First Meeting Busy For Municipal Council
Ten delegations were heard at the January 2nd Municipal Council meeting as it opened a busy year with tarents and public works programs. Results include a 12,000 foot order for 3 inch tamarac planks at $85.00 per thousand plus $6.00 per thousand for permits and a new bridge top at 5-13-9E. Council approved street lighting plan with Manitoba Hydro and discussed cemetery erosion and rip-rap plans. Appointments for 1962 included Jos Mazur as Deputy Reeve and C L Cherrey as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Hunchak
SFA
Romanishen
Thompson
Arthur Betker
Brownie Byczek
Joe Molinski
Harry Waite
Pinawa
Riverland
Henry Malkoske
Manitoba Hydro
Albert Karklin
Lettonia
A. Kot
Court of Revision
Alex Nelson
Jos, Mazur
W. R
Sikora
John Grewinski
Matlin, Kushner and Co
C. L. Cherrey
S. Bettersen
Street Lighting Costs Rise as Council Seeks Hydro Removal
Lac du Bonnet council plans to remove a 17 100 W incandescent street lamp on Edward Street and Weed Street and Park Avenue with a net yearly bill of 1 056.84 dollars. The meeting authorized travel for interviews on road work and public works grants, including a 60 percent grant for 1962 main market roads totaling 17 500 dollars. Grants were approved for Salvation Army, Red Cross, and St John Ambulance, with multiple culvert and gravel projects proposed for assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba Hydro
Maar Henry Malkeske
Edward Street
Weed Street
Park Avenue
Lac du Bonnet
Ef de Salaberry
Heliday Beach
Aet of Public Works
Council
Department of Public Works
Salvation Army
Red Cross Society
St. John’s Ambulance
Dept. PW
H. Smith
AECL
New Atomic Site
Pinaway School
Oatway
Dr .of Agriculture and
Ivationi
Man
Jos
Jos. Mazur $10.80; J. Grewinski $8.40; Salvation Army $50; St. John’s Am
Matlin
Spring
Leader
Lac du Bonnet Trans
Sandford Peterson
M. Hunchak
Harry Olensky
R. M. Brokenhead
Wilson Stationery
Lawapy Sikora
Postmaster
LAC DU BONNET Collegiate Students Build Library Drive
Lac du Bonnet Collegiate students are hosting a book shower to expand the library with reference works and fiction. A Winston Churchill postwar set has been donated to kick off the drive, and residents are urged to donate usable books by calling or delivering them to the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lac du Bonnet
Winston Churchill
Lac du Bonnet Curlers Win Great Falls Bonspiel
Lac du Bonnet curlers dominated the Great Falls Curling Club three day bonspiel winning the major prizes in two main events while Lake Town shotmakers took a pair of runner up finishes. Jim Sherle led his team to the championship by beating Pine Falls 10 to 8 in the final as Gittins Henley Tuokko and Foubert were among those knocked out en route. The event featured dramatic finishes with Enright and Krampetz trading blows and an eight end format for most games. veteran ice maker Axel Erickson and a strong post event program earned praise from President Les Morgan as the club celebrated a successful 1962 bonspiel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Lac du Bonnet
Lake Town Shotmakers
Jim Sherle
Bob Nicoll
Bernice Nicoll
Doreen Dancut
Pine Falls
Ted Harrison
Ernie Lafrance
Irene Lafrance
Jean Harrison
Sherle
Harrison
Gittins
Henley
Pointe
V. Tuokko
Foubert
Sparman
Erickson
Jarowski
Ray Enright
Ron Krampetz
Enright
Ray
Krampetz
Mike Kabaluk
Inga Zikman
Marge Enright
Seven Sisters
Bill Lawson
Rose Krampetz
Irma Lawson
Carl Petterson
Ray Foubert
Russell Waters
Dorothy Waters
Elvy Foubert
Les Morgan
Great Falls Curling Club
Anderson Hall
Ron Beaudry
Gunner Postnicks
Bruce Manness
Cliff Olsen
Don Baker
Fred Kalinowsky
Anna Sutherland
Virginia Clark
Gladys Jansson
Vince Rowe
Jim Taylor
Axel Erickson
Bill Sutherland
Jim LeRoye
John Bracken
Lars Olsen
John Hays
Bissett
St Johns W A Begins New Year at Lac du Bonnet
St Johns Anglican W A meets in Parish Hall with 13 members. Margaret Semple wins first prize in a Dominion contest for Mothers bag. Hampers for the needy prepared for Xmas. three large and four small hampers assembled. Lutherans donate. Twenty one names drawn for evening circle groups. Dinners planned for January 20 and January 24 with organizers named. Lunch served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lac du Bonnet
St. John’s
W.A
A. Brown
L. Fryer
Margaret Semple
J. A
G. Ambrose
Ladies Curling Club
G. Hardy
Poison bait stations warned in Lac du Bonnet area
Poison wolf bait stations have been placed in Lac du Bonnet Municipality. Parents should keep pets and children away from the stations in various ward and section locations. The toxin Sodium Fluoracetate is highly toxic to humans and animals. avoid bait sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lac du Bonnet
Ward
J. P. Molinski
Dan Fosty
Frank Stupak
Roy Fiebelkorn
Alfred
Province creates Pinawa local government district for atomic site
The Manitoba province established the local government district of Pinawa covering about 44 square miles including the Whiteshell Nuclear Research plant area. Gordon C. Kirby of Winnipeg, a retired colonel and engineer, is named resident administrator. The district will detach from Lac du Bonnet, with Atomic Energy of Canada providing initial offices in Winnipeg. Kirby, a 1936 University of Saskatchewan graduate, has wartime service with the Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and was awarded an MBE in Italy. He has held engineering posts in Manitoba and Prairie Command. He is married with three daughters and active in River Heights United Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba Whiteshell
