Huskies Capture Eastern Fastball Title Leaders Named
LAC DU BONNET Huskies clinched the North Eastern fastball championship. Photographed roster shows A Usackis R Boyd G Trask B Holm J Usackis N Dancut B Becker C Veilleux A Simcoe T Boyle A Johnson W Wold B Bruneau L David. Missing players include John Enright Bob Porterfield Norm Scott. Don Stupak columns the win story.
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A. Usackis
R. Boyd
G. Trask
B. Holm
J. Usackis
N. Dancut
B. Becker
C. Veilleux
A. Simcoe
T. Boyle
A. Johnson
W. Wold
B. Bruneau
L. David
John Enright
Bob Porterfield
Norm Scott
Huskies
Don Stupak
Agassiz Horticultural Society Flower Show Draws Big Crowd
The Agassiz Horticultural Society held its Fourth Annual Flower Show at Lac du Bonnet Arena on Saturday August 12 with 368 entries. Exhibits ranged from flowers and vegetables to ceramics and handicrafts, with junior and 4-H displays. Trophies were presented at four o clock by president D J Taylor.
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Agassiz Horticultural Society
Lac du Bonnet Arena
D. J. Taylor
Olga Urban
Lac du Bonnet
John Hayward
Tanco Crescent
V. Mathews
Cedar Street
Mary Osis
Minniwawa Street
Olga Soroka
Local Boy Hurt At Town Dock in Lac du Bonnet
Norman Harland fifteen slipped on the Lac du Bonnet town dock August seventeenth fell into the water and was rescued by swimmers. He was first taken to Pinawa Hospital for X rays and then moved to Winnipeg Grace Hospital where a broken thigh bone will keep him bedridden for at least six weeks. He was the first to use the new stretcher donated by the Pinawa Lac du Bonnet Hospital Auxiliary.
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Norman Harland
Lac du Bonnet
Pinawa Hospital
Winnipeg Grace Hospital
Norman
Pinawa-Lac du Bonnet Hospital
Prairie region student summer jobs top previous year
More than 28 600 students were placed in summer jobs by Canada Manpower Centres in the Prairie region to August 4, up about 64 percent from the same period last year. The department notes 12 CMCs for Students this year, up from seven in 1971. Walter Tkach says the statistics reflect CMC activity only, not all job seekers.
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Canada
Prairie Region
Department of Manpower and Immigration
Walter Tkach
Severe Electrical Storm Smashes Lac du Bonnet Area
A weekend storm hit Lac du Bonnet with heavy rain and intense lightning on August 20, knocking out 34 transmission lines and affecting 110 customers. Power outages persisted into the day as Manitoba Hydro crews logged calls and repaired damaged transformers, fuse holders, and a pole fire. The system served Tyndall Beausejour and Whiteshell, with many customers back online by Monday morning.
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Lac du Bonnet
Ontario
R. Guzinski
Manitoba Hydro
Winnipeg Dispatch
MTS
Tyndall
Beausejour
Whiteshell
Freak Storm Destroys Pinawa Homes and Cars
A violent storm swept Pinawa on Saturday August 12 delivering hail the size of golf balls and winds up to 60 mph. The ten minute onslaught damaged fourteen homes with broken windows, dented cars, and fallen trees. Autopac dispatched staff on August 15 to handle mounting claims as residents recount near misses and property destruction.
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Pinawa
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Winkler
WSK
Jean Cameron
Vancouver
Mike Toker
Autopac
Highway
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