Six months on top of the world
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Photos courtesy of Matt Soroka. A picture of mainstreet in Site 31. The smaller buildings, in the rows on the right side, were where the workers slept, while the bigger building in the centre was the cooking hall.
By Tony Eu
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
In May of 1956, Matt Soroka took a trip north. Far north. All the way up, well into the Arctic Circle, to a place known as Site 31.
Yep, those were the days!
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Photo courtesy of the Beautiful Plains archives. The CNR roundhouse, where Chicken Corral and McDonald’s are now located, holds memories for Cam Smith. He went there with his neighbour Alex Underwood, whose father worked on the steam engines.
By Rick Sparling
Neepawa Press
This is part two in a three part series about the places we loved growing up in Neepawa. It’s not just from my generation, but also from those younger and older. This week features mostly memories from Cam Smith.
Cam Smith: Our heroes
I remember the Salt Well picnics, where they held games and races for the kids of Salt Well employees. The Crabbe boys dominated most of the competitions. It was amazing how you could spend the whole day there. Thinking back, it seems like all the days were hot and sunny with very few rainy days. I guess it's human nature to remember the good days. We played baseball and soccer on the lawn in front of the creamery with Sparks (Rick Sparling), Jake (Ray Crabbe), Skinny (Ken Crabbe), Trev (Trevor Sinclair), Red,(Ed Fearns) and Garth King, to name a few. Every couple of times there, Mr. Boyle would come out and put the runs to us, but we'd be back the very next day.
My Neepawa - The old trestle bridge
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Photo courtesy of the Beautiful Plains archives.
Looking back - 1986: Hog processing plant open for business
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Photo courtesy of Press archives. The front page from the Oct. 2, 1986 edition of The Neepawa Press, featuring the ribbon cutting ceremony of what is now the HyLife hog processing plant.
By Cecil Pittman
Neepawa Press
80 years ago, Friday Oct. 2, 1936
John Simpson was honoured by the local Oddfellows at the regular meeting Monday night. Mr. Simpson has been a member of the order for 52 years and to commemorate the occasion, the Neepawa lodge presented him with an upholstered chair. The presentation was made by Robert Habkirk, a charter member and past Noble Grand.
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