Manitoba Textbook Tour Marks Eighth Annual Education Visit
The Department of Education and Manitoba Chambers of Commerce sponsor a 2200 mile teacher bus tour across the province. This year 250 teachers will observe industrial, historic, and scenic sites and prepare lesson plans for classroom use earning three credits. The trip runs July 4 to July 15 with stops in Winnipeg Southern Manitoba and North to Flin Flon including Lac du Bonnet Pine Falls and Powerview.
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Department of Education
Stewart E. McLean
McLean
Manitoba Chambers of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Flin. Flon
Marlborough Hotel
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
USAF
Lac du Bonnet
Pine Falls
Manitou Lodge
Manitoba Paper Company
Powerview
Man Drowns At Bird River Camp Swim
Allan Perry twenty four of Transcona drowned when entering waters beyond his depth during a Baptist Bible camp swim at Bird River. RCMP from Lac du Bonnet and diver George Wright aided in locating the body, recovered Saturday. Parents reside in Burnaby B C. Perry worked at a mink farm near Transcona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Perry
Transcona
Bird River
Mr. Perry
Baptist Bible Camp
Perry
R.C.M.P
Lac du Bonnet
George Wright
Pine Falls
Bissett
Burnaby
B.C
Transcone
Lac du Bonnet Chamber Ends Summer Season At Casey's Inn
The Lac du Bonnet Chamber of Commerce held its final summer meeting at Casey's Inn on June 28 with president O. F. Bjornson presiding. Topics covered included July August plans, dental service interest from Dr. Wright of Winnipeg, drainage upgrades costing about 100, highway work details with government support for salt, and proposed National convention resolutions. J. W. Wade was nominated to the National executive of the Canadian Chambers of Commerce, and talks touched on tours of teachers and a Premier cabinet visit in July.
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Manitoba
Golden Boy
Manitoba Travel and Convention Association
Skyview
Winnipeg
Marlborough
Vince
Brandon
Minnedosa
Gimli
Morden
Winnipeg Beach
Maitland B. Steinkopf
Harold C. Wainwright
John Fisher
Canadian Tourist Association
Gurrney Evans
Industry
Commerce
Claude B. Main
J. W. Wade
Lac du Bonnet
M. J. C. McMullen
E. Lavoie
Bjornson
Holiday Beach
Bjorn
Son
Reeve
H. Olensky
J. W Wade
Banari
Finey
Dauphin Chambers
Canadian Chambers of Commerce
Swimming Lessons Begin July 18 At Lac du Bonnet Beach
The Lac du Bonnet Lakers Ski Club offers two weeks of swimming lessons at the town beach from July 18 to July 30. Fees are 1.50 for children and 2.00 for adults with a 11 day schedule and two adult sessions daily at 5:00 and 7:00 p.m. CST. Applications due by July 12 at local outlets Springfield Leader Irvin's Electric and The Royal Bank of Canada, with late acceptance to July 17. Bronze medallion life saving classes may be available for older youth.
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Lac du Bonnet Lakers
Springfield Leader
Irvin's Electric
Royal Bank of Canada
Royal Life Saving Society of London
England
Holiday Beach Square Dance Jamoree Draws Forty Three Families
Forty three families joined a first annual square dance jamoree at Holiday Beach featuring a fish derby and swimming. Square dancers from Gimli Selkirk Killarney Portage and Winnipeg, sponsored by the Golper Square Dance Club of Winnipeg, arrived Thursday evening and filled the beach with campers. Activities included big square dances on Friday and Saturday, a Saturday fish derby and a weiner roast ending the sessions. Jo Johannson of CBW TV fame called the Saturday event. The weekend closed Sunday afternoon with plans to return next year.
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Gimli
Selkirk
Killarney
Portage
Winnipeg
Golper Square Dance Club
Weiner
Jo Johannson
CBW TV Fame
July 1 Draws Large Crowd to Lac du Bonnet
A sunny Lac du Bonnet day drew a big crowd for water skiing and baseball events during the annual sports day. Highlights included a parade, float prizes for Busy Bees 4-H Club St John’s Church Girls Auxiliary and Macleod’s store, a seven-team ball tournament win by Beausejour, a Lac du Bonnet Lakers Ski Club water ski show with boat flyovers, ski queen Rose Mary Kahan crowned with princesses Rita Boulanger and Joyce Halliday, and a Trans Air seaplane flight offering spectators aerial views over the Whiteshell Forest Reserve.
