Graduation ceremony at The Pas marks new era in education
The Pas Collegiate held a large graduation with honors from grades nine through twelve. Speaker Scott Bateman urged graduates to be true to themselves as parents and teachers received thanks. Honor students were named with awards sponsored by local service clubs and organizations.
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Willa-Faye
Margaret Barbour Collegiate
G.H. Smith
Jack Kennedy
Harold Grundy
Kennedy
Pas
Collegiate Glee Club
Mary Williamson
Sound of Music
Williamson
Scott Bateman
Department of Education
Winnipeg
Gail Berezowecki
Jean Carpenter
Daniel Gleadle
Wesley Mackey
Christine Melnick
Janice Melnyk
Bruce Ta~wse
Debra Thorvaldson
Heather Keats
Eleanor Davidson
Peter Konstantinoff
Thomas Snyder
Peter Letkeman
Jayson Dominick
Roderick Seidel
Dennis Yaworski
Brian Hill
Norma Sawatzky
Ann Szadiak
Theresa Bodnar
Gloria Buckberg
Cecil Embury
Heather Kets
Linda Saiko
Heather Thmson
Connie Rockney
Edward Johannesson
Jean Carpentr
Joanne Cloutier
Wesley Mckay
Bruce Tawse
Dora Thorvaldson
Theas Lions Club
Jack Johnson
Ole Melnyk
Green Growth Found In River Reach At The Pas
A green algae like plant life is found along the Saskatchewan River at The Pas. Officials say the growth likely drains from an area feeding into the river. Samples were sent to Winnipeg for lab analysis on Friday.
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Saskatchewan
Pas
Winnipeg
Manitoba Board Allows Three Paths to Grade 12 Accreditation
Manitoba students can earn Grade XII accreditation via three options. Schools may grant accreditation, require pass of school exams, or permit NZ examinations by the High School Examination Board. For university entry, a minimum of three board exams or two school exams are needed, with reporting by schools to the board. The board will continue issuing marks and administering August university entrance exams.
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Manitoba High School Examination Board
Manitoba
High School Examination Board
Overseas Xmas Mail Deadlines
Post Office releases deadline dates for overseas Christmas mail. Letters for Britain must be mailed by November 28 with Dec 14 final. parcels by November 11 with Dec 9 final. Europe surface by November 15 and air by December 11. Other regions have varied dates for letters and parcels, including Africa Asia and the Caribbean, with final deadlines through December 12.
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Britain
South Africa
India
Pakistan
Trans-Atlantic
Antigua
Bahamas
Barbados
Bermuda
Jamaica
Trinidad
Central
South America
West Indies
Trans Pacific mailing deadlines by region and mode
The notice lists surface mail and air deadlines by region. Australia New Zealand letters Nov 1 Dec 12 while parcels Nov 4 Dec 9. Japan Hong Kong letters Nov 9 Dec 11 parcels Nov 1 Dec 7. Other Pacific places letters Oct lil and Dec 9 parcels Oct 3 Dec 7 deadlines.
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Australia
New Zealand
Japan
Hong Kong
Trans Pacific
Churchill Explains Road Use Policy for Atik Namen Route
A joint release from Churchill officials, the Company, and the Department of Mines and Natural Resources states the Atik-Namen road may be used by the public without charge if it does not hinder operations nor raise costs or fire risks. The parties seek cooperation with sportsmen for hunting access while warning that hunters venturing near cutting areas raise accident danger. Traffic should stay minimal and obey signs marking cutting and no hunting zones and follow normal traffic rules.
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Department of Mines and Natural Resources
Churchill
Major Mining Firms Take Up Reservations Near Lake Winnipeg
Two companies Cominco Ltd and Amax Exploration Inc take up seven reservations totaling over 960000 acres northwest of Lake Winnipeg toward the Hudson Bay Railway. Enns notes possible extension of the northern nickel belt with expensive drilling and limestone geology. Crown reopens staking November 15 1968. Cominco holds about 76000 acres reverting to Crown.
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Lake Winnipeg
Hudson Bay Railroad
Amax
Enns
Cominco
Manitoba
Pas Progressive Conservative elect new provincial officers
Odie Moran was elected president of The Pas Progressive Conservative Association at the constituency annual meeting held last Saturday. He succeeds Len Komenda who received a desk set from the membership. Officers named included Evans Premachuk as vice president, Barbara Fisher as treasurer, and Claire Martin as secretary. Five life memberships were awarded to Frank Todd Cranberry Portage Jack McKenley Birch River Mrs Tom Smith and Percy White The Pas and Frank Hoan Mafeking. Mr and Mrs Bud Simpson traveled from Ottawa to attend.
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Odie Moran
Pas Progressive Conservative Association
Moran
Len Komenda
Jack Carroll
Evans Premachuk
Barbara Fisher
Claire Martin
Frank Todd
Cranberry Portage
Jack McKenley
Birch River
Tom Smith
Percy White
Pas
Frank Hoan
Mafeking
Bud Simpson
Ottawa
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Gary Dilay
Ronald Federation
Pas Rotary Club
Kathy Carpenter
Jeannette Guillas
Linda Neill
Jack Stephens
Barbara Cran
Jane Madrigga
B.P.O. Elkis
Colleen Gorham
Lyle Melnyk
Brenda Moreton
Royal Canadian Legion
Hue. da
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Presents
Joseph Janni
Julie Christie
Terence Stamp
Peter Finch
Alan Bates
Panavision
Metrocolor
A Aubrey Schenck
Oetyze
Willa-Faye Zaworonok
University of Manitoba
Xmas
Chartered Accountants
Ross Ave
Pc’s
Daroff
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