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Newspaper
Pas Herald
Location
The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 28, 1966
Page
6
The Pas Lions Club has decided to give up the Winton Swimming Pool as a fully club operated project after four summers of operation. Rising maintenance costs and wear have led to closures due to unavailable parts, and this year admission revenue did not cover expenses, forcing wage subsidies and discouragement amid vandalism.
The Pas Lions Club will stage its annual Blind Canvass in The Pas from October 3 to 8. It will go door to door and contact business premises. The canvass supports CNIB services with official receipts issued for donations. Lions report CNIB aid extended to three local blind cases since the last canvass.
The Riding Club at The Pas draws crowds as M J Campbell runs stables on his property six and a half miles south of The Pas offering a popular equestrian event featuring cowboys and cowgirls.
RCMP investigate a break in at The Swan River The Pas Transfer office. About 150 in cash and several checks were stolen. Entry was through the front door during the night with a hidden outdoor key used by night drivers. The cash door lock was smashed and the office unlocked at 5 am when a southbound driver arrived.
In The Pas area the Wheat Board stabilizes prices after 1930s dips to 30 cents and rises to 2.25 to 2.50 per bushel. Current harvest shows grain mature and drier than two decades, with prices around 1.54 including payment. Yields of 64 pounds per bushel, grade 2, reported from the valley amid heavy June rains and washed out fields causing spotty returns.
The Lion Ls of District 5M3 host their 11th Annual Get Together on Saturday October 1 with about sixty five out of town delegates from Kenora Ontario Winnipeg Riverside St James East Kildonan Dauphin Plumas and Flin Flon plus three ladies from south of the border wives of past district governors An informal reception Friday night brunch at Gateway Hotel Banquet Room Saturday morning a bus tour to points of interest coffee at Lion s Aunt King s cottage Camper s Cove Clearwater Lake registration at Guy Hall 6 00 p m cocktails a Turkey Banquet and entertainment by the DM Chorus and local Lions Coffee and dainties after the show.
George Litton of Churchill Forest Industry Manitoba writes to Mayor Harry Trager about plans for a forest complex in The Pas. The letter dated September 21 thanks Mayor Trager for warm welcome and outlines initial steps with Technopulp and Arthur D. Little figures involved, signaling progress and local awareness efforts.
The Pas RCMP investigate a highway fatality to on Highway 10 a half mile north of The Pas at 10 45 p m Oliver Dick 37 of Root Lake was struck by a southbound half ton truck driven by Edwin Johannson of Cranberry Portage Death was instantaneous Coroner Neil Macphee ordered an inquest A second accident 11 miles south of Cranberry Portage Friday killed Leopold Rodrigue 48 of The Pas his car overturned into a water filled ditch
The LaVerandrye Motel hosted a Sunday evening event for Mrs. Martha Smith celebrating twenty years of service to the Lido Theatre. Ronald Illsley presented on behalf of staff, Mark Rivalin for the theatre, and Paul Rivalin for the Rivalin family.
A 26 by 66 foot ferry assembled at The Pas and transported by Keystom Fisheries will connect Nipaw to the Saskatchewan River and Cumberland House. The ferry crosses the river on river current with side boards dropping into the current and a guiding cable between banks.
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