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Newspaper
Pas Herald
Location
The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 11, 1961
Page
7
Multiple campus updates cover basketball interest, yearbook news, and student council roles. October meetings are scheduled for committees, volleyball teams formed, debates over yearbook printing, and lectures on alcohol safety.
Nineteen local school lads faced Swan River at The Pas Exhibition Grounds last Saturday. Swan River rallied from a 0–0 halftime deficit to win 18–6 after Ed Engen scored The Pas' lone touchdown and Gerry Foster and Bill Knox contributed strong plays.
The piece notes the Benito game on September 2 where boys improved on blocking and tackling. It thanks the girls who sold tickets and made sandwiches and calls for more student and adult attendance at home games. A Birch River Club trip to The Pas is possible next Saturday with a return Swan River versus The Pas set for October 28 in Swan River.
Ray Petrie a 22 year old medical student from New Waterford Nova Scotia will spend six months at Grand Rapids Manitoba teaching basic English maths science reading and writing to about one third of the 1000 workers at the site. His laborer teacher role is sponsored by the Provinces Community Development Service and the Indian and Metis Affairs Branch. The Frontier College programme partners with industry railways governments and philanthropy to promote citizenship through on the job learning.
A report notes that one hundred Frontier College laborer-teachers work in the field from May to October each year while 15 to 20 remain at work during the winter months. The text emphasizes seasonal labor deployment by the college.
Wilf Cameron and Paw Fee Ste set out from The Pas for a Sashkerain area hunt. Their car stalled 100 feet from a passable road, forcing them to spend the night in the vehicle. An aircraft sweep located them after they had hiked about 12 miles toward town. they were brought back for help freeing the car. No game was found.
The Overture Concert Association launches a three day membership campaign starting Monday October 16 in The Pas. Headquarters in the Cambrian Room runs 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. daily and members will canvas locally next week to obtain memberships for all three concerts this season.
Canadian Opera Company presents Orpheus in the Underworld sung in English on November 4 with artists like Jan Rubes in a witty satire. A second concert features Lilords International and Daniel Lior with his puppets praised worldwide for bringing puppetry to theatre, followed by the Chanticleers quartet in March at The Pas. Membership campaigns run October 16 to 18.
On September 26 a girls basketball team formed coached by Ron Heuchert. First practice October 9 drew 12 players in the Collegiate Auditorium. Jo Ann Widur stood out as guard. Trina Shklou and Jo Ann Didur named team captains.
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