Author coming to Neepawa Library to talk about homestead story
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- Published on Thursday, October 8, 2015
By Debbie Unger
Branch Supervisor
Join your neighbours at the Neepawa Library for book-friendly programming this fall! Neepawa Rotary and community volunteers read in the library on Friday mornings at 11:00 am for Storytime, when children aged two to five years of age, and their caregivers, have fun with rhyming, stories and crafts.
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NACI students prepare for federal election
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- Published on Thursday, October 8, 2015
By Kira Paterson
The Neepawa Banner
On Thursday, Oct. 15, students at Neepawa Area Collegiate will be taking part in Student Vote. Student Vote is a program across Canada that makes materials available for schools to create an accurate portrayal of what an election is like.
Neepawa of yesteryear -The dentists Drs. Pierce, Death and Payne didn’t appeal to me
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- Published on Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Photo courtesy of Neepawa Press archive
By Rick Sparling
The Neepawa Press
Last week we started at the Salt Plant on the east side of Mountain Ave. and travelled south to Shoemaker McGillvray Agencies. Next came SK Laundry and Doc Bolton’s Auction Mart ran just south of the Agency. Doc and Mary had four children: Margaret, Donald, Cecil and Leonard. The later two, Cecil and Len were quite active in baseball and hockey and both played for The Flin Flon Bombers at one time or another. Cecil worked part time helping Stu Lindsay on his milk run and also worked for The Roger’s fruit Company for a while.
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Looking Back - 50 years ago: Medical clinic to be built
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- Published on Tuesday, October 6, 2015
40 years ago, Thursday, Oct. 3, 1975: Jerry Cox as king and Alma Jakobson as queen at the “Freshie Day” parade.
By Cecil Pittman
The Neepawa Press
80 years ago, Tuesday October 1, 1935:
Jewel Stores Limited announced the closing of its Neepawa branch on Saturday, Oct. 12, 1935.
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