Looking back - 1956: ‘Dream home’ now located in Neepawa
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- Published on Tuesday, August 23, 2016
Cecil Pittman Archives. L.O.B.A.(Ladies Orange Benevolent Association) float at the Diamond Jubilee in 1927, Hotel Hamilton in background.
By Cecil Pittman
The Neepawa Press
80 years ago Tuesday, August 25, 1936
Earl Murray received word last week that he had placed himself third in a Firestone tire-selling contest embracing all of Canada. The contest lasted two months, ending August 15.
70 years ago Thursday, August 22, 1946
Miss Maxine Pedlar has received word from the IODE announcing that she has been awarded the Minnie J. B. Campbell OBE award for receiving the highest mark in English Literature on writing the June exams of the department of Education.
The award of a medal and $25 will be presented to Miss Pedlar when she returns to the city for schooling this fall. Maxine attended Riverbend School last term and intends to enter university this year.
60 years ago Thursday, August 23, 1956
“Dream home” now located in Neepawa.
The number of fine homes in Neepawa was increased by one last week, when the “dream home” on display at the Provincial Exhibition at Brandon was transported here. The contractors arrived with the modern structure last Tuesday, the Press was informed, and workmen finished their placing of the home on the foundation Monday afternoon. The basement is of concrete block construction.
Morris Gerrie of Birnie was the winner of the home, which is now located on the lots on the south side of Ada Street near Brown Avenue and overlooking Park Lake. It is understood that the owner will rent the house when work is completed.
50 years ago Tuesday, August 30, 1966
Eden Seniors captured Neepawa and District League baseball championship trophy for the fifth time Friday night, when they emerged with a 5-4 triumph over Neepawa Farmers in a 12-inning thriller.
More than 500 fans watched the battle for supremacy in the third and deciding game of the series, and nobody asked for money back in the bargain bill.
Eden won the first game here 1-0 and the Farmers, who topped the regular season schedule, squared the set with a 4-1 victory at Eden last Sunday.
Ron McGorman, sturdy right hand ace of the Eden mound core, who went all the way in the first game too, picked up his second win in the series, scattering six hits over the long route. His opponent was again slender southpaw Gary Martin, Farmers playing coach. Both twirlers went 21 innings in the two games and the decision could have gone either way in the keenly contested playoff.
Martin allowed the winners nine hits in the Friday game and turned in some great clutch pitching to keep the Farmers in the game in the late innings.
40 years ago Thursday, August 26, 1976
It was announced in Winnipeg Friday, August 20, by W. R. MacDonald, general manager, Manitoba and northwestern Ontario, The Royal Bank of Canada, that the bank will open a branch in Neepawa in mid-October.
The bank will begin operating in temporary premises at 285 Hamilton Street and will move to permanent quarters at a later date.
30 years ago Thursday, August 21, 1986
New reporter joins Neepawa Press staff: Elisabeth Treger, who grew up in Neepawa, now joins the staff of the Neepawa Press as a reporter photographer. Since leaving Neepawa, Elisabeth has earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brandon University and a diploma in Creative Communications from Red River Community College. She also found in her busy schedule time to live for a year in Europe.
“Gives me an opportunity to return to my home town of Neepawa,” said Elisabeth of her new career. “It gives me the opportunity to perform a wide variety of tasks and to gain valuable experience by working with the community newspaper.”
20 years ago Monday, August 27, 1996
Following a summer of turmoil in which the existence of the franchise seemed threatened, the Neepawa Natives have started receiving some good news.
With a new ownership group solidly in place, the Natives also learned last week they will most likely have ice in Neepawa when they open the home portion of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League schedule on Oct. 4.
The prospect of having to play as many as their first four home games on the road was all but dismissed by Neepawa recreation director John Douglas.
“We’re off schedule a bit, but I’m still confident we’ll have things ready by the 15th of September,” said Douglas, referring to the installation of a new ice plant at the Yellowhead Arena.
10 years ago Monday, August 28, 2006
Neepawa Fire Chief Scott Gibson suspects a bonfire at a drinking party may be responsible for the outbreak of a wide-scale grassfire that firefighters fought for over seven hours last Sunday.
“It looks like there was a bonfire and some drinking and partying the night before, because we found open liquor on the scene,” Gibson said. “I’m only guessing, but I think either the fire was smouldering [overnight] and started that fire, or they may have come back to get the liquor on Sunday and started the open fire then.”
