in the CNR Roadmasters department and as president of The Pas Kinsmen Club. He is celebrated for consistent value as a team player and public figure at The Pas.
Odie Moran, a longtime local sportsman and referee in The Pas area, is named Referee-in-Chief of the Carrot River Valley Hockey League. He gains control of scheduling and official appointments, with league backing and no club input. Moran plans to organize a CRWHL officials’ school and will supervise referees, not handle games personally.
The Pasquia Reclamation Project has been transferred to Manitoba with signing by the Manitoba Minister of Mines and Natural Resources and the federal Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration. The project aims to reclaim more than 100000 acres for agriculture by dyking ditching and pumping at the confluence of the Carrot and Pasquia Rivers with the Saskatchewan River. Manitoba assumes ownership control operation and maintenance and the transfer is hailed as a guide to developing the Saskatchewan River delta spanning 125 miles from Cumberland House to Cedar Lake. Local MP Bud Simpson welcomed the completion of the transfer.
The Pas Curling Club invites prospective curlers to submit entries for the upcoming season. Deadline is November 30 with possible start before that date. Plastic sheeting speeds opening. registration for the Ladies Curling Club runs to November 30 with draw to determine rink personnel and a pot luck supper set for November 26 at 7 30 p m in the Club Rooms.
Jack Heard was re-elected president of the local branch of The Royal Canadian Legion. It is his third consecutive term. The vote occurred last Thursday at a branch election meeting. First vice-president is Crowe, Earl Harvey is second vice-president, Larry Williamson is secretary.
The provincial election called for December 14 postpones the planned December school board by law vote and the board considers delaying the election to around mid January.
Town reopens emergency intake from Saskatchewan River to feed reservoir. Engineer Adam Sus said water began drawing from the old line last Friday as river flow normalizes. River under ice had good current and chlorine treatment remains high with plans to cut it roughly in half once normal flows return.
Arthur Deslaurier received 30 days in jail for assault occasioning bodily harm after an incident in front of the Nip House last month. A Winnipeg visitor aided RCMP in making an arrest. Deslaurier was pushed, fell, and broke his arm. Deslaurier also faces 14 more days for a separate assault against Oscar Vandesype. he pleaded guilty and has been in custody since August 31. Police say the assault occurred at a drinking party with Deslaurier pursuing Vandesype with a rifle and striking him.
The Winnipeg Santa Claus Parade will air on the local station this Saturday afternoon. The station signs on around 2 p.m. with a test pattern and the Santa program starts about 2 15.
The Honorable Jack Carroll was nominated as Progressive Conservative candidate for The Pas Dec 14 election at a Monday nomination convention. He has served four and a half years in the cabinet, holding Public Utilities Provincial Secretary and Labour portfolios. Delegates from The Pas and nearby areas attended as he highlighted highway projects and initiatives by the Roblin government benefiting the region.
Retail stores in The Pas will remain open on Monday December 24 due to a town by law allowing holiday sequences to override closures. With Christmas on Tuesday and Boxing Day the next day, retailers plan to stay open Monday.
Adam Deminick, 39, named Liberal candidate for The Pas Constituency in the December 14 election. He was unopposed, nominated by Marcel Frechette and seconded by Ralph McLean, with past leadership roles in Manitoba Elks. Churchill joint meeting postponed due to weather. Bud Jobin of Flin Flon chosen by Churchill Churchill delegates. The Pas Chamber dinner set for November 29 at Guy Hall with Evan McCormick as guest speaker.
Town of The Pas employee Joe Fourre escaped serious injury when a sewer and water line excavation he entered began to cave in. He was freed from the nine foot deep trench after back hoe operator John Hlady used his machine to uncover him in roughly ten minutes. Fourre was treated for three fractured ribs and released from hospital Monday.
Membership signup for The Pas Figure Skating Club begins Friday November 30 from 4 to 6 PM at The Pas Arena. Registration continues Saturday December 1 from 3 to 5 30 PM. Fee is 3 dollars for a single and 7 50 for family.
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