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Newspaper
Pas Herald
Location
The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 14, 1966
Page
4
The Kelsey School Division voters approved a 960000 dollar by law to fund a new high school. Turnout was light with The Pas reporting 363 For 130 Against from 493 voters. Carrot Valley had 17 For, Wanless 8 For 3 Against. overall 388 For 133 Against.
Canadian National officials say Manitoba ties switch to standard time in September but CN trains in the Keystone Province will stay on daylight saving time until October 30. Saskatchewan and Alberta will observe Standard Time.
Rosalind Ridings a grade 12 graduate from Margaret Barbour Collegiate won the Town of The Pas scholarship. The award was approved at last week’s council meeting based on a school report. She will enter United College University of Manitoba this month to study arts and also received a $50 award from the United College Women's Auxiliary.
Ticky King was honored at Elk's Hall in The Pas with players fans and friends gathering to recognize his baseball leadership and plans to retire. The event featured tributes from Irv Snider Tom French mayor Don Black and others with engraved bat plaque and a gold watch presented to Ticky King.
A local motorist in the high Rockies is ticketed after a Mountie instructs him to pull over while others in his group face similar experiences. The Pas notes reveal one student receives the first truancy of the season as a teacher endures the first strap.
RCMP arrested three youths in The Pas for fourteen break ins over two weeks. Two are thirteen and one is twelve. About $100 in coins and small bills stolen. money not recovered. Eleven homes two businesses and the Provincial Building involved. Piggy banks targeted. one home lost about $30 and another held a collection of new one cent coins. A diamond ring was also mentioned.
The Pas hosts progress on Churchill Forest Products multi million dollar pulp complex with engineers from Ripley Klohn and Leonoff testing the 3000 acre site east of the Saskatchewan River. Dr A Kasser and George Litton of Techno-Pulp join Jim Ziegler of Arthur D. Little in representing Churchill as plans move forward.
Councillor Audrey Batchelor objects to a Monaco A.G. inquiry resolution calling on the provincial government for action. Despite objections the council passes the measure directed to Premier Roblin and the Minister of Industry and Commerce seeking concrete information on the situation.
Town council advances a two year paving plan under grants in aid to begin in 1967 68. Streets listed include Bell Avenue Settee Avenue Cathedral Avenue and Lathlin Avenue. Estimated total cost 158000 with costs rising from current rates warned by town engineer Adam Sus.
The Induction of Rev. W. E. McDonald as Minister of West Westminster United Church in The Pas will take place Monday September 19 at 7 30 p m with Rev D Bruce MacDonald of Knox Winnipeg and Manitoba Conference president taking part. The service doubles as the first meeting of the new Northland Presbytery uniting Hudson Bay and Dauphin Presbyteries. Presbytery meetings run Monday to Wednesday September 1921 with about 40 members expected. Visitors welcome.
David Drummond of Thompson is in guarded condition at St. Anthony's Hospital two miles north of Wanless after his 1965 Impala went out of control last Thursday evening. He was thrown from the car and landed in a ditch. Motorist Doug Taylor was first on the scene and found him unconscious, taking him to The Pas. Police continue to investigate the accident's cause.
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