100 Years Ago — 1925… 6,500 cattle tested for tuberculin in the RM of Grey; Park Café offers Saturday dinner specials for 40 cents; 150 Barnsley residents enjoy an oyster feed at Tracy School; rink under government-issued repairs; Carman Hockey Club enters a team in the S.M.I.L. and begins practice on the Boyne; Carmania promotes fresh cigars for Christmas gifts; the Good Roads team wins bowling tournament at Rutherford’s.
75 Years Ago — 1950… Elm Creek and manager Harry Hunt open Bank of Commerce building; Strachan Seed Co. promotes booking your flowers for Christmas; Bill Lenton named president of Boyne Co-operative; Lyle McCutcheon awarded cup for greatest Manitoba beet yield at 11 tons per acre; Frank Arnett named early MVP for Brandon Wheat Kings; Fred Garnett named manager of Hockey Club; Wear-Ever Aluminum distributor is Bill Mennie; half-section near Carman selling for $20,000 with Berkeley Newman.
50 Years Ago — 1975… Boyne shareholders reject amalgamation with District Health Board; Kai Madson heads up his third year with the Winnipeg Christmas Cheer Board; Ed’s Tire Service announces unleaded gas now available; Carman Radio & TV offers to purchase property south of MTS; Legion proposes a new hall for themselves, selling the old one as a seniors’ centre; Safeway Coca-Cola is 42 cents per litre; John Deere snowmobiles as low as $1,139 at Johnston’s; Clarice Oldcorn elected Ladies Curling president.
25 Years Ago — 2000… Horse barns torn down at racetrack; Pallister wins Portage–Lisgar MP election; plans underway for $800,000 United Church expansion; A Daisy a Day will deliver flowers and gifts; Rec Commission offers Winnipeg lights tour; Paul Robson is DAS guest speaker for AGM; Squirrel peanut butter at D & M is $3.98/kg; Midland Division readies for move to former Bank of Montreal; Deck the Halls ready to go in the hall.
