Education Stressed At Pine Falls Graduation Night
Honorable Errick F. Willis addressed Pine Falls graduates at the Legion Hall stressing extended education and Canada’s growth. He noted education brings higher earnings and urged gratitude to parents. Diploma awards went to top students Arnold Iwanick and Patricia McSherry with grades around 78 to 86 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Errick F. Withis
Province of
Manitoba
Pine Falls Legion Hall
Canada
E F. Willis
T. N. McLenaghen
Manitoba Paper Co. Ltd
D. A. Cutten
G. L. Taylor
Pine Falls Labour Council
Taylor
Arnold Iwanick
Patricia McSherry
Radar Takes Toll At Lac du Bonnet
The RCMP radar patrol worked the road to Holiday Beach last night within a 30 mile per hour zone. Speeds up to 60 were recorded. At least 30 motorists were surprised by the enforcement and warned to heed speed limits for safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lac du Bonnet
R.C.M.P
Holiday Beach
Seven Sisters elects Ron Muncer as club president
Ron Muncer was elected president of the Seven Sisters Community Club at the annual meeting held Monday September 16 at the club. The nominating committee led to a slate including Bruce Manness as vice president Norman Honkey as secretary Lorne Simpson as treasurer and directors O Kinghorn and R Morton. A vote of thanks was given to outgoing president A Krampetz who has served 14 years. The meeting closed with lunch hosted by T Whitley and N Honkey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ron Muncer
Seven Sisters Community Club
T. Whitley
N. Hankey
Wm. Dorland
Bruce Manness
Norman Honkey
Lorne Simpson
O. Kinghorn
R. Morton
Christian Renewal Week Planned For Lac du Bonnet
Eleven Lac du Bonnet residents met at Notre Dame Church to plan the Christian Renewal Week in November. Mission Services will run nightly November 3 to 9 in the Roman Catholic, Lutheran and Anglican churches led by an outside commissioner. Clergymen and lay representatives from Roman Catholic Pentecostal Lutheran and Anglican groups attended. Father Frechette opened with prayer.
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Lac du Bonnet
Notre Dame Church
Lac du Bon
Father Frechette
Bowen
W. Hardy
Apathy Grips Municipal Elections
Apathy dominates municipal elections with little talk of candidates this year. Nomination Day is next week on October 2, with vacancies to fill by December 31. Voters wonder who will run, who wants to run, and who can step up to lead.
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B.C
Ontario
Cuboree Draws Large Attendance at Milner Ridge
Eastern Manitoba Cubs gathered at the RCAF Milner Ridge base for a full day of activities to start the annual program. Beausejour Pinawa Lac du Bonnet and Great Falls packs competed in games and tests for the athletic badge with Great Falls winning the afternoon trophy after a 13-8 final in the last ball game.
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Manitoba
RCAF
Milner Ridge
Beausejour
Pinawa
Lac du
Bonnet
Great Falls
M. B. C. Anderson
Lac du Bonnet
Rors
W CM. B. C. Anderson
Cub
Beausejour A
Lac du Bonnet Cub Pack
Pine Falls Chamber Discusses Area Development
The Pine Falls Chamber of Commerce in its first meeting of the season on September 9 heard the chairman report on a June 6 Beausejour meeting about area development plans.
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Pine Falls
Pinawa Forms Cub Pack and Scout Troup
Pinawa residents organized a Cub Pack and Scout Troup with nine boys starting the Cub Pack and six forming a Scout Troup at D Fitzsimmons home. Led by W D C Fitzsimmons with T Lamb, the group held a Cuboree at Beausejour Milner Ridge. A newborn arrives, Robert Scott Graham, born Sept 9 at Grace Hospital.
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Pinawa
D. Fitzsimmons
Tupper Place
W D. C. Fitzsimmons
T. Lamb
R. W. Smith
Don Graham
Robert Scott
Grace Hospital
Subscription Renewal Form for The Leader
The notice explains renewal dates shown as day month year on the address copy. It invites subscribers to mail remittance with a form, lists prices for one year and two years for domestic and outside Canada, and notes Audit Bureau of Circulations rules and delivery timelines. It also references new subscriber formatting and requests printed name and address.
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Canada
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Springfield
Lac du Bonnet Stakes On Artificial Curling Ice Plant
Lac du Bonnet Curling Club signs with Canadian Ice for an artificial ice plant to be installed by November 1. Five thousand dollars must be financed locally, with shares sold at 25 each to reduce fees. The $12,000 project will be installed by club members under Doug Struthers supervision, with loans from members and a bank.
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Lac du Bonnet
Canadian Ice
Early Mining Area Doctor Retires
Dr. Lynn Falconer, 66, retires from the department of health and welfare in Edmonton. He served as superintendent of medical services for the Foothills region covering Alberta, the Yukon, and the Northwest Territories. Falconer helped convert 18 abandoned Army hospitals into treatment facilities for Indians and Eskimos after World War II and has long focused on Indigenous health, dating back to the 1920s in central Manitoba mining towns.
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Canada
Department of Health and Welfare
Edmonton
Falconer
Foothills
Alberta
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Manitoba
Pine Falls Honors Two Longtime School Trustees
Two Pine Falls school trustees Fred Ford and Dr. K I Johnson were honored Saturday marking the end of their board careers. They received engraved School Bells for decades of educational service. Ford helped form the original 1947 board and served continuously. Johnson joined in 1953 and was chairman from 1955 until his retirement last November.
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Fred Ford
K. I. Johnson
Pine Falls
Glen Stewart
Johnson
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Pine Falls Grads
Merrily Frayne
Mr. Tataryn
E. F. Willis
T. Fortier
Abitibi Council For Education
Margaret A. Heinkel
Arnold C. Iwanick
Geras A. Jorowski
Gordon B. McLennan
Muriel E. Roche
Margaret D. Shea
Merrily G. Frayne
Julie M. Harrison
Elizabeth L. Hundevad
Gregory M. Inglis
John N. Inkster
Robert D. McDonald
Patricia F. McSherry
Stanley Pacak
Neil E. Shave
Ann Marie Shea
Garry G. Sippola
New Community Club
N. Honkey
Apathy
Cuboree
F/L
G. H. S. Starks
Baden-Powell Sports
Milner Ridge Rcaf Base
Chamber
Pinawa News
Jour
Department of Industry and Commerce
E. Randle
F. Thibodeau
Powerview
Messrs. S. Berthelette
E.B. Randle
H. Desautels
T. Chapel
Messrs. R. Andrews
W. Jackson
H. Y
T. Lamp
Margaret Ann Heinkel
Abitibi Education Council
M. Tataryn
C. B. Magnusson
3Rd Street
Man
Feringfield
Lyall Marshall
Doug Struthers
Lynn Falconer
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