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Lac du Bonnet
Busy Bees 4-H Club
St. John’s Church
Girls Auxiliary
Macleod’s Store
Beausejour
Crown and Anchor
The
Legion
Lac du Bonnet Lakers
Frank Day
Ron Wickner
Paul Smerski
Wally Hirst
Rose Mary Kahan
Rita Boulanger
Joyce
Halliday
H. Beaumont
Margaret Brown
Edythe Brown
Trans Air
St Johns W A Holds Final Meeting In Lac du Bonnet
St Johns Anglican W A in Lac du Bonnet held its final meeting of the season on July 4 a social evening with about 30 members and visitors. Three members Mrs Joyce Zikman Mrs Carol Thorpe and Mrs Ethel Straw were given engraved coffee spoons. A farewell for Rev and Mrs W O Straw was planned for July 20 in Memorial Hall before they leave for Norway House. Members authorized funds for a garage at the rectory and new curtains.
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St. John’s Anglican
Lac du Bonnet
Joyce Zikman
Carol Thorpe
Ethel Straw
St. John's W.A
Memorial Hall
W. O. Straw
Norway House
Weeks of blue Monday mood swings prompt help
Many days of bad mood and temper can strain relationships. If frequent fits of low mood persist and affect interactions, consider seeking help from a mental health clinic for evaluation and support.
Farewell Held for Grade One Teacher
A farewell party was held Monday evening June 27 in the Lac du Bonnet school basement for Mrs. M. C. Mac Lean who retires after eight years teaching Grade One. About 100 ladies attended as games and speeches followed by lunch. The Lac du Bonnet School Board also honored her June 29 with a handbag presentation.
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Lac du Bonnet
M. C. MacLean
MacLean
Garhes
Doreen Daneyt
Mothers
Dorothy Marion
Home and School Association
Louise Brown
Mary Campbell
Eva Dufflv
Helen Smith
Mesdames R. Butchart
G. Campbell
H. Marrat M. Campbell
A. Dancut
Subscription Renewal Notice for The Leader in Lac du Bonnet
The notice asks readers to check their address date numerals on the copy of The Leader and renew subscriptions by mailing remittance. It notes rates of 3.00 for one year and 4.00 outside Canada, and reminds subscribers to avoid more than 30 days in arrears per the Audit Bureau of Circulations.
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Canada
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Springfield
Geese Migration Study Maps Manitoba Canada Goose Routes
Missouri biologists plan a 35 day field study along the Nelson and Hayes rivers to tag juvenile Manitoba geese with aluminum leg bands and plastic neck bands. Earlier Manitoba tagged birds appeared in western Minnesota and South Dakota while James Bay birds showed up in Illinois and along the Mississippi Flyway.
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Canada
Manitoba
York Factory
United States
U.S
Missouri
Nelson River
Hayes River
Shamattawa
Ontario
James Bay
Illinois
Minnesota
South Dakota
Missouri Conservation Commission
Mississippi Flyway Council
New Medicare Plan For Needy Launched July First
A new comprehensive health plan began July 1 granting medicare cards to more than 10 000 provincial social allowance recipients and their families for medical dental optical and essential prescribed drug care. Hon George Johnson said the plan is prepaid and coordinated with professional associations enabling access to required services with a two year study and seven months of negotiations.
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George Johnson
85 Percent Mining Stock Investors Lose Money
John Dalrymple reports in Liberty magazine that only 5 percent of Canadian mining stock investors consistently profit. He warns against hype and describes wash trading, short selling, and bear manipulation, noting Ontario scrutiny and past jail sentences. He concludes markets favor disciplined traders, not hogs.
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John Dalrymple
Liberty Magazine
Dalrymple
Ontario Securities Commission
Toronto
Albert J. Gould
Joe Hirshorn
Preston East Dome
Hirshorn
Bears
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Lac du Bonnet Pine Falls
Whiteshell
St. John’s W.A
Red Deer
Alta
Ottawa
3Rd Street
Man
New
Medicare
Wilmer
Bini
Smith
Portage la Prairie
Farmer
G. E. Kaumeyer
Imperial
Esso
Quebec
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