Looking Back - 1996: Decision to close highway approach up to Langford Council
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- Published on Tuesday, July 19, 2016
1966: Roy Rush retires from the CNR after 48 years of service.
By Cecil Pittman
The Neepawa Press
Week of July 20, 2016
80 years ago - Tuesday, July 14, 1936
Over 200 were present at the Legion picnic at Riverbend Park Wednesday afternoon. There were races for the children and softball for the younger boys with suitable prizes. In the evening, the Legion ladies and men encountered in a ball game with the former winning, according to them. The Legion Band gave a concert, which was much appreciated.
70 years ago - Thursday, July 18, 1946
Bruce Pedlar annexed the A Class Cup and Gordon Montgomery the B Class in the Trap Club championship shoot Monday night. Bruce marked up 21 points out of a possible 25 and Gordon 20. The A Class Cup was donated by Boxer Hole and B Class by George Burnett. Twenty-three of the 32 members participated in the shoot, which will end the season’s activities unless more clay pigeons and shells are made available.
60 years ago - Thursday, July 18, 1956
R. W. (Wes) McAmmond, principal of West Park School here, has been appointed to the staff of the Provincial Normal School by the Deputy Minister of Education. He has submitted his resignation to the Neepawa School Board and will commence his new duties in Winnipeg on Sept. 1. It is understood that he will join the faculty of teachers in child psychology.
50 years ago - Friday, July 15, 1966
Roy Rush, well-known Neepawa resident and one of the town’s top sportsmen, retired from service with the Canadian National Railways Thursday afternoon, completing 48 years, two months and two weeks employed with the company.
He has a record of no time loss in that period, and served Langbank, Kipling, Kelso, Kelvington, Hudson’s Bay Junction, Saskatchewan; Hudson, Ontario; and Belmont, Gladstone, Victoria Beach, Russell and Neepawa. He had been with the company here for 24 years. He was employed as assistant agent.
40 years ago - Thursday, July 15, 1976
The Neepawa Press has rejoined the Audit Bureau of Circulations and has received copies of a report of circulation figures for the three month period ending March 31, 1976, which shows average totaled paid subscriptions at 4,122 copies weekly.
The report also gives a circulation breakdown for a single week, for the issue dated Thursday, March 25, which shows the number of copies mailed in various census divisions in the Neepawa area and a total for Manitoba of 3,761 copies. There were 483 subscriptions mailed to other provinces and 52 copies to the United States, for a grand total of 4,296 copies for the week.
30 years ago - Thursday, July 17, 1986
The Beautiful Plains School Division (BPSD) Board of Trustees has established a special committee to come up with a plan that will see a new division office building established in Neepawa by July 1988. The board of trustees said the present division office on Hamilton Street fails to meet their office and space requirements and is in need of repairs.
The issue of a new school division office arose during a recent special meeting, at which time renting an office space was discussed in order to fulfill present and future requirements. After discussion, the board determined the renting of space over a 15 to 20 year period could pay the cost of purchasing a new facility.
20 years ago - Monday, July 16, 1996
The issue of whether or not to close a highway approach leading to the town’s industrial park – and whether or not to make the decision in open council – won’t have to be made. It turns out, the town doesn’t even have the right to close the approach, since it crosses over a public reserve belonging to the Rural Municipality of Langford.
The approach the town was looking at closing leads to its industrial park off Highway 16. Although the property is in Langford municipality, the former Department of National Defense training grounds were turned over to the Town when the government ceased operation. However, council found out the public reserve, which fronts the entire property, remained the property of the RM.
“The public reserve is registered with the RM, so the town will go no further with this matter,” said Neepawa’s municipal administrator Ken Jenkins last week. “If the lane is closed, it will be up to Langford council to make the decision.”
10 years ago - Monday, July 17, 2006
Margo Klassen of Neepawa is the recipient of the Assiniboine Regional Health Authority Manitoba Nurses Union Scholarship. A licensed practical nurse at Neepawa Hospital, Klassen will use the $500 scholarship to upgrade her credentials. The award is presented by the Assiniboine Nurses Union annually. The union also presents the Candy Brown Memorial Scholarship to a Neepawa Collegiate graduate planning to become a nurse. This year’s recipient was Chantele Larsen.
