Looking back - 1945: Part of train derails near Bethany, no serious injuries reported
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- Published on Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Photo courtesy Neepawa Press archives.
By Cecil Pittman
The Neepawa Press
80 years ago, Tuesday December 3, 1935:
Fun Lee is now in charge of the Soon Kee Laundry and will continue the good service formally rendered.
70 years ago, Thursday December 6, 1945:
Two cars and the caboose of a CNR extra left the track a little over two miles southeast of Bethany early Thursday morning. No one received injuries serious enough to send them to the hospital, although some were shaken up.
Misty that morning, the train was reported to be traveling slow, and the main part remained on the track. Extra men and section men were on the scene immediately and had the track in shape to let the Neepawa-Russell passenger pass slowly that morning.
60 years ago, Thursday December 1, 1955:
Percy Murray, president of the Neepawa Chamber of Commerce, sponsors of the Santa Claus Day to be held in Neepawa Saturday, Dec. 10. Murray has worked with other officials to ensure the success of the day.
50 years ago, Friday December 3, 1965:
The Neepawa Lions Club has come up with a novel idea for raising money for Christmas hampers for needy district families.
Members are presently circulating cards bearing TB Christmas seals under which are hidden numbers from 1-60. The buyer chooses a seal, draws it up and pays the amount revealed. He then gets a chance to win a turkey.
The Lions Club contributes a dollar per card sold to the Manitoba Sanitarium Board’s TB seal fund and the balance after expenses goes into the hamper fund.
40 years ago, Thursday December 4, 1975:
Neepawa postal workers, despite remaining off their jobs until immediate announcement that a settlement had been reached in the dispute between the post office and the CUPW, were not allowed to vote on the proposed contract because of the return to work Sunday, a day early in the eyes of the union.
30 years ago, Thursday December 5, 1985:
Construction of Neepawa’s newest industry is on schedule and officials hope to have the main structure up by Christmas. The general manager of Springhill Farms hopes to be in business by March and expects to begin hiring general staff by February, 1986.
When finished, the plant will process up to 22,500 hogs and employ up to 105 people per shift.
20 years ago, Monday December 5, 1995:
A decision by Winnipeg hospitals may cost Beautiful Plains Health Services of Neepawa up to $174,000 annually in additional costs for office and medical supplies.
Winnipeg’s nine hospitals have decided to break away from the Manitoba Health Organization’s buying group, leaving rural hospitals in the position of having to pay more for their supplies.
The loss of bulk buying power would add an additional 18-24% to the Beautiful Plains Health Service’s current budget of $725,000 for supplies ranging from scalpels to paper.
10 years ago, Monday December 5, 2005:
The Assiniboine Regional Health Authority will be unveiling architectural plans for a new personal care home in Neepawa this Wednesday.
The plans have been almost six years in the making.
Construction of the new care home was first announced by the former Tory government in 1999.
Since that time it’s gone through a downsizing - from 120 beds to 100. The location of the care home, in the West Creek development, was also hotly debated.
