1967: New Manitoba Telephone System building under construction
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- Published on Tuesday, March 7, 2017
By Cecil Pittman
The Neepawa Press
80 years ago. Friday, March 5, 1937: Dauphin is bringing a special train for a hockey game tonight. Anybody that has their car running, it would be appreciated if they would help to bring the people downtown. The train is expected to arrive about 6:30.
70 years ago. Thursday March 13, 1947: Approximately 1,200 from town and surrounding district attended the annual Lions Cub Winter Carnival at the arena Saturday afternoon and evening. Twenty-one members of the Winnipeg club pleased the gathering with graceful and precision skating. Eric Abbott stole the show with his stunts. The show brought to Neepawa some of the best skaters in Western Canada and was heartily enjoyed by everyone in attendance and far surpassed the performance of other years.
60 years ago. Thursday, March 14, 1957: Neepawa pianist to perform on radio broadcast: Two young musicians of Neepawa will be heard on the Brandon College Radio Program. Miss Audrey Lee will be heard at 5:15 pm Sunday, March 17 and Miss Cathie O'Brien, at the same time, Sunday March 24, over CKX Brandon.
50 years ago. Friday, March 10, 1967: Flashing a winning brand of hockey which could not be denied, Neepawa Natives, Wednesday night brought this district its first provincial sports championship recorded in Canada's centennial year. With more than 1,000 fans cheering them on in the sports arena, the local hockeymen won from Stonewall again and the 8-6 triumph closed out the MAHA intermediate A championship in two straight games. Coach Don Smith's Natives shaded the home team in overtime at Stonewall, Saturday 7 to 6.
40 years ago. Thursday, March 3, 1977: Stole car “from under my nose” Harold Ishenberg is still shaking his head in disbelief. “It was taken right from underneath my nose,” he said. Mr. Ishenberg's car was stolen in Neepawa, on Feb. 17, right after he bought his new insurance. He had parked beside the Hamilton Hotel and gone next door to Shoemaker Gill to renew his insurance registration. He got his Autopac all in order, dropped the new registration in the car and went back to Shoemaker Gill for one final word with the folks. When he came out in a few minutes later, his 1971 Buick – new registration and all – was gone.
30 years ago. Thursday, March 10, 1987: Smoke damage: Neepawa firemen surveyed the scene of a mid-morning fire on March 5. Fire chief Don Evenson said only minor damage was created to the home at 155 Hamilton Street. Two adult occupants and a child were able to get out of the home without injury. The fire department surmises the fire was caused by an electrical problem. The fire was confined to the ceiling of the home's upper level. One warning Evenson did have resulted from observing children attracted to the area and playing about the fire trucks. He said parents should keep a close watch on their children, so as to prevent injury at the scene of such incidents.
20 years ago. Monday, March 10, 1997: Religious exercises at Neepawa's Hazel M. Kellington Elementary School were banned last Monday. Four years after the province outlawed the practice. Although the court of Queen's Bench ruled the practice of religious exercises don't belong in public schools back in 1994, HMK principal John Nelson said the practice was continued since no parents ever objected. “We felt we knew what our community would accept,” said Nelson. “We're a pretty traditional community and we don't have a lot of different religions”
10 years ago. Monday, March 15, 2007: A Gladstone born and raised soldier, now based in Shilo, is the recipient of a Mention in Dispatches award. Master Bombardier Jeffrey Fehr was serving his first tour of duty in Afghanistan last year when his five-person crew came under attack in May. Fehr was a member of the OP Party Observers, who called in artillery, when they were ambushed. The attack claimed the life of Captain Nichola Goddard, also of CFB Shilo, and injured another soldier. “The day of the flight, I took over her (Goddard's) job”, Fehr said. “To be honest I went into automatic pilot. It wasn't until four or five hours later that I realized what really happened.” Fehr said he wasn't expecting any special recognition, since he was simply doing “what I am trained to do”.