Walter C. Weir
Gordon C. Kirby
Winnipeg
Lac du Bonnet
Winnipeg River
Atomic Energy of Canada
Pinawa
Atomic Energy
Weir
Kirby
Fertile
Sask
University of Saskatchewan
Vucan Iron
University of Western Ontario
Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Italy
Prairie Command
Manitoba
Engineering Institute of Canada
Society of Professional Engineers of
River Heights
CWAC Recruited for New Nuclear Fallout Task Centers
CWAC recruitment targets 45 personnel per site at Brandon and Pine Falls to form filter centres monitoring fallout reporting in Manitoba. Training covers map reading and administration plus new communications duties. Centers will relay data from about 200 posts to the Provincial Warning Centre at Camp Shilo if a nuclear attack occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lac du Bonnet
CWAC
Camp Shilo
Militia
46Th Field Squadron
Royal Canadian Engineers
Pine Falls
Brandon
Manigotogan Couple Feted On 50th Wedding Anniversary
A Manigotogan couple, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Boulette, were honored at Rice Lake Community Hall in Bissett for 50 years of marriage. About 250 relatives and friends attended from Bissett, Manigotogan, and Hole River on January 6. The event featured a mock wedding, a two rockers gift, and a 50 year cake, with family members and local officials sending best wishes. The Boulettes have 14 children, 58 grandchildren, and 17 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Boulette
Manigotogan
Bissett
Hole River
Rice Lake
I. M. Bowyer
Carrie Boulette
Joe Boulette
Maria
Freddie
C. F
Harry
Louis
Drummondville
Que
H. Boulette
Father Bonaventure
Carrie Allison
Vancouver
R. Kirton
Grand Rapids
Lac du Bonnet doubles in size and population
Lac du Bonnet expands as the south subdivision and a western land parcel join the village after a 1961 vote. Growth centers on water service expansion, plans for streets and 72 new homes, and a new fire truck intake. Council sets committees and places strict building permits under the planning scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lac du Bonnet
Water Co-op
RCAF
CGIT National Vesper Service Held at Bissett United Church
Canadian Girls in Training teams across Canada gathered for the 1961 National Vesper Service hosted by Bissett United Church on December 17. Miss Cathie Duval opened the service, with Maureen McCracken and others leading processions and candle lighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Bissett United Church
CGIT
Cathie Duval
Maria Ashley
Donna McPherson
Maureen McCracken
E. Minton
Georgette Moore
Explorer
Reid
Gray
World Council of Churches
Bissett Group
Faith Gibson
Wray
Calverley
Legion Auxiliary Installs New Officers in Lac du Bonnet
The Lac du Bonnet Legion Ladies Auxiliary held its annual meeting on December 19. The district representative Mrs. Dorothy Waters installed the 1962 slate with honorary president Mrs. Anne French and president Mrs. Doreen Dancyt leading a list of officers and committee conveners. Three new members were initiated and gifts were presented to departing secretary Mrs. Dancyt and to Mrs. Evelyn Langridge, with a silver dollar for the newborn. Lunch followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lac du Bonnet Legion Ladies Auxiliary
Dorothy Waters
Anne French
Doreen Dancyt
Jo. Fournier
Alice Charles
Alicia Terra
Betty Dancyt
Hazel Campbell
Marg. Enright
Mary Campbell
Olive Arsenault
Kay Grabke
Joan Arsenault
Jean Tabak
Laurentine Fournier
Bery Sherle
Mesdames
C. Lewis
E Foubert
M. Jones
Lac du Bonnet Council winds up year with by laws and byword
The Rural Municipality of Lac du Bonnet held its final meeting of the year on December 21 with full attendance. By law 659 settled with Atomic Energy of Canada Limited for 16343.20 and a general release. Two more by-laws approved the sale of NW 8-13-9E to George Romanishen for 800 and S 28-14-10E to Frank Trouton for 1051. Reeve received 200 indemnity. Public works authorized include stripping, drainage and grading on several roads. Discussion covered scavenging, subdivision bonds and culvert needs, with studies planned before action. Many accounts and payments to town and province noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lac du Bonnet
L. Cherrey
Council
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
George Romanishen
Frank Trouton
Victor David
Zarecki
J. W. Wade
Manitoba Power Commission
Minnewawa Street
Dubienski
Boulanger
C. L. Cherrey
H. Olensky
Ed. Sikora
W. R. Belluk
Petty Cash
City Wpg
MHSP
Brian Ancel
Stebbe’s Machine
W. David
Also Mentioned on This Page
St. John's W.A
Province
Atomic
L.G. District
Ernie Newsham
P. H. Klassen
Russell P. Waters
M. Kabaluk
Herb Dancyt
W. Zarecki
Selkirk Health Unit Board
R. Waters
H. Dancyt
GIT
Legion Auxiliary
Municipal Council
Sovereign Life
Provincial Treas
Man. Hydro
Macleod’s Ltd
Dept. of Health
Wenzoski's Store
Alf Petznik
Hudson Bay Co
North Star Oil
S. Peterson
Fred Sieg
M. Peterson
Jos. Mazur
J. Grewinski
L. Sikora
Hugh R. Eade
Prairie Equip
Lac d B Trans
Griffith Bros
M. Horbatiuk
Man. Forest Ser
Walter Wazny
M. Bruchanski
Nick Soroka
W. Hapko
W. Heckert
Man. Telephone
A. Trask
Paul Lavoie
Edwin Walesiak
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