A Senior’s Story: Davieville – A sandy land survival story
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- Published on Wednesday, March 22, 2017
By Wayne Hildebrand
The Neepawa Press
William (Bill) Davie Sr. was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in 1890. He was working as an apprentice druggist, but he really wanted to be a farmer. So, at 18 years of age (1908), he immigrated to Canada to start a new life. Little did he know that his adventuresome spirit would take him to the sandhills southeast of Neepawa, an area that would test every ounce of his character. It would be the beginning of a legacy of four generations of Davies to farm in the area.
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Looking back - 1987: Drop In Centre opening draws a large crowd
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- Published on Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Cecil Pittman
The Neepawa Press
80 years ago. Friday, March 19, 1937: Cordova, the play “An Old Fashioned Mother” was successfully staged last Friday evening to a large and attentive audience. Miss Marjorie Robertson gave a recitation “The Ladies Aid” and community singing helped to fill in between acts. The players played their parts well and brought great laughter and also tears from the audience.
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Neepawa doles out the dollars: Town Council - Tuesday, Mar. 14, 2017
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- Published on Tuesday, March 21, 2017
By Eoin Devereux
The Neepawa Press/Neepawa Banner
Preliminary information on Neepawa’s new budget was discussed by council on Tuesday, Mar. 14. Mayor Adrian de Groot noted that those deliberations are on schedule. He added that public feedback through surveys and other input, as well as suggestions from town administration, have been very helpful in the process to this point. De Groot also announced the recipients of the town’s annual grants. These grants were unveiled this early in the process in order to allow the organizations time to do any budget planning required. The recipients were:
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Archbishop Gagnon visits and blesses St. Dominic’s
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- Published on Sunday, March 19, 2017
Photo by Miranda Laybourne. Siblings McGregor and Cherish Pepino present Archbishop Richard Gagnon with a bouquet of fresh flowers on Sun., Mar. 12 at St. Dominic's
By Miranda Leybourne
The Neepawa Banner
The Most Reverend Archbishop Richard Joseph Gagnon, the Seventh Archbishop of Winnipeg, visited St. Dominic’s Roman Catholic Church in Neepawa on Sun., Mar. 12, to perform a special blessing of the main sanctuary now that the church’s roof construction has been completed.
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Final flurry facts
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- Published on Sunday, March 19, 2017
By Sheila Runions
The Rivers Banner
Readers will recall last week’s issue of both this newspaper and the matter of the storm. Submission deadline is Tuesday at 5 p.m. yet often, that rule is stretched to accommodate as best we can before the pages are completed and sent to the print shop in early afternoon on Wednesday. When reporting on the Monday-Wednesday blizzard, final figures were not yet released so let’s recap.
