Teachers Discuss Permanent Board and Tenure Concerns
The Manitoba School Trustees Association plans resolutions for December urging government action on equal rights for teachers, tenure security, and opposition to separating principals from the teaching body. They favor a permanent arbitration board for consistent, informed wage settlements.
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Ori
di ‘Association
Manitoba
Division Association
Teachers Society
Manitoba Teachers’ Society
Manitoba School Trustees’ Association
Trustees Association
Canada approves bridge contract for plant access
A contract valued at 379 583 60 dollars for the B to B or B specification of the two bridge alternates has been approved by Atomic Energy of Canada. The sub structure must be finished by June with the west abutment due by May 1. McNamara and partners list completion by end of April. The bridge, designed for heavier highway loads, will span the Winnipeg river near Seven Sisters dam, crossing five piers from two abutments and approach causeways for a quarter mile crossing. Construction began Monday January 16.
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Atomic Energy of Canada
Maxist
McNamara
Wer
Pinaway Channel
Winnipeg River
Seven Sisters
Community skating rink to host adult supervision evenings
A meeting approved evening supervision for skaters from 7:00 to 9:00 daily with volunteers named to cover the next two weeks. Messrs Marcel Dupont Josaphat Vincent Severe Vincent Ernest Dupont Theodore Dupont and Elie Martel offered to help. A heated warming building near the rink was moved to aid skating prep and order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcel] Dupont
Jospahat Vincent
Messrs
Marcel Dupont
Josaphat Vincent
Severe Vincent
Ernest Dupont Theodore Dupont
Elie Martel
Poison bait stations warn Lac du Bonnet residents
In Lac du Bonnet Manitoba poison bait stations set by the Department of Agriculture with the municipality and game branch aim to reduce predator livestock losses. Five stations on local farms warn residents and keep away from domestic animals as the bait, Compourad 1080, is highly poisonous. stations placed away from woods, creeks, trails, buildings and roads, limited to one per township.
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Rollie Blanchard
Libau
Clifford Brook
Lac du Bonnet
Manitoba Game Branch
Dept. of Agriculture
Gane
Edwart
Dan Fostsy
Frank Stupack
Ed Sieg
Regional Conference of Manitoba Chambers in Lac du Bonnet
Delegates from Manitoba Chambers of Commerce met at Lac du Bonnet to discuss officer duties, cooperative enterprises and tax fairness. Highway and road improvements were proposed including paving routes 11 and 15 and rebuilding No 4 to the Ontario border, with plans for a forest access road. Attendees included S N Jones, J W Wade, Frank Price, Rod Thomson, Wilf Boiteau, and P H Klassen.
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Chambers of Commerce
Manitoba
Lac du Bonnet
Manitoba Chambers of Commerce
Pine Falls
MacArthur Falls
Silver Falls
Beausejour
Ontario
Hadashville
Middlebro
Brokenhead River
Elma
Lac du Bonnet Curling Club Wins Three Firsts and Second
Lac du Bonnet Curling Club opened 1961 bonspiel season with three events over the weekend. John Usackis lead a five game winning Beausejour rink to the main prize in the 33-rink men’s bonspiel, while high school team skip Don Stupack won Kenora’s main event. J Sherle’s senior team captured Great Falls Novelty Bonspiel. R Butchart, second in the second event.
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Lac du Bonnet
John Usackis
Beausejour
Don Stupack
Kenora High School
J. Sherle
R. Butchart
J.usackis
Glen Butchart
Bob Lesko
Wayne Zeemel
Gillespie
Dugald
Libau
C. McIn
Deer Lodge
A. Neyedley
Bollen
Andy Usackis
Blaine Campbell
Roy Quong
Kenora
Fort William
D. Milko
J. Moore
Great Falls
Gordon Weiss
R. Waters
Doreen Dancut
Sherle
Ted Harrison
Pine Falls
Krampetz
Seven Sisters
Axel Ericksen
Alex McLeod
G. Campbell
Great Falls Curling Bonspiel Hosts Friendly Weekender
President Bill Sutherland led a sociable curling spree in Great Falls with players from Bissett Pine Falls Lac du Bonnet and Seven Sisters joining guests from Winnipeg. Ernie Newsham and his San Antonio Mines team drew spirited praise and became the crowd favorite as his team roared the crowd with catchphrase Swee o p Swee o p.
