Looking back - 1966: McDougall chosen to represent Neepawa at UN
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- Published on Tuesday, July 5, 2016
Photo courtesy of Neepawa Press Archives. 50 years ago; Friday, July 1, 1966: Cathy McDougall has been chosen as Neepawa’s representative on UN Pilgrimage for youth.
By Cecil Pittman
The Neepawa Press
80 years ago Friday, July 3, 1936
Miss Ruby M. Simpson of Regina, director of Public Health Nursing in Saskatchewan, and daughter of John Simpson of Neepawa, was automatically re-elected president of the Canadian Nurses Association at the convention held in Vancouver this week. She was the unanimous choice of all provincial associations.
70 years ago Tuesday, July 4, 1946
An all time record crowd of nearly 7,000 holidaymakers attended Dominion Day sports here, sponsored by the Beautiful Plains Agriculture Society. Ideal weather prevailed. A hardball tournament featured the sports program with an entry of 17 teams, while 11 teams contested the honours in girls’ softball.
The all-Canadian KCCASEY shows provided entertainment on the grounds, while church booths and the Legion supplied refreshments. The Legion Special Services Committee dispensed hot and cold water free of charge. R. A. Greentree operated the public address system.
60 years ago Thursday, July 5, 1956
Approximately 200 children in Neepawa have registered for the Red Cross swimming classes to be conducted here from July 9 to July 13, according to R. M. Mills, president of the local Red Cross group. Classes will be held at Riverbend Park.
50 years ago Friday, July 1, 1966
Cathy McDougall has been chosen as Neepawa representative on the United Nations Pilgrimage for Youth. She leaves July 1 for New York, where she will spend six days touring the United Nations Complex and learning something of its operation and purpose. Cathy is one of eight delegates from Manitoba, and is sponsored by Rebekah and IOOF Lodges in Neepawa. The Manitoba delegates will meet those from Saskatchewan and the US at Grand Forks and then proceed to New York by bus. Cathy returns July 25.
40 years ago Thursday, July 1, 1976
Representatives of the Neepawa Town Council and the RMs of Langford, Rosedale and Lansdowne laid their cards on the table at a frank meeting to discuss sharing the cost of central services last Thursday, June 24.
The meeting was called to see if some agreement could be found that was satisfactory to all parties involved. Earlier in the year, the town council had approached the municipalities with a proposal of sharing the cost of maintaining the fire department with the RMs in the amount of one mill of their assessment, plus regular hourly rates for fire calls. The RM of Langford agreed to the proposal, but Rosedale and Lansdowne turned it down, saying they would make their own arrangement.
30 years ago Thursday, July 3, 1986
They came early and left late. Neepawa’s downtown streets filled with people Friday afternoon and remained filled for the duration of Midnight Madness, making the joint effort by the Neepawa and District Chamber of Commerce and the Neepawa Retail Merchants Association a success.
Merchants displayed their wares on the downtown sidewalks, giving the evening a market atmosphere. A journey down Mountain and its adjacent side streets revealed a large selection of goods for the shopping public.
20 years ago Monday, July 2, 1996
Sod was turned last Friday to mark the start of construction on a $430,000 upgrade of Neepawa’s Yellowhead Community Centre complex – the second phase of a $1.3 million upgrade.
Although Friday’s sod turning marked the second phase of construction, fundraising committee chairman, Brad Walker, said because of budget constraints, “We’re getting away from phases.”
“It’s now just the new part of the project.”
10 years ago Monday, July 3, 2006
The NDP government is standing by its decision to move 19 government jobs from Neepawa and Minnedosa to Portage la Prairie, creating what may be an issue in the next provincial election, Neepawa Mayor Bob Durston said.
“I expect the job situation in rural Manitoba will become an election issue,” Durston said, following a closed-door meeting with Government Services Minister Ron Lemieux and Minnedosa Mayor Dwayne Lacoste Wednesday.
“We want to be able to say to young people, ‘there are good job possibilities in rural areas,’ and then this happens.”
Durston said the timing of Lemieux’s announcement was made even more bitter because Neepawa Collegiate was graduating its class of 2006 Wednesday.
“We tried to impress on the minister that we can’t just depend on the private sector,” Durston said.
