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Newspaper
Pas Herald
Location
The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 13, 1965
Page
9
A town council authorized $312 for a week of dog pound services to Jim Bodnar and A Jackson covering August 24 to 30 and $40 for September. Engineer Adam Sus noted a full time dog catcher who is paid $10 per dog plus $3 a day per dog in pound care.
Tragedy struck the settlement of Sturgeon Landing when two year old son of Me dric Poirier was accidentally killed as his father backed a truck. An inquest at Cumberland House returned an accidental death verdict. The Poiriers have a one year old daughter. Sturgeon Landing lies 38 miles northwest of The as.
The Pas curling club calls a general meeting tonight at 8 with two main items on the agenda. Officers for the coming year will be elected and a detailed report on artificial ice progress will be given.
TransAir will discontinue Viscount service to northern Manitoba on October 18 and replace it with DC-6 and DC-7 operations. Viscount service will move to the Prairie Service serving Brandon Yorkton Regina Saskatoon with fare reductions noted there but not on northern runs. Flin Flon Lynn Lake and Thompson protest three times weekly service prompting a new northern Manitoba schedule pattern.
The Pas Lodge BPO Elks 135 held the installation of officers for the new term. Cliff Nichols became Grand Exalted Ruler, succeeding Dick Turner, with a large slate of officers named and assisted by officials from Thompson District and Flin Flon. The evening began with a banquet and included a social after the installation.
Mayor Harry Trager seeks re election against Bert Hayes. Four candidates contend for three council seats: Audrey Batchelor George Hiatt and Alex Wilchowy seek re election along with Ivan Taylor a planning commission member. School board vacancies to be filled by appointment and two incumbents re elected by acclamation Pete Berezowicki and Mike Sikorowski. Voting venues Elks Hall and Nor Lite Hall with no by laws on the ballot.
Canvassers in The Pas area near completion of a door to door effort with business visits and ticket sales to continue. The key feature is a prize draw on Friday October 29th with raffle tickets sold by Citizens at various local businesses each week. Chairman of the door to door drive leads the effort.
Town solicitor Bill Martin told Council there will be no public library by law in The Pas this year. The library petition was not received in June to prepare the by law. it was presented September 1 and follows standard readings and Winnipeg approval steps.
John Vincent Blanchard of Winnipeg sues Corporal Ronald Addison White Constable Cecil Rae Weigum and John Lynn Galbraith for 1100 special and 5000 general damages claiming assault false imprisonment and malicious prosecution after an arrest outside The Pas on May 11 when he was ordered off the street and forced to return to his room.
The City of Winnipeg sues The Pas for $1069 plus $40 costs over welfare payments to Louis Nagey, a Hungarian immigrant sponsored by a church. The six year dispute centers on the Municipal Act rule that the last municipality of residence is responsible for welfare, with The Pas offering possible employment back there to settle the claim.
The Pas area hosted the first annual Auto Show last week with many new offerings and a touch of old. The event attracted motorists and pedestrians who witnessed a 1901 Olds owned by Carling Breweries and operated by Lion member John Heuberg who brought it to The Pas to publicize the show.
The Herald begins a series by Jack Hutton from the Toronto Telegram titled The New Maths a Guide for Parents. The first article explores what modern mathematics includes beyond basic basics. The run is approved by local teaching staff and appears with permission from the Telegram.
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