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Bill Sutherland
Great Falls
Bissett
Pine Falls
Lac du Bonnet
Seven Sisters
Winnipeg
Ernie Newsham
San Antonio Mines
Ernie
North Eastern Ladies Spiel Opens With 22 Entries
The Lac du Bonnet North Eastern Ladies Bonspiel begins Friday with twenty two entries. Competitions span three events the Hudson Bay trophy Goodway trophy and the Lac du Bonnet Ladies Curling Club event. Rinks come from Winnipeg Pine Falls Great Falls Regina Bissett Seven Sisters Milner Ridge Beausejour and Lac du Bonnet. A Saturday evening break features entertainment by the Lac du Bonnet club. Finals set for 8 p.m. Sunday.
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Lac du Bonnet
Subscriptions Requested for The Spring field Leader
A reader requests a one year subscription to The Spring field Leader to the provided address. Enclosed is payment of 3.00 within Canada or 4.00 outside Canada. The form shows name and address lines for completion.
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Canada
Springfield
Jim Sherle Wins Great Falls Spiel
The Great Falls Curling club hosted its fourth annual mixed open bonspiel over the weekend with Jim Sherle and Lac du Bonnet rink winning the main event 14 6 against Axel Erickson of Great Falls. Garry Erickson won the second event 11 9 over Ralph Butchart, and Allan Dales of Manitoba took the third 9 7 over Ernie Newsham.
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Great Falls Curling Club
Jim Sherle
Lac du Bonnet
Gordon Weiss
Dorothy Waters
Doreen Dancyt
Great Falls
Axel Erickson
Erickson
Gunner Postnicks
Belle Courchine
Gladys Jansson
Sherle
Laketown
Sheree
R. Butchart
Ted Harrison
Ronny Krampetz
Erikson
Bill Sutherland
Jim le Roye
Jim Taylor
Garry Erickson
Fred Kalinowsky
Tina Ans
Elaine Johnston
Ralph Butchart
Alex McLeod
George Campbell
Buthcart
Tom Campbell
Butchart
Kokolowski
Jarowski
Pine Falls
Allan Dales
Kelsey
Manitoba
Bill Hebert
Rose Krampetz
Ernie Newsham
San Antonio
Alex Reid
Mary Newsham
Ellen Reid
Newsham
Dales
Anderson Hall
Les Morgan
Dave Rosner
Stan Gittins
Fred Ans
Jessie Erickson
Virginia Clark
Betty Bracken
Joyce Ryckman
Curling Club
Teachers to Attend Manitoba General Course Workshop
Mr W A Kachur Lac du Bonnet Mrs O Zaborniak Lac du Bonnet St Rene Pine Falls and Mr L G Laroche Pine Falls will represent the Agassiz Division Association at a one day workshop January 21 at St James Collegiate Winnipeg. The Manitoba Teachers Society Curriculum Committee organized the session to explain aims and objectives of the proposed General Course for high school students under Mr Geoffrey Davies Director of Curricula.
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W. A. Kachur
Lac du Bonnet
O. Zaborniak
St. Rene
Pine Falls
L. G. Laroche
Agassiz
Manitoba Teachers’ Society
St. James Collegiate Institute
Winnipeg
Geoffrey Davies
New Recreation Hall Planned for Great Falls
Sixty four members of the Great Falls Recreation club and other residents met in Anderson Hall on Thursday January 12 to discuss club business and the future possibility of a new recreation hall. Ron Muncer was elected president, replacing Vince Rowe, who resigned for business reasons. Don Baker was chosen as vice president. The group approved spending up to 750 for architect plans and authorized a building committee to proceed, with fundraising plans including a monster automobile raffle.
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Great Falls
Harvey Battram
Winnipeg Electric Co
Ron Muncer
Confirmation at St John’s Anglican Church
The Rev. Bishop H. E. Hives conducted a confirmation service at St. John’s Anglican Church in Lac du Bonnet on Sunday January 15. Eighteen members were admitted to the church, including Neil Campbell Bonnie Halliday Ashley Langridge Richard Smith Barry Rousseau Eleanor Sitar and several others.
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H. E. Hives
Diocese of Keewatin
St. John's Anglican Church
Neil Campbell
Bonnie Halliday
Ashley, Langridge
Richard Smith
Barry Rousseau
Eleanor Sitar
D. Boznanen
V. Maguire
E. Marshall
Or. Rogers
V. C. Hardy
J. Mansbridge
E. McLeod
J Sparman
I. Winberg
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