Margaret Barbour School Opens With 500 Attendees
The Margaret Barbour Collegiate officially opened with about five hundred people attending a Saturday ceremony linked to the 1968 grade 12 graduation. Jack Berg chaired the event and received a memory token from School Board Chairman Jack Kennedy. Joe Venables of Gabouray and Associates spoke on design and presented the keys to Kennedy. The building, nicknamed the Chicken Coup, uses brick and wood for warmth to suit the northern climate. Former deputy minister Scott Bateman delivered a government greeting and officially opened the school with ribbon-cutting.
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Margaret Barbour Collegiate
Jack Berg
Berg
Scott Bateman
New Road Needed at Collegiate Facing Traffic Strain
School Board Chair Jack Kennedy says the front road at Margaret Barbour Collegiate is a neglected perimeter link for 30 years, not wide enough for two cars and handling traffic to the Technical School and a new housing development. he calls for a million dollar improvement to provide a decent road to the campus.
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Margaret Barbour Collegiate
Jack Kennedy
Kennedy
Mr. Kennedy
Margret Barbour Collegiate Pass Rate Report
Principal J H Fasano announces 72 percent success from 222 papers at Margret Barbour Collegiate. Manitoba High School Examination Board also releases results for 48 963 papers nationwide. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 11)
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Margaret Barbour Collegiate
J.H. Fasano
High School Examination Board of Manitoba
Grade 12 graduates pictured after weekend exercises
A group photo shows the grade 12 graduates from the weekend exercises. Front row lists Marion Yarema through Mareen Doherty with back row including Carman McBride and Gordon Chan. Absentees at the photo time include Monique Bichon and others.
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Marion Yarema
Diane Arsenault
Susan Neden
Leanne Fenner
Holly McDonald
Willa- Faye Zaworonok
Leanne Marin
Eleanor Davidson
Linda Anderson
Wenda Brown
Mareen Doherty
Carman McBride
Dale Mulhall
Garnet Profit
Reed Perry
Dennis McMillen
Malcolm Green
David Viflan
Convictions For Drinking In Public Prompt Three Months Gaol
Twenty one year old Hagar Agnes Bignell of The Pas was sentenced to three months in gaol after pleading guilty to causing a disturbance by being drunk in a public place. This was her eleventh conviction on the charge this year. Magistrate N G Macphee fined $200 or three months, and she chose jail.
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Hagar Agnes Bignell
Pas
N. G. Macphee
Local Man Attacked After Leaving Garage
Melvin Metzner was struck on the head near the Department of Highways Garage on October 9 at about 11 p m and about 200 dollars stolen. RCMP investigate the assault and theft coming from the east side of town.
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Melvin Metzner
RCMP
Minister Baizley to Visit The Pas and Northern Regions
The Herald reports Dr Obie Baizley Minister of Municipal Affairs and Northern Affairs Commissioner will tour The Pas October 22 meeting Town Council on grants in lieu of taxes on provincial property. He will also visit Easterville Moose Lake October 21 and Thompson October 23.
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the Herald
Obie Baizley
Pas
Winnipeg
Baizley
Easterville
Moose Lake
Thompson
Minis
Pastor to Meet Local Government District on Grants
The pastor will meet the Local Government District of Consul to discuss recreation and hospital grant issues for the town. He is accompanied by Deputy Commissioner of Affairs John McDonald.
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Tor
Consul
John McDonald
Twenty Eight Graduated From The Pas High School
The largest Grade 12 class in The Pas history, 28 graduates, mostly bound for higher learning, celebrated at a banquet in Elk’s Hall with Doug Long as chair, Jack Hyde giving the graduates toast, and Marion Yarema delivering the reply. Valedictory read by Willa-Faye Zaworonok.
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Pas
Margaret Barbour Collegiate
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Elk’s Hall
Doug Long
Jack Hyde
Marion Yarema
Leanne Marin
Ken Perry
Sue Neden
Jim Fasano
Willa- Faye Zaworonok
Ultimatum on $5000 Rink Architect Bill For The Pas
The Town of The Pas faces an ultimatum over an architectural billing dispute for the proposed Sports Complex. Alamo Steel Company of Winnipeg says a $14 000 bill, based on two percent of the lowest bid, is void and demands resolution. Town has spent $2700 so far including surveys and legal fees.
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Pas
Alamo Steel Company
Winnipeg
Herald
Councl
Alamo
Passions host Wine and Cheese Party in Elk's Hall
The Passions stage a Wine and Cheese Party this Saturday October 19 in the Elk's Hall. It starts at 9:00 P.M. with a modest door charge and musical entertainment throughout the evening. The Lions will serve spaghetti supper at the end, with net proceeds benefiting Lions Community Service work in The Pas.
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Elk's Hall
Lion’s
Lions
Pas
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Margaret Barbour
Monique Bichon
Gary Dilay
Elizabeth Eidse
Ronald Federation
Kathleen Smith
Guy Tavener
Macphee
Architects
Gary Imlay
Town of the Pas
University of Manitoba
John Dilay
J. Neden
E.G. Goodwin
Sue
U. of M
Fred Fenner
Kelsey School Teacher Division
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