100 Years Ago, 1926 — First bay horse of the year to Parks passes away; Sperling and Miami enter late submissions to ball league; CP and CN compete for Canadian travel excursions; Carman hosts retail merchants’ courses; W.P. Hallett buys Carman Hardware Co.; Provincial Police raid premises over weekend for liquor violations; Carman council cuts licence fees for cigarette dealers to $25 from $50; council turns down tourist ads in the Winnipeg Tribune; A. Larson is your Great West Life agent; 15-jewel Swiss watches $6 at Cochran’s.
75 Years Ago, 1951 — Manitoba bagpipers play at Man-Dak Cards opener; Legion 13 vs. Kinsmen 10 at ball park opening; Penston Bros. is your John Deere dealer in Elm Creek; Safeway standing rib roast 76 cents/lb.; Bob Hope’s The Pale Face at the Boyne; blackleg disease affecting cattle in area; Southern Electric selling GE washer with Daily Dipper for $171; Almer McKerlie back behind plate for Cards; G.H. Biehl is the Beaver Lumber manager in Elm Creek.
50 Years Ago, 1976 — Ammonia leaks from A & M Soil concern citizens; council discusses options to dyke Memorial Hall; Madilene Murray heads United Way; Linda Kroeker opens Simpson-Sears to replace Eaton’s; WW Implements selling MF 1805 four-wheel-drive 636-hp V8 for $37,500; Dorothy North named chairperson for District D golf; council approves $387,000 water/sewer improvements over $1.2K option; Jack Ross and company have Carman Station House ready for opening; recreation director to incorporate Harness Festival into duties.
25 Years Ago, 2001 — Carman Pharmacy sells 2.2-kg Tide for $8.99; demolition of the CBC building is underway; Midland School Division prepares to renovate former Bank of Montreal; elementary students raise $6,000 for kiddie slide at new pool; Junior Goldeyes drop season opener; Trans Canada Trail begins work in RM of Thompson; Carman-Dufferin Recreation Commission continues to hold bingos in hall; grand opening of Brunkild Bar patio; open house at Greenview Villa south of Subway.
