Looking back - 1986: Neepawa Mayor Homer Gill elected YHA president
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- Published on Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Neepawa Press Archives. 30 years ago, Thursday, May 1, 1986: Neepawa’s mayor, Homer Gill, has been named president of the Yellowhead Highway Association.
By Cecil Pittman
The Neepawa Press
80 years ago Tuesday, May 5, 1936
The intermediate hockey club celebrated the closing of its season activities Friday night by holding the annual banquet in the waiting room of the new rink. Forty-seven enthusiasts sat down to the sumptuous meal and others who were unable to attend for the feature arrived later for the meeting. C. V. Kerr, president of the club, was the chairman.
70 years ago Thursday, May 2, 1946
Sergeant Douglas Geoffrey Welland, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Welland, McCreary, MB, has been awarded the Bronze Star medal of the United States, according to word received by his parents from Major General Earnest G. Weeks, Adjutant General, Ottawa.
60 years ago Thursday, May 3, 1956
The body of John Stefhanyshyn, 76, of Glenella, was found Tuesday, April 24, in a water filled ditch in the Glenhope district about four and one half miles from his home, which is located 11 miles north of the village.
According to available reports, the elderly man had been reported missing Monday night, when he failed to turn up at the home of a daughter whom he had set out to visit.
50 years ago Tuesday, May 3, 1966
The board of directors for Neepawa’s half-million dollar home for the elderly had a busy night Monday, when they signed the contract with B. F. Klassen Construction Ltd. and officially named the home.
The home will be known as East View Lodge. The name was chosen from almost 100 entries submitted by school students and elderly people in the area.
Winner of the contest was a Grade 5 student from Arden, Sharon Perrett, who will receive a cash prize of $25.
40 years ago Thursday, May 6, 1976
A car-truck collision five miles south of McCreary on provincial highway #5 Monday evening resulted in the death of an Ochre River man.
A south-bound one-ton truck, operated by Ferninand Freier of Neepawa, was passing another vehicle when it came into collision with a north-bound 1969 Chevelle.
The driver of the car was thrown from his vehicle and died at the scene.
Dead is 56-year-old John Jake Sonsie of Ochre River, Manitoba.
30 years ago Thursday, May 1, 1986
Neepawa Mayor Homer Gill has been elected president of the Yellowhead Highway Association (YHA).
He was elected at the association’s annual conference April 21 at Prince George, British Columbia, after serving one year as YHA vice-president and one year as Manitoba president.
“[The position] is a challenge, it’s certainly an interesting job,” noted Gill.
20 years ago Monday, May 7, 1996
The opposition critic for the Manitoba Telephone System says selling the public utility is one of the worst things that could happen to Manitobans.
“We [the people of Manitoba] are already the shareholders of MTS,” said Steve Ashton last Friday. “In a real sense, the government doesn’t have the mandate to sell MTS.”
The plan to sell Manitoba Telephone System was announced last Thursday by the minister responsible for the utility, Glen Findlay.
10 years ago Monday, May 1, 2006
Neepawa Mayor Bob Durston expressed disappointment after the town was shut out in the latest round of provincial board appointments to the Assiniboine Regional Health Authority.
“Neepawa is the largest community in the RHA and it would have been nice to have an appointment,” Durston said. “It’s disappointing there’s no representation from this area.”
While he acknowledged board members are supposed to serve the needs of the entire region, Durston said it’s often difficult to convey concerns when board members aren’t locally based.
“It can be difficult if the representative is more than an hour away,” he said.
Neepawa Town Council made no secret of its desire to have a local representative when the latest rounds of nomination opened.
Neepawa and surrounding communities were also shut out when board appointments were made in the spring of 2004.
