Looking back - 1976: Neepawa's new liquor store officially opens its doors
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- Published on Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Neepawa Press Archives. 40 Years ago: Thursday, July 8, 1976: Lionel Charbonneau and Industry and Commerce Minister Len Evans officially opened Neepawa’s new Liquor Mart.
By Cecil Pittman
The Neepawa Press
80 years ago Friday, July 10, 1936
Whether they agree with his politics or not, Errick Willis, new Conservative leader in Manitoba, will create an interest in town Wednesday night at the rink, where he will address the electors in the interest of Dr. J. S. Poole. Few of the districts have ever heard or seen him.
70 years ago Thursday, July 11, 1946
Number 4 highway west of town will be widened, raised and hard surfaced as far west as the turn a mile south of Franklin, according to a statement given by engineer Ed Julian, of the Department of Public Works the first of the week. Surveyors are at work at the present time and contractors will arrive shortly. Unconfirmed reports circulating in town stated that the road will go straight west of Gee’s corner, by-passing the village, but Mr. Julian informed the Press that nothing definite is planned for the portion west of their present stopping point.
60 years ago Thursday, July 12, 1956
A Birnie district farmer, Morris Gerrie, is the proud owner of the beautiful Brandon Kinsmen “dream home” complete with ultra-modern home furnishings. On the final night of the Provincial Exhibition at Brandon, when the drawing of the lucky ticket was made in front of the grandstand, he became a new homeowner, the house and content being valued at $20,000.
50 years ago Friday, July 8, 1966
SHE DIDN’T DO IT, SHE SAYS – Mrs. Peden Connell and Mrs. Scott Campbell were looking at the names scratched on one of the desks at the Stoney Creek Schoolhouse at Riverbend Wednesday while waiting for their part in the CBC show being filmed there, when they came across the name Margaret Jonston. That was Mrs. Connell’s maiden name and it was scratched there by someone, (“Not me, ” she says) when she was a student in the school many years ago. Mr. Connell also went to the school as a student and a camera caught him chuckling in the background. We wonder if he had anything to do with it? The six former students who took part in the show enjoyed reminiscing about the old school days while they waited and Mrs. Connell told us that “We sure had a lot of fun those days.”
40 years ago Thursday, July 8, 1976
Neepawa’s new self service liquor store will officially open its doors to the public on July 8, J. Frank Syms, chairman of the Manitoba Liquor Control Commission, has announced.
The store, located at 393 Mountain Avenue, will be officially opened by Industry and Commerce Minister Leonard Evans and by Lyle Charboneau, manager of the Brandon LCC store, who was the first manager of the original liquor commission store in Neepawa 24 years ago. The new liquor store will be managed by William Bannerman, who had been managing the old liquor store located at 421 First Avenue since March 2. Cecil Pittman will be the additional staff at the new store.
30 years ago Thursday, July 10, 1986
Though many communities within Manitoba can lay claim to possessing a museum, there aren’t that many who can make the claim that they have artifacts spanning from the province’s pre-history through to the not-so-distant past as can the Beautiful Plains Museum in Neepawa.
The vast majority of communities have a museum portraying artifacts starting with the first arrivals of European settlers to the community. Neepawa’s museum falls primarily within this particular theme, but the museum also delves back some 11,000 years, recognizing the contributions of Native Peoples to the province’s past.
“People are amazed at how much is in this museum,” said Kelly Kingdon, who, along with Eric Bertram, has the responsibility of running the museum during the summer months.
20 years ago Monday, July 9, 1996
A horse pastured four miles northwest of Franklin was clawed to death last week in what’s believed to be a cougar attack.
The horse was one of two Joe Pegoski was pasturing when it was attacked Tuesday evening. Pegoski, who’s farmed in the Neepawa area most of his 52 years, said he can’t remember a similar incident.
“[After the attack] the horse just went wild,” said Pegoski. “It hit planks in a shelter, snapping them like matchwood.”
Pegoski said a veterinarian from Minnedosa was called in following the attack, as well as natural resources officers. He said the vet believes the horse died from internal bleeding, while natural resources officers believed the attacking animal was a cougar. No similar attacks have been reported.
10 years ago Monday, July 10, 2006
The president of Neepawa and District Chamber of Commerce has joined a growing chorus calling for a provincial election to bring about changes in the way the provincial government deals with rural Manitoba.
Monty Simon, who spearheaded a petition to keep 19 government jobs from being transferred from Neepawa and Minnedosa to Portage la Prairie, said it appears a change in government is the only way to put rural Manitoba on an equal footing with urban areas.
“It’s not just Neepawa, all small rural towns get treated the same way,” Simon said.
“The NDP seems to be oriented only towards cities like Winnipeg and Brandon and Dauphin.”
