Looking Back - 1977: New infant resuscitation unit
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- Published on Thursday, September 28, 2017
Cecil Pittman
The Neepawa Press
80 years ago
Tuesday, September 21, 1937
At last Neepawa is going to have a public library. Such was the decision arrived at by over 60 Neepawa citizens who met in the courthouse to discuss the matter Friday night. The name will be the Neepawa Public Library Association and although its not expected that it will be an ideal library for several months, those who are interested are confident that a good start has been made and if the organization plans are carried out, there is no reason why the project should not be a success. Several of the book clubs in Neepawa are responsible for the organization and the recommendations they made to the meeting were carried out. Where the library will be situated has not yet been decided, it is hoped to obtain some of the vacant space in the post office building.
70 years ago
Thursday, September 25, 1947
Two more of the younger gentry [men of high social class] of the community became entangled in the coils of the law last Saturday night. In the midst of the battle behind the Paris Cafe, the Gendarmes [police officer] walked in on the scene and called the duel off. The battlers were paraded to the local bastille [jail] in the basement of the town hall where, it is hoped they rested and licked their wounds until the following day.
60 years ago
Thursday, September 26, 1957
Robert Csati, 8 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Csati, was reported to be in good condition Wednesday morning following an accident at noon Tuesday in the lane between Brydon and Boundary Streets. The little boy, a grade 3 pupil in West Park School, was hospitalized Tuesday when he was in collision with a car driven by Maurice Byers. It was reported that the boy had been playing and ran from behind a clump of bushes into the side of the vehicle driven by Mr. Byers.
50 years ago
Friday, September 29, 1967
There is no report of an “unidentified flying object” this week, though sightings of strange objects were reported. This time, however, an explanation was forthcoming which appeared to satisfy those who were watching the skies. It was explained that the RCAF “Golden Centennaires” had been flying around this area Tuesday evening, between 8:00 and 8:30 p.m. Checking around town the next morning revealed that the same sight had been seen by several people in Neepawa and had been identified as the famous RCAF aerobatic squadron. Meanwhile, there has been no explanation of the three separate sightings of unidentified objects seen in this area in the past couple of weeks and radio reports on Friday indicated that there were more UFO sightings in northern sections of the province on Thursday.
40 years ago
Thursday, September 22, 1977
Last week, the hospital took delivery of a new infant resuscitation unit, thanks to the generosity of the Neepawa Kinsman Club. The unit is the most up-to-date and sophisticated type available, bringing together those items which are required for emergency resuscitation, such as suction, oxygen and warmth, in such a manner that the infant and operator are afforded the most ideal situation available. In addition, the unit may be used for non-emergency procedures, such as minor operations and for light therapy for jaundiced babies.
30 years ago
Wednesday, September 30, 1987
When Mary Sawchuk, of Neepawa, went to her garden last week to pull some carrots, she could tell from the way they were sitting outside of the soil some might be quite large. But, a four pound carrot was something she never expected. Along with the four pound carrot, Mary also found one which weighed two pounds as well as several carrots of normal weight. Sawchuk said she was very surprised at how big the carrot grew. She said she used regular seed and didn’t tend the garden any differently than in other years. The carrot which is the size of a turnip will be kept for awhile to show friends and neighbours. Then she said, like all the other carrots from the garden, it will be eaten. But, she added, “it will take a few meals to eat that!”
20 years ago
Monday, September 29, 1997
The Neepawa branch of the Neepawa-Gladstone Co-op will carry out a $200,000 upgrade of its service station, contingent on Provincial Environmental approval. “We’ve been planing this for the last couple of years,” Co-op general manager, Elvin Toews, said last Wednesday. “It just needs Environmental approval.” Along with remodelling the interior of the service station, Toews said larger gas tanks and new fuel pumps will be installed. Two 9,000 litre tanks will be replaced with tanks that can hold 25,000 and 50,000 litres of fuel. Manitoba Environment approval for the upgrade is needed, since larger fuel trucks will now be serving the tanks. Toews said that filling the fuel pumps won’t cause any traffic problems since that will be done during the night time, between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m.
10 years ago
Monday, September 24, 2007
A man who chaired the bovine tuberculosis eradication advisory committee quit after learning Parks Canada gave its staff awards for getting rid of the disease in the Riding Mountain area. John Whitaker said the credit shouldn’t go to government workers, but to the farmers who are out thousands of dollars. “Awards were given to government people,” Whitaker said, “But they didn’t indicate the contribution cattle producers made by having to put up with all the extra cattle testing and being used as guinea pigs for the test.” The accuracy of the test was a problem, recording a number of false positives. Recording a false positive left farmers unable to sell their market ready animals. An eight week wait was required to confirm there was no tuberculosis. Farmers were compensated for animals they were forced to slaughter, but not for any other costs.
