Looking back - 1946: Airplanes to be sold for salvage
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- Published on Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Photo courtesy of Cecil Pittman archives. Apr. 4, 1946: Numerous World War II airplanes were moved to Neepawa Airport to be sold for salvage. Photo by Oni Jackson, taken from the control tower, June 21, 1945.
By Cecil Pittman
The Neepawa Press
80 years ago Friday, Apr. 3, 1936
Forty-five years ago next week, James H. Howden opened up a law office in Neepawa.
70 years ago Thursday, Apr. 4, 1946
Planes at local airport will sell for salvage: Speculation as to the use to be made of the aircraft at the local airport ended this week when the War Assets advertised them for sale to individuals.
The Neepawa station has a varied assortment of planes, including Ansons, Bolingbroke, Fairey Battle, Fleet Fort, Hurricane and Lysander.
Unairworthy and non-licensable, these planes are offered to the public for the salvage value and parts from them cannot be used on licensable aircraft. Some are complete with engines, while others are airframe only. Valuable parts are tires and wheels, hydraulics in retractable landing gear and the tubular metal.
60 years ago Thursday, Apr. 4, 1956
Dated coins continue to be reported: Coins from all countries and dating back more than 100 years are being brought into the Neepawa Press in large numbers by residents who are anxious to beat the date of the 1733 Guernaey coin brought in by B. V. Bent, recently.
50 years ago Friday, Apr. 1, 1966
Thought for the week: We stand on the meeting of two eternities – the present and the future, which is precisely the present moment.
40 years ago Thursday, Apr. 1, 1976
Thieves show impeccable taste: A break-in at the 7-11 store in Neepawa netted thieves about $60 worth of cigarettes and foodstuffs – and delicacies to tickle the pallet of the most discriminating gourmet.
Smoked oysters and shrimp were among the items taken, indicating that, if nothing else, the thief or thieves were possessed of a patrician appetite.
30 years ago Thursday, Apr. 3, 1986
High school students from Glenella attending the school in Kellwood for the first time since 1966 will be receiving classroom instruction in the community.
The Turtle River School Division Board of Trustees decided March 27 during a special meeting to return the 30 students to Glenella for their high school education.
The return to Glenella will take place this fall term.
“We weren’t surprised, but we’re pretty pleased,” said Glenella school committee chairman Gordon Wilson.
20 years ago Monday, Apr. 2, 1996
Emergency 911 service is expanding to rural Manitoba, but Neepawa Town Council has made no plans to join up – at least not yet.
“There’s no decision to sign up yet,” said Finance committee chairman Dean Dietrich.
“We still have to know – is it going to be effective enough to provide a better service level than we have now?”
Dietrich said one of council’s concerns is with reception. He said a transmission tower, located in the Polonia hills, doesn’t always provide ideal reception. “The first thing MTS would have to show is that their equipment is going to work for us,” said Dietrich.
10 years ago Monday, Apr. 3, 2006
Evergreen Environmental Technologies will receive $25,000 to assist in the purchase of a shredder to process organic waste and construction and demolition waste.
The regional landfill services the towns of Neepawa, Carberry and Minnedosa and Rural Municipalities of Langford, Elton, Minto, Odanah and North Cypress.
The RM of Langford, meanwhile, will receive $15,000 to assist with construction of a waste transfer station for household garbage and for closing the local landfill site.
In all, the Province is providing $161,000 in waste reduction and pollution prevention to fund grants for 10 projects.
