Lac du Bonnet to Host Bicycle Rodeo Sunday
A bicycle rodeo is planned in Lac du Bonnet for Sunday June 25 at 10:00 a.m. RCMP and provincial and local groups back the event with safety talks at area schools on Friday June 23. Riders must meet safety standards including brakes fenders reflectors and proper alignment before entering. Park Avenue will be closed from First to Third Street for the rodeo.
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Lac du Bonnet
R.C.M.P
Moe Gilman
Winnipeg
Sargeant Bart Hawkins
Park Avenue
Second Street
First Street
Third Street
Local Businessman Dies at Work in Lac du Bonnet
Ernest Newsham owner of Ernie's Bakery died at his Lac du Bonnet shop on June 7 at age 54. He came in 1966 and started the bakery after running a Bissett bake shop since 1940. He likely suffered a heart attack while in his office and was pronounced dead at Pinawa Hospital. He is survived by his wife Mary two sons David and Philip and one grandchild.
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Ernest Newsham
Ernie
Lac du Bonnet
Newsham
Bissett
R.C.M.P
Mr. Newsham
Pinawa Hospital
Mary
David
Philip
Tarra Pope Night Benefit Dance for Cancer Fund
The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 70 and Ladies Auxiliary hosted Tarra Pope Night at the Community Hall on Saturday June 10 to raise funds for cancer research. Tarra Pope, three, has undergone kidney and spleen surgery in 1971 and February this year and continues chemotherapy at the Cancer Research Centre in Winnipeg. she attended the event one hour, receiving a Legion Crest baseball cap and a bat, ball, and catcher's mitt. Ted Mathers presented the gifts as band members played Happy Birthday. Sam Uskiw and Mrs Uskiw attended and spoke briefly, with many cottagers and donors from the district contributing.
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The
Royal Canadian Legion
Ladies Auxiliary
Tarra Pope
Cancer Research Fund
Tarra
Tony
Margaret Pope
Cancer Research Centre
Winnipeg
Legion
Ted Mathers
Graduation Day at Lac du Bonnet Senior School
The Lac du Bonnet Senior School holds graduation on Saturday June 24 1972 in the school auditorium. Awards are presented at 3 30 p m in an afternoon ceremony with assistants and trustees. a 6 00 p m banquet follows with graduates escorts and guests. Guest speaker is Mr Joe Daley former NHL star with Detroit Red Wings now with Winnipeg Jets.
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Lac du Bonnet
Agassiz
Joe Daley
National Hockey League
Detroit Red Wings
Winnipeg Jets
World Hockey Association
Daley
East Kildonan
Weyburn Red Wings
Pine Falls D D Munro Named to National Research Council
D D Munro of Pine Falls Manitoba has been appointed a member of the National Research Council of Canada. He is 50 and serves as mill manager of Abitibi Manitoba Paper Ltd in Pine Falls. He holds a University of Saskatchewan bachelor’s degree earned in 1945 and a 1962 business management certificate from the University of Western Ontario. After wartime service he joined Manitoba Paper Ltd, later becoming resident engineer in 1952 and assistant mill manager at Iroquois Falls for four years before taking the Pine Falls mill manager role in 1966.
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D. D. Munro
Pine Falls
Manitoba
National Research Council of Canada
Mr. Munro
Abitibi Manitoba Paper Ltd
Man
University of Saskatchewan
University of Western Ontario
Manitoba Paper Ltd
Manitoba Abitibi Paper Company
Centennial School Presents The Sounds of Summer
Centennial School Lac du Bonnet staged The Sounds of Summer directed by Miss Lesosky with Mrs. Hirst on piano. The senior gym was packed for the Friday June 9 performance as the program drew a full house. Continued on Page 10.
Jamboree A Success in Lac du Bonnet Scouts and Guides hold inaugural Agassiz jamboree
Weather favored the June 10 event as 260 children registered for the Agassiz Scout Guide Jamboree in Lac du Bonnet. The motorcade from Senior School led by a colour party travelled to Walbec Theatre and Wendigo Wings airfield for daylong events. Units of six competed, with Scouts and Guides facing off across events while Cubs and Brownies competed within their groups.
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Scouts and Guides
Agassiz
Walbec Theatre
Wendigo Wings
Scouts
Guides
Lac du Bonnet
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Pointe DU Bois
Sam Uskiw
M.L.A
Pittsburgh Penguins
Detroit
Research Council
Centennial School
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