Scots Honour Robbie Burns Celebration at Pine Falls Armouries
More than 100 guests gathered at the Pine Falls Armouries to mark the birthday of the Bard. Toasts to Robbie Burns were given by Garth Crockett, the haggis was carried in by John Hutchison, and Piper Bill McLeod led the parade. A Scots themed lunch followed with oat cakes and singing of traditional songs.
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Pine Falls
Jan Rodgers
Manitoba
Selkirk
Garth Crockett
Robbie Burns
Mr. Rodgers
John Hutchison
Piper
Bill McLeod
Jim DeLuca
Norman Pachkowski
Harry
Lauder
Elie Martel Re-Elected Trustee In St George District
At the Consolidated School District of St George No 2403 annual meeting on Tuesday January 19 in front of 100 attendees Elie Martel was re-elected trustee by acclamation for a three year term Julien Wilcott won a first time three year term The meeting was attended by Rev Father C Trudeau Parish Priest and Mr Karl Pokrant School Inspector.
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Elie Martel
St. George No
Julien Wilcott
Father C. Trudeau
Karl Pokrant
Lac du Bonnet Golden Hawks win home and home series
Lac du Bonnet Golden Hawks Bantam 3B’s defeated Pine Falls 10 to 4 to win the home and home series 17 to with Norman Cherrey leading scoring at 6 points and Norman Dancut 3 as Lac du Bonnet advances to the provincial playdowns against Gimli Stonewall and Marquette Warren. The next round is a home and home series to be completed by February 21.
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Lac du Bonnet
Golden Hawk
Bantam
Pine Falls
Gimli-Stonewall
Marquette Warren
Norman Cherrey
Norman Dancut
Norman Marion
PINAWA Hockey Clinic Draws 50 to 60 Young Players
The Lions Club hosted a January 28 hockey clinic in Pi nawa with 50 to 60 aspiring players braving 28 below zero. Dennis Grabowski Ron Castelane and Ed Dulko coached alongside O Keefe s staff. Afterward attendees watched films at the staff hotel with Dominion Catering serving 200 hot dogs and ample hot chocolate. Coaches earned praise for guiding the junior stars as the event wrapped with thanks and a February 12 Valentine dance at 9 p.m.
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Pisawa
The
Lions Club
Bobby Hulls
O’keefe
Dennis Grabowski
Ron Castelane
Ed Dulko
Dominion
Pine Falls Legion Honors Winston Churchill
The Royal Canadian Legion of Pine Falls Branch No. 64 held a memorial service for Sir Winston Churchill on a Sunday in the Legion Hall. Army Cadets saluted, hymns and prayers followed, with Rev. James Whitford delivering an address detailing Churchill's lesser known facets.
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Royal Canadian Legion of
Pine Falls
Winston Churchill
Legion Hall
Charles Miller
O Canada
Army Cadets
Winston
Matchett
Mars. Bellevance
James Whitford
Churchill
Weekend rink hopes for Canadian trip from Pine Falls boys
Skippy notes the rink at Pine Falls hosts a boys event on February 19 20 and 27 with strong confidence to win and earn a trip to Drummonville Quebec for the Canadian championships. Good luck to the team and their supporters.
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Joe
Wat
Pine Falls
Drummonville
Quebec
Lac du Bonnet Chamber discusses signage and plans
At the January 25 Lac du Bonnet Chamber of Commerce meeting ten members discussed a Universal signs erected road sign and a full weather dependent inspection. They thanked Mr. Hardy for driving the project and considered photographing the sign for Manitoba Chamber of Commerce comment. The Centennial Committee met and three major Peedl e were discussed in depth but not finalized. Letters to village and municipal councils and to the Post Office Department were advised to seek action. The federal building topic prompted letters to locate facilities within the town planning area.
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Lac du Bonnet
Post Office Department
Chamber Meeting Discusses Boat Show and Area Booths
Few members attend as plans are made for commercial properties. R Freund to select committee and monitor developments for Chamber of Directors. I Grabke to be approached to chair the boat show project. All area folder subscribers to attend and work in the booth at the Winnipeg Boat Show. Pinawa Channel under review. W Zarecki to study water flow from Seven Sisters and report next meeting. Attendance and other items rolled over to February meeting.
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R. Freund
Chamber of the Directors
I. Grabke
Winnipeg
Pinawa
W. Zarecki
Seven Sisters
Contennes Discusses Veterans Hospitals Policy At District Meeting
At Lac du Bonnet Legion Hall on February 6, District No. 6 Manitoba and North Eastern Ontario Command voiced concern over federal plans to turn veterans hospitals over to provinces and municipalities. Russ Waters and Viv Hardy attended for Lac du Bonnet. The group urged keeping hospital facilities for veterans and pressed for better treatment and hospitalization while noting shortages of space and staff. The meeting also covered the International Peace Garden Sports Clinic, pledging a trophy for the annual essay contest, and called for clearer instructions to boost interest in colour party drills.
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Tive
Manitoba
North Eastern
Ontario
Lac du Bonnet Legion Hall
Russ Waters
Viv Hardy
Lac du Bonnet
Veteran's Hospital
International Peace Garden
Legion
Manitoba Youths Observe World Events At Ottawa
Graham Randle son of Mr and Mrs E B Randle of Pine Falls spoke at the February meeting of the U C W of Fine Falls United Church and showed an excellent slide collection. He was chosen as one of five Manitoba youths sent by the Oddfellows and Rebecca Lodges as observers to Ottawa the World's Fair and other points culminating in an on the spot study of the United Nations in action. He held audiences rapt as he explained the day by day work of active branches striving for world brotherhood.
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Graham Randle
E. B. Randle
Pine Falls
U.C.W. of
Fine Falls
Graham
Manitoba
The
Oddfellow and Rebecca Lodges
Ottawa
United Nations
Lutherans Sponsor Male Chorus Concert in Whitemouth
The Male Chorus of the Lutheran Faculty of Theology Saskatoon will give a sacred music concert February 23 at 2 30 p m in Redeemer Lutheran Church Whitemouth sponsored by Redeemer Lutheran Church Rev A Eppler pastor A quartet from the chorus will sing several selections The chorus tour visits Eastern Saskatchewan Manitoba and western Ontario The group is directed by Mrs S Nelson The Lutheran Faculty of Theology is a seminary run jointly by the Lutheran Church in America and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada Its students mainly come from Western Canada with some from Iowa and Ohio.
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Lutheran Faculty of Theology
Saskation
Saskatchewan
Whitemouth
Redeemer Lutheran Church
Rev
A. Eppler
Manitoba
Ontario
S. Nelson
The
Lutheran Church In America
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada
Canada
Iowa
Ohio
Lac du Bonnet Council Hears Tax Arrears Plan
Lac du Bonnet Municipal Council met January 22 to address Lee River and Pinawa Bay sub division tax arrears. The solicitor will pursue legal action and the Lands Branch may cancel permits for persistently delinquent summer home permittees. Title applications may be withheld until March 15 for some properties. Dozing costs and a garbage pit charge were approved. Council also appointed H Olensky and J Mazur to the Civil Defence Control Committee for 1965.
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Lac du Bonnet
Lee River
Pinawa Bay
Lands Branch
Department of Mines and Natural Resources
H. Olensky
J. Mazur
Civil Defence Control Committee
Joseph Opyc
Walter Zarecki
Sec
Township
Range 12
E.P.M
R. M
Lav du Bonnet
Manitoba Hydro Electric Board
Zarecki
Elaine DeMuynck
Whitemouth Listed for 1965 W Wata Oath Meeting
A realizational meeting of Wwata oath Consolidated S. D. No. 139 was held in the auditorium with Ed Malkoske named chairman for 1965 G M Hay vice chairman Rudy Noel trustee Wm McLean and Albert Pischke on the board Five rinks from Whitemouth took part in a bonspiel at Rennie last week MLA Fred Klym visited Whitemouth Elma and Rennie the week of January 25th. Hospital confinements included Mrs Jack Swindell Henry Alpers and Mrs Steve Balanyk. Continued on Page 6.
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Wwata Oath Consolidated S. D. No
Ed. Malkoske
G. M. Hay
Rudy Noel
Wm. McLean
Albert Pischke
Whitemouth
Rennie
Fred Klym
Elma and
Ski Club Pledges 1000 for Arena in Lac du Bonnet
The Lac du Bonnet Lakers Ski Club pledged $1000 by 1970 to back a Centennial Project for a Sports Arena. At a Feb 7 executive meeting, 14 members met at W. David’s home and discussed bidding the Canadian Open Ski Meet to Lac du Bonnet this summer, or Manitoba Closed Meet on August 15 if not accepted. The club will again sponsor swimming lessons July 12 to 24 with two instructors at the same fee as last year.
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Lac du Bonnet
Manitoba Water Ski Association
Manitoba
Patrol Boys Trip To Winnipeg Sponsored By Local Firm
A Lac du Bonnet business firm sponsored a ten boy School Patrol trip to Winnipeg on Friday February 5 to see the Ice Capades. The patrol, kept safe by the town constable and trained by him, was chaperoned by Constable McNeil and Art Edmondson who provided cars for the journey.
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Lac du Bonnet
Winnipeg
McNeil
Art Edmondson
Gordon Lake Gains Their First Post Office
Gordon Lake residents celebrate securing a post office for the community. Currently they must travel 68 miles to Lac du Bonnet for money orders or COD pickups, making mail handling inconvenient. the new office will greatly ease this process.
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Gordon Lake
Lac du Bonnet
C.O.D
Elma Diphtheria Outbreak Ends in Deaths in Manitoba
An eight year old girl from Elma Manitoba died January 28 as four other family members and two more relatives were hospitalized with diphtheria. Dr E Snell said none in the Elma nine member family were immunized. A separate 11 year old girl from Badin Manitoba also has diphtheria but is not linked to the Elma outbreak. All students at Whitemouth Consolidated School were tested and three looked suspicious.
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Elma
Man
E. Snell
Manitoba Health Department
Snell
Baden
Whitemouth Consolidated School
Elma District
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Legislative
ST. George
Golden Hawks
Hockey Clinic
Howling Success
Russell Waters
Northwestern Ontario
Royal Canadian Legion
Veteran's Hospitals
Rene Stanley Papineau
Powerrev
Mazsey-Ferguson
Teotihuscan
Son Agriculture
Chapingo
Ofun
Lutherans
Municipal Council
Ings
Council
John Apsit
I. Zaborniak
M.J
Stan Penner
Harry Waite
Ed. Neurenberg
Jack Swindell
William McLean
Steve Balanyk
Carberry
Henry Alpers
Whitemouth Hospital
Souris
B. Bourbon
Mrs. C. Ritchey of
Barb Ericksen